Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-21

Why is it that when the Lenten season is on we are prone to talk in such technical terms as sack cloth and ashes" and of about prayer and fasting? We always do it you know.
 To most Of us, observing Lent is like making new year resolutions or in other words, turning over q new leaf Thon we picture ourselves just how pale and spiritual We will look at the end of the forty days fast, as we come from church with our prayer books and Bibles.
 We swear of Ash Wednesday on all tho things We love, and gradually get back to them before the first week Of Lent is passed. But after all, has society religion? On, vest Did we not dance until weary the second week of Lent for sweet chari- tvs sake? Tn place of bridge we are attending sacred concerts. If q play comes along with one small quotation from the Bible. or 9 scene taken from tho Holy Land, we attend in goodly numbers and declare it to be a play with great moral.
 Instead of the time honored sack cloth and ashes we apePar as usual in our best clothes. with never so much as Q thought of even apeaTing in subdued tones or a plain quiet dress. Are we not tritie inoOnsi5t- ent? During the Lenten season the charity organizations of the city @; overwhelmed with contributions, con sistinS of old shoes and clothes that have seen years of useful service.
 Then wo hear much of the ChGita- ble gifts from the well on to tho poor. h piOus church members Nbo is knop'n always tO observe Lsnt iD regard tO fasting, was heard to rs- mark to another gentleman yesterday that he had not yet succeeded in de cliniRg insitatiOnss-t Co club lUucheOnS, o'clock dinners, and supDers So far but that he had succeeded 4n cut ting out all kinds Of wine even cham pagne. "Yes. he said, I'm on the water wagon now Haven't tasted anything but beer fer over a week"
 From the looks Of the plump pima cheeks and bright eyes of the gentler sex in Bisbee one would conclude that Lent is not extensively obscry- ed in the Warren district, but the Lenten conscience seems an elastic one any way.
 
 Mesdames NowIiu and Cowan en- tertained the I. A. U Club last Fri day evening at its club rooms i1 up- per Tombstone Canyon. The room was beautifully decorated with the club's eoloFs, pink and white, inter laced with small Japanese lanterns. Various kinds of amusemeits were had. dancing being the principal one. Ice cream of the clubs eOIors and oake were served.
 Those present were Mir. and Mrs. NoWlin, Nr. and Mrs Dodge, Mir and Mrs. Graham, MT. and Mrs. Ruff, Mir. and Mrs. Tustin, MT and Mrs. Wi. Hams, MT. and Mrs. Baldwin, Mir. and Mrs. Cowan, Misses Nellie Hunt, Asher, Gregory. Bessie Hunt, Cow an, Schmidt, Raforth, Daily, Hicks. D. Daily Messrs. John Hunt Bull, M. Gregory, II. Williams, II. Ruff, W. Killb3ms, Fullbright, T Hunt, Cowan Gregory. Taylor, T. NOwlin, c. Viii Hams
 The evening was enjOyably 5paat and the party did not break up until the wee smaP hours. Afesdamss %HI ss A-AA s-aAA Aal wan flApFtt kAielli- selves charming hostesses and were congratulated upon the success Of the evening.
 Runlor comes from Washington that Tafts' reign will be one prOmi- nent for it's social splendOr.
 Mr. and Mrs. Taft live in q beauti- ful house-rent free. It is furnish ed and provided by the government. ] with everything that can possibly be wanted for housekeeping purposes, , even to the linen, chinaware and sil- yer.
 The government has appropriated $25,000 a year for the yearly repairing of this house, and meets annual bills of S4,O00 for lights and S6e0O for fuel. All Of the above mention ed S25.0G0 is turned over to the pres. ideut, and the first lady of the land They spend 1t just as they see it. r Mrs. Taft wants anything new for household furnishings she sends for the official major-douO and ilstuC5s him to get it for her,
 No IaW governs the matter eEcopt her own wishes She exercises her own taste in making the selection 0c purchases, which must surely be yarv uieacauF gu e7g Qn1 rgs- -1or F--