The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
~ JOHN II. MCMAHON.

w THEN YOU have the choice ~
w several home sites in the
W same locality don, decide be-
tween EN- by tossing up cent. or
tahe the opinion 81 SEQ nd cousin.
Also don't fal! for too obvious I'M
rrpvcments." which the cnervating
city has made YOU think essential
Some Improvements son won't want
after YOU got hardened up. u.hcrs YOU
can put in yourself and forever laugh
~ vnu- ne. ghhors who depend ON gus
companies. Watcr companies and light
Ing companies. \ little Judgment and
modest first COS. viii give any home
maker an absolutely independent sys-
ten of Improvements.
After n century of large scale co.
operative development our inventors
mr." restoring TO us grandfather indie
pcudcnCe plus comforts the old gen.
tlcman never dreamed o.
As suggested in choosing a General
locality. So in picking out "a site II Is
r good plan to make list Of your
particular needs I'm du" order and com
pare sizes with your requiem nts. Let
u NOT I've daZ2lcd with snowy adran-
ta@s or repealed by q few healthy
harlsh,ps Five minutes longer walk
20 tho station may help our circulation
and also make il ,asier for the Riddles
TO attend school. II there seems % he
shortage Of uo"hhors don't worry,
nelghbors VIII come and meanwhile we
may learn To enjoy real solitude.
Don't grab 4 site because il has its
hair parted in the middle, ana turn
down br,tcr site that Is frowsy with
uuierbrush, rocks ana trees. Af.er a
clcan mp the frowsy place may become
a marvel Of beauty. Rocks and trees
are useful as well as ornamental
where Mature riots there is chance
20 make something. hut it is hard 10
bcautfy bald spot.
would always make first choice Of
elevation, view, fair accessibility,
arabic ground~a bit of woodland and a
decent aloofness from highways and
neiRhhors.
After the site * chosen comes the
question Of placing the house. We
should here yield two points to public
opinion and reserve eight points for
our own convenience. Public opinion
counts mostly in the chance that some
day We may want to sell. Old Dame
Opinion wants us to devote most Of the
space around our house to a lawn and
IN wear out our backs all summer
pushing q lawn mower. Let George dc
H. We wise commuters will not try
90 give an imitation of a mlllonaire''
lawn on our bit OF earth. Less grass
more vegetables, less show IN
front and more space and fruit tree
hehind. One honest fruit tree is bet
ter than an acre of useless sod
speaking of trees, II looks picturesque
TO have them overspread your house
but Il IL moro HYGIENE and desirable
N every way to keep them 90 feet dis
tant, Thus you get air and sunlight
avoid a leaf Uttered roof and danger
when Il tree comes down in a storm.
house should be set back vel
from street or road Ia avoid noise anC
dust. II should not he too close to q
neiRhbors line in view of future build
inGs which may shut off the scenery
or otherwise affect the site. Also It Il
s'fer 10 keep Off the boundary on thu
chance that the line should be fOun,
inaccurate, Houses have been movcC
bodily because they were found To on
oroach a few inches ON "A ucighbor'
properly. \ good margin vi safety j
Desirable.
Natural drainage and grading ar
important items to he settled in ad
vance. A site otherwise very eligible