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A PLAYHOUSE IN THE MOUNTAINS. Written for The Advertiser. Three thousand feet above sea level is a little house ot the Mary Ann type of architecture, it con';.ins two rooms besides the kitchen, which is i built oil at the back side, and has a balcony built around two sides of it. On a platform adjoining the balcony Is a tent which spreads i*s protecting wings over the nightly slumbers of two and sometimes three of the little maids who have come together here out ot the long-ago to "play play house" again. The play-house is stained a dark mossy green. So steep is the moun tain-side 0:1 whi< ii it is set that the balcony In the front is ten fett above the ground and the mountain has a Bhelf cut in it on winch ;'::?> back of the dear little house rests. Under the high balcony is hung a gay red ham mock and sometimes when boys from the past come to play fit being men and say .sweet things to the little play-ladles, they sit in ti is pretty hammock together. It is known as the "parlor". Across the road anoth er hftminoik is s wung where the sing ing Swannanoa rushes over its reeky bed. When the boys and girls pre tend to be Eerious and eo do net care for Interested audiences above their heads they go to this nook which is known as the "drawing-room**. On one side of the house is a spring of ice cold water. Ov< rshndowing the play-house are chestnut trees so big that two little ladies together can hardly reach aro;:nd some of them. Besides the chestnuts there are a half dozen varieties of smaller trees, a. number of rhododendrons and laurels. Kerns ami Tiger lilies and Indian pipes spring out of the ground. It is a darling place to play. The play-ladies have had many hap py hours fixing up their house. It has two doors and three windows in its bin living-room. On one side it has a broad rock fireplace. On an other side it has a staircase leading to a big up-stairs room. One lady stained the floor of the living-room ?0 that it would do credit to a danc ing hall. Three other ladies chose a dreary rainy day to make artistic curtains of (ream colored cotton cloth with Persian colored borders and valances for the three windows, the book shelf, and the r.cok under the stairs. A "play-man" made two of the loveliest magazine racks in the world from rhododendron) limbs and they are always overflowing with beautiful and tempting things to read. Two of the little ladles have a wal nut sideboard and dining-table dis carded by their mamma and they are the loveliest things to play with im aginable, They are really good enough t o put in anybody's sure em.ngh house. On the sidel aard are several artistic decor,.; ions?a tall vase always filled with fresh llowers. some Japanese Cups and saucers, a beautiful glass pitcher and s< me glasses, a burnt-wood bread board, a. silver fruit dish, and a row of twisted l'O?! napkin rings. In the sideboard are some' dainty little rose-sprigged plates, clips and saucers, knives, forks, spoons, bowls* 1 latV: s---a;.d in fact all the things necessary for a meal, Pretty center-pieces and dain ty fringed mats and tiny red and blue checked doilies are the delight of the little ladies' hearts. Over the bin fireplace hang toast ing rack and frying pan and en the hearth are trivet, kettle, and si?.h'r UOl forth Jus? like a picture. On -.he mantel are (.".miles and lamps, espe cially a big round-burner reading lamp 1 a brass Clock. A bird's nest nhd some shorting points and a v.'!-.* k.\ flowers leiid it adornment. Two benches at fined green flank the fireplace and nffo/d cosy seats when the mountain bre< i< -? drive the little Indies to the fire. All around the walls !:.::?- ; lo tlirestpie hats and jackets, shawls and Umbrellas, and alpenstocks of balsam and sou'.'.vood. Folir cotii lies cov ered With brilliant red ami plaid blan kets and tWO bin rocking chairs afford comfortable resting places when the happy little folks gather In ;'.: ir liv* Ihg-robm for n cosy < hat. Up-st airs (here are trunks and trunks, and suit eases, Mid dozens of "lady-clotlies"' and beautiful dressing' tables made of dry-goods boxes cov ered with dainty flowered chin;/, got* ten from our grandmother's attic and wit.1 looking glasses hung ov< r them?-all In one tig room. On one side is a wonderfully eflUli ped l ath room Whose wall of green caiico has wreath's of pink roses printed on it. Hows of towels, cakes of soap, pink and blue-bordered washrags. basins, and tubs attest ?;?.?> system and order with which the players keep house. It is a veritable paradise upstairs. Hanging in rows ale it "he sides of this room are the pretty fro ks which make Ignorant beholders suppose that j these* frolicking maidens are really grown-up ladies, Tee little kitchen has a pretty three burner stove, a gauze*(loored cup* board, built-in rows o' shelves, a pat ent baker, a patent steamer, and rows ot tin plates and cups. Making mud pi' ;> the greatest possible fun and everything cooked in the kitchen, un like real little girls' mud-pies, is ea gerly devoured, uhd there is good rea son why to<>. a great event in play-house life is giving a party., When .1 cake comes from far-away home on the choo-choo cars a great Jubilee is held and some t oys and ^irls from t! e next play house come in to the party, Lovely tumblers thr.t match the pitcher are mixed tip with jelly-glasses, broken handled cups, tooth-brush mugs, and tin cups; hut the same sort of lemon ade and blackberry acid sweetened by the finger-tips of the makers is served in all. Every sort plate serves to hold the generous slices of rake, the olives and beaten biscuits and other home delicacies wl-.ieh constitute the feast. it ;t veritable children's frolic for the order of the occasion :>5 to stuff r.s long as the wherewithal remains. Hut the happiest play the little la dies have is "mountain tourists". They have appropriate garbs for this game, some made of khaki, some of flannel. Short skirts, sensible shoes, big hats draped with gaudy bandan nas, sweaters, sweaters, sailor (El lars with becoming ties-, adjusted care fully and coquettlshly before the dressers in the up >:airs room, make of them it picturesque group when they start out for a tramp. And as they play play-house in most realistic style so they walk. Sixteen miles in a day is a pie; ant little constitution al. They have learned the true tramp's knack, and often pet out [empty-handed in the morning and : fare sumptuously at mid-day amid the most enjoyable surroundings. Eight miles frcm their play-house, in a fairy like valley, is an old for lorn saw mill under which the water rushes and pours madly. An ideal mountain view is spread before the I gaze of the pleasure peckers r.s they ! sit on its deserted platform. The graceful banks of the stream stretch j far away, bordered with willows. berries, laurels, and all the trees cd i the forest "overlennlng with flicker Infi meaninc and sign". I'cyond the sweep td the keenest vision the dis tant blue mountains kiss the sky and I nearer at hand ethers lift their heads in purple and green glory. a moun tain woman living nearby bakes hot biscuits tor the picnic and the addi tion of fresh latter, buttermilk and sweet milk, honey and preserves makes a feast worth .as many cold dollars as the play-house folk pay pennies for it. This is one ot their favorite ! Plays. , four mtles from them is a railway station ami sometimes ;ust to hear the train blow s*e 'lie wheels go ?round ihey put r?n their tramping garbs and "step over"' to HI nek moun h it . Five miles above them is t'ae sum mit of a majestic mountain, Gray i beard. The Climb up its steep sides is one which taxes the endurance of :!;<? little ladies more than either of the other trips mentioned. Ihn they are nature- loving, these maids from the long-ngo, and they .gladly make mud-pies, p; ck the lunch and make , the c limb for the sake of 'he magnifi cent view at (he top. I I'-nt these p|ay-folks really enjoy , their play most when they take a trip to Mount Mitchell and hack: I forty miles cf it. They spen.1 four [ ('ays and three nights en this trip and 'heir soul? sWell with the grand eur and solemnity of their Ntaker's handiwork aitd realize more (linn ever [ ;hf:t ihe.V nr'fl hut dots on the fn>.f the globe. They cniT.v donkeys find j tents and blankets and ax"< rind pots and pans ami kettles, mid Incidentally useful little boys and uttidc. oh this ? ? sehool^glrly ''play-like ladles" ant] they gel get eXclled with (he real ization that Ihey ore! f\ Hiding on the highest spot east of the Uookbs and viewing?but the mists and rains gi n erally shut the view off considerably. so that the less said a! out it (he bet ter, it is at least something to hope for and some cd the tourists have seen it md can recall it in memory. Another game is "going m Asiie ville". For t 1:1b they dress Hp ex actly like Indies and carry pretty fat poc ket books along. t is a wonder* fill thing, this going in a big springy hack seventeen miles along the sides cd the lovely Swanr.i.noa river. They start from a romantic wild s;ot in the heart of lite wihb rn^ss and stop in a spick and sp;.n model village ivhich a grc;.* millionaire has for Ills play-house. They go into CCstacles over the ir-o cream they buy here and (ho street cars in which they whist from the big man's plny-hotlSO to the most whbiy known 'i'y in western North Carolina. After a month or o in their ptny-hdusc they t'md many things which they must buy and like true-true ladies they "shop'" in the pretty storts. They buy new neck rigglngs and new shoes, new maga zines and post-cards. They spend happy minutes choosing new things for their play-house. They go on the cars to several interesting points they have found out about. When they have filled every moment as full of delight as it can be packed they accomplish the feat of piling them selves and luggage as bulky as them selves into U.e hack iind roll back home, singing as they go. Hut it would be an ? v.,!!ess task to describe ail the doings of the play house l tdies. Long life nrid length of di.ys shall surely reward all those grown folk who like them, once in a year, go hack to the elemental and, one way or another, play play-house. j TurnipSeed That Grow! Have jtisl received a fresh shipment of the best Turnip Seed. Ruta Baga Red or Purple Top Seven Top Southern Pvh'.e Other Garden Seed too. Now is the time to plant. Dr. Posey's The Old Reliable. Glowing Springs Mineral Water 88.OO TO WILMINGTON, N. C AND RETURN VIA COLUMBIA- NEWBERRY: AND LAU" RENS RAILROAD Ten day excursion tickets oil sale each Thursday, May 271h to \ugust lt,th, 1909. All tick ets limited to reach original starl ing point returning ten dnys in addition date <>f sale. All ?. xcellent opportunity to visit popular Wrightsville Beach, N. C, .it .1 small cost. ];or information call on ticket agent, or write, \V. 1. CR A10, tt Passenger Trame Manager, Cljtcora tf-ivccn?iUc, s%>. ?. THE SOUTH CAROLINA PKKSBYTERI AN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN A Christian Home School. A High Standard College. A. Tuition, Board, Room and Fees $183.00. It. All included in proposition [A] and Tuition in Music, Art or re pression $L!o:; to $213. S. c. BY Ft I). l> D. Prvr.lH.nt dThis Piano is worth working I I for. Get in our Contest to win. ? i ?^ Above is illustration of the Piano we are to give in ^| to the Contestant receiving the largest number ^ of votes during our contest, it looks good and is |jj m a good instrument. It is furnished us by L. A. ^ k McCord, the piano and organ man and is guar ^ U anteed by him. Qo see him about this or any other piano. ^ Laurens Advertiser ^ II NOTICE OF ELECTION. State ot South Carolina, La art as County. Whereas petitions signed by more than one-third ot the qualified elect ors and tree bolders residing in the Hunter School District, Hunter Township, No. :\. Lnurens County, South Carolina, asking for an elec tion on question of Levying a Two \2) Mill Tax upon property i:: said Schoo] I ?ist riet to be us.-d for Scliool purposes have been filed with the County Hoard of ICleefloh, an election is hereby ordered upon said t|u<.i j said election td lie held on the -1st day (if August, :''<:'. at Hock lliidge day of Adgust, i:.t:'. ?| ;h.> Oakvllle School House, under the inanagem' in 01 the Trustees of the said Seho<i| - ? ). - . turn i or personal property for taxation, i ml ? ,. . ? ? ? registration certificates :is required in ? Those favoring ihc Tax s!.;.M vote a ballot containing tb?' word "Ye* written or printed thereon; those against the Tax shall \<>i<- a ballot containing the word "No" written 01 printed thereon, I'oils si.all open at (he hour ol 7 o'clock in tin- forenoon and remain open until (lie hour ol t in Hie nftor noon, when they .-hall be closed and the ballots counted. The Trustees shall report the res ol said election to the County Auditor ??. it lilii It n days IlioreiifH r. ciKoUci-: i.. i'i i ; s. J-:i Co. Sujit. ol lldili aiion. During l!<0S'; lfi,."?'J,S forcighot'-t laud ! ; t Yokoha tu of .la| " "7. Chinese Jetl '.. Ith < ? 51. lol lowetl by !i43a lirilisli; Angleworms may ||ve f illv t< n ? mehts made in Marburg. Germany. ! University of SovitH Carolina Schools of Arts, Sc;< n< c, Kduc.v Ubn, I..;\v. 1 i;.-.: ? ? i luy an ! ir,,,!?a,e Stu.lics ' 'J eii: difTeWili.t courses leading : ": 1 C<?lujnl.i.!, S. C. i Laurens Wholesale Grocery Co. c c WZ. C. Gray, Manager I We offer for this week one solid car C Libertv Mills best Pat-' p ent Flour, per barrel f Corn per bushel See us for best Grade Hard and Soft Coal. $1.00