Arizona republican., 1913-08-24
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children's anniversaries falling with lin a few days of each other, were
 made the occasion for the afternoon
 party and games and favOrs amused the youngsters until sundown. Miss Elinor Goodrich was in Long Beach for her sixth birthday and in honor of the event, Mrs Roy S Good
 rich gave q dinner at the Virginia for twelve of her daughters young friends. Besides the pretty flowers that were used in decoration there was a huge pie as centerpiece from which satin ribbons ran to each place The Jack Horner ornament contained toy favOrs that afforded much amusement. Little Miss Good rich is the favorite child at the fash i ionable hotel and was shOwered with attractive gifts.
 Future belles and beaus are not 1 the only ones who are being feted | for word is constantly reaching here 1 of the dinners and theater parties with which Mir and Mrs. Simon Ob- 1 erfeIder are entertaining. They have been at Catalina Island, Los Angeles and Ocean Park having left the lat ter place on Wednesday for San Francisco where they will pass the remainder of the summer. |
 Few of the clubs and hotels in Cali 1 fornia permit "ragging" and since the unconventional dances were so bitter l ly condemned by the Pacific Associa- 1 tion of Teachers of Dancing last week. there is every reason to be ! lieve that the fad will lose many of /! it's present followers. After de nouncing the rag dance as being .mOngrel monstrosity" and the scum and filth from the lowest of hte i low placesr' the members of the as sociation discussed various methods | of improving the TerpsichOrean art as practiced in this day and age. The rag dance is rOtten," declared | G. R. Puckett. former president There is nothing refined or artistic about it. And anyone who dances it is merely admitting that he or she cannot dance.
 During my boyhood in the South saw hundreds of negro women shuffling about in these dances with tub balanced on their head. It was merely the primal desire to dance without the Knowledge of how to do 1t.
 "A negro first taught the rag. It was several years before it was taken up. He taught it in Kings Palace in the Barbary Coast, and later taught it to Dutch Mike, who popularized it.
 The rag dance is the filth from the Barbary Coast. It is rotten!"
 James s. Day, formerly of the Dwight B. Heard Company has just completed an attractive $10.OOO home in Monrovia where he took up his residence six months ago. He and Mrs. Day have been most hospitable to the Arizona summer tourists who have been shown over the house and the gardens and remained to enjoy their hosts courtesies. The Days will of course visit here from time to time as MT. Day has retained his interests in Phoenix and the Buckeye Valley and is a member of the Ar lington Cattle Company.
 The few business men who are away on a vacation are not wholly successful in forgetting their affairs. Dominick DonOfrio, president of the Donofrio -Zunkel Company is of the number and is making a study of the Los Angeles confectionery shops with the idea of improving his already up to the minute concern. Besides improving the sanitary conditions. MT. DonofriO proposes to make sew eral changes in easements that wili add to the appearance of his place. Work is to be begun in September and several hundreds of dollars will be spent on innovations and reno vations.
 MT. and Mrs. Emil Gang presided over q jolly diner at the ship" in Venice Monday evening in celebration of the birthday of Mir Gang. MT and Mrs. Theodore Haffner were in cluded among the guests.
 Miss Kate Christy who is summer ing in Los Angeles was the week end guest of Mrs. Harry Creighton of Ocean Park.
 fortnight in San Francisco from Ven tura where she has made her home since leaving Phoenix a few years ago.
 T. F. Irvine. president of the Me Neil company recently registered at the Hayward in Los Angeles
 NIT. and Mrs. John Birmingham Rice