. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . A Typical Bathing Crowd on the. Beach at Asbury Park. Jcenes on the North Jersey Coast THE SUBURBANITE Renewing an Abandoned Homestead BY EGBERT BALDWIN D~~| ISCONTENT was the real reasonwhy we made up our minds. Itis all very well to quote the old* adage which says that Neces-sity is the mother of invention; andinfer that many modern convenienceswould not exist, if some one had notneeded them. But to our way ofthinking, dissatisfaction with presentsurroundings is the one thing that
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . A Typical Bathing Crowd on the. Beach at Asbury Park. Jcenes on the North Jersey Coast THE SUBURBANITE Renewing an Abandoned Homestead BY EGBERT BALDWIN D~~| ISCONTENT was the real reasonwhy we made up our minds. Itis all very well to quote the old* adage which says that Neces-sity is the mother of invention; andinfer that many modern convenienceswould not exist, if some one had notneeded them. But to our way ofthinking, dissatisfaction with presentsurroundings is the one thing thatprompts people to better their condi-tions. Otherwise, we should still beliving in the stuffy apartment on 156thstreet. The apartment was a very pleasantone, as such things go. It was on thetop of the building; so we heard less ofthe noise made by the neighbors thanfamilies living below us, and sometimeswe heard it rain on the roof, too. Wehad as good a view from our flat as any-body. From our windows, one couldlook into the homes of the Bulfinch andCraig families. The seven children inthe former abode always were quarrel-ling, so we often witnessed numerousfi
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