The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-02
Contrasts and
Contradictions
in California
,ccial Correspondence Of The Tribune.

Pasadena, July -.
- WHO SEEMS a vacation where his huSi
III ness cares como tu him by every mail
Ill and his usual friends surround him and
scenes like those familiar 20 him are
those in which he spends hi, prOfcsscd re I,
will probably go back with little newne,s in his
nerves. The profit of an outing well as its
pleasure comes largely through a change com
plctc As possible. Hence tine value of dense for
csts to those chained tor a year to city routine.
ON that principle California is 10 be recon-
mcndcd ~ a retreat Tor Eastern pilgrims We
would say to tired ones 4, the immortal Greeley
said to the Young mln-''Go West, tar West"
over the Rockies. and feel yourself in m atmos
phcrc As different as that 10 he found on the
Eastern side oi the Atlantic Literally the
change !, great that one feels he hrcahc7
another air. The dr!ncss /, felt, not only on
the parchcd plains and desert wastes, but
pccialy hero in this southern part Of tho stare
where man. come to escape the humid con-
dtions Of eur ,cahoard sections. The amount.
Of moisture is small in this part of
country that one is amazed at the existence
ut plant, and people. 1t seems that all should
be dcssicatcd.
The scadincsS of the climatic conditions is
such that NO one has any curiosity a. to what
the weather will be, for it will he certainly
one thing-dry. The weather bureau At this
son has no difficulty in representations 1t will
go on steadily for months just as it has with
clear skies No lady need fear her ncw bonnet
will he spoiled as the sudden rainfall descend.
upon il. The stranger is constantly wondering
why it does not rain, and Cannot how any.
thing, vegetation or man, ran stand the droutn.
There are no heavy dcws to relieve the dryncss
II is sunshine all the time. Accustomed d we
are to showers, all tha visitor, have brought
umbrellas, which no one is tempted to steal,
aS there will be no use for them for a long
tine 70 come, We were Knocked As we entered
san Francisco by the welcoming COMMITTEES with
the query "What did You bring umbrellas for:
You will not need them" And So fIl We have
not. The morning is clear thc noon ditto,
evening the same. So day after day. Of coursc,
this CQuahc climate, with no falling moisture,
may he gooG iur myalids and feeble persons.
As to whether it is hest for average bodies
we leave an open question one young man
in a san Francisco store said 10 the writer
that the samCncss of the weather was to him
trcsomc, and he VAS siglinc to get back 70
where the cold of the winter hrarcd the slstrnl
We do not discuss the worth Of the climates
cast and west, since undcrtdkcrs and cemeteries
prosper in all places. We simply say that here
the weather is 20 uniform it is not even
subject for conversation.
W me should suppose that California is all
the same, for ii is great sIite. stretching over
many degrees nj longitude and latitude and
reaching from sea level tar nm toward tho sky
II has deep valleys, tall mountains, and requires
a long, swift passage To sweep over its varied
territory. In such a great range you can find
any sort Of climate you wish, I am now writing
Of this portion of the Great Bear state You ieel.
at once you are here, that you ate not in our
tonid, cneNaIiuG temperature Of Juy and Aug
ust II was certainly a new reason for going
out nj the city in midsummer when on Visiting
a friend who had moved out from San Francisco
to valley some fifteen miles away, We asked
why he lett that city and went 10 thc country
al this season, and he rcpicd 1--WE came out 20
get away from the cold Imagine citizen of
Scranton or Of New York hicing away to some
rural retreat to stop the piercing ot the chilly
brcclcs of August. At the Golden Gate there
is summer cold In fact, il is their winter,
50 far as mercury tells the story. High gales
from the Pacific and foSs that are enough 20
send shivers all through the flesh are felt at this
time of the year So the people 20 to the coun.
Try in July to Keep warm! Down here at Pas.
sedena, nearly 900 mics south, the weather is
hot now, and thus regularly wam and dry for
half the year,
4 contrast very noticeable in san Francisco
to our Ei,torn cities and towns is the absence
Of trees on tho streets. sunshine Is so important
there to lessen the chilly dampness that no one
plants what viii throw shade on his house
We noticed that all apartments advertised spec,
fed, II true, that they were on the sunny side
one can hardly realize how bare this Western
city looked to our ewes accustomed to grInl
naples chcStnuts and elms on the sidewalks
Of the residential portions ot our cities Just
walk along on beautiful jefferson avenue and
observe ITS graceful trees and feel thnr ru
frashng GOODNESS, and imlSne all those ahsant
and ihlns Of what din,re lcs II would make
in that fair street. So teeless San Francisco,