Arizona republican., 1915-05-16
Official Organ of State Federation of Clubs

i all more or less popular. due to the
 fact that they are very quickly put
 up and finished and a very satisfac- tory covering on the swhole.
 Mastering. lines and cement seem to hold their own and will always be
 used more or less.
 Wall finishes, too, have taken great
 strides in recent years. The glossy
 paint Of olden times are no more,
 but the soft. Velvety and rich effects which can be obtained in any color
 desired is very durable. sanitary and
 wholesome. Not all decorated walls necessarily demand an expensive foundation usually good results can
 be obtained on rough. as smooth
 plaster canvas and even burlap.
 Heating. lighting. ventilation and
 sanitation all have received more and more prominence, new methods aU-
 piled, always striving for q more
 propituent one. These are but few
 of the many advancements of mod
 ern building, for the subject is far
 too extensive to more than touch
 d few of jhe foremost ones though the branch of building which touches us far more intimately is the Ameri- can home, and what are tie ideals that should govern the home build ers2 Those which express restfulness and comfort, where housewOrk is re duced to it's simplest terms and all matters of modern life are considered thus it is that the bungalow has come into prominence. What 20 years ago was considered freak, is today an accepted style of architec- ture.
 The elasticity of the bungalow ] idea and it's adaptability to various
 tastes and requirements have given it great popularity. While a majority ! of bungalows are of the one story l type the influence is felt in the one and half and two story forms. l There is that home-liNe atmosphere which seems naturally to surround
 the bungalow.
 1 In the architecture there is an at i tempt to keep nearer 70 nature than ] in the old style cottage and the com piete efficiency and reduction of la ! bor devices found our modern bun galows were but dreams never real
 ized in the home of fifty years ago. ! Mrs. l.. E. Hewins, state vice presi- | dent of the National Federation of Musical Clubs has written a briof
 article dealing with the aims and pur- i poses of the federation and dwelling 1 briefly on the biennial program in i which an Arizonans compositions i played by a Phoeni-, pianist will be | featured. She also gives for tha first time the list of local delegates. | She writes as follows
 The Musicians of Arizona are ! looking forward with much interest 10 the approaching Biennial of the : National Federation of Musical Clubs which is to be held in Los Angeles June twenty-fourth to July third, over ten days of the best of music
 that America can produce. Many of our Arizona musicians are plan
 ming to attend this festival In addi-
 ton 60 the official delegates of the
 Musicians Club of Phoenix who are
 the president. Mrs. Arthur Gibbons
 Hulett and Delegates Mrs. w. E
 Deity a number of other members i plan to attend. notably Mrs. w. R. ! Ratten Mrs. w. l.. Pinner. Mrs H. !. ! Grey. Mrs H. B. St Claire. Mrs. w i H. Sargent, Mrs. Henry Cate, Mrs c. D. Reed, Mrs. Roy Wayland, Miss ! 1 The Tucson Saturday Morning 1 Music Club will also have it's quota
 of members and several others no-
 members of one of these clubs, have | joined the Federation as Associate ! members in order to have the privi | lege of attending its meetings.
 This organization of 100. the ma | jority of whom are women banded 7 ~.n ic dnin more than any dher force to make 1 the United States musically independ
 ent. The Federation represents. | among others; several hundred music | clubs which for sixteen years have | been mOlding musical sentiment in | every state in the union, various ] centers of the American Music Soce- 1 ty. several symphony orchestras, the
 Phi Epsilon, the national musical
 sorority, the music supervisors na- tional conference, representing five
 thousand music supervisors in the