Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-09-09
LIFE IN FLORIDA.

the Outgo. the expenses. II you can
live here cheaper by doing away with
a considerable part Of the expenses
you must bear in the North. then one
does not need 20 earn as much as
he requires there; and II he does earn
as much or even more, as there Is
no reason why one cannot do so
here. then he can save more or have
more of life's comforts or even OF
its Injuries.
There are hundreds. yes thousands,
Of families In the Northwest and West
whose breadwinners. the husband and
father. just barely earns a support
from year TO year. The family Is
compelled TO live In a very limited
manner because OF a very limited in.
come. The house is small. It's loca.
ton not the best. the food is scanty
or nearly so. the clothing barely
sufficient. the winter clothing hardly
that, and the fuel bill seems TO be
always growing more and more al
though every effort is made to get
along with the least possible until
In the long and cold winter months IL
Is an almost constant shiver. To
this may be added the doctors bill.
For such a family, and there are
hundreds OF them. to come to Florida.
would almost be like escaping from
sort Of prison life To freedom: from
almost penury TO a reasonable degree
OF comfort. What such a family could
save In fuel. clothing and Doctors
bills would pay the food bill.
But think Of the contrast In the
two lives. There more than half
the year spent in four or Ave close
rooms. either too hot or too cold;
the sunshine a rarity. one hour out
doors for five or ten In the house:
dull. gray. gloomy skies, mud, slush,
icy walks. nature covered with the
pail OF death. trees like skeletons.
and oh, well the winter need not
draw out the picture more fully.
Here plenty OF sunshine, clouds and
gloom a rarity. sunshine natures
great remedy for bodily and mental
Ills. the great cure and the great
preventative OF disease. IL cheers. II
stimulates, IL inspires. Compare the
statistics OF the two sections. say
here and in New. England. and see
how many suicides there and how
few here.
All know that there is nothing so
helpful to health OF body and mind
as an outdoor life and plenty of sun
shine. Here little fuel Is needed:
here but little clothing and that the
lightest kind, Is required: and IL
lasts longer.
Here. with a patcn GA sweet pota.
toes, and the little garden twenty
or thirty feet square. a large part of
the family living can be- had. raised
In the on hours of the husband. per.
haps helped by wife or child. aud
this garden Is not for one or two
months. but for twelve months In the
year. for something useful can be
growing at all times. But what can
a man do TO earn something? An able.
bodied man. willing TO work. can have
no real difficulty in earning a living
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not get the work he prefers at first
he will later on. An effeminate sort
OF person might have some trouble
to get along. but man would not.
And think OF getting away from the
almost continual clouds and gray.
gloomy skies. from the chill and dis
astrous east winds. from being cOoped
up half the year or more in a few
small rooms. from the slush. sleet and
ice from big bills for wood and coal.
for clothing. for medicine and doctors.
From tho "egrims" and that long list
OF evils which man In the North Is
heir.
And think OF the delicious climate
and living out OF doors In IL. the
sweetest. healHhiest climate ever
breathed by man; OF the beautiful
orange groves and the fragrant orange
blossoms. OF the hooking bird. OF the
stimulating ozone borne on the per-
petual breezes that continually sweep