Arizona republican., 1922-03-01

mixed up I'm it. When, therefore, in
response to the command in the
weekly letter the Kiwanians met at
the office OF the Arizona Republican
yesterday noon, where they were la
beled with large paper badges carry
ing a number and the name OF the
wearer, none Of them-or rather. only
few OF them--knew what was in
store for them. There were no eat
ables in sight around The Republican
offices, which rather advised them
that the meeting would be held else
where because of the well known
Kiwanis preference for food at a
luncheon, and when they were taken
into the editorial rooms of the news
paper the mystery deepened.
1t was not until the Kiwanians en-
tered the dining room Of the Hotel
Adams that the haze surrounding the
meeting was dissipated. There were
the wives-scores of them, all dressed
up in their go-to- meeting clothes and
evidently prepared to remain and en-
joy the session. The places OF the
officers OF the club had been seized,
the gavel was in the hands Of the
wife Of J. Oscar Sexson. who is now
known to be second in command in
his family, and it seemed that the
only thing for the Kiwanians to do
was to behave themselves eat as
quietly as possible, and sneak out at
the first opportunity.
The opportunity, however, never
came. Mrs. Sexson had her mind
made up, and there was no gainsay-
Ing her will. She started by making
a few uncompIimentary remarks
about Kiwanis in general and her
husband, who IS a director OF the
local club in particular. She then
struck q more serious note by giving
the rest of the wives a few hints on
the best ways in which to extract
coin of the realm from their worse
halves, and ended by obtaining an
unanimoug vote from the women that
their husbands should be restricted to
one night meeting Of the Kiwanis
club per week. Announcement OF
such night meetings came as q sur
prise to the unmarried members OF
the club, and grave doubt has been
raised in the minds Of some Of them
concerning the veracity OF various
married KiWanians in Phoenix.
Then, in the regularly approved
manner Of all we'll conducted Kiwanis
clubs, Mrs. Sexson introduced Mrs.
Art Esgate, wife of the cashier of the
Valley bank, as chairman of the day.
Mrs. Esgate proved as competent as
Mrs. Sexson. After reading q few
communications from absent mem
bers, she showed her financial ability
by asking all Kiwanians who had
known the facts concerning the meet
ing in advance to stand up. About
five arose, and Mrs. Esgate promptly
collected 25 cents from each OF them
as a fine.
she then took up the question of
spring millinery, night meetings
again. and some other things calcu-
lated to make the men present sit up
and take notice, and followed this by
Mrs. Burt Clingan for
pep talk. Mrs Clingan started by
taking the pep out OF Burt, who,
thinking he was safe in the crowd,
to interject some remarks
OF his own into his wife's address. It
didn't take Burt long to discover his
mistake, and the talk was uninter-
rupted until its close.
Mrs. Russell P. Kyle then was in
troduced and opened broadside by
suggesting a number of amendments
to the Kiwanis code of ethics and
which, in the words OF
some Of the members during the talk,
were absolutely unthinkable. Mrs.
Henry Chambers kept the ball rolling
by speaking on What KiwaniS
Means to Me as the Wife of XII
wanian." Her remarks, while direct
ed at the club as a whole, seemed 10
strike "Hen' with particular force,
and it seemed at times as If he were
about to throw his hands in the air
and shout Enough"
A lone Kiwanian was then given
the privilege of the floor. DIR. al
Tuthill drew the lucky number. and
thanked the women not only for the
~uccess with which they were con-
Quoting the meeting, but also Tor
their verve and aplomb.
To bring the meeting TO fitting
close, Mrs. III. A. Enyeart sang solo
which was vociferously applauded.
She was accompanied at the piano by
Mrs. Milton Smith.
Among the resolutions which the
women carried by main strength was
one assessing the Kiwanians 81 each
for the dinner. The Kiwanians pro-
tested vigorously but the chair was
against them--and they paid.
All in all, it was the most inter-
esting meeting in months. Every de-
tail of a regular KiwaIlis meeting was
out without a change, the
was clever and entertaining,
the talks were full of snap and go,
and the Kiwanians enjoyed them
selves to the limit-with the excep-
ton Of about eight. and their dis
came about as follows:
The numbers which the Kiwanians
wore on their COATS from The Repub-