. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . oked upon at best as an irrational en-thusiast. Such men seem to us only bear-able when they hasten to turn into cashtheir ajipreciation of Xature b\ makinggood Xature worslii]) into mediocre liter-ature. The man in the street has an unfor-tunate way of blundering into tlie rightsolution of all questions aivl it is probablethat his scorn of the hermit, such asThoreau. is justified by the hitters ex-aggeration. To give all ones time to afriendship with the S(|uirrels and ])otatobugs
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . oked upon at best as an irrational en-thusiast. Such men seem to us only bear-able when they hasten to turn into cashtheir ajipreciation of Xature b\ makinggood Xature worslii]) into mediocre liter-ature. The man in the street has an unfor-tunate way of blundering into tlie rightsolution of all questions aivl it is probablethat his scorn of the hermit, such asThoreau. is justified by the hitters ex-aggeration. To give all ones time to afriendship with the S(|uirrels and ])otatobugs or co(|uetry with crocuses and cab-bages, is oiilv less idiotic than to weanones self entirely from the breast of Xa-ture. riie blessed old (ireck who advisesus to choose the golden mean was un-di)ubte<lly a suburbaiiile. It would be easy, with so general anintroduction, to wander at will intoalmost any ])hase of country life. but. inthe spring of the \ear. when buildingo])erations are just about beginning, or, ifhasty, are coming to a conclusion, tliereis one thought which cvcrv suburban THE SUBURBANITE. An Attractive Treatment of Lawn. Shubbery and TreesCharacteristic of New Jersey Suburbs dweller who truly loves nature must haveimpressed upon him. When he sees apretty patch of woodland converted bybuilding operations into a dreary mixtureof clay, broken brick, ends of joists andbuilders rubbish Generally, he must havea warm appreciation of human compan-ionship in order to forget the usurpingof Natures reign by that of man in theQueen Anne cottage. Not all of us can enjoy Natures sub-limities, bat her beauties need only to bespared in order to exist everywhere. Iwas very grateful to a friend of mine, anartist, who, when being shown about anordinary suburban settlement, remarkedwith great fervor, If theres anything inthe world I hate and despise, it is alawn. The occasion of his remark wasthe painful contrast between the rathershabby-genteel patches of grass that sur-rounde
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