Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-23
MRS |. HAYDEN
 WASHING eTON
 SOCIAL LION
Wife of ArizOna's Congress man FayOrite at Capital; Pictures Beauties
 of State
MISSES GLORIES OF
 ARIZONA PLAINS
Spreads Glad Gospel of Wonderful New State mOng DeniZens
 of East
tAargaret B. Downing. in the St
 Louis Globe-DemocraU

Margaret E. Downing, in the St
 Louis Globe DemocraU
 One to snom the glorles Of the Grand canyop are as familiar as the sky line on the river front 10 the fer ry boat traveller in Manhattan awak- ems a large amount of interest Es- pecially is this true when the season draes out and every one feels weary of political gossip and the routine of social affairs Representative and Mrs. Hayden came TO Washington within the past two months. and they seem 10 have brought a breath Of the ozone from their pine-clad mesas. Their keen and candid appraisement Of the east and it advantages counter the free, unrestricted life in the west. makes conversation, which spurs the most ennuied denizens of the Atlantic seabosrd 10 take up the gauntlet for hearth and home. MT Hayden is a native Of Arizona, and a most enthu- siastic son Of the great southwest. His parents were early settlers and he was born at a picturesque spot, Rancho BOnito near Tempe.
 T am a native Of the Golden state California" said Mrs. Hayden, but nave dAl lhc Etdi Ol NHt HtolFug it about Arizona. California is a won derful commonwealth. as all will ad- init, but my adopted state seems to present even more aspects 10 admire. In Phoenix we are in an oasis of g desert and a journey there is filled with the joy and beauty in land and sky. and in the splendid background Of mountains beyond the table lands ,F fusion in an oasis, and Phoenix seems 10 realize the brightest anticipations. We have from the Roosevelt dam. water in as great abundance as Wash lngton enjoys from the great reser- yoir of the Potomac. Consequently our grass is yerdant always and our flowers respond to the slightest care with a weath of blossom. Add to this q sky which even the soft radiance of Greece and Italy can not surpass and climate which Is bracing and life giving, as the scores of inyalids will attest
 Arizona lies entirely within the arid region, but the popular myth that the name is q corruption of the words arid zone is not accepted by histor- ians. The word is or Indian origin and means "a place of little springs, probably relating to the discovery Of little silver nuggets near Nogales. where springs abound. It seems i'm possible 10 express in what life in the East differs so essentially from the life 10 which l have been accus- toned in the southwest. Certainly every one is busy herd and the days go by on wings. But they seem pur- pOseless days to me, and though l am enjoying my first winter in Wash ington as every one must enjoy an experience, l am looking out into the future for the first sign of getting home We have broad yistas in Ari- ZOna. and think that nature affects our vision in appraising things Of more intimate relation. We live much in the open, and ] miss my rides on the bOundless plains. where the glor- ious desert flowers grow under the sun and the sage brush and the yuc- ca reach heroic size l drive a great deal at home, and there are fascinat- ing sights in the solitude of the plains not to be found among the crowded thoroughfares Of Washington and it's enyirons
 Grand Canyon Attracts
 Phoenix is quite a modern and well planned city, and we have our clubs some serious. some for amusement and many for civic improvement and TOT philanthropy and patriotism. We have a study club and We work very diligently. The membership is linn tied so that we may keep -Y..nin the bounds of those who really wish 10 study Last year We made an ex- haustive reading of Napoleon's life. We have stringent rules about at- tending, and those who permit pleas ure to interfere have 10 enrich the club treagGry with fines. Of the state 4 rejoice that it is becoming one Of the beaten roads Of travel. Year after year more tourists come to that awe inspiring wonder of the world. the Grand Canyon Of Arizons and of these fair proportion are foreigners lured to cross the ocean and the con. finent by an account Of the grandeur Of this natural phenomena. I have visited this wonderland many times. but it can stand countless inspections There are now excellent hotels and every facility 10 make the /urney as comfortable and easy as such a plunge into the heart of the chasms will per init. Another splendid point Of view for the traveller is the chalcedOny forests near Holbrook, in the Navajo country, where the ossified tree trunks some four feet thick have been broken by the forces of nature into eI- quisitely colored blocks of marble. Everywhere along the horizon are the great mesas Of sandstone with pin nacled tops rising a thousand feet or more. in sheer rugged abruptness which is almost appalling.
 Historical societies are having such a vogue fin every section of the country. that one may know intimate details about any locality within the confines Of the United States. Ari- zona and Phoenix in particular have