Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-06-20
Special Correspondence.

sunptlNtS. located In southwestern
New Mexico; climatic conditions un.
surpassed; an inspiration to the
healthy. haven for the sick.
The average winter day--crIspy,
cool mornings and evenings balmy
AT noon, and proverbially cool nights.
Glorious weather to walk in. to ride in,
to work In, sleep in and to play in.
There are very few days when chill
dren and invalds may not be out in
perfect, safety and enjoyment. The
spring and fall days are perfect. an
unbroken combination OF cool breezes
and warm suns. The summers never
know a warm night, and the very air
Is fragrantly clear and tonic.
Blessed with sunshine. pure air and
pure water, a combination that gives
life. routs disease. nourishes hope.
warns the soul and lifts up the heart
Year after year, we have eleven sun
ny days to one cloudy day: while in
the eastern cities and In the east gen.
orally, the sunny days are fewer than
the gray ones. This means clear skies.
brilliant and intoxicating, with daz-
zlingly bright stars not often seen In
damp climates The dryness OF the
atmosphere give the air by night and
day. sparkle that Is like the bead on
champagne. and the little soft cool
showers generally come to cool the air
and make sleep refreshing and restful.
The Climate a Sanctuary,
To the well the climate IL an inspira.
tion; II doubles the value OF life; there
is no excuse for not doing ones best.
Psychologists say that more murders.
suicides. and crimes OF all sorts are
committed on gray days. in damp.
gloomy weather. than on bright days;
gray weather is for dependency. dis
couragement and uncharitableness. II
these be in person. To the sick
this climate Is haven. sanctuary.
As in the days of old the church was
refuge where the pursued. the weak.
the helpless could fee for sanctuary.
and be. for time at least safe from
the evil that threatened. so Deming is
sanctuary for the sick who some.
times shake on their pursuer-death--
and always have some respite at least
from his pursuit Every one is bet.
ter here: the majority get entirely
well. and even those at deaths doors
have pause before they must cross
the dreaded threshold the very air
helps to destroy the germs of con.
sumption. and II consrmptive has
any hope. he can usually expand It into
life here
Our bad weather Is not very bad at
the worst--an occasional storm Is
mean and we do not like II but after
1t Is over and the sand is brushed and
washed and combed out, II Is to be re.
membered that sleet, slush and cold,
driving rains are far worse. worse TO
endure, do more destruction and are
more fatal TO heelth. There is no pneu-
monia. no grip, no fever and ague. no
rheumatism In a sand storm. bur II ~
simon pure aggravation.
Comfortable In Summer.
Almost all strangers to Deming will
ask But Is II not very hot there in
the summer time. and are the winters
warm" because II Is so far south peo-
nj, uyho 40 not Gnnvv attrihuta ~ IN sha
climate OF the southern lowlands. with
oppressive heat. when the fact is that
II is on the highlands. and the great
altitude. 1900 feet, mobiles the TEN.
perature so that II has all the benefits
of a southern cline. with none OF the
Ills OF malaria and other facilitating
influences, and all the energizlng ozone
of the highlands without the severity
of climate of the highlands OF the
north.
In low. damp climate the damp air
acts like a blanket, and the hot sum
mers are deadly. the winters bitter and
merciless. The humidity kills. In
Demlng the thermometer may range
much higher. but. owing to the alti.
tude. and absolute c'aarness of the
air, the heat Is not oppressive. In
New York and other cities OF the east,
and further north, in midsummer we
read OF men and beasts perishing from
the heat. while here. with the higher
temperature, no one ever succumbs
to the heat. even in midday on the
streets, From IL o'clock until in
midsummer is very warm In the sun.
but the shade is always cool, and there |
are always little refreshing breezes,
so that one can comfortably cool of
and enjoy life.
II is the lack OF humidity that makes
the midsummers not only tolerable,
but delightful One never swelters
and SUITES and gasps for breath, even |
In the blazing moons OF the hottest |