Horses fascinate Piper Laurie, like many a dainty young miss, a good deal more than the gentler arts of cooking or embroidery...There she can ride to ther heart's content, and pretend she's really a girl of the old west.

* Remember when you were only so high and your greatest joy was playing imagination games? You know, "You be the cowboy and I'll be the sheriff and we'll ride through town looking for the bad men." Well, Piper Laurie is, of course, much too grown up to admit to still playing those wonderful daydream games of childhood. But she is still young enough to enjoy a brief session, every so often in the never-never land of little girlhood. That's why the permanent Western "town" UI has set up on a back lot fascinates her. There are always plenty of horses available for a canter through "town" and out into the surrounding hills-- and Piper dearly loves to ride. And, as she rides along through the deserted streets of the realistic Western town, she can pretend she is really a heroine of the old West.
Everything is there to help her play this innocent, relaxing game- so different from the everyday world of modern Hollywood. There are wooden sidewalks and the weatherbeaten houses, the stagecoaches, even a rocking chair out in front of the frontier-style hotel available for rockin' and meditatin.' The men who work on the maintenance of the "town" all know Piper by now and pitch in to give her a real, fine time whenever her busy schedule allows her to visit them in their make-believe land.
It all adds up to a friendly, happy way to spend an afternoon. Many a young man who has seen Piper tired and bored by an evening in a glamorous night club would be surprised to see in what an unglamorous way their lovely date really enjoys herself. But Piper doesn't invite any of them along to join her fun. This is her own, private way of getting away from it all--a secret between Piper, the horses, and the friendly weaterbeaten men who accept her as a buddy.

The article is accompanied by a full page black and white photo closeup of Piper leaning back and smiling broadly, very close to the head of a neighing horse; a quarter page b&w photo of PL in jeans and tailor shirt and cowboy boots, with one foot up on the first wooden step of a stairway to an old western building- In her tailored shirt with the sleeves rolled up, aged Levis and well-used boots, Piper manages to look even more piquant than in her usual gossamer, glamorous attire.; Sixth page b&w photo of Piper standing next to a burro holding a package of Vicks' cough drops- First stop on her visit on UI's fake Western town is a call on the burro- a velvet-nosed animal with a passion for Vicks' cough drops; Two sixth page b&w photos of PL behind the burro with her head right between its' outspread ears, and standing next to some stairs with the burro- Piper and pal make a charming portrai as they pose together. Piper has some free days during UI's "Ain't Misbehavin'" shooting.; Sixth page b&w photo of PL mounting a horse while a cowpoke holds the reins- One of the UI ranch hands who has befriended the pretty star saddles her favorite mount for her so she can take a ride through "town".; Sixth page b&w photo of PL on horse, looking behind her and smiling- With a farewell wave and a joke for the ranch hand, Piper is off to pretend that the set town is real and she a carefree girl of the West; Sixth page b&w photo of PL dismounted by the horse with her hands on his right ear- Up in the hills above the studio, Piper gives her horse a rest and herself a chance to admire the view of rolling hills and cloudless sky.; Half page b&w photo of PL in a rocking chair on the porch with her feet on the wooden rail- The happy afternoon is almost over and Piper must start back for the real world. But first for a rock on the "hotel" porch..