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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-23
TUCKED FLOUNCE SKIRT WITH
STRAIGHT LOWER EDGES 5642.

CthT<i' s'hN'hsi
STRAIGHT LOWER EDGES 5642.
The skirt with straight edges is the
one that Is always most in demand
for washable materials. II does not
stretch in laundering and II keeps its
shape as no other can be trusted 10
do. Here is distinctly novel model
that is so made and that is adapted
TO the whole range of seasonable ma
terials While peculiarly well suited
to washable ones. ii is by no means
to be confined to such and it will be
found most satisfactory for the pretty
thin silk and wool materials as well.
In this instance pongee is trimmed
with heavy lace banding that is edged
with velvet ribbon.
The skirt is made with the upper
portion and flounce. both Of which are
straight at their lower edges. The up
per portion is cut out 10 form sue
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-23
BIG REDUCTION.

Commencing Friday and continuing
three DAYS. every ladies waist in the
house will be put on sale at a price
that will insure a quick sale. $3.50.
S2.15 Jap. silk, and Persian lawn
closed at S1.95. See our windows.
j. J. Hodnett
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-23
TEMPE kpvtRrisEMENrs.

Eggs sl.00 per setting,
from Brown and White
Leghorns, Barred Ply
mouth Rocks and
Rhode Island Reds.
1900 Leghorns fer ale.
Must make room for
young stock. c. w.
Alexander. Prop, CAL
la-Dale Poultry Farm
Tempe.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-23
BEST DRUGS
-.,,S->-s>----s>~~~~~-AY
HARM Frs
IfMPf
A T. 3. S. CLUB MEETING.

The Last CT the Season and a Very
Enjoyable One.
on Tuesday evening Misses McNul-
~ Haulot and Lrnd entertained the
members of the T. F s club and a
few guests at the home of the latter.
complimentary to Miss Emma Fausett.
member of the club. She is shortly
10 be married to Mr.. Addison White
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-23

c. W. Alexander will pay s5.75 per
dozen for all hens delivered at his
place before June LIST.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-23
MESA
BASEBALL GAME
Fats and Leans Of Mesa Will Give
Great Exhibition Friday.

One Of the most interesting numbers
of the Field day program to be given
Friday afternoon at Drew's park will
be the base ball game to be played by
the fat and. lean men OF the stake.
Maroni Holiday is captain and
manager of the lean mems team and
G. +. Phelps is acting in the same ca
pacity for the fats.
The teams are already organized and
have been out on the vacant lots
warming for several evenings.
o. L. Pickens will do the stunt in
the pitchers box for the fat men. He
has been unpacking heavy boxes and
lifting large bolts of cotton for Les
ueur-Gibbons all week and now has
his strong right arm in the best of con-
dition for the game.
Naroni Holiday was at first booked
for the pitchers box for the leans but
he was ruled out on account of being
a professional Frank Reynolds. who
has always played strictly amateur ball
Will do the twirling for the leans. but
Holiday will be held in readiness 10
go into the box should Reynolds arm
go bad.
Only three innings will be played as
II is thought that when they are fin
ished 1t will be time to milk the cows
The lineup for the game is as fol-
lows:
FATS. LEANS
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-23
SCHOOL TEACHERS APPOINTED.

Chas. Alexander, a Normal Graduate,
Will Be PRINCIPAL.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-23

After many attempts to hold a meet
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upon hts memory for details. His men
were on hand all right on his arrival and
they began to set the type long before
Parker had finished writing his story.
He was stiu acting as a reporter and edit
or, while siiN later he was publisher and
circulation manager combined. ! don't
know but no helped kick of" the edition
Of the broad sheet, printed on one side
only, which he issued.
If SO, this added the occupation Of press
man TO the others which he assumed that
day, but anyway Parkers 0ld-time friends
say that hIs prompt account Of the
wholesale killing added immensely % his
prestige in Iowa and made the success OF
his newspaper a certainty The broad
sheet was on the street just as the
churchgOeTs were going home from even
ing service. Parker had several boys out.
each with a big bundle Of the sheets un-
der his arm, with Instructions not 90 sell.
bUt 90 give them away 20 any one who
wanted them. This feature Of the eu,er-
prise was the one thing needed 20 make
a perfect hit with the villagers and In
the long run, no doubt, brought IN a
good deal more money than II cost
Mr.. Parker has made many COntribu-
tiOns to the best magazines and reviews
on both sides Of the ocean and-for a
long time was q special American con-
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Ex-PreSident'S Intimate Friends.

this time the friendship between the two
men had become thoroughly cemented.
In 1892 Parker was auditor OF the cam
paign committee under Harrity who was
campaign manager. After his second
election Cleveland made Parker consul 10
Birmingham, England. In their respec-
tive posts as chairman and secretary of
the Equitable trustees, Cleveland and
George f. Parker are now closer to-
gether than ever,
Parker began life as country,news-
paper editor and publisher In Iowa, and
remained a journalist until made assist
ant postmaster at Philadelphia. As &
country newspaper man he sometimes
showed real metropolitan newspaper on
terprise A man who knew him in the
early days tells how he beat the world
one Sunday on a news item of such mag
nitudc that all the big city newspapers
had 10 follow him on Monday morning.
While on his way 10 church he heard
that Il man. CTlZed by religious excite
ment at a place some ten or fifteen miles
distant, whore a series OF revival meet
ings had been In progress. had practically
run amuck" among his relatives and
neighbors. The story as told doesn't give
details, but two OF three were dead and
several hurt.
The next issue Of Parker's newspaper,
a weekly, was not due unrsl the following
Thursday, but according to his way OF
thinking. there was one thing only for
him 20 DO, and that was 10 get the news
as quickly as possible and give It 70 his
readers.
His first move was to get rig" from
the local livery stable. Then he drove
round 10 the homes of his printers and
told them he'd be obliged il they would
report at the newspaper Office late In the
afternoon. Then-acting as 4 reporter
he drove out 70 the scene OF the trouble.
He was the first newspaper man on the
spot, and the only one who got there that
day.
He was IN such haste to get back home
and publish the story in the form OF an
extra that he took no notes. and as soon
os he had got the facts together drove
back as fast as he could, relying entirely
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form facility, Is one Of those now closest
10 the former President. as every one
knows.
Commodore Benedict commodore of the
Scawanhaka Yacht club ma~r Hr vraea
members are oyster Bay residents, Is an
interesting figure quite apart l.on uls
former Presidential friendship. lie has
strong likes and diSllkeS. and must be
fond Of a scrap, NJ al events he has had
many differences with hiS ueighburs and
others that have wound up in right lively
rows. Some of the liveliest Of these DIFF
ferruces have been with men much richer
than Ge-ths famous fuss between him
and II, O. Havemeyer, the sugar mag
nate, over the sclOOlhOusc in Green
wiCl, which Havomeyer built. was an IN
stance-aut some OF them have been be-
tween Benedict aud various Smal. busi-
ness men, salp0nkeepers. bTushmakerS.
and the Ike, whose places of business
near the grand shore palace at Indian
Harbor did not suit tile hrd thereof
Benedict aspiTed 10 be governor Of Con-
necticut at one time. but his aspiration
never materialized.
Benedict's friendships always have been
diverse. Besides. great actors and the
former President, they have included IL
NstratOrs. musicians, and other grt-f0r-
arts-sake folk For years he used 10 take
certain Mendelssohn singing club
aboard the Oneida for it's annual picnic
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in the close. The bishops chair has a
stone seat from Glastonbury Abbey.
which was built by the first Christian
missionaries in England, some say by Jo-
seph Of Arimathea himself And the pa
tron saints Of this older place Of worship
were also SIS. Peter and Paul The altar
is from the limestone quarries Of Solo
mon, close to the Damascus Gate Of the
Holy City, and is the gift Of all American
dioceses. In the baptistry Is the large oc-
tagonal baptismal font lined with stones
brought from the bed Of the River JOr-
dan, and given by the children Of Calvary
Church, New York. who had been bap-
tized OF brought 10 confirmation by
Bishop Satterlee, Of Washington. when
he was rector there. The font has a cen
tral figure Of the Christ with a child tn
His arms, and is set about with eight
panels with apostolic figures in bas-rel!ef
the work OF William Ordway Partridge
IN the cathedral close Is planted a thorn
tree, a cutting from the celebrated st
Joseph's Thorn" Of Glastonbury, that
dates back to the days of the Holy Grail
An Ionic cross. twenty feet high. COM
memoTates the end Of the Spauish-AmeTi-
can war. IN a natural amphitheater
formed by a gentle rise Of the hills. out
door services are held the greater part Of
the year.
The PTesbyteTians, under the leader
ship Of Justice John W. Harlan, are dis
cussing a national cathedral for Washing
ton, and the two branches Of the Metho-
dist Church are making like plans. the
u,
thorized TO plan and erect such building
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine,
on Morningside Heights. New York, will
take fifty years for the building, but will
eclipse all other American cathedrals
when finished and will rank with many
notable architectural triumphs Of the Old
World. The movement was started 70
build this In 1872. but it was not until
DR.. Henry c. Potter was consecrated
Bishop Of New York In 1857 that active
measures were begun. Donations were
asked and sums Of money from a few
dollars up to 500, 600 began TO come in.
and the work advances as the funds are
ready. The corner stone was laid on St
Johns Eve, December p, 1891. and for
several years services have been held in
the crypt beneath the slowly growing pile
The finest completed cathedral in the
United States is the Catholic Cathedral
of St. Patrick. in New York 1t Is Of
the gothic style of architecture, that gave
Europe such rare buildings in the thir-
teenth and fourteenth centuries a style
that is found in the Cathedral of Cologne
and in the nave of Westminster Abbey
This cathedral is said TO be surpassed in
beauty, purity Of style, and general har-
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trtbutor to the London Times, but he has
had little time for writing in some years
Some Friends of His Later Years.
Thomas Spratt, of Ogdensburg, y. Y.
is one Of the ex-Presidents most recently
acquired friends Spratt is Of the legal
profession and so typical an old-fashioned
country lawyer that in Ogdensburg they
call him Tom" Spratt Cleveland knew
him first when President. Spratt was
then the law partner Of Dan" IaEone-
whom Cleveland appointed collector Of
the port of New York in ISS9-and made
so great an impression upon the Chief
Executive that he suggested him for the
Equitable director two or three years
ago.
It may be that Spratts old-fashloned
qualities fail 70 impress everybody at first
as they impressed Cleveland. but ANYWAY
the selection has turned out a ten strike
Il was necessary 10 appoint q special com
mittee 10 straighten out certain complica-
tions In the Dig insurance organization
handed down from the days Of HYDE and
Alexander, and all concerned agreed. after
watching the methods Of ''old Tom Spratt"
for a while. that he was Just the man 10
be chairman. c. II. Zehnde, Of Philadel-
phia- and J. Edward Swanstrom. of
Brooklyn, are his fellow-members. and
they have done their part Of the work
very well indeed; but 1t is to Spratts
simplicity and directness Of method, his
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Those Best KnoWn as Such Are Benedict, Glider, and
FinIey-Banker- yachtsman fisherman Editor-poet-
fisherman, and Educator -pOet-fSherman, but John
g. Carlisle Really Is His Closest Friend

ing, and IL was not long before they were
50 intimate that every one came TO recog-
nize the banker as the one meant when
ever the Presidents friend was men
toned
The intimacy thus begun continued
through Cleveland's second term and
after It's expiration. Together the two
men have shot over many hunting
grounds and fshed I'm divers waters. and
together they have made long cruises in
the Oneida, BenediCts yacht. OF the two.
possibly Benedict is the better shot. Of
certainty Cleveland is the better fisher
man. Although still friends. the Old init
macy Of frequent meetings no longer ex-
lists. After Jefers0n's death both Bene-
diet and Cleveland left Buzzards Bay.
While Cleveland's new Princeton friend
ships have grown appreciably from year
TO year DR. Van Dyke. who breaches
and fishes, teaches and writes with uni
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farsightedness, his shrewdness, and his
knowledge Of human nature that the re-
markable results obtained by the COM
mittee mainly are due
tom" Spratt Is much Of the Lincoln
type of man; hOmely, quaint, and full Of
Illustrations and stories In his talk. but
with a brain that, were he TO take up the
practice Of his profession in New York,
would enable him soon 10 enroll his name
among those who can demand princes
ransoms'' for their fees Cleveland's ad-
miration for Spratt's ability has grown
into a close friendship. because OF his
human" characteristics, not because Of
his legal and business ability. Judge Nor
gan J. o Brieu, one OF the Equitable trus-
tees, has been a close personal friend Of
Cleveland for many years. and 50 has
W. L. Pierce. OF Boston. another Of the
directors.
or those who as Cabinet ministers under
Cleveland were among his closest friends.
Charles :. Fairchld is now residing In
New York so that the old-time friendship
has been kept up without interruption. al
though Don VI. Dickinson, Of Michigan. is
still living and rs great an admirer Of the
former President as ever.
Feirchild Is essentially "a legal man. lie
IS the son of q lawyer who for years was
local up State" attorney for the New
York Central Railroad away back In the
days Of old Dean Richmond As young
stcr SO runs the story, Charles s. was
rather a dreamer, and hts father was
afraid he wouldn't cut much OF a figure
in the great world. After graduating from
college, however, the young man became
more practical, studied law. and. attract
ing the attention Of Samuel ]. THden. got
into public life. He was Clevelands Sec
retary Of the Treasury during his first
term and his frequent adviser during the
second J. q. Carlisle. who was Cleve-
lands Secretary OF the Treasury during
his second term. Is undoubtedly the Presi-
dents closest all-around intimate to-day.
and more frequent guest at Princeton
than any one else. Richard Olney. Of
Boston, is another close friend and so
IS Judge ID Cady Herrick. of Albany
Plenty of Knobs on Bryant.
Not so often figuring in print as in the
old days Dr. Joseph d. Bryant "the
Presidents physician" In the early COS.
Is still the same close friend OF the
former President that he was then.
Dr. Bryant is now siXty-two. q big
tall. broad man, with more knobs on
him than you'd find on one man in a
million. as one OF his admirers describes
him. His relations with Cleveland began
when the latter, as governor Of New
York. made him surgeon general Of the
National Guard Of the State
DR. Bryant is an "up-Stater" by birth.
but most Of his active life has been spent
in New York, where his practice is one
OF The largest going. To those who meet
him for the first time he seems unneces-
sarily brusque occasionally. He always
has been brusque 10 the newspaper men.
being cOnstitutOnalIy opposed. appar-
entity, 10 giving out news, even If the pa
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October s, 1907. Remember the data
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tient inquired Of is in public life This
never has tended 10 make the doctor a
fayorlte with the reporters
T. is said that once. when a correspond
eut went into the Whi.e House and ex-
pressed 20 Mr.. Cleveland a desire TO see
Mrs Cleveland, the President forestalIed
the proposed interview with the curt re-
mark that
Mrs Cleveland is not on exhibition.
si.."
Or. Bryaut's replies 10 inQuiring re-
porte-s frequently have been OF the same
sort which quite explains his attitude TO-
ward the newsgatherers.
But when he chooses. Dr. Bryant can
DE as agreeable as the next one. and. in
conversation. say those who know him
well. he IS often most entertaining. De-
spite his stuTdiness. he doesn't look as il
De was q farm product. but he is He
never hired himself out as q chore boy,
but he worked on his fathers farm va
cation times. both before and during his
college course, and probably this has had
something to do with his rugged ply
SiQue
He was born near the birthplace Of Dan
Lamont, and they were the closest OF
friends. It was Lamont who drew CIeve-
lands attention to the doctor and led 10
his being made surgeon general o. the
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G. c. Brush. the newspaper cartoonist
then in his prime, was a guest OF the club
on picnic day, and there hangs on the
wall Of Benedict's dfngy office, in Broad
street, near Wall, a Brush cartoon of
the yacht with the Mendelssohn club on
board. Benedict's friendship with Booth
lasted until the latter's death
It was while Edwin Booth, Thomas
Bailey Aldrich, and Lawrence Barrett.
now all dead, were Benedict's guests on
the Oneida that Booth made public his
notion of founding the Players Club,
which IS to-day the great actors most
noteworthy monument. Benedict is un-
usually fond OF CTibbage. a card game,
which Cleveland likes as well as the
banker Benedict made his big financial
strike in Chicago gas, along with Yerkes
In his luckiest days.
Cleveland and George +. Parker,
The friendship between the former
President and George F. Parker, secre-
tary OF the EquitabIe's board Of trustees,
Of which Cleveland is chairman. dates
back TO the middle SOS Parker was an
editorial writer on the Philadelphia Times.
Cleveland appointed ". T. Harrity, chair
man Of the Democratic campaign COM
mittee in 1892, postmaster of Philadelphia,
and HarTity made Parker assistant post
master Parkers first meeting with
Cleveland took place at the White House
some weeks later, when, with Harrity.
he went to Washington to pay his re-
spects.
When the campaign Of 1883 came along
Parker wrote the Democratic Text
Book"-through the influence Of D. S.
Lamont Cleveland's private secretary
and came into frequent contact with the
Chief Executive while making the collec-
tion Of the Cleveland addresses and pub
lie papers which the book contained.
Throughout the campaign Parker looked
after the press for the Democratic com
mittee. Together with Cleveland and
the others. Parker was retired to private
life by the election Of that year but by
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mony of proportions by none in the world,
though Europe boasts larger, older, and
more costly ones.
The next handsomest and finest church
building in the United States is the Nor
mon Temple al Salt Lake. Utah. This
work like most Mormon achievements.
came through much difficulty Forty
years were spent In the building. The
stone blocks were brought from Little
Cottonwood canyon. twenty miles away, il
taking an OK team two days 10 bring one
slab A gilded figure Of the angel MOrOni
adorns the highest spire, and every stone,
every tower, every butuess, bears some
especial religious significance, gives some
Interpretation of the tenets Of the faith
that Joseph Smith founded. When the
church was finished the governor Of Utah
and 800 prominent men and women Of
the State. who represented many faiths,
were invited TO visit the Temple. They
passed from vault to dome, from one
great chamber 10 another, and after their
inspection the doors were closed 70 all
persons except Mormons in good stand
ing. and for nearly a quarter century no
Gentle foot has trod the door sills.
One Of the most historic cathedraIs in
the United States IS the ST. Louis Ca
thedraI in New Orleans. This stands to-
day on the site Of Bienville's little adobe
chapel the first church in Louisiana.
The little chapel was destroyed by a
hurricane in I724, and was rebuilt only
TO fall q victim OF fire in 1ISS- The people
were too discouraged and too poor to
build again, and then came Don Andres
Almouaster Y ROXas, q wealthy nOble>
man. who offered 20 erect a $4,000 edifice
on the ashes Of the old church II mass
for the TepOse Of his soul be said every
Sunday forever. He had il built in the
Spanish style that the Southwest had al
ready learned to know. When he died
his body was buried under the altar, his
coat Of arms was enblazoned on a slab
where a Spanish inscription set forth his
many virtues, and every Saturday night
the chimes are rung in his memory.
New Orleans was detached from the dio-
cese OF Havana in 1893, and ST. Louis be-
came a cathedral with Don Luis Penalver
y Cardenas as the first bishop Of New
Orleans. The cathedral was remodeled in
1851. and the interior frescOed By Humbort
In 1892. One of the rich mural decorations
shows St Louis Of France proclaiming
the CrUsades. There are two altars in the
church; one is that Of the Sacred Heart
and Franciscan Fathers, and the other
that Of Our Lady Of LOurdes, where wa
ter from that sacred mountain flows per-
petually for the healing OF the sick.
Quaint customs are still observed there.
To-morroW-America's Private Game
Preserves.
October s, 1907. Remember the date.
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State, a post which was filled under Cows.
Hill and Flower, as well as under Cleve-
land.
DIT. Bryant was a frequent guest on
Benedict's Oneida when it was known as
'the Presidents yacht" and was gener-
ally the life Of the party, for he Is a side
splitting story teller when he sets out to
be, He is q blunt talker when he wants
10 be, also, splitting out facts and Opin-
ions regardless. but never verging on the
coarse He has strong prejudices and
opinions. and is well known among the
circles Of which Cleveland is a member
az The only man alive who can overrule
the only living former President" when
occasion arises.
copyright, 1907 By Dexter MaTshaIl)