The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-07-05
INMATES OF ORPHAHAGE
ENJOY A GREAT OUTING
DAY SPENT AT OVERTON PARK
zoo IN MEMPHIS
Interesting Description Of an Outing
Given the Children of the Dunlap
0rphanage by the Good Citi-
zens Of ROsemark

Ufphahage Dy the 1000 Slti-
zens of Rosemark
ROsemalk, Rosemark,
Rah! Rahl Rail-
Rosemark, Rosemark,
Ha! Ha! Hal
The zoo is a reality. No more
dreams and visions and nightmares
A card from Rev. R. w. Carson Mon
day said:
Dear Brother Rosemark Trans
portation Company viii be at your
place on Wednesday morning at 2 a.
m. in sufficient number to convey your
outfit to Memphis Zoo. We will be
ready to start from the 0rphanage at
7:15 or 1870. Pray for fine day. If
roads are bad, don't expect us. We
might go next day. We expect a
great day Of it,"
The Transportation Company is
composed of representative men of
Richland church = Carson, Castles,
Dickson, McCallas, Moffatts, Moore,
Overall, Sanders-ten in all There
were Studebakers, Fords, Chevrolets.
The oldest girl in the Home hadsnever
ridden in an automobile. Many Of
the children had never seen a street
car. One boy said: "Well, / thought
the zoo was a big lot with pens where
they kept the animals" He had never
thought of trees, ferns, flowers, lakes,
fountains
Shelby county is attractive. Almost
all the way was pike. We passed
Bolton Agricultural college. We drank
water from a flowing we'll at Bruins
wick. We saw the boys of the reform
school near Bartlett bearing the bur-
den and the heat. They seemed to be
more than the man with the hoe. AS
we passed the Home for the Aged and
Infrm, we saw cripple doing his bit
towards making the premises beauti-
full. We reached the zoo at 9;40-S5
miles in two hours. We found repre-
sentative women from Rosemark to
meet and serve the orphans in every
way, especially with the lunch at noon,
lemonade in the afternoon and big
box Of pie and cake for supper. Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Sloan, of Fayette-
vile, and Rev. and Mrs. E. P. Lindsay,
Of Memphis, were there. Thoughtful
ness was the law of the day. One lit
tie girl is convalescent from spell
of fever and could not walk like the
others. One man, and another, and
another, said: at is no trouble for
me to carry her" After lunch she was
carried to the car for a nap, and then
to the playground and to The swim
ming pool to watch the others.
All the animals were visited. We
can't say what impressed most, but
we heard the baby boy say, as he
reluctantly left the elephant, 'I'm go
ing to buy me one" Another said he
could spend dali day just watching
the monkeys act. Another said he
wouldn't mind blowing if he could
pillow striped mule. The lions roared,
the snakes licked out their tongues,
the birds jumped and chirped, the par
rot talked for the orphans.
Mrs. Pickard, matron at the Central
Baptist church, knew of our coming
and phoned to us that she would have
dinner ready. This was treat. Who
Of us know what it is not to eat
meal away from home for year, two
years, three years, or more? After |
lunch, the spiritual feast was even
better. To be at DR. Benjamin Cox
MONDAY prayer service and to know
that they are praying for US is worth
the whole trip.
Any accidents? Not even a punct-
ure. Incidents are another matter.
Have you seen Walker?p was on ev-
erybody's lips for something like an
hour. After retracing our steps we
found him just where we had started. /
Finding himself separated from the
rest of us, he did the right thing by
making his way back to the car and |
staying there. We might have found
the Tarr baby somewhere in Memphis
instead of in Mrs. Oates arms had she
not rushed to get him from the street
car step as he was following crowd
of strangers.
We were one more as we came
home. Ernest Hunter had been in the
Gartley- Ramsay hospital for week.
When Mr.. Oates went in, the nurse
asked Ernest if he was going to leave
her. He said, Eyes. Haven't we
been good to you?p eyes, but want
to go home" All are glad to have
him home again. He looks better, but
IS not able to sit up yet. For an oper-
alton removing a section Of rib and
for a weeks stay at the hospital, the
cost was $500. Ordinarily, we sup
pose, it would have been fifty or more.
We came back by way of Rosemark
and we saw the homes of our friends.
When we reached the Orphanage,
SNOWFALL came to meet us, and the
neighbors say it seemed like death
i'll day.
Another trip to the zoo is being
and they say the second will
be better than the first.
Zoo, Zoo,