Arizona republican. [volume], May 23, 1915, SALT RIVER VALLEY, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 17

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PAGE SEVEN
Prosperity of Section Appears In Modern Buildings of Capital City
Prosperity Is
Reflected In
City Social Life
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THE 'ARIZONA REPUBLICAN SALT RIVER VALLEY EDITION. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1915
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Among the most interesting divisions
Phoenix Abreast
In Its Club
(By Joseph H. Kibbey)
Phoenix lias an unusual number of
"'.'III!.."'
'f the clubs, strictly speaking, or
ganized for the purposes of socia'oil- .
iiy. ami occupying thir own club
leeises or quarters, there are four:
Ti:- Country Club, the Arizona. Clul, ;
tie l-.lks Club and the Moose Club.
The privileges of the clubs of thi; j
Klks :::al 'f the Moose are. confined
t- the membership of those frater-i-iiies.
respectively.
The I'mmtry Club has its Club
House am! grounds, on North Centra!
Avenue about seven miles from t ivvn. I
Tie avenue is paved all the way to
!:te Clul. House and an intrurhan
trolley line passes nearby so that
sp'-cdy and comfortable access is af
forded to the Club grounds.
The
Hotel
MAKE THE
A GALA DAY IX PHOENIX
in a Phoenix parade are the carefully
local U. S. Indian School.
of Times
Organizations
The club has golf links and tennis
courts and is otherwise supplied with
the usual equipment and parapher
nalia of Country Clubs.
The club nas jin adequate and
comfortable club house with roomy
porches and gulleiios, dancing room,
dining room, kitchen, baths, etc., etc.
It was organised in 191:: and i ,
practically a successor to the Coun
try Club organized in IMi.j, whose
club house and grounds were usurped
by the advancing erowth of the
town.
The Arizona Club was organizfd in
1S!U, then under the name of the
Maricopa club; about 1S!'7 it and
the IlassuyaroiKi Clao consolidated
and adopted the present name of the
"Arizona Club." The Arizona. Club is,
a-men's club nr.il its mem rship is
Jeffersoe
WILL BE OPEN TO GUESTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE
PHOENIX'S . ' Sllltfeii
NEWEST
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Finest Modern Fire Proof
Between El Paso and Los Angeles
80 ljooms eiuiiel with private Shower :nul Tub Uaths.
- La rye, light eoinmodious Sample Uooms. ,;
AVitli the roof garden as a special .feature
the Jefferson will he the livest spot, in
Phoenix, and will afford a long-felt pleas
ure of the commercial men and tourists.
EUROPEAN PLAN
lO-ROOMS-150
Rates, 1.00 and Upwards
JEFFERSON YOUR HEADQUARTERS WHEN IN
trained military companies from the
I constituted without regard to poli
; tical, religious, scientific, literary or
j other special qualification, and is
purely social in its purposes,
j It occupies the third and fourth
! floors and the roof of the Noll build
! ing on North First avenue. The
club quarters are handsomely and
completely furnished and equipped.
! The club has its own restaurant
: on the fourth floor w ith all needed
1 accessories. It is .Mipr.lied with spa
' ions reception. reading;, writing;,
billiard and card rooms, a buffet and
a reception room for the conven
ience of women, the wives, sisters' or
! other women of the families of the
members, and their guests, who have
' the privileges of tiie dinins room.
I The cbib has also twenty-five
; sleeping rooms, well furnished and
! equipped with up to date conven
iences and comforts.
Tho Arizona clu4j has a member
ship of about four hundred.
The Klks club quarters are in the
', Klks building on West Washington
i street. Tiscv are well and hand-
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Nothing reflects the prosperity of
a city more truly than its social
life. Large homes well adapted for
entertaining and numerous town and
country clubs give proof of splendid
local conditions in Phoenix, just as
they evidence the many pleasures of
its fashionable set. One of the most
delightful features presented to the
tourist is the gayety of the winter
stason and the cordial hospitality
with which the stranger is greeted.
Bridge, dinners, dances and teas,
formal and informal are poptilar here
as elsewhere and every day from
early autumn until late in spring is
crowded with affairs. But here as
in no other place in the country the
out-of-doors can be enjoyed. The
picnic supper, the desert luncheon,
the week-end motor trip, the hunting
and fishing parties at any time of
the year these are a few of the de
lights to be found1 only in the sun
shine state. The town functions are
noted for smartness and beauty of
appointment, although many of the
most attractive affairs take place at
the Counry club itself, the most ex
clusive in Arizona, contributes large
ly to the social calendar with its
card and dance evenings and Sa
turday teas. . Its splendid golf course
and equally tennis courts are alwTays
thronged and frequent tournaments
stimulate keen interest.
The Arizona club is the largest so
cial organization. While strictly a
man's club, its ladies dining room has
been the scene of innumerable lunch
eons. The roof garden is not only a
popular place for "smokers" but is
fast becoming a favorite rendezvous
for the after theatre suppers.
The recently organized University
club will come into its own in the
autumn, for it gives promise of be
ing a strong social factor.
The various secret societies are
hosts at more or less notable func
tions, the Shriners ball taking pre
cedence over these affairs. It
generally held in the auditorium of
the Arizona School of Music, while
the Woman's club has its quota of
card, dance and musical events dur
ing the year.
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New York postoffice handles 80,000
parcel po:,t packages a day; damaged
bundles do not average over 4 a day.
ARIZONA'S
BEST
PHOENIX
A TYPICAL PHOENIX CHURCH
Fourteen of the Phoenix churches have homes of their own. The one illustrated here is that of the First Baptist
Church
Churches of Valley Doing
Good Work and Doing It Well
(BY THE
VERY REV,
WILLIAM
SCARLETT)
'he outlook for the churches
the valley or may I just say
church, meaning of course all
churches is most assuring. So
as I am in a position to judge
the
the
far
the
church is doing a large and vigorous
work. And the people of the stat
sf'em to realize the v:'!ue. of this
institution in the development of a
new community, ami are giving it
their hearty support. And the
church will play a vital part in tho
upbuilding of the future state.
The work of the church in the
valley is that of "the church in any
similar community. Time was when
the church was the only court of
justice in a community; when its
were t he only hospitals; when th
church was the dispenser of all chari
ties, and the asylum of refuge; when
the church served as the fortress in
I time of attack. See how Durham
cathedral stands lifted high on a.
great bluff, its massive towers and
buttresses bidding defiance to anv
f,.e. And to it the people of the
little vMlase nestling at its base re
sorted in time of danger. The time
was when the church had the only
schools; and 1 am under the impres
sion that labor guilds too had a re
ligious origin.
Rut the work instituted by the
church along these lines was gradu-
Women's Clubs 1
j Potent Factors
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nix we locate the "Woman's Club' of
Tempe" and directly south of Phoenix
is the "Neighborhood House" in which
j the "Neighborhood Club'' makes ita
home.
i All of these clubs have kindredd pur
poses to raise the standard of their
' homes and schools, to promote civic
, interests, n bring more of comfort and
' efficiency into their own lives and tho
j lives with which they come in closa
j touch as neighbors. They are success
fully establishing civic centers which
attract and radiate progressiveness.
Surely, this Salt River Valley, with i
its wide stretches of beautiful ranches, J
its surrounding picturesque mountains
of incomparable tints the blues, the
j purples, the reds and the browns in- '
j termingled- its bright sunshine, its
(wonderful possibilities for future in-!
crease of beauty and prosperity, is
so pecuiiarlv attractive to responsive.
I natures that we look for rapid ex-j
! tension of the 'Woman's Club move
j ment, which means the enlargement
' f their efforts, both practical and J
j aesthetical, for the uplift of human- j
I ity the polishing of the human ele j
ment to be a beautiful jewel in a. :
'sotting made fitting by nature and.,
art. I
! (Mrs. P.. A. KI.I.A Q. I'OWLliR.
President Central Arizona Dist. Fed- j
eration of Woman's Clubs. i
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i ally taken over by the community of
i state. The ideal in the mind of the
j ( hnrch, the motive behind this work.
! had so become the common property
j of the people that the community
; took up this work. And that is the
j proper procedure. It irf the business
of the church to see to it that these
things are dune, and when they are
j not done to do them note for in
; stance the hospital work being done
m this city by the church. Put these
'various act ivit ies are largely the bus
1 iness of a Christian community.
! The work of the church is always
) largtly in the realm where results ar
not readily visible. The aim of the
i church is the development and in
' cub ation of ideals. It is a formative
j institution, and to use a .veil- known
saying, "One formative institution is
j worth one thousand reformative insti
tutions." The church is a spiritual
, dynamo; not just a storehouse of
sacred truth, but a powerhouse, a
; oispenser of sacred energy. It stands
for the ide.1 of religion as the basis
i and motive of life and action. Its
j first business is to pui a man in
touch with God, to develop the spirit
' of religion which is the greates.
source of those ideals which make
land keep life sweet and strong. And
! of course the value of the church to
j a community along these lines can
not be measured. Rut its second
Hospitals and Sanitariums
Are Credit to Southwest
(BY JAMES G. SIMPSON)
It has been said that the healing
art is next to that of saving souls.
To care for the sick is a Christian
duty. To do it scientifically is to
take advantage of every opportunity
offered. In this respect Phoenix and
Jhe Salt P.ivtr valley have seen a
duty that has not been neglected.
There are three principal hospitals
Hi this section. St. Joseph's Mercy
hospital stands first and foremost
among tluse. The Phoenix hospital,
though less pretentious, affords "facil
ities unequalled for a limited number
of patients, while the Southside hos
pital at Mesa 's the last word in
niodernness and completeness.
It was in 1S9." that Phoenix wit
nessed the opeiting of her first hos
pital. The Sisters of Mercy, utilizing
a small adobe cottage on Polk street,
with accommodations for a half dozen
patients, inaugurated the movement
that has grown until this city and
this section has hospital facilities ex
celled by -none and equalled by few.
Today St. Joseph's hospital ami
the annex is equipped to care for
seventy patients according to the
most seientfie and approved methods,
and present comfortable and home
like surroundings for the convales
cent. The Phoenix hospital while
caring for a less number of patients
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business is just as important to seo
to it that this spiritual energy thus
generated manifest itself as a social
and moral energy, is translated in
terms of justice and brotherhood and
love. In other words the church ia
more and more becoming intensely
interested in the many social anil
industrial problems confronting a
community, because these problems
are essentially moral problems in so
much as they affect the well being
of the people of the community. Arid
the church is more and more going
to see to it that its spiritual dynamo
is hitched up to these problems, that
its spiritual energy is turned Into
these channels. if the church with
its enormous power and organization
were to insist with all its might that
religious experience is no good unless
it is "good for" something, unless it
issues in a life of absolute justice,
and in a real brotherlintss that
reaches down to the jlownmost man;
if the church were to come out boldly
as the champion of the poor and tho
oppressed, and not as the almoner of
the rich: if. the church were to de
mand with ah its might that any con
ditions which make it hard for tho
oilier half to live and to live well b
done away; and assert that the only
test of religion is to do justly, ev
ervwhere and in every detail, and to
love mercy, always, and to walk
humbly with God, the church would
hasten the glad day when Burns'
words would ring true and "man to
man the world o'er would brothers
be for a" that."
And so far as I can see it is along
these lines that the great Vork of
the church in this, valley is to lie.
enjoys every advantage of a mod
ern hospital and the patronage of
some of the leading physicians of
Arizona. The Southside Hospital is
constructed along most modern lines
and eouinned with every facility for
surgical and medical cases.
I In each of the three hospitals there;
I are large sunny rooms, many of
them with private toilets ana oaiu.
Broad porches afford opportunity to
keep patients out of doors much of
the time. In fact physicians gener
ally look upon these porches as tho
most important part of the buildings.
They are utilized three-fourths of
the year as sitting rooms, dinintf
rooms and bed rooms.
Tlv hospitals are open to all sur
feons and physicians .of good repu
ta lion.
(if the sanitariums, and there ato
several. St. Luke's Home stands a
monument to the Episcopal church in
Arizona, it is constructed along lines
admitted to be ideal for the care and
treatment of patients afflicted with
tuberculosis. The equipment is most
modern, the staff of physicians anil
nurses is of exceptionally high per
sonnel and the percentage of cases
tired ranks with the foremost insti-
I tut ions in the country. It is in charge
of l'.ev. liertrand R. Cocks as super
intendent, but it is . absolutely non
sectarian in its adminisration.
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THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF PHOENIX