. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . ight? The other night I saw a youngboy steal up to a passing street carand deal a savage blow through theopen window to an inoRensive coloredman who was sitting quietly in hisseat, unsuspicious of and unpreparedfor such an attack. The boy wassimply the product of his environment. A magazine published in Philadel-phia, American Medicine, said recentlyin an editorial: City life is verydeadly to the young, a fact known toanthropologists for a long time, andwe are now in a fair way to e
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . ight? The other night I saw a youngboy steal up to a passing street carand deal a savage blow through theopen window to an inoRensive coloredman who was sitting quietly in hisseat, unsuspicious of and unpreparedfor such an attack. The boy wassimply the product of his environment. A magazine published in Philadel-phia, American Medicine, said recentlyin an editorial: City life is verydeadly to the young, a fact known toanthropologists for a long time, andwe are now in a fair way to explain thephenomenon. For hundreds of yearscountry families have flocked to thetowns, to die out in a few generations,so that the cities are said to be con-sumers of rural populations. A manraised in the country seems to standthe strain, but his children sometimesperish long before he does. Every physician knows of thesedisappearing families, where the coun-try-bred parents survive all their city-bred children. The article then goes on to .showthat such decadent conditions arebeing remedied by the growth of. In Clo«7 Touch will. Naluit THE SUBURBANITE 15 ] suburban districts and the develop-! ment of suburban homes, which make1 for the survival of these desirable types.! Do you know that the constant I noise of the city has been found topermanently damage the delicate or-ganism of the ear? Think what thismeans when it begins in infancy. In-vestigators tell us that it has a directinfluence on the brain. Children areunable to concentrate on their schoolwork, their attention is continually distracted, unconsciously perhaps, butthe effect on mentality is positive anddefinite. You owe your child, aboveeverything , sound physical vigor,mental training and a fair start in you bring him up in the city youplace a handicap upon him. Why dont you bi-oadcn out, younarrow-chested and dwellersin pent-up towns. Pitch your tentsin the suburbs. Live where life isworth t
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