HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 
1913 
83 
Social Life in the Suburbs 
S UBURBANITE’’ has an unpleasant 
sound to the ears of the metropoli¬ 
tan and is spoken sometimes with a sneer. 
But what complacent ignorance accounts 
for such an attitude? 
The city man charges the country 
resident with being a provincial lack¬ 
ing the city’s opportunity for social 
life. To disprove it take Greenwich, for 
instance. The social activity of this 
town is centered about the country 
clubs and in the homes. The Connecticut 
coast is remarkably indented and no less 
than three yacht clubs of importance lie be- 
The Country Club, one of the centers of 
social activity in Greenwich 
tween Bridgeport and Stamford. The re¬ 
ciprocal entertainments of those who take 
their recreation in sailing, last not only 
during the summer when the visiting yacht 
clubs are received and the cruising vessels 
welcomed, but the gaiety continues even 
into winter. The social intercourse, how¬ 
ever, is not limited to the yacht club and 
the water front. There is the country club 
and the field club that beyond serving as 
places of recreation and exercise, are used 
for dances and festivities for over the win¬ 
ter season. 
So much for the public functions. The 
hospitality of Greenwich homes is now 
proverbial. The constant throng of week¬ 
end visitors is announced, the meeting of 
residents and the visiting of residents 
from house to house is characterized by 
entertainment of unusual distinction. 
Among the hundreds of attractive homes 
that are occupied by recently married 
couples the life is particularly interesting, 
and much informal, friendly fun is en¬ 
joyed. But there are the magnificenc man¬ 
sions besides, where society folk whose 
names are starred, dwell. This entertaining 
rivals the splendor of even a capital city. 
What is said of Greenwich is only true of 
many places that dot the outskirts of the 
metropolitan district. 
We spoke of transportation facilities, 
and it is worthy of remark that the Long 
Island Railroad intends opening its Port 
Washington division for electrically oper¬ 
ated trains on February 22nd, 1913. This 
makes still more accessible that section of 
Long Island which runs from the Brook¬ 
lyn city limits out along the north shore 
to Port Washington and renders it all the 
more attractive. This opens a uniform¬ 
ly desirable district for the home of 
moderate cost, and brings this section into 
a zone equivalent with up-town New York. 
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