The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-14
Suburban Sections Con-
tain Finest Residences
in the Country.
Cleveland Park Noted for
It's Delightful Homes
and Advantages.
Special Features Offered
Prospective Purchasers
of Property.

No city in the country can surpass
Washington in the beauty OF its sub
urbs. Baltimore lays claim TO Roland
Park and other charming spots; PhiIa-
delphia has magnificent Bryn Mawr.
with its palatial homes and equally sew
eral others Of lesser Importance: Boston
has long been noted for the loneliness
of her many pretty suburbs, with the
exquisite homes of her weu-to-do citi-
Eens. But Washington glcries in nat
uraI beauties surrounding the city, sur
passing all other places that are largely
the product of mans artistic handi-
work.
Nature in her most lavish mood has
given to the environment Of the city a
picturesqueness and beauty that artists
have long loved 10 paint and man has,
by careful and artistic treatment, pre-
served the charm and beauty in all its
naturalness, while at the same time
adjoining IT by the requirements Of the
extending lines of commercial utility.
1t is true that the suburbs OF other
cities have grander houses and more
snowy places as the result of vast ex-
penditures OF money and the efforts OF
artists and architects, landscape gar
deners and men whose business it is to
produce fine effects But in the charm
Of naturalness,. in the feeling that Ma
ture here is supreme, IN the fine senti-
ment that in every house. no matter
how modest in design, there is inter-
woven the sweet feeling of home, the
suburbs Of Washington stand alone.
transcending all others, and more and
more as it becomes better known, at
tracing the attention of the lover Of the
true and beautiful who seek its rustic
shade, there to bring his Lares and
Penates and find sweet and pleasant
seclusion close to Nature
Cleveland Parks Great Beauty.
And while it may be difficult to single
out one spot as more beautiful than
another of all the environs Of the Capt.
tai City. it can be safely said that Cleve-
land Park we'll deserves the appenation
given 1.-THE Queen of Washington
Suburbs" Since the day when Presi-
dent Cleveland built a summer home
there. its fame has grown until Cleve-
land Park has come 10 be known the
country over as one Of the show places
of Washington and as one of the most
attractive home spots in the country.
pount1AullH tu0oWcu AE nature Win
charming bits of natural scenery. .glens.
Elades, and woodland, the park idea has
been closely adhered TO- and in the
architecture of the houses there has ever
been the thought uppernost OF harmony
between the natural and the artificial
between associaung the glorious works
OF nature with the artistic hGndiWOTk OF
man. At the same time. while the park
idea has at no time heen forgotten or
overlooked. every comfort and cOnven-
fence Of the city has been installed.
Appeals to Suburbanites.
Cleveland Park appeals strongly to the
well-to-do class of would-be suburban
ties. The homes and grounds give evil
dence OF the fact that the owners take
great personal interest in beautifying
the surrounding and keeping them in
harmony with the natural picturesque
ness Of the locality The architecture OF
the houses differs as greatly as do the
tastes Of the owners. many of the resi-
dences having been constructed on very
unique lines. but every design shows
taste, and il can be confidently said that
it would be hard to find an unartistie
home in the entire subdivision.
The driyeways through the park are