And he closes his letter in this way: "When local jealousies have subsided, and contending climates have had their day, the thing of cardinal importance for an invalid such as you have mentioned to do when about to change his or her home will be, not to attach too much importance to this or that particular climatic condition as determined by the barometer, thermometer, hygrometer, anemometer, and other meteorological instruments, nor to lay too much stress on a difference of a few hundred or thousand feet of elevation above the sea; but choose a home where the environments will afford the invalid or valetudinarian the greatest opportunity of living out-of-doors, and of spending the hours of sunshine in riding, driving, walking, and in other ways, whereby the entrance of pure air into the lungs is facilitated.

In Pasadena the days in winter are warm enough to make outdoor life attractive and healthful, while the number of sunny days throughout the year is above the average of that prevailing in many other deservedly popular health-resorts." I will also quote a letter received from Dr.W.B.Berry, formerly of Montclair, N.J., who, coming to Southern California an almost hopeless invalid, is now fairly well, and will probably entirely regain his health.

He also is careful and conservative in statement, and therefore commands serious attention: "Riverside, Cal., May 2, 1893.
"Dear Miss Sanborn: To recommend any place to an invalid is to an experienced climate-hunter no doubt, at times, a duty,--certainly it is a duty from which he shrinks.
"One does not see so many advanced cases of pulmonary disease here as at either Asheville or Colorado Springs.

The thousands of miles of alkali, sage-brush, and desolation might explain that, but it does seem to me that a much larger proportion of consumptives are 'doing well' in this country than in those.
"_Pure dry air_, _pure water_, and _clean dry soil_ are the climatic elements essential for the pulmonary invalid, and for most others.

These conditions can be found at Riverside and its vicinity during a large proportion of the year.
"Here, too, are cool walks, with sunshine or shade, as may be desired, and things on every side to interest.