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

the city was put in the home, and at the
end OF the first year they not only had
the $500. which they had put in their
nome. but because of the care with
which their grounds had been planted
and the fact that their neighbors took
a like interest IN their places. resulted
In an iucresae in value OF about 81 900.
In other words their equity was about
$500.
Since that time. ten years have
passed The income of both these
couples have increased at about the
same proportion and they are now earn
ing about $4,000 "A year. Both families
have been blessed with Two children.
The family which Gag, it's lot i'm the
city st!ll lives there. The children have
been more or less Of burden because
Of the difficulty Of HAT life and during
the ten years they have moved five
times. These moves were made because
Of the many different reasons which
will suggest themselves to any one fa-
miliar with city life. The first time
il was the character OF the tenants
the second. tho neighborhood deteri-
GRATED the third, there was no suitable
place to give the children an outing
the fourth, they did not feel that the
children I'm the only school in that
neighborhood were the right kind of
children for their own TO associate with,
and so II went.
Each now apartment they moved into
had It's own peculiar objections. The
aCquaintances they had formed in each
new plac" had been passing ones, and
after each move they seldom saw the
people with whom formerly they had
been in daily contact The children had
constantly TO make new playmates, and
/ they themselves had not been able 10
build up anything for the future. Each
move had cost them considerable money.
The furniture they had had TO be dis
carded because II did not it, or was not
suitable to the new place Their mode
Of living led them TO many extrava-
gances which they would not have
thought ~ had they been more settled
and on the whole the first ten years OF
married life LEFT them with nothing to
/ fan back on, Increased expenses having
taken practically their total income.
! The family which went to the country
f. now an old resident I'm the community
! In which y lives The house and land
are entirely paid for, the payments on
/ the building loan shares applied to prin-
. cipal having been augmented consider
/ ably by the dividends earned by the
shares. said dividends having averaged
about - per cent. the cost OF the loan
/ 'herehy having been reduced TO an av-
, oraEe OF 3la per cent. The head of thu
/ family Is one OF the leading citizens OF
| tho community He IL a member OF
the Board Of Education. "A director IN
/ the Building loan Association and IL
/ looked upon as Il most substantial indi-
4 vldual. The associations made on FIRST
going into the community have since
become old time friends The children
( from having lived in the same place
| have had the same playnates. Tina
home that cost $50 has Increased In
/ value to $4,000 and they don't owe a
cent on II. They have an automobile
/ which costs them very li;tle 10 keen bs-
/ cause thgN nave garage on their
/ ground Tho children have q pony and
cart swings and tent I'm the yard and
have grown M with n self rcliaruee and
/ spirit which could hardly have bean
/ acquired IN city lie
Starting or on the eleventh year 49,
| family which went to the country can
look forward to n rental account az or,y
the taxes amounting to about $50 per
year, or less than 81 per week. with thei-
fall earning capacity 10 ne used for an
vestmcnt, education, travel or any sxher
thing which might suggest itself Will.
the family which started IN the civ he !.
stlll tho same Old grind with expenses
increasing as fast as the income the
prospect or moving every year or two
and the same old rent 10 meet each
month
This may seem to be a fancifr,l storv
but the facts Il is based on are az ra.i
as anything possibly eau be. D,,rIn, ~,
ten yearS experience of providin. ho,na.
Of moderate cost for people IN eats,
comfortable circumstances I nav. "a