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V o 1 . Ill APRIL, 1903 No. 4 
ROLAND PARR 
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND 
A REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN SUBURB 
By WALDON FAWCETT 
Photographs by Charles T. IValter 
THE FRONT LAWN OF THE CLUB HOUSE 
I T may he questioned whether there is at 
the present time manifest on the part of 
practically the whole American people a 
characteristic more dominant than the grow¬ 
ing fondness for country life,— and more 
particularly, for its substitute of convenience, 
suburban life. This disposition to form a 
closer acquaintance with nature is not a fad, 
outgrown from sudden fancy, but a well- 
dehned taste which has been gradual in 
growth and development. Many factors 
have exerted an influence in bringing it 
about. Prominent among these is the taste 
for athletics and particularly outdoor sports 
which has lately taken possession of Ameri¬ 
can men and women. Impelled by a desire 
to indulge in golf, horse-back riding and 
other diversions under the best possible 
conditions, the devotees of athletism have 
joyfully turned to the idea of habitations 
adjacent to their chosen theatres of action. 
Finally, another contributor to this crusade 
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