Arizona republican., 1916-03-12


 Federation and Senator Henry F. Ash hurst and Congressman Carl Hayden the measure and of their appreciation of the interest of the women of Ari- zOna. Senator Marcus A. Smith has recently written Mrs. Alexander rela- tive to the bill. the constitutionality of which he is in doubt. Owing to the high purposes of the measure he. how ever, has promised his support. His letter follows:
 Mrs. J. l.. B. Alexander,
 GOA North Third avenue,
 Phoenix. Arizona.
 Dear Mrs. Alexander: I thank you for your long and interesting letter relative to the Keating- Owen child la bor bill As I wrote you recently, I still have serious doubts about the con- stitutionality of the bill, but I am so impressed with it's high purposes that l will give it my support and let the supreme court of the United States fix the question as to it's constitutionality Yours very sincerely, M. A. SMITH. The Womans club will celebrate "gentlemen's evening" April II. instead of tkis month, as previously planned. The Business Girls club gave a clever pageant at the School of Music Tuesday evening depicting life of Girls of Yesterday and Today" One | hundred and twenty-five girls took 1 part in the affair, which pictured his l torically the various phases of advance l ment of the Young Women's Christian association, Not only interesting as a study of the association life. but for its artistic merit, the entertainment was worth while. All those who appeared l in the cast were in costume of the l period they represented There were two speaking parts. the Girl of 1866" l by Miss Vivian Young and the "Gir! of 191G," by Miss Hess. PROLOGUE
 Time-1866-67
 Place-Any New England city.
 Groups representing the needs oi self supporting women and girls ir 1866: Working girls looking for place 1 to live; girls taking home work from tailoring and dressmaking establish 1 ments; office workers and schoo teachers; a governess: factory and mil workers.
 At close of prologue the theme, "Got Is Working His Purpose Out" (the na tion- wide jubilee hymn. is first intro duced.
 Scene 1.-The Beginnings: Time-1S67
 Place-A private house in a New Eng
 land city
 A group of women. inspired by worl already begun in England and in Bos ton, come together to organize a Yolni Womens Christian association. Scene 2.-The Procession of the years Time-1866-1 Place-Our memories.
 Groups of girls representing the in l creasing association membership in tn decades, 1S66-67, 1S76-S6. 1S86-96, 1896 1906. 1906-1916. with characteristic dresses and music of the periods Scene 3.-The present day.
 Time-1916 Place-Any Young Women's Christian association. . The varied life of the association i shown through different groups O girls: College girls; two gymnasium !, girls; city girls; campfire girls cooking girls; gymnasium girls; hous , mother; two young men callers; hous mother and lonely girl; students country girls, city girls; foreign girls girls representing countries having as sOciation work
 Scene 1 again shown. As the girl of 1916 has been watch ing the many sided association life O the present, her thoughts are drawr to the past. She sees in memory tn, brave beginnings of fifty years ago and in both past and present find! promise for the future:
 Forward! for us shall be no beater track,
 No mere continuing, no turning back The past we love not for its being pas But for it's hope and ardour forward cast"
 The High School Parent-Teacher as sociation will meet at three o'clocl Thursday afternoon. Following is thu program:
 Piano solo. ..... Ermine Hackbartl Vocation and the Boy"
 Claude D. Jone. Vocal selection. Harry OsbOrr New Vocation for Girls" Mrs. G. Ja,
 After the meeting a social hour vii be enjoyed. All parents of high schoo students and their friends are invited to be present.
 II The Roosevelt Parent Teacher asso ciation met Thursday evening, Count! Superintendent of Schools J. A. Rig gins being among the speakers. MT Higgins discussed the supervision O. the playground and the part the play ground plays in the school today. H. declared this an important Deature O school training and states that tn, playground required the attention O the teachers just as any other brancl of educational training. A quilt wa. raffled off at the meeting and brough to the treasury $6.25 in addition t, 1928 that had been contributed by 2Sl who inscribed their names. which the,