Excerpt from The Suburbanite, 1909: A Monthly Magazine for Those Who Are and Those Who Ought to in Interested in Suburban Homes
With the donning of a new dress, and all that goes with it, the purpose of The Suburbanite gains a decided impetus. That purpose - the promotion of suburban life and the interests of suburbanites - needs no introduction to the many who have followed the pages of the magazine from month to month. That purpose will remain unchanged - from title-page to tailpiece it will continue to dominate the contents. The only difference between the old order of things and the new will be increased opportunities for the achievement of that purpose.
With the advent of the new series, which the March number opens, a special feature of each issue will be department treatment of the various matters of paramount interest to the great family of suburbanites. There is nothing which more vitally concerns the suburbanite, both present and prospective, than the home which he and his occupy. Under the Suburban Architecture and Construction Department that subject will receive painstaking attention. A special article will be devoted to some particular feature of this engrossing theme, while kindred topics will be separately touched upon.
Another subject which means much to the average suburbanite is his garden. Many a suburbanite would feel as lost without his or her little patch of self-raised flowers and vegetables as a skipper without a compass. In many cases he has moved from the crowded metropolis to the suburbs because he wanted to work a garden and he couldn't do it in the city any more than he can do it in his suburban parlor. In the department on Suburban Gardens he will find a wealth of interesting matter, all of which will be led by an article on some particularly timely theme apropos of the general subject.
Then there is the department dedicated to the Suburban Household, and the interests of the suburban housewife. Its caption tells its purpose, a purpose that appeals to the women who help so mightily to make any home all that the term implies.
But this is merely an outline of what is to come. Besides the establishment from time to time of other departments, such as Suburban Home Furnishings and Decorations, Suburban Photography, Suburban Poultry Raising, Suburban Sports and others, original, attractively written articles of a more general nature bearing on all that has to do with suburban life and interests and splendidly illustrated, will appear in the forthcoming issues of The Suburbanite.
Just a word as to the April issue: It will be a Bungalow number. This is a subject that fits the suburbs more closely than any other class of home building - indeed, where else but in the suburbs, or the more remote rural sections, would one think of building a bungalow, or putting up one of the handy, handsome, portable kind? In all its aspects the subject will be thoroughly covered by no less competent authorities than architects who have made a specialty of this attractive form of house. Superb illustrations in themselves will tell the story eloquently.
While bungalows will be the piece de resistance, a generous share of space will be accorded the suburban garden. There are lots of things for especial consideration in April, among them "Getting the Garden Under Way," after hotbeds and cold frames have served as first aids; also Arbor Day and all that it signifies. A particularly pleasing feature will be "Cupid - Commuter," a pretty romance by the author of " Philip Carey - Coward, published in the January Suburbanite. And don't forget the departments.
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