Arizona republican., 1915-01-31
CLUB NOTES

1 movement.
 1 All clubs that have civic depart
 ment devote at least one program a ] season and practical endeavor of q year to the betterment of the com munlty. What women can do to 1 help make Phoenix an ideal city was the feature of talk given by City Manager W. A. Parish before the
 Woman's club Tuesday afternoon 1 MT. Parish said in his introduction: l Through the efforts of the chair
 man of your civic committee l was l prevailed upon to address you today
 l did not look forward to this mo-
 ment with any degree of enthusiasm
 as doubted my ability to interest
 you as l would like to interest you. The basis of this doubt is my wifes
 opinion often plainly minated if not 1 orenly expressed after l have ar l rived home ill the evening and she i has tried to make me expatiate on
 t1e purported occurrences of the day 1 that have reached her over the grape vine telegraph of which l know noth- | ing. l leave you ladies to divine my
 feelings from your opinion of that
 opinion.
 "I have been called upon to talk
 about an ideal Phoenix and all my
 experience and training have been with the concrete rather than the ao- stract affairs of life. Fortunately I possess enought imagination to see in
 my minds eye. the result that l am l trying to attain; it is the faculty ithat leads to achievement.
 The majority of us have long since concluded that the ideal state
 society will be reached only when i each individual realizes such a conr 1 dition cannot exist in conjunction
 with selfishness, and continually
 strives to consistently practice the 1 Colleen Rule he continued. An | ideal Phoenix, q city in which peo- pie will like to live and visitors after Itheir departure will remember with pleasure, must of necessity be community that numbers as a ma jority people of the above stamp.
 -ts surely as a persons habits are an index to his character. and his home and surroundings are an index to his habits, so surely does the ap- pearance of q town unmiStakably proclaim the habits and character of it's citizens. Streets buildings. li- !: braries, etc. are the visible signs of iprogress: the outward manifestations ,of the people who alone compose , the municipality. The community
 acentuated by public spirit, civic lpride and unselfishness will he found surrounded by buildings and streets that advertise the fact in such manner that it is unnecessary to Nresort to printers ink to arrest the
 .ttenton of the passerby.
 Few. if any. here today. that do
 not wish Phoenix to be the finest city in the southwest and there is no reason why this result cannot be
 accomplished: but to secure the ac-
 complshment do not pick out the lbig. shOwy things and clamor for
 them. but take mp the essential
 things and build slowly and surely iuntil the ultimate result is attained.
 T know of but the things that support themselves without a solid Foundation: they are birds. balloons land airships,- and city can hardly
 be classed as one of these. Nothing lean be done by any individual unless
 he follows old Davy Crocketts max Jim of Be sure you are right, then go ahead" and he can accomplish Ilittle unless there are enough good ipeople in the community to support , ,him
 There are many things the women of Phoenix can do to help make our city what we would all like it to be, land l will name for your consider ation what I consider some of the most important of these. First and foremost, I wish to call your atten- ton to the fact that under your tcharter the commission immediately before the beginning of each fiscal year must prepare and adopt a bud get covering the estimated expense of running the city for the ensuing year, if anything is overlooked or enough money is not set aside for any department that particular thing or department will cease for want of funds as the charter prohibits the drawing of warrant unless the money 10 meet it is in the treasury. The city cannot incur obligations for future liquidations in excess of it's resources, as the state constitution forbids the issuance of bonds except for street lighting and water works purposes. Bearing this in mind when something comes up during seasons of public entertainment and it ap- lpears advisable to have the city take hold and make q display. do not get peevish when the proposition is turned down as it surely will be if ! there is no money for the purpose. And right here l wish to impart q great secret. no money was appro- priated in the present budget eX- cept for essentials. This was done to enable the city to get on a cash basis which has been accomplished, after q hard struggle. Consequently have been and still am engaged in the study of that absorbing problem fa- miiiar to every housewife, of trying to make a dollar stretch like {: rub { Der band. Any forthcoming sugges- tions from ladies of experience will be thankfully received, as I have noticed they generally get what they want. but 1 don't know how.
 Nothing adds more to the beauty