Arizona republican., 1921-04-10

The Apollo club will meet at the Osborn school Tuesday the program to be followed bySa picnic on the lawns surrounding the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Messenger, Third ave- nue and Virginia Lane.
 The first annual convention of the Arizona Federation of Musical clubs met in Miami Tuesday with practi- cally the entire mem bership of the executive board in attendance. Phoe- nix. Mesa, Tempe. Stafford, Bisbee, Globe and Miami sent delegates to the convention and clubs not person ally represented forwarded reports of the work since the organization last October.
 Telegrams of greeting were re- ceived from Mrs. E. J. F'lanigan of Bisbee. president of the State Federa- tion of Women's clubs and Mrs. F. A. Blankenship of Dallas, president of the district of the national federation in which Arizona is located.
 Mrs. Henry D. Ross, president of the state federation, was congratu- lated on her courage for carrying on'' despite conditions which resulted in the postponement of other gather ings.
 OWl0R lO IHe SiI1dll w. did not take up any important busi- ness, simply cleared up the left-overs from the organization meeting and brought the records up to date,F said Mrs Ross. We made several minor 1 changes in the by-lawS in order to i make them conform to the policies of 1 the national federation but not any important alterations. Mrs. Ross l said there was great deal of talent 1 in Globe and Miami which district l was represented on the program.
 "The delegates were the guests of the Globe women for luncheon at the Country club, and tea was served in l the church in the afternoon by the l Miami Music Study club.
 " A most wholesome and hoSpitable spirit was manifested throughout the l day, and everybody was good -natured l and jolly, in spite of bad weather and | the jinx.
 Mrs. Ross said this convention would have to go down in history as the ijinx convention. First came the possibility of postponing it altogeth- CT, then the determination to go | through with it. Then the unexpect- ed storm which frightened several | Phoenix people and kept them home | even after they had reached the depot
 The programs as printed set the date for the sixth, instead of the fifth, and | she found herself entering the under | takers parlors instead of the church
 when she arrived for the morning
 session. The jinx continued through | out the day and into the evening ses- 1 sion, for when the crowd assembled at o'clock. the church was in dark | ness from a blown out fuse. But this
 was soon remedied and everybody | was jolly and the results were satis- factory"
 T A very pretty incident occurred ir
 the afternoon session, when Mrs. w
 P. Sims of Bisbee was singing Sun
 shine and Rain" It had been cloud,
 and showering during the day. Jus
 as she reached the words "The rail
 is fin the valley, but the sun is on tn,
 hills," a glorious burst of sunligh , flooded the west side of the audito
 rium- It was the only time durin,
 the day that the sun came out. an'
 lasted only few moments.
 The auditor, who had the report o , the treasurer in her possession wa . visiting in Payson and was showed ir
 She arrived early in the afternoo
 however. so the report was acte
 upon before the session adjourned
 This was another evidence of tn jinx.
 In her address to the federatio
 Mrs. Ross said:
 Since We are but an infant ye l in our swaddling clothes. with ou e future before us, our message toda ] cannot be one of great achievement e Rather it must be more or less ad :. visory in character. and somewhs e didactic in expression, but, happil, y it can be bouyant with hope an e promise for the morrow.
 We organized Nov. 8. 1920, with g membership of nine clubs. In th g brief space of five months We hay }, federated six senior clubs and tw juvenile clubs. giving us today B. membership of IT clubs. We hay !. also one affiliated member. Perhar }. it would be wise to speak here of th l. affiliated and associate membershi q which our organization recognize [. and solicits. Our constitution in al