Arizona republican., 1911-04-21
CLUB WOMEH's DAY
 1T NEW YORK STORE
IL Was a Regular "Business Picnic"
 and Everybody Enjoyed 1t.

Pardon me lady. I'm going to buy
 all right but don't want any of
 those sissy things stuck on my old
 clothes. Flowers don't grow for us
 old stiffS."
 No dear. please don't l don't
 mean to be short about it but l con
 fess to you that I am one woman
 who never wore a bouquet and l
 never will Yes. I like roses but l
 prefer to see them growing, rather than willing in a stuffy storeroom."
 These were the exceptions. For the
 most part the ladies said oh how sweet of you" perfectly lovely or some other entirely new and novel expression. while the men didn't say much of anything. They stood around and looked silly while they took their public decoration. They liked it but they felt foolish and acted the part Worst of all they knew that every body else knew it. Not that men do not like flowers, for indeed they dO if they are the right sort of men but for some reason for which there is no explanation. flowers are regard ed as a part of a woman's legitimate adornment while with a man even more than a woman, they stand for sentiment.
 A woman demands flowers and is licensed to buy. beg or steal them if she can't get them any other way. 4 man for no reason on earth, in stinctlively feels that he should wear a bouttonere only when it is pre- sented privately and unOstentatiOusly. or when he picks it himself and puts it in his lapel just because he wants to.
 These observations are so trite they may not interest anybody but they are suggested by what took place at the New York store yesterday. It was woman's club day. the day when the proprietor. Charles Korrick prom ised to give ten per cent of his cash sales to the clubs building fund, and asked all the friends of the club as well as all of the frineds of the store to come and do their shopping and pay cash so the cub could get ten per cent Of it.
 The event proved a success. the big gest success the club. or the store ever held for that kind of an under taking. though the cash had not been counted at latest advices. so the ex- act figures have not been announced. The store management though. said the sum would be a pleasing one; that much could be told from the general appearance of the money drawer. The exact figures will be announced Saturday morning
 Mir. Korrick and his entire staff of salespeOple took as much interest in the event as did the club members. 4 reception committee of the club members under the direction of Mrs. | s. Griffin was on hand. from 9 in the morning until 6 in the evening. It was the first duty of these ladies l to meet everybody at the door. and unless they were repulsed. which oc- l cured in but few instances. pin a | rose on every visitor. This was merely an emblem of the clubs in | terest in affairs and its agreeable 1 courtesy in the name of the store. | But that was not the only duty Of i the committee. It was to assist in | directing patrons to whatever depart | meDt they desired to visit and to see | ing that they were promptly served | by the salesDeODle. These little du- | ties added interest to the occasion for | nearly everybody knew what it all ] meant and enjoyed it as a pleasing i novelty.
 Mir. KOrrick said last night that he | was delighted with the way the lad | ies conducted their part of the days | business. Some came more to pat | ronize the ladies than the store just | a . fhazr invited tn nd he ten per cent on the sales to those | who would have come anyway. was mbre than offset by the pleasure Mir. 1 Korrick will take in the donation. which he desired to make to the wo- men as thank offering for past ia vors. MT KOrrick hopes to build a house himself some day and the pat ronage of the women of this com munity has enabled him to base that hope on large measure of business success to date. for which he is ap- preciative
 Beside, all seemed to have a good time. The patrons enjoyed it. the clerks enjoyed it. MT. Korrict enjoyed 1t, and the ladies enjoyed it. even if they did get tired. Part of the mem bers of the committee were there during the forenoon. part of them during the afternoon and some of them were there the greater part of the day. The committee was com posed of the following named: Mrs J. $. Griffin. chairman. Mrs. H. S. Bury, Mrs. $. J Nicholson. Mrs. c. w. Nickers. Mrs. W L. Pinnev. Mrs. Otis E Young. Mrs. Emory Kays. r Mrs. R. NJ. Tafel. Mrs F. F.. Kirk land, Mrs. F. T. Ceilings. Mrs. S. K. Levy. Mrs. w. w McNeff. Mrs. ]. NJ Swetnam