FLORIDA.


like the State?" of all the Northern-born women I have
met, but three or four replied in a hearty, convincing man-
ner that they really liked it. This appears somewhat
strange, when we consider the fact that the climate, fruits,
flowers, garden dainties, and the like, such as women usu-
ally are fond of and delight in, are so abundant in Florida.
The principal source of their objections is the same as in


all new countries: women
prefer old, settled commune
dwellings, society, sidewalks,
The sandy soil, heavy roads,
cially in South Florida regi
prevalent discontent of the
general neglect of new settle
flower-gardens, poultry-yard


seldom enjoy pioneer life, but
cities, churches, schools, finished
and intimate social intercourse.
and absence of sidewalks, espe-
ions, are the real cause of the
women. Added to this is the
rrs to provide lawns, grass-plots,
s. etc.. to attract and divert the


attention of their female companions. In the towns through-
out Northern Florida, where the improvements are more
general, there is most content among the women; and in
the few homes in Southern Florida where the house is neat-
ly constructed, with wide, cool piazzas, lawns, and flower-
gardens, a poultry-yard well stocked, and a cow (thus pro-
viding spring chickens, fresh eggs, fresh milk, and butter,
things always so agreeable to the housewife)-in homes
where these surroundings are found, is always found resig-
nation if not contentment.
 Be cautious, look about you, use your own best judg-
ment, avoid land-sharks, begin on a small scale at first, be
scrupulously cleanly of person and house, provide good food
and have it well prepared, and, though you are a "new-
comer," you may enjoy life and prosper in Florida.