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THE PIN E HURST OUTLOOK. 7 THE Kl I Hiii'l ' I win: : A 1,1 Of li' ' If Wl: i . oays FAB EXCEED THE BLACK. HV AMKI.IA K. BAKU. ,Ciy a year ago, . if I truly kept ; , ys when life burnt low I smiled, of days I wept ,. r bad would highest mount l made up the year's account. And I'll ,-vr lair and line, I said, when days are glad a iih bright ink the line; And v i no with black when they are bad. s, ni.it they'll stand belore my sight A ( : ;tn apart as day and night. I j mind the changing skies, r ii ii hine, nor if it rain; Hut if iln-iv come some sweet surprise Ol ii i.'iidship, love, or honest gain, hy. ilicn, it shall be understood, That day is written down as good. And if t any one I love A blo-ing meets them on the way, That will a double pleasure prove, So it hall be a happy day; And if some day I've come to dread Pass harmless by I'll write it red. When hands and brain stand labor's test And I can do the thing I would, Those days when I am at my best, Shall all be traced as very good. And in red letters, too, I'll write Those rare strong hours, w hen right is might. When lirst I meet In some grand book, A noble soul that touches mine, And with his vision I can look Through some "(Jate beautiful" of time; That day such happiness will shed, That golden lined will seem the red. And when pure thoughts have power To touch my heart and dim my eyes, And I, in some diviner hour, t an hold sweet converse with the skies, oh. then my soul may safely write, "This day hath been most good and bright." What do I see on looking back? A red lined hook before nie lies, With here and there a thread of black, That like a passing shadow Hies; A shadow, it must be confessed, That often rose in my own breast. And I have found 'tis good to note The blessings that are mine each day, For happiness is vainly sought In some dim future far away, lust My in v ledger for a year; Then look with grateful wonder back And you will (hid there is no fear The red days far exceed the black. QUERIES. A Winter ltileiil Asks a Few IVrli-im-iiI questions About IMiicliurst. KlMToii I'lNKIiriJST Oltlook: Ii:.i; Siis, Voiu- very kind and gener ous practice of opening the columns of voiu- ! f,,r the expressions of the "'sidentsofthis little New England vil lage has Higgested to me the propriety 'l asking some questions which must lint Mt;i 1 1 v arise to every thoughtful 1111,111 viewing the conditions which sur lu,ll"l "lie residing here, and which I ti'tsi you will assist me to solve. ,'h,M. who conceived the idea of estab '''''u icli a complete garden spot who hJ"l Hie wisdom and foresight to plan 1''" 'Mails leading up to the completion? would h.,ve believed it possible for projector to have accomplished so ,m" '!l "iich an incredibly short liineV U!lt was the projector's ultimate ob--,,v! ' How does he expect to realize a 1" ' mage on his investment? You may !"' ,n; being too inquisitive, but :i I saw your advertisement of suites '' ' ' 0, $(() and 75 per season my n! ity led me to ask the superin nt to show me through one of 1 ' which he promptly did. " "-Marlborough"' being selected, we ;l pretty a)pearing, substantially bouse, divided into four apart ments three suites of two rooms each on the ground floor, and one suite of four rooms up one flight of stairs. Entering one of the two roomed suites we find a bed room and sitting room com bined, fitted up with neat new antique oak furniture bed room chairs, rockers, stand, bureau, commode, and bed with best of mattresses supported by easy pleasant spiral springs. Connected by doorway with this room is the com bined dining room and kitchen, as com plete in its furnishings as the living room was found, with its new Lee cook stove, folding table, dishes in fact, everything necessary for housekeeping. Two large clothes closets, one pantry and one dish closet open into these rooms. The wood closet in the hallway is stocked with fat pine that gives out a rich, pleasant resinous odor as the door opens, and just across the hallway is the sink with run ning water Pinehurst spring water. What is the water rent 1 ask? Supt. Benbow replies: "We make no charge for either water, electric lights or sewerage; all of which is included in the prices named for the suite." Looking out the windows I see the house circled by neatly graveled walks bordered on both sides by planting spaces tilled with native evergreen shrub bery magnolias, holly, gall berry, bay flower, yucca, honeysuckle, ground roses, pansies and violets the whole surrounded by a vast green lawn. Think of it a pretty green lawn with violets in profusion right out in the open in January as pretty as our own New England lawns in June. Then I ask to see one of the cottages built for single families, and I find the same completeness of minute detail, only more elaborate supplies are pro vided where more room admits more storage capacity, more people to be accom modated. Thank you, Mr. Benbow; now let me think a moment. A family renting one of these cottages needs real ly to bring only wearing apparel to be comfortable while in rinehurst. Hut from what does Mr. Tufts derive his in come? Certainly the rental of a cottage is not more than a fair return for the cost of the house and its furnishings not as much as the rent of a similar cot tage for summer months in the country up home, where one has none of the ac cessories obtainable at Pinehurst. Here a complete system of drainpipes and sewers connects each cottage with pipes leading oil" a mile from the village in two directions and emptying into run ning streams. Water mains lead from the springs up through the village into each cottage, electric light wires run overhead along the alleyways and tap into every house and every room. All these water mains, sewer pipes, electric poles and wire cost money. It took men and money to put them in position; it takes constant attention to maintain and keep them in repair. Men are working day and night in maintenance, con struction and operation throughout the entire year, and yet you say no charge is made to the renter for light, water, or sewerage. 'There must be an enormous outlay by the owner from which he de rives no direct or indirect return, as the rentals could not expect to cover this ex pense. When you consider this army of laborers and foremen required to care for the 100 acres of lawns, the space after space of planted shrubbery, the walks and driveways, the trees and plants themselves, it is impossible for the cot tage rentals to approximately reach the expenses of the year regardless of realiz ing a percentage on the investment. The general improvement must be marked to those who have seen the growth from month to month, and could not be expected or anticipated in a vil lage where the property belonged to the individual occupants of the cottages, or where the rentals were expected to furnish the outlay. No one can proper ly appreciate the amount of work essen tial to obtain the result here reached un less he calmly sits down with iencil and paper to reckon up the cost. Summer and winter, autumn and spring, inces santly the army of men toil early and late, and it is a source of employment to the neighboring inhabitants who seem to appreciate it; it is an object lesson to those whom the Almighty has favored with fortune; it is a godsend to those alllicted with ailments that are curable; a haven of rest to the nervous over worked man or woman who needs rest and recuperation, and to delicate children who need to live out doors and play in the sand from early morning till bed time it is the ideal place, and its popu larity will no doubt prove the owner's wisdom as a business venture at some future date. Hut at present better o portunities for pleasure, health, recrea tion and comfort are being furnished in Pinehurst than in any like place within the writer's knowledge. In fact, there is no other such place established except Hiltmore, the property of Mr. Vander bilt at Asheville, and there the expendi tures are made for the sole benefit of the owner, while the rest of the world is ex cluded. I never before lived in a place where so nearly everything needed is done for you without attendant cost. My deductions are that years must elapse before its owner will realize an income on his investment. It is a great achieve ment a magnificent accomplishment and no doubt a source of great pleasure to the owner. C. ABERDEEN. II. II. Powell, Jr., returned to I'aleigh Monday. Miss Bonny Muse is visiting Miss Mamie Pleasants. Mr. and Mrs. l'eed are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Hurt. L. Kelley New York City is a guest at the Hotel Powell. Mrs. II. Adams of Biscoe is visiting her sister Miss Maurer. A. I). McLean returned Sunday from a week's visit to Dunn. Mrs. I'egister, wife of Dr. l'egister, is visiting Mr. Maurer and family. X. A. McKeithen is the happy father of a young son a new year's present. Misses Maurer and Harrington re turned Saturday from Asheboro, where they have been visiting. Mrs. V. G. Pleasants and Miss McKay of Alfordsville, X. C, are visiting the family of Mr. G. W. Pleasants. The young people of the village held a supper and entertainment at the town hall last Friday evening, and saw the old vear out. Benjamin Wilson arrived home from Xew ilill, Wake county, last Tuesday, with his bride, who was a resident of that town. A special train left here last Thursday morning on the Aberdeen & Asheboro railroad to take a party of excursionists from Pinehurst to Troy for the day. CURRENT COMMENT. This Is the season when the careless hunter drags his gun out of the boat by the muzzle. Buffalo Express. It has been discovered that it is perfect ly harmless to eat the worms in peaches. But still it is hard on the worms. Wichi ta Eagle. Up to the present time the Kansas cy clone is the only air motor that is relied on for results, and it is unpopular. Wash ington Star. Business appears to bo improving in Guatemala. The regular revolutions now occur weekly instead of semimonthly. Chicago Chronicle. Football will have to become unusually exciting this season to follow the pace in brutality set by the baseball exploiters. Milwaukee Sentinel. All of the recent discoveries of gold on this continent have been along the borders of the dominion, a fact which shows that Canada is a gilt edged country. Toronto Mail. A Brooklyn man has been cured of a broken nock. This wonder gives hope that science may yet find a way to reduce a swelled head to normal proportions. Baltimore American. The appellate court of Illinois has decid ed that a person cannot collect damages for mental anguish. The young man can now teach himself to play on the cornet in his boarding house with impunity. Chi cago Tribune. Georgia women refuse to obey the thea ter hat law unless men are forbidden to go out between acts. Just how the men are to get drinks without going out the unreasonable females don't condescend to explain. Kansas City Journal. It is cheering to know that in recent years the feeling of hostility toward Ire land, which has been long nursed in Eng land, has abated somewhat, and the Eng lish people are beginning to entertain no small degree of solicitude for the Irish peasantry. Detroit Journal. The meanest man in the United States lives in Atlantic, la. He took his girl to the theater, and her ticket won a bicycle that was offered by the managers. He claimed the bicycle, as he had bought the ticket. And yet Charlotte Smith would compel such a man to marry. Rochester Post-Express. GARDEN AND ORCHARD. Use only well settled manure in the gar den. It is detrimental to the health of the tree to cultivate late. A deep soil the deeper the better is the best for an orchard. Select young trees rather than larger or older o ncs for planting. Sawdust and rotten chips make a good manure for the orchard. It is useless to plant trees unless they are thrifty and vigorous. Worthless or decaying trees should bo removed from the orchard. To grow choice fruit an orchard cannot be too rich or too well drained. Select only known hardy, productive sorts of good quality for the main planting. In manuring the orchard remember that the roots extend as far out as the branches. Forest tree seeds, as well as fruit tree seeds, should not bo allowed to get too dry before planting. Save up some well rotted manure to ap ply on the garden as soon as the crops have all matured. Plant a family orchard with a view to having fruit ripen at different times La or der to keep up a supply. Exchange.
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