. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . JHE suburbanite is usually asalaried man, and the nature1 if his occupation is such thathe must work in the this reason the suburbshave come to be regarded as places ofresidence for none but families living ona considerable salary or income. Mag-nificent country seats further this im-]:)ression. The wage-earners crowded incity tenements and the pathetically funnyHarlem flats may have heard about theadvantages of living in outlying towns,but they regard them as the abode ofs
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . JHE suburbanite is usually asalaried man, and the nature1 if his occupation is such thathe must work in the this reason the suburbshave come to be regarded as places ofresidence for none but families living ona considerable salary or income. Mag-nificent country seats further this im-]:)ression. The wage-earners crowded incity tenements and the pathetically funnyHarlem flats may have heard about theadvantages of living in outlying towns,but they regard them as the abode ofswells, and seldom think of them inconnection with themselves. Suburbanlife is looked upon as a luxury for thericli. Now. in the interest nf liealthy. happylives this mistaken notion should be cor-rected—for it is a grievous error. The. THb LKIIU ^ Nhbl, WtM AbBLKl PARK suburbs are for everybody. They offerspacious hoines to the mechanic whoworks in the city at rents so much belowcitv rates that there is a geiterous savingafter commutation has been paid. Thedav hiborer, perhaps, could not work inthe city and live in the suburbs on hisscanty wages, but already the newly-ar-rived emigrants to whom all our laboringwork seems to be delegated have foundthat wages are as high in the suburbs asin the city, and employment as steady andplentiful. Nine outlying towns in everyten has its colony of Greeks, Italians,I [, etc., and these newcomersad\-ance much more rapidly there than inthe cities, soon rising from the ditch toskilled trades, small merchandising, truckfarming, etc. Carpenters, plumbers, gardeners, pa-perhangers, painters, masons and allIiandicraftsmen who arenecessarv in building, re-pairing or caring forhouses, can usually do aswell in the suburbs as inthe city so far as workand wages are con-cerned, whi
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