Arizona republican., 1910-01-17
THE THIRTEEN CLUB.
The Death Defying Organization
 Which Jests With Superstition.

The Thirteen club was founded on January l3. 1882. twenty eight years ago. by Captain William Fowler and twelve other dining death defiers. of whom Marvin R. Clark. the blind jour nalist, was the sole survivor at its last dinner.
 The Thirteen clubs motif was and is to merrily joust at all surviving superstitions, especially that thirteen at the table means death for at least one within the year.
 It is the Tommy Traddles of all the dining clubs and decorates tables. menu and walls with skulls and skeler tons. Its motto is Morituri te saluta- fnus,'
 It has 313 active members, holds a monthly dinner on the 18th of every month. each of otherwise unique dis tinction, such as Dixie" dinners. po litical dinners. literary dinners, art dinners and a double -barreled annual dinner. with an installation of new of ficers on January Is of every year.
 It publishes year book of some distinction and its menus are at all times unique and interesting.
 Of itself it says: Attracting to its membership men of liberal minds and social instincts. it unites its serious purpose of combating dire and mis- chievous superstitions with unconven- tioral entertainment. at its dinners, which makes it at one and the same time a philosophical society and a home of refined Bohemia"
 And there you are.
 The Thirteen clubs list of active membership includes many notable, men. It's present chief ruler Is Her man Metz, until recently comptroller of New York, who succeeded Reginald Doull. Other chief rulers of note were David McAdam, the late J. H. V. Arnold and the late NJ. J. B. Messemer. Its hon. orary membership includes and includ ed ex-President Roosevelt. ex-Presi- dent Cleveland, Rev. R. Heber Newton. Dr. Felix Adler. Justice P. Henry Dur go. General Nelson A. Miles and Bird s. Coler.
 Having these hampering facts and data's dry details out of the system, let us consider the Thirteen club while its revels are on.
 The guests walk under ladder as they enter. The chief ruler smashes mirror, the table rulers sit under open umbrellas. everybody spills salt and, of course. there are thirteen at every table.
 But. alas. superstition will be served. Members of the Thirteen club do die within the year after having sat thir- teen at a table. That it is unlucky to walk under ladder was proved at one dinner. where the ladder fell down and hit lady on the head.
 This Is not all One chief ruler cut an artery in his wrist while smashing the mirror two years ago and dinner was delayed quite while
 But he recovered. So there you are! And you can laugh all you like, but avoid funerals. There's one especially I've been avoiding these many years
 There have been Thirteen club Jef- ferson dinners and Lincoln dinners. and even Brooklyn dinners But the biggest dinner of all will be uhe "Suf- fragette dinner" which will be an af- fair of danes. It is to be held at the Hotel Majestic on January 13. 1910 The tentative program for this. the twenty eighth annual dinner and half hen party. is given in part as follows:
 PART T.
 Installation of Officers Elect by Retir- ing Chief Ruler Herman A. Metz.
 PART II.
 Toastmaster. Airs. John s. Crosby
 Symposium (After Dinner)
 Sex Superstitions" (a) That Woman Is by Nature In-
 ferior to Man" "..
 ....... Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt (b) That Woman Was Divinely Or
 dained to Be Subject to Man."
 ................Dr Dr. Anna H. Shaw Co That Woman, in Her Way, Does
 Not Render Equal Service to the
 State" Prof. Frances Squire Potter (d) That Woman Is Not Entitled to
 Equal Pay For Equal Work"
 ..... .t...-.. Mrs. Frederick Nathan Oh. yes. and the ladder fell on Mir AbarbaneIls nose and broke it few dinners ago. But he's still supersti- tious that it isn't unlucky to walk un- der tharn n-Nau, vnrr UarI1