S8 HOME LIFE IN FLORIDA. 



Florida summer iu a higher temperature than they could 

 possibly endure elsewhere. 



Of course there is a reason for this ; nay, two of them. 

 In the first place, the bountiful breeze, one of fair Flor- 

 ida's coolest yet best friends, is a very important factor in 

 fanning the worker and preventing overheating; in the 

 second place, the dryness of the atmosphere promotes pro- 

 fuse perspiration, which of itself is one of nature's cooling 

 processes. 



Sunstroke is utterly unknown in Florida. The reason 

 of this unwonted exemption from one of the most common 

 casualties of the Northern summer being this very fact of 

 so profuse a perspiration ; it is a safety valve, as every one 

 knows or should know, and its sudden stoppage or absence 

 is the direct cause of sunstroke and other serious illnesses. 



Now and then (but ver3^ seldom) a man may attempt 

 too much and overtax his strength, and consequently is 

 overcome, not so much by heat as by exhaustion; but 

 these attacks are very different from sunstroke, and are 

 rarely serious. 



One reason why the Florida summer is so pleasant and 

 comparatively cool is that rains fall nearly every day, not 

 all day, but in showers, usually in the afternoon or morn- 

 ing, and often when it is not actually raining the sun is 

 veiled by clouds, so here are still other factors at work, 

 you see, to cool the atmosphere. June, July, and August 

 are the ' ' rainy months," but of course it does rain at 

 other times also. • 



The only objectionable feature of the Florida summer 

 that we have ever heard quoted is its length. It is true 

 that it begins sooner and ends later than the Northern 

 summer, but even so it is not very much longer, and it is 

 cooler and more uniform in temperature, and hence more 

 healthful." 



