New-York tribune., 1906-04-08

send brick walls become obnoxious ana 4bo
green bits of park space arouse a mysterious
longing The maple buds have a tantalizine
gent and the sparrows seems to vocal,ze ,v,tb
more feeling than prima donnas
since the poets diagnosis OF love sickness a
unsuitable to men OF family and the prescrip-
,,ons Of patent medicine folk too baselv natar,o1
there is need for another explanation ana rem
edy.
y have it. We must go 20 the country. an
nounces Papa de Smyth at the breakfast table
yes. my dear" says Mamma do Srnyth bright
= You always think OF the right thing AT the
right time. The air in the nat is really too
sitting
~Burrah for the countryI I'm going fshing!'
rbrills papa's youngest born.
I'm going in for nature study says Sister
In producing bird book with colored plates
The pleasures of paradise itself might be ex-
bsnsted by anticipation before the de smyths
have selected a suburban abode and given notice
10 their city landlord.
When one considers the wide range Of possl-
buittes. that a New York business man may
travel ten miles fifty, encamp on the Jersey
coaet dwell in the mid-regiOns OF Long Island or
,nbabt the upstate hills. there is distraction at
the very start. How can one choose amid such
= ,realth OF location? Does one want ocean air
or mountain air. the absolute charms OF nature
or the conveniences OF a suburb? II one has
nlenty Of money the real estate dealer will pro-
vide with the ideal-yes, a palace overlooking
ocean and plain. with all improvements. equally
desirable as summer and winter residence.
The average man, however, Is not burdened
With riches and must be content with a selec-
sion Of simple delights-this year the seashore
and next year the hills. Nor IS it always for
him 70 say when the eligible and the possible
Will coincide Everything may be pre-empted at
,ba chosen locality. Rents have SCARED. cOmmU-
fs4ion rates gone up. For. speaking OF COM
vnutaton. It Is assumed that the average man
must HE back and forth TO town. and the temer-
Itv Of advising him as to a permanent country
home is not possessed by the writer
ADVANTAGES EQUALIZED.
nha comforting fact that expenses ana ad-
vln4sges are largely eQualized wherever one
goes An express train takes one out forty miles
n The same time that q local travels half that
distance. and the extra Communication, less than
twice the half distance rate, may be compen-
satod for by lower rent If there IS lack Of
scenery IN Central and Southern Long Island,
the fertile land atones with fine vegetables and
magnificent flowers. II the rocky Oranges deny a
garden there are birds and wild flowers and
SCOPE for a chicken ranch. One must calculate
all the factors and try to strike q balance VIII
that adjacent marsh dry up IN summer or mako
the house malarial? Does the tenant pay the
water rate? Is there a cellar under the house2
Can one obtain ice and milk for the baby? Do
the department stores send their wagons there2
Is there a convenient trolley line?
New Jersey and Long Island have the best
roads. seryiceable for pleasure drives or the
commuters wheel. Along the Hudson there are
likewise excellent roads and noble prospects,
while the central upstate region tends to In
closed narrow valleys and hilly ways. The Long
F2nFlr q at 5zHA
esewhere, but there is promise OF a speedy, In
expensive electric service in the near future. In
regard to fares railroads have arranged 1t every
where so that It costs the same whether one
goes 10 town twice or six times week. There
are family tickets and monthly school tickets at
lessened rates. The regular monthly commuta-
ton for twenty miles is about 81. TrOlleys solve
the problem Of family trips to neighboring towns
or an occasional leisuTely visit to the city.
Obviously. a commuter who has business down
town saves distance by living east or west Of
lower Manhattan, while the man with an up
town place Of business journeys more quickly
up the state into Connecticut For close
economy one might calculate the moving bill
on the same principle. As a general thing It is
cheaper and more convenient to move by van.
There IS no delay as with railroad freight, fur
niture needs less careful protection and books
may be tied up in heavy paper packages. By
fore or after the busy season, one may get
van for a thirty mile distance for the sum Of
,S25. Two loads are proportionately cheaper.
TT is also well to know whether the moving man
is charging for half dozen miles actually saved
by ferriage
The main thing is to find house. I'VE have
nothing for rent, only for sale" says a dealer
in one town. Nothing less than $40 a month
with years lease" says the real estate man
in the next town. Papa de Smyth gets dis
couraeed after his Sunday search and doubts
that such high-hanging grapes are entirely
sweet. Perhaps he leaves his address with the
dealer who promises TO send word if anything
suitable turns up But if the house hunter can,
fortunately take week off he will have de-
lightful vacation, q view Of many interesting
suburbs and BE pretty sure to find just the
right place. It is refreshing and exciting to
travel up and down the railroads, cut across
country on a trolley and tramp village streets
a thousand shifting pictures of rural bliss filling
the mind Imagination fully settles itself in each
place visited and one feels that, even if a bach
elor. with no serious homeseeking purpose. the
time is not wasted.
STRONG CONTRASTS.
There are often two places called by the same
name on the map, a cluster of new, fancy houses
about the railroad station where the cityites are
wont TO dwell and the old fashioned village
mile so away. The latter is the goal OF the
true country lover. as well as Of him who hnds
a stylish neghborhood beyond his means. II Is
pleasant to have electric lights ana modern
plumbing. bat what is the gain in quietude when
trains thunder past back yard? What privacy
IS there when the side windows of a parlor are
twenty feet from neighbor's abode. and no"
much Of a garden can one have on few square
feet Of ground? Such a place seems scarcely su-