. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . is praclicall\- the same, so far as transitlacdities go, as living, or shotdd 1 sav tUi ili J-Hoit DilUiliUul lo! Oolfcrs home-sites had assimilated the C(_aintry-lifeidea in Us most essential aspects. 1 Ixisethis on the unusual demand we have en-countered for plots large enough to com-prehend a full equipment—house, garden,and chicken outfit. That means anythingfrom half an acre to ten acres. So manypeople have come to uie with tlie samestory: tliej want n
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . is praclicall\- the same, so far as transitlacdities go, as living, or shotdd 1 sav tUi ili J-Hoit DilUiliUul lo! Oolfcrs home-sites had assimilated the C(_aintry-lifeidea in Us most essential aspects. 1 Ixisethis on the unusual demand we have en-countered for plots large enough to com-prehend a full equipment—house, garden,and chicken outfit. That means anythingfrom half an acre to ten acres. So manypeople have come to uie with tlie samestory: tliej want not only a home, but theywant to settle here on a scale large enoughtil go in for their own gardening and theirwn poultry-raising. They seem to natur-ally associate a suburban home with realcountry life and if they can find the com-bination so near Xew York they foreseecomplete happiness. Its a difficult com-bination, howe\cr, to pick up. that is, at\\hat. to them, is the right price. But itall goes to .show the general tendenc}-toward the ideal life which so many havefound in ^^estfield. People want to getaway from the humdrum artificial exis-tence of the city to the fidler, freer lifeoutside
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