. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . cuperation. (Inly thestrong can endure the strain of city lifefor anv length of time. Chicago school authorities, in a recent report, afiinn thatthere is a steadx deterioration of vitalforce, which nnist he hereafter taken intoaccount with more accuracy in dealingwith the children of our larger \mong the injurious tendencies theycount the jar, rattle and general noise ofcitv life as most serious. The effect iseriually disastrous upon adults. The ])rol>-lem is now confront
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . cuperation. (Inly thestrong can endure the strain of city lifefor anv length of time. Chicago school authorities, in a recent report, afiinn thatthere is a steadx deterioration of vitalforce, which nnist he hereafter taken intoaccount with more accuracy in dealingwith the children of our larger \mong the injurious tendencies theycount the jar, rattle and general noise ofcitv life as most serious. The effect iseriually disastrous upon adults. The ])rol>-lem is now confronting us whether wecannot escajie, to a large extent, these de-structive forces. The minister whosehearers cover a wide district is no nearerhis Hock hv having a residence in thecrowd than by inhabiting a suburbanhome. He nnist travel by trollev whilelimiting out these jieople in either case,and the ditTerence in time is trilling—notseldom in his favor even, when startingfrom a less crowded district. He will notfail to meet anv emergent call, for thetelephone bell is in his country house, 24 THE SUBURBANITE. A Pretty Woodland Outlookon the New Jersey Central suninioning him quite as readily as fromhis city liome. Meanwhile his gardengives him exercise as well as considerablefood, while his children grow up, likehimself, without becoming victims ofcrowding and noise. He is no farther intime measure from the schoolhouse, as heis no farther from his church and libraries, the opera houses and storesare not conveniently reached. Yet weare not sure that some of these will notalso be suburbanized. An opera house ina garden or park is not an impossibility :neither is a suburban store an impossiblesubstitute for a downtown store. HalfNew York could go outward to purchasegoods as easily as to go inward. The lawyer seems to be more confinedto city limitations—at least for his it happens to be true that no otherprofession is so frequently securing sub-urban residenc
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