THE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFUL 



weather. On the face of it nothing could 

 look more unpromising than to make a frail 

 and waning woman sleep in the woods, 

 with the temperature at zero, and the snow 

 falling on her couch; yet this is precisely 

 what she needs. And even in the impure 

 air of New York City men and women by 

 hundreds are cured of consumption in its 

 early stages, simply by working and sleeping 

 out-of-doors, and taking the weather as it 

 comes. 



If one takes this point of view it will 

 be seen that he leaves small praise for those 

 migratory men and women of nerves and lei- 

 sure, who are always flitting about the coun- 

 try in search of a more agreeable climate. 

 They spend two months in Florida or 

 Southern California, a month at Asheville, 

 a fortnight at Old Point, a few days at 

 Atlantic City, and are on the move again 

 for the Adirondacks and the Thousand 

 Islands. In trying to equalize the climate 

 they lose the variety and spice of life, and 

 gain neither health nor comfort in return. 



Then there are the real estate agents 

 who play on this whim, and who advertise 

 their particular localities as having such 

 remarkably equable climate. They pub- 



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