The Washington herald., 1907-08-11
Suburban Life Non at It's BeSt-Attractive Homes
vithin Easy Reach of Capital Where Residents
ReveI in All the Comforts Even in Midsummer
Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, and Other TOWNS

street cars. This is a beautiful suburb
for people of moderate means Here is
where a great number of government
employees live. and here they have many
of the advantages of the country. They
may keep chickens II they want to, and
many of them do. so that the blatant
rooster sounds the call 10 the duties
of the day long before the morning gun
is fred. This place has received an i'm
petus TO grawth through the settlement
of a branch of the Seventh-day Advent
lists, who are doing much 10 improve and
beautify the suburb On Sligo Greek
they have just built a sanatOrium, mod
eled after that at Battle Creek, Mich.
and they are now erecting a large print
ing establishment, whence the publica-
tions of the society will be issued. Homes
can be purchased in Takoma Park for
S2,0O0 and upward. and many govern
ment employees are investing their savings
in homesteads here. So great has the i'm
prOvement been there that already the
suburb is establishing its own sewer and
water system: its streets are wide and
well paved, and cement sidewalks are
the rule
Eight miles out of the city. just be-
yond Chevy Chase Lake, is North Chevy
Chase, a comparatively new suburb, hut
one that is fast becoming popular. This
is a real country suburb, with plenty of
ground and no restrictions. 1t is here
that the sound of the lawn mower is
heard in the land, and where the clerk
who has been totaling up figures all day
finds his relaxation of an evening in play
ing with a garden hose. As the cool
water splaShes over the new-made lawns
and the fiower-beds. which some day will
be things of beauty, comes the time of
gossip, and over the fences and hedges
the suburbanite kills two birds with one
stone, watering his place and at the
some time discussing the affairs of the
nation with his neighbor. This is an
other suburb that invites people of mod
crate means. for homes can be bought
here for S2,O00. and a nice place can be
rented for 50 month. 1t is located just
beyond Chevy Chase Lake. and many of
the residents, disdaining to take the Ken
sington car, just walk over the hill and
find themselves at home.
PetwOrth is a utilitarian suburb: a place
Of substantial homes, well built and at
tractive. but hardly countrihed. Many of
the streets are built up soldly in rows.
but there are detached villas. too. some
of them OF much beauty. It takes about
twenty minutes 10 get to Petworth from
the Treasury Building and once there YOU
are right in the country, where the air is
fresh and cool. where tired clerks may for
getfOr a while the affairs Of their depart
ment in the happy tasks OF caring for the
lawn and feeding the chickens. OF, seated
on the grass. follow Walt Whitman's ad-
vice fas TO loafing and inviting their soul.
Houses here may be bought for from g 900
upward. and by the system OF monthly
payments many government employees are
investing their savings and acquiring
homes.
Hard by the river there is the su-
burb known as the Palisades OF the Po-
tomac, on the line Of the Great Falls and
Glen Echo Railway. This place is yet to
be developed. but already there are some
nice houses there, and the opportunities
for real suburban life are promising.
Another beautiful suburb is Pinehurst,
half way between Chevy Chase Circle and
Rock Greek Park 1t is laid out with
much forethOUght, following the plans of
the highway extension Few additions
to the city are provided with such fine