HOMES NEAR TO NATURE. 



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specimens to make the other members 

 of his club jealous. Here come the ap- 

 paratus and the actors for moving pic- 

 tures of stirring- Indian scenes, for pas- 

 toral groups, for cupid's escapades and 

 lover's trials that shall thrill the au- 

 dience and lay bare the motives and the 

 feelings of the human heart, and at the 

 same time please the eye by the mar- 

 velous natural beauty of the scenery. 



Probably no other location has. been 

 so frequently utilized for such purposes 

 as Laddin's Rock Farm. The actors 



well covered with salt to imitate snow. 



Thus Laddin's Rock harm is a Mecca 

 for all classes. Here it is literally true 

 that "One touch of nature makes the 

 whole world kin," from the youngest 

 to' the oldest ; the uncultured to the 

 most learned ; the matter-of-fact to the 

 most rhapsodical. 



The hayloft is an admirable concep- 

 tion and adds to the harmony of the 

 environment, and forms a poetical con- 

 trast to the horrors and the tragedies 

 of the past. It was only a few rods 



THE DREAMY AND HAZY RAVINE. 



often visit the place, and it is main- 

 tained by those that a company in New 

 York Lit} - prepares a large percentage 

 of their films from the farm's varied 

 scenery. An especially popular mov- 

 ing picture is one of Alpine travel. To 

 simulate the Alps in winter the picture 

 was taken when the ground was bare, 

 and after the precipitous rocks had been 



from the hayloft that Laddin. met his 

 fate. 



Here was a fort with guns from 

 which belched sorrow, destruction and 

 death. But the fort is now only a 

 remembrance, while the guns are com- 

 memorated by a huge piece of orna- 

 mental pipe set within the stone of the 

 walls. Here also the martial spirit 



