The leader., 1905-05-10

/ Again.
| There was only one day lii all
ltIIe world to all The Whitw0rth
| College girls on last Friday aud
/ that was the joyful Now. 20.
morrow might do hel worst they
lived that dayl There we're about
l75 in the party, including facuI
| ~ and friends, and .all aboard
lsent 8 thrill through every heart
at s b. M. when the accommOdat
ling No /. in the very teeth of the
Whitwofth yell and the all-per.
lvading feminine hnb-bnb and iiut-
ter stopped at the Brookhaven
Estation. The railroad officials,
with an expression of desperate
resolve usually worn when facing
q wreck or q Texas norther, began
TO pack in the long procession;
and did it triumphantly, regard
less of the fact that sun bonnets
finally peeped out of the elegant
Pullman sleepers and the usual
mild decorum of staid travellers
was thrown out of the windows.
When the o'er-b -burdened train
pulled in to Bogue Chitto there
was some doubt as to whether it
was the same place Of last year, so
greatly had it improved with its
pretty new homes dotting hill and
dale in the morning sunlight; but
when Mr.. b. e. Brister's welcom-
ing smile sent It's flashIight
through the crowd there was
wild scamper for the dummy =
with which his name is synonym
GUS. This is a truly 'accommo-
dation train = that unlike time and
tide, waits for man tor woman
that is, if he or she is from Whit
worth College. Without ceremo-
ny, but with a degree of physical
exertion the open cars we're soon
packed to the guards, or side rails
especially provided, and a gayer
crowd ne'er drew breath than this
seething mass Of young human
ity so truly one in all intents and
purposes that individuality was
lost like that Of some older people
nowadays in tile organization, z
and all laughed, all talked, all
walked, all mounted, alldismount-
ed, all ate or drank or played or
yelled as one great College Girl!
Some folks say dummy can't
run,
But you don't know what our
dummy done
1t started out at 5 O'Clock sharp,
And when it got back long fore
dark,
1t had compassed round world.
of fun;
That's what the Brister dumb.
dummy done done.
The day was indeed one Of rare
and wholesome diversion: the
woods were full Of springtime
freshness and fervor: the breezcs
blew soft from the south; the
promised shadows of the morning
were dispelled by advancing day
and there was naught to mar the
festive hours as to weather. A
few picnic ants and other mi
crobes' made the day more COM
plete " Amt it the truthsn
The dinner was served about
nine miles out from Bogue Chitto
and was one fit for gods or school.
girls. The good people of BOgue
Chitto had opened their larders as
well as their hearts to the Brook
haven girls and they richly feast
ed on the tempting viands spread.
After dinner the energetic and.
ambitious dummy, manned by
Mr.. Brister who spared neither
time nor money to make the day
delightful, vigorously pursued its
way through a bit Of Pike county
and into Amite, until sixteen.
miles had been covered during the
day. After the noon hour we sat
on the banks Of the Amite river
and fished and we fished like
some people belong without
results, save tangled lines and lost
bait and many resolves to forsake
so fruitless an occupation.
Games we're played on wide
spreading expanse of green, bor-
dered by rugged trees, chat like
wild children Of the forest had
grown at, Natures behest without
let or hindrance, full Of beauty