Arizona republican., 1901-09-02
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PRESCOTT

 Prescott Sept, 1. - Special Core . spondence of The RepublicanD-HourS correspondent has been requested to- correct the S statement made in last let | ter in | gari to Miss Harriet Hudson
 who was therein stated to be Mrs \. " Kautz' y.enugrapher
 Miss Hudson. who left here for Cal s ifornla or Thursday morning, is from Boston. Mass. and has been travelling 4 through the yves; the past year on slghtse ing and pleasure trip, and also 1 for the purpose of making a collection of literary material While in Arizona she has been camping out at Gopher S gulch, McCdbe. wi,h the family of Air.
 A. Y. KautZ. whose daughters arr { school friends of Miss Hudsons, Miss Hudson has arranged to contribute, z during her stay in Califo nia several Illustrated articles to eastern maga- { zines, along with enc on the mining h. ' 1ustry as seen iE Arizona.
 Miss Sharot M. Hall. the gifted { writer and associate editor sOJn to l.. , of that attractive western magazine \ The Land of Sunshine. and whom Va
 Napai county, Arizona proudly claims { as her very own foster child. also left
 on Thursday morning for southern Cal X ifornla to take up her new duties i'm connection wl,h the magazine above !! mentioned. Wednes3 day afternoon at her r. sideucc { Mrs. John l.. Munds ent rtained some thiTy- five ladies in a pleasant after , noon's guessing contest in music art literature and names of well known historical characters. The entertain ment was iA the form of l sort of fare
 well reception to Miss Hall, who has been the guest of Mrs. Murls for sev- eral days previous to her departure for 4 California
 The ladies Were invited to guess the { names of noted people whose pictures < were found on the walls. and also the , subject of noted paintings. the cllss of art, etc. and the names and composers . of musical selections few bars of which were given by Mss Snyder. daughter of A-Is. John Hisa. Miss Hall read a few lines quoted from various authors, ar3 the ladies were expected z to gu ss. or rather remember. the name and author of the piece. Mrs J. C < He-ndon carried off the frs prize for Che musical contest Miss Edith Snyder 4 in literature, second being taken by E Mrs J. J. Fisher. while Mrs GeorgS . wooster managed to carry off the prize z for the questions ir art.
 Refreshments of fruit punch and lees were served about five o'clock Th- real treat Of the afternoon. how S ever, was the delivery uf a poem by Miss Hall, her own composition which ( appeared some time ago iu The Land of Sunshine. entitled '"rhe Trail uf { Death" and the T adng of an article of her own. entitled "The Price of . Star which appealed ;u the Scptem- 2 ' ber number or Everybody's Magazine.
 both of which were taken from actual e happenings here in our owr territory. and only a few snort years ago. Miss ,s Hall exhibits very strong personality. ' almost compelling by her earnesncss z and eviden; sine srity the most absolute faith and friendship of those with whom she comes In contact. A woman Just in the prime of rullness of power. | past the eX,rene consciousness of f, youth full of repose and a graceful ease 7. nf manner none the less powerful fo~ VI being so quietly uuJssuming The questions in literature were Miss