. American homes and gardens. ly wrought up. If your wealthy neighbors are your particular friendsand they like not your dwelling, you suffer from a perpetualsubconscious mortification. The chiefest objection, how-ever, to the proximity of great estates is, that it oftenbreeds serious troubles in the servants quarters of thesmaller establishments. Another objection is that the pres-ence of large landholders will necessarily entail upon thesmaller owner many expenses that he did not at first con-template. Of course if one goes beyond that middle regionof great estates lying between the suburbs
. American homes and gardens. ly wrought up. If your wealthy neighbors are your particular friendsand they like not your dwelling, you suffer from a perpetualsubconscious mortification. The chiefest objection, how-ever, to the proximity of great estates is, that it oftenbreeds serious troubles in the servants quarters of thesmaller establishments. Another objection is that the pres-ence of large landholders will necessarily entail upon thesmaller owner many expenses that he did not at first con-template. Of course if one goes beyond that middle regionof great estates lying between the suburbs and the farmingcommunities, the difficulties just noted are not likely toappear. In suburban districts, where building is tolerably active,many an attractive site presents itself. In such cases lookto the character of other buildings and also investigate theattitude of any land companies that may control consider-able acreage. What is meant by this last caution will bebetter understood by giving a concrete example than in any. A better type of small house for this small site could hardly have been evolved i6o AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS
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