Arizona republican., 1908-02-12

in the parlors of the First M E. church, though the official name of the : function was a banquet. The society is an adjunct of the church and it's membership is limited to young ladies
 who think men are perfectly horrible
 (and they are more than half right,
 but how in the world can they cling
 to this doctrine and still be good Meth
 odists. is past finding out. It is a mat
 ter of record that quite a number sf
 good men have high standing in the
 church and some Of the women who have achieved prominence in church work, are married and are reputed to
 even love their husbands and respect
 them. But all of this is academic and
 perhaps irrelevant and immaterial,
 for this recital is to deal with cold
 facts rather than hypothetical and the
 oretical discussion.
 It is enough to appall the average reader to contemplate fifty young women gathered together all in their i lonesomeness, on a muddy night, and leap year at that. Worse sr!ll. the cause of all the trouble was a man, a
 man who is making all the preliminary
 arrangements for leading to the altar
 in the near future, Miss Caroline John
 son, an honored member of the club. And womanlike. instead Of holding the
 man up to humiliation and scorn, the
 society chose rather to deal severely
 with the weaker vessel. And so 1t
 came to pass that Miss Johnson was | the guest of honor, the indignation
 banquet having been arranged for<her special happiness and embarrassment. The society being composed entirely of young ladies and the meeting being secret one, it was of curse easy for i The Republican to secure all the facts. After the serving Of the banqUt
 courses, designed for the refreshment ! of the physical ma-woman, Miss Stokam assumed her strenuous duties
 as toastma-istress, and called upon | Miss Johnson who in tones of the greatest joy, delivered her sad fare 1 well. Miss Clifton responded in a
 manner so touching that many of the
 members wept-for fear they were not yet slated for expulsion. The situation was so depressing that Miss Blanch
 ard who perceived that something had to be done to save the club from disso- lution and despair, played a piano se- lection and a whistling solo. People have been known before to resort to whistling to keep their courage up, but Miss Blanchard had to whistle for the whole aggregation. IL is said that some of her notes mimicked the whip poor (wilD toward the end of the se- lection. And there it is again. The Will was suggestive-there is always something suggestive of a man when q lot of bachelor girls get together to stampede the hoTrid creatures off the earth.
 Miss StOkam gave a select reading. The name of the selection was the one thing not disclosed but it was most likely Enoch Arden or When Johnny Comes Marching Home" This was followed by a song by the silent quartet" that disturbed the bats in the church belfry and Shadow Pictures the story foN which was written t. Miss Stout.
 The eliminating tragedy of the epI- sode came when one of the young ladies who came early and had not noted the falling temperature of the evening. arose and heartlessly auction ed off Miss Johnsons clothes, for which it is said the secured enough stage money to buy the Standard Oil company and pay the fines. It was not learned how the victim got home but it is presumed that the young ladies were dealing in futures. Ohose who don't have little to hope for). and | that the sale Of the clothes was for ! future delivery.
 The class then voted to give a leap year party @ in the near future. ap- l pointed a committee to see that the 1 proceedings were kept inviolably secret | from everybody, except the newspa- | pers. and adjourned subject to the call ! of the president, or Cupid.