. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . s a factthat the (jod-made countrywould be a sorry place indeed, were itnot that mortal man has seen fit to im-prove on natures handiwork. In smieinstances nature has left littlefor man to do in the improv-ing process, and thus it is thatsome mens burdens or pleas-ures, as you will, have beenlighter than others. However,there are exceptions to thisrule. Probabh one of the mostnotable of these exceptions isthat of Mr. James B. Duke,the active head of the Ameri-can Tobacco Company. In
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . s a factthat the (jod-made countrywould be a sorry place indeed, were itnot that mortal man has seen fit to im-prove on natures handiwork. In smieinstances nature has left littlefor man to do in the improv-ing process, and thus it is thatsome mens burdens or pleas-ures, as you will, have beenlighter than others. However,there are exceptions to thisrule. Probabh one of the mostnotable of these exceptions isthat of Mr. James B. Duke,the active head of the Ameri-can Tobacco Company. In1893, Mr. Duke, while visit-ing at Somerville, N. J., be-came impressed with the ideathat a certain section of coun-try-side, immediately south ofthat city and directly acrossthe Raritan River, had beenfavored bv nature to such an extent that with some mortal improve-ments an ideal country estate could bemade of it. -Accordingly, Mr. Duke purchased oneof the largest farms in the section, andfrom time to time has added others untilto-dav his estate comprises nearly twothnusand acres. This estate has been NO .;^ 1 ION OF iilh Il IARK. T II K S L lU K IJ A N I T E Dukes place for recreatiiHi ami wearied with the details of busi-ness artairs he turns with relief to thesupervisiim of some new improvement onhis place. This vast area has been trans-formed under ensjineers. landscape archi-tects and road-makers. Farm-houses andfences have disappeared, public roadshave been widened and bordered withlawns and flower gardens, miles of newmacadam drives sweep ainong rollinghills and dales, passing through statelygroves and winding around prettystreams and fern-bordered lakes. Thewhole panorama of woodland, rollingvalley and winding river now form alanilscape sciiii- that for original design cacti ciintrasting with the rich reds nf thepuiiisettias and daiiuy butterlly ^vinphiinies in mse blouni—the Ameri-can l!,a ruse and Mare-chalXi
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