Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-11-08
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FRATERN|ZES
San Diego and Phoenix
Women al Banquet Board
MINGLED IN MERR|MENT
Music and Menu Were Civ
en- Test by Recital of
Thrilling Arizona Incl
dents by the Territory's
Woman Historian.

At o'clock last evening about one
hundred ladies of the cities of san
Diego and Phoenix sat down To a de
licious banquet in the new home of
the Womans club at the corner of
Bennett Lane and First avenue This
was the first social affair given in the
handsome edifice, just recently com
pleted, and if there is any augury of
success in starting right. the club win
certainly gain an enviable reputation.
The tables were decorated with Val
ley Beauty" and La France roses and
extended down either side of the large
auditorium. Between the larger ia
bles and just i'm front of the stage was
placed one small table. al which were
seated Mrs. Jones and Mrs Masten Of
san Diego. and Mrs. B. A Fowler
and Mrs. Llyod Christy OF Phoenix.
As nearly as possible the guests We're
so arranged that each one was between
two hostesses, that they might be
made to feel perfectly at home.
The menu was simple, but the viands
We're delicious and well served. and be-
gan with grape fruit. followed by ripe
olives, sailed almonds and small buns
Next came 4 course of turkey. dress
ing, cranberry sauce and sweet pota-
toes, followed Icy Il salad of tomatoes
and chilli in a gelatine base. des-
sert of ice cream. angel food and
black coffee finished the edible part
of the entertainment.
\ short program was given. in
which some OF the best known must
clans of the city participated. and
Miss Sharlot Hall. the territorial his
torian. told briefly OF her recent trip
in the northwestern part of Arizona
Miss Bertha Kirkland began the
program by rendering a piano solo
Miss Kirkland's execution is brilliant
and her selections were beautiful
Miss Christine Theirs and Harry c.
Cassidy sang two very charming duets
and were heartily applauded. Miss
Theirs voice has a very pure tone and
is both strong and sweet. Mr.. Cas-
sidy has a glorious tenor voice that
sways his audience and pictures the
sentiment Of his songs as perfectly as
an artists brush paints the scene be-
fore him. Encores were given all of
the musicians, until the club presi-
dent asked that they be discontinued
because Of shortness of time.
one could tell that a Phoenix audi
ence likes to listen to Miss Hall, for
she received a real ovation when she
arose to speak. She told of her trip
across the Colorado river into NO
Mans Land" and of the beauty of
the Painted Desert. one listening
knew that the charm of this locality
is beyond description, for Miss Halls
words pictured a scene almost eX-
ceeding ones imagination. She told
something Of Lees Ferry, which was
named years ago for John d Lee, a
Mormon leader who was connected
with the Infamous Mountain Meadow
massacre. Miss Hall also told of her
experience in taking pictures of
herd of buffalo which is kept in this
lonely corner of the world, that they
may breed unmolested by man. The
speaker said that she saw the herd
coming. and rushing out with her
camera. sat it up and began swapping
the bison They began switching their
tails. paving the dirt and as she sup
posed posing i'm very proper manner
for their photos. which, as historian,
she would file in the archives of the
new state. At this critical moment
rainstorm that had been hanging about
began action and at once the buffalo
bumped up their shoulders. turned
their backs to the deluge and the
camera and incidentally left Miss Hall
in possession of her life. She had not
recognized that she had been in
imminent danger, but she was fully
cogniZant of the fact after listening
to the caretaker of the beasts in ques-
ton. who happened along just then,
and expressed the opinion that she
was some foolish
Miss Halls description was so vivid
and beautiful that one knows he is
hardening to the expressed soul OF
poet. even if he has necer heard her
name before.
Mrs r. A. Fowler, president of the
Woman's club, babe the visitors well
come at the commencement Of the en-
tertainment and farewell at its close.
She said they would ever be cordially