Arizona republican., 1908-12-02
PRETTY BAZAAR GIVEN
 BY THE WOMAN'S CLUB
Booths Filled With Useful Christmas Gifts and All of Them Home Made.


 One of the prettiest and most sue
 cessful bazaars ever held in Phoenix
 was the one given by the Woman's
 club in the K. of P. hall yesterday
 Between noon and pm. $275 was talk
 en in which will be added to the sum
 already in hand toward the erection
 of a club house.
 The articles on sale were unusually pretty and contrary to the general GUS | tom of bazaars were in many cases un- dervalued. A great many of the pur- chases will be stored away till Christ
 mas for ,nearly everything displayed except the cooked foods was well adapted for holiday use. Beside the sale of the articles displayed, a lunch con was served which was largely at tended at the noon hour by the busi- ness men of the city.
 Visitors were received at the door by Mrs. Helen $. Bury, Mrs. w. A. Far rish and Mrs. R. NJ. Tafel who consti- tuted the reception committee Mrs. H. B Wilkinson had general charge of the bazaar and the appointment of the committeeman each of whom had a booth under her care.
 The first booth on the right of the entrance was the Travellers" presided over by Mrs J. NJ. McClintock and Mrs. w. F. Nichols. Everything that the imagination can devise for the comfort of the feminine traveller was found conspicuously displayed in this booth. There were ladies hand bags, toilet accessories, aprons with many pockets for use on the Pullman and leather goods. In connection with the Travellers booth was pink booth at which anyone could find out all about his past life and given a little glimpse into the future for the small sum of two bits Mrs. L. E. Hewins presided over the pink booth and told fortunes for everybody.
 The next one in the line was given over entirely to hand bags of all sizes, shapes. designs and colOrs. Most of them were the work of the ladies of the club and there were many speci- mens of beautiful hand embroidery and painting. They were of all materials from satin to leather Mrs. simon Ob- erfelder. Mrs. w. c. Foster and Mrs. w. G. Lentz were to be found at this booth.
 At the end of the room was the apron show conducted by Mrs. O. H. Plath and Mrs. F. F.. Kirkland Like most of the pretty things on display the aprons were all houe-made and examples of fine needle work.
 Next to this came the Nursery" In this booth were imported dolls, domes- tic and home made dolls, pretty silk caps brought from Rome by Mrs. Will liam Pickrell, dolls clothes, baskets made from sweet grass by the Pueblo Indians in New Mexico, and filled with pinon. nuts. boy dolls and girl dolls. One doll which attracted a good deal of attention and which was a work of art all by itself. was made by Mrs. Bes- sic Cushman of Los Angeles. The like ness was recognized at once as that of Teddy" II represented the president in khaki, presumably on his African hunting expedition. The doll was purchased by Mrs. Merryman. The nursery was in charge of Mrs. Dwight B. Heard and Mrs. Howe A. Williams both of whom were attired in nurses caps and aprons.
 On the left side of the hall was booth devoted to novelties. Here were to be found pictures, glass ware, vases, and the like and many other useful and pretty things. It was in charge of Mrs Ancil Martin. Mrs. L. H Chalmers and Mrs WiH II. Barnes.
 The center of the room was taken up with a display of flowers. Palms, roses, potted plants of all descriptions and cut flowers were banked up into a pyramid The floral display was in charge of Mrs. Francis and Miss Louise Murphy.
 In the banquet room coffee. sand wiches. salads. hot baked beans, cake and other food was served In this room also was the candy booth which was in charge of Mrs. Emory Rays and Mrs. Sims Ely. All of the candy was home made and sold on sight.
 The home cooked food was another great seller. This display was in charge of Mrs. Frank Parker, Mrs. w. L. Pin ney, Mrs. w. B. Lount and Mrs Harry Diehl All of the home made bread was sold out within a short time and the supply Of baked beans did not last much longer. The beans in particular were especially good. They were bak- ed by Mrs. McClintock and Mrs. Park er
 The refreshment committee consist ed of Mrs. w. T. McNeff, Mrs Harry M Kennedy Mrs I JOhnstone and