July, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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are constantly in 

 use, adding to the 

 outlook and giving 

 enjoyment. There 

 is a deep harbor 

 anchorage in Five 

 Mile River, close to 

 Tokeneke, with 

 from twelve to six- 

 teen feet of water 

 at low tide. 



Automobile 

 roads and walks 

 through the woods 

 and the trip to the 

 top of the iron ob- 

 servation tower sur- 

 mounting one of 

 two of Tokeneke's 

 water towers, the 

 sand beach and 

 wood-crested rocks, 

 make it an unique 



park, in which many of the residents remain during the en- 

 entire year. It has often been aptly said that Tokeneke 

 brings the Adirondacks within one hour of New York. 

 The Wee Burn golf links are not over 

 fifteen minutes' drive from Tokeneke, 

 and the trolley which passes one ^K** 



of the entrances to Tokeneke 

 goes directly by the links. 



Truly a summer resi- 

 dence park of singular 

 beauty and enormous 

 attractiveness ! Hard 

 indeed to please 

 must be the country 

 resident who can 

 not find satisfaction 

 and pleasure within 

 its surroundings. The 

 promoters of Toke- 



" Heartsease" : The Summer Home of Joseph D. Sawyer, Jr. 



neke have, to a very 

 large degree, solved 

 the most pressing 

 problems of coun- 

 try-house residence. 

 Some of these have 

 already been re- 

 ferred to in the be- 

 ginning of this 

 article, but they 

 involve questions 

 and relate to mat- 

 ters that are com- 

 m o n in every 

 suburban region, 

 and are affairs from 

 which no country 

 resident can escape. 

 The great prob- 

 lem of country liv- 

 ing is not simply the 

 acquisition or oc- 

 cupancy of a dwell- 

 ing that may be suited to individual and personal needs. 

 These are matters of importance, it is true; but there are a 

 host of other questions that come to the front from time to 

 time, sometimes when they are not ex- 

 pected, and often enough when they 

 are not desired or when a ready 

 solution for a new difficulty 

 can not be had. Success in 

 the development of any 

 rural region can only 

 be had by a broad 

 preparation to meet 

 every possible con- 

 tingency. The needs 

 of one will not be 

 those of another. 

 Conditions that suit 

 one family may rep- 

 resent the acme of dis- 



" Shing-wak ": The Home of Thomas Alsop, Esq., Showing the House Before and After the Alteration 



