Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-18
THE RATIONAL SUMNER HOME
Places Where Rest and Quiet Nav re
Had IncxpcnsfveIy
Fro m I~slie's Weekly.

Fro m IL lies Weekly.
When this generation was young the sum-
n,er home was not a matter for nearly such
serious consider alton as it has now heo ONE
1t used 10 be that a few weeks in he coun-
try or by the seashore was considered TO
be enough of an outing for even the nard-
est workers in the great cities. But that
Is no longer so. for several reasons. Hard
workers work much harder than they used
to do; people have also in their hcmes
learned 10 live more nationally than they
used to live. Therefore there is a demand
for summer homes without the cities-le-
n,ands by those who have not the means 20
lishments.
The rich can settle this problem to suit
themselves, for their means enable them to
overcome all difficulties with the magic
touch of money But to the merely we'll
TODD this problem of summer living is
filled with difficulties. Such persons need
quiet places where there is good air and
fair amount of congenial society. They
are finding such places very quickly and
adapting themselves TO the life with the
happy ease characteristic of an Ingenious
race. Such places, when merely hired. are
very well in their way, but to own sum-
mer home is one of the best investme a
man of family can make.
How, IL will be asked. can a man of mod
crate means become possessed of the home
here suggested? That is a Question worthy
v d
Summer home The answer is that he
should buy such place The reader will
suspect a duh joke In this reply, but none
is intended. In the neighborhood of all the
great citieS-that is. within easy reach of
tfem-are many country villages-we do
not mean suburban villages-country vii
lagos gone to seed. In such places are to
be found the rational summer homes with
in the means Of all the well-to-do to pur-
chase and maintain. Such places may be
had at prices ranging from $2.OO0 to 5000
each of them with ample garden space for
flowers and vegetables.
II those needing permanent summer
homes will look into the matter as 1t has
teen suggested in this article, II will be
found that the idea presented will be more
often practicable than not, and that COM
Portable homes in the real country can be
maintained at An expense not exceeding
the present outlay for living. Suppose q
man pay $500 for his summer home? The
interest on his investment would be s2lo:
taxes: $50: maintenance. SO: insurance. $40:
q total of S270. Such a furnished house.
hired for the summer, would surely ccst
$3.50. Then he would have the further adj
vantage Of a rallying-place for his family.
q Storage-place for the heirlooms and
knick-knacks which become lost I'm the city
movings to which all dwellers in cities re
now addicted. Suppose he should choose
to spend a summer now and then in Europe
or elsewhere Then his chances for renting
his place for $3.50 would be very good, for IL
his home were attractive to him il would
be attractive to many others.
In such a place a family will have all the
advantages of the real country and few OF
the disadvantages or expenses of farm life.
Horses may be kept or not, according to
means and tastes: but in this rational coun-
try home the home idea and the home SEN
timent. so precious to our forefathers but
SO impossible in the hurry and change Of
present urban life. may be cultivated and
expanded for our own benefit and most of
all for the benefit Of that young America
which Is throwing to the winds with dan
gerous recklessness the conservatism which
holds to the permenence of established
things.