Editorial. 



THE Outing Number of FOR CALIFORNIA presents many features which 

 will be of interest to all those who have the desire for outdoor life. 

 What California has to offer to the pleasure-seeker, the invalid, the 

 hunter, the camper, the pedestrian — in fact, to all those who want 

 to get where they can breathe the fresh air and get away from the 

 trammels of modern civilization in cities — is told by those who 

 have spent much of their time studying these phases of life in the State. 



One of the most Instructive articles is that from the pen of Professor 

 Alexander G. McAdie, Professor of Meteorology of the United States 

 Weather Bureau. He tells of the varying weather of the State, and shows 

 the equability of the climate in a manner that is entertaining as well as 

 instructive. He shows how the climate of California makes for the com- 

 fort of those "on pleasure bent," and tells many things that are new to most 

 of the people. 



Mrs. Helen Compertz Le Conte writes a most interesting article on a 

 typical Sierra Club tramp, detailing her experiences during one of the an- 

 nual outings of the club. Her story tells how she and a companion climbed 

 to the snow-clad summit of the Sierras with as little impedimenta as possi- 

 ble, and how the wonderful view more than repaid all the difficulty met 

 with on the long and arduous climb over the great glaciers. 



What California has to offer in the way of medicinal springs is told 

 by Dr. Winslow Anderson, who has given much study to these restorers 

 provided by Nature. This article carries much in the way of instruction 

 and tells many things about California's springs which few people have 

 known. 



While California is recognized as the ideal hunting ground for the 

 sportsman who carries a gun, Clarence E. Edwords shows in his article on 

 "Hunting With a Camera" that there is much pleasure to be found in 

 searching the wilds for game even when the blood lust is not with you, if 

 you take a camera and try to get pictures of the furred and feathered folk 

 of the wood. 



Augustin C. Keane gives a comprehensive idea of what the State has 

 to offer in the way of seaside resorts and pleasures. He writes most enter- 

 tainingly about the various places all along the twelve hundred miles of 

 coast line of the State which extend invitations to those who are weary of 

 the constant grind of city life. 



Some new and unique ideas on camping are given in an article by 

 Harold O. Cummings, who tells how to go light and have lots of pleasure 

 when out for your vacation. The article deals entirely with the pleasures 

 of camp life and how best to get them In all their fullness, and while some 

 of the ideas advanced will not appeal to the lover of personal comfort, all 

 the old campers will recognize the merit of the suggestions that are made. 



Charles Keeler, whose poetic phrasing has made his name known 

 throughout all the West, writes about Nature Study in California and the 

 possibilities which are here offered for the best work in that line. The ar- 

 ticle is replete with good suggestions and beautifully expressed thoughts, 

 and is well worthy of careful consideration by the educators. 



H. A. Rolfe, who has spent much time tramping over California's 

 mountains, and who knows many of the by-ways where few go, writes of 

 Mountaineering in the Summer Vacation, and tells of the charm which is 

 always enticing the devotee and which calls men and women back, year 

 after year, to the beauty spots of the wild Sierras. The article contains 

 much valuable advice regarding how to climb the mountains without turn- 

 ing what is intended a pleasure into a laborious project. 



The California Promotion Committee takes much pleasure in issuing 

 this number of FOR CALIFORNIA, for it will carry into many homes new 

 ideas of how best to enjoy all the good things that California has stored up 

 in readiness to pour out into the lap of any one who is desirous of finding 

 pleasure and recreation or health by getting out and away to where Nature 

 constantly holds open court. 



