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'I' Irs is lu-hieularly true of what wo call tho ty.h-a) Aiun-ioaii ' that is, tho r:i:l!'.T tall man or worn in ! with rather h.ht ha: and i-yos, of the ohi A merit -an si-.. Ths person is realty an animal oft ii3 native rane, say ilu-anthropologists. ilu-anthropologists. Tit is t ypiral American ; Is of Nordic stock, and is uaiiv--' to oool. damp, cloudy regions. It do-'S not stand extreme heat ;u all well, hut neither is it naturally adapted to otn.-mo cold, for : m o s t of 1 c a natural ra v. e is a f f e c t d I y . ocean currents winch prevent extremes of i emnerature. The darker t ype of American, usually, though not always, of later ho mi:; ration, showing Medi.trranean or Semitic Mood, ia much hotter qualified to stand the extremes ex-tremes of heat which tho at rocious ''lima ''li-ma te of tho eastern sea hoard includes than is thu blond t yne; hut the brunet t e is even les qualified for enduring the extremes ex-tremes of midwinter cold. Finally, all mankind, of whatever race or shade, is badly in need of midwinter va eat ion of some. kind, whether it be a trip to Hawaii or merely a lew days off to loaf and relax. For it has been proved by scientific test that the short, eoid days cause an actual decrease of human energy. At this time of year all nature tends to slow down. The sap in trees runs slow, many animals hibernate and many others do so partially, fish bury themselves in the mud, insect life passes into the cocoon sta.e. Some primitive races of men living in very cold climates undergo a sort of pa rtial hibernation. And most human bcimrs are aware of a slowing down, a sense of inertia, a need for more sleep. If this warning of nature na-ture is not heeded, the machine tends to crack under the strain. Hence the great amount of sickness at Una time of the year. One scientist says that we really need winter vacations much more than we need summer vacations. A brief rest is the best that most of us can hope for. The trouble with the southern migration Is that it takes leisure and money. The number of persons in America who have both is surprising, but the number who have very little of either is still more so. And it is the members of this majority who most need the change and rest. There is, however, a growing contingent of the no t-so-wealthy who move southward south-ward in the winter. The enterprise really real-ly requires leisure more than wealth a fact proved by the large number of hoboes ho-boes who never miss their vacations in the sunny south. There are quite a few 'houseboats on the Mississippi whose owners are as far from the plutocrat class as they are from that of vagabonds, which move annually from the neighborhood of Minneapolis to that of New Orleans. The current pays all the mileage on the way down, and usually a small motorboat laboriously propels tho craft back. Lucky is the individual who 'has a trade or profession that will enable him to lead such a delightfully de-lightfully vagrant life! A good many jitneys jit-neys are seen moving southward at this time of the year, too; and their battered and spattered appearance and the camp outfits strapped to the running boards are eloquent testimony that they heiong to the sort of people who have a good time without being millionaires. :!: If the "United States, with its unstable climate, is a poor one for the perpetual stay-at-home, it is an exceptionally good one for the habitual migrant. He can find in it any temperature and any shade of climate that he wants. The New Yorker can take a fast train one day and get off the next morning in North Carolina, in an entirely different climate cool, but never cold where he can golf and hunt and sit out of doors in the sun without discomfort. He will enjoy the best of New York September weather. If he craves real summer he must keep on southward to Palm Beach or some of the other far-south resorts, where he can bathe in the surf and blister blis-ter his skin just as he did at home a few months before. The south affords an amazing variety of accommodations and social environments, environ-ments, too. The most elaborate plans, of course, are made for the reception of the man and woman who have money and who want to spend it conspicuously. The sump tuousn ess. splendor a nd ostentation osten-tation of the southern resort hotels becomes be-comes more impressive every year. But there are also places for the guest of small e r mean s or more m od est t a s te. From the Carojinas south there are numerous nu-merous hunting resorts where one can enjoy sou thern cooking, hospitality, sunshine sun-shine and sport without climbing into a dress suit every evening and without spending more than a few dollars a clay. It would be an oversight not to mention men-tion the migrants who move southward by water. They certainly experience- the most gradual and delightful tra nsition from winter to summer, as the sea changes from gray to vivid blue, and the uniforms of the ships' officers from blue to white. The "West Indies are just beginning be-ginning to come into their own as wintering winter-ing territory. Cuba, of course, has long been famous. But people are just beginning be-ginning to go to Porto Rico, and it is just beginning to offer them the comfort which the American tourist requires. If he would not bo quite so insistent on luxury he would enjoy a good deal more in the wy of advtnture and variety. Santo Domingo, for example, is not accustomed ac-customed to entertaining . the gilded stranger in the way to whirh he has been accustomed; but it can offer him unex-; unex-; plored jun&aes and rivers. wonderful scenery, some of which has never been seen by white men, and hunting of an exotic sortsuch as for wild guinea fowl and orchids. Our newly acquired Virgin Islands a'o offer some interesting days to the man with an eye for the unusu?.' and h e new. None of tlie.se places will furnish you with a room and batti in the American Ameri-can sense. But in any of them you ran find a clean bed and good food and folk who are vastly more tolerant or" your peculiarities pe-culiarities than you are of theirs. |