Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-07-28
NEWS OF THE NJ
N O r I III
Iron Springs

Iron Springs, Ariz., July 27.-(Special
correspondence of The Republican,
AS one enters the camp he reads. The
Iron Springs Outing Club It should
read. Fer Children and Chipmunks.
This is a most delightful retreat for
both 1t is hard to tell which is The
more native to rocks and hills. The
children Jump from reel; 10 rock with
the same sure-footedness of their lit
tie brother in fur. They say this is the
"children's age preceding the golden
age" which is to come. In the ''%Olde-
age" we are ali to love each other. We
learn to love each other by just loving
and doing Tor and helping the little
child 1t is beginning right here in
lrcn Springs. fer there is certainly a
greater effort made to make the chill
dren happy than the adults.
When charming women like Mrs. E.
j. Bennitt. Mrs. }. W. Doris and Mrs.
Dave Goldberg put forth efforts 10 en-
terrain them the children have a good
time. Mrs. E. j. Bennitt is letCing ner
natural motherhood go cut to ~ little
ones that are here by right Of love
only. she never looked prettiel in her
life than last Thursday night q week
ago when she conducted the children
in real Ethiopian cake walk which
preceded the cilildrens dance. Ronnie
Doris and George Mcneil carried of
the prize, q delicious chocolate cake
matching themselves in coior.
Then, again, this past wednesday,.
Mrs. Bennitt has been the center O. q
cluster OF flowers. a speaking contest
for the children was under her curcr-
vision. In the afternoon rom to 5
Judge Mccormick. Mrs. Tanner ana
Mr.. Hubbard sat on the hardest bench
of their experisnce-tlle bench o. jcs-
tice-deciding which two of sixteen
children. Z years and under. were the
best They were all so good that the
judges wished for sixteen prizes As
there were only two a decision must
come. Dorothy Robinson secured nrst
prize, Anna Bennett, second. and an
'all-day sucker rs ccn5cla zion prize
was awarded all the rest. o, these sill
very tongued oratorsl Think OF fsaDai
Irvine. two years old. giving Twinkle.
twinkle, little STAR If you could have
heard Baby James tell a0out the
'Rcwdy Boy and have seen her
sweeping exit from the stage you
would have envied Mis-. James in her
possession. Then dear little Mary
Christy was too sweet for anything in
her maiden effort to face an audience
All you could think CT vas a baby. 4
kiss and an outpouring Of love. For i
little Sirl Dorothy Robinson has d
sweet, caressinS and Il far-rcdchin2
voice. Emma Bennett sang ''Maf1fny
Love" pretty lullaby to q little whit
coon.
In the evening the older cnillrer
held forth Ronnie Doris wen first
prize, Marion Doris. second. I do moi
know what we would do at the spring
without the Doris aggregation. The5
provide us with nine children. They
hand us our letters: they give us gro
ceries and meat Tho best dinners il
the territory are provided for the hun
cry with Mrs. Bolton as chef
Thursday evening was the week.!
children's dance. Mrs. Dave G 1ldber:
I. coached the wee children in cakt
walk Baby James and Robert Arm
strong carried off the honors. The.
We're little white midgets and deligh
TO the audience. Harold Goldberg am
Aileen CAM looked the little lover