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the engineer commissioners have about
the same kind of an establishment that
such men would have in the states. They
have their cooks, buffers and chamber
maids A good cook gets about SO. a
butler $50 and chambermaid SD AS
to the washing and ironing, that Is often
done in the house by the cook when
one has but two girls and sometimes
by Jamaican negresses who come in and
wash and iron for a dollar a day. We
can also send our clothes to the govern
ment laundry, but that costs more, al
though the work Is well done Another
trouble is the machines cut off the but
tons"
What are your hours for meals:
They vary in different houses. The
ordinary meals are three: the first break
fast is coffee and rolls. This is served
al the way from until ., according
to the working hours of the man. The
next meal is substantial break asst
served about IL or II, and then there Is
a dinner at from to {. Most all OF the
ladies have afternoon tea at ) or
o'clock The usual calling hours are from
until Z, and nearly every one Is In bed
by TO-"
One Of the troubles of the woman of
the isthmus is to get new clothing.
There are practically no dressmake n,s,
among the Panamans, and nearly
everything has to be made at home
and sent down. The government
stores have some ready made things
but these are mostly for men, and the
women must either make their own
clothes or order them from the states
know some ladies who do this
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chief product now, and, as this crop is
one OF the most paying that can be raised
great attention is being given ii, though
cereals and truck farming have their
share Of attention. One thing we are very
proud Of in Phoenix is our olive oil. Spen-
did olive groves dot the plain about, as
they should. to follow the traditions OF
the desert country. Our factory within
Phoenix has produced olive oil which Las
received the blue ribbon at every state in
ternational exposition for the last ten
years. 1t is delightful to the taste and
makes those excellent salad dressings OF
which every good hoLsekeeper is proud.
We are devotees of the home and the
necessity of having the board spread with
toothsome, dainty food One thing | do
pity the eastern people most sincerely
about Is that their vegetables and fruits
seem utterly tasteless after the splendld
flavor to which | am accustomed. The
iron in the soil, the perpetual sunshine
and now the abundance of water make
the ideal conditions for bringing Out the
essence of vegetable life.
Fruit with us seems different propo-
siton. Here it may be most agreeable
to the eye; but to the palate il is SWIM
de- 1 often wish / could get some of the
early spring vegetables for my friends.
If l could, I think we would have
wholesale emigration to the southwest,
where such dainties are to be obta ned by
rich and poor alike. Our plums grow to
wonderful size and they are food for the
gods. The m ssion grape and its wine are
world famous. equal TO the grapes ripen-
ed by the ardent sun of Spain, and then
we have many fruits and vegetables I'M
known here, but staple of food with
u.s."
Mrs. Hayden, though feeling an exile.
has taken much pleasure in Washington
socially. She Joined the Congressional
Club soon after her arrival. and has TAX
EN- an active part N its affairs. The de-
sire to meet women from every part of
the country and to exchange views has
made the Congressional Club most val
liable to the newcomer and none has en-
tered more heartily into its spirit than
the wife of the member from Arizona 1t
has been exhilarating to Mrs Hayden
to realize how many ideals different peo-
pie cherish, and to find the valuation
placed on various objects. As SO many
have found ii. Mrs. Hayden says it is an
education and worth any sacrifice TO at
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is there filled with the joy of beauty in
land ana sky. and in the splendid back
ground of mountains beyond the table
lands. Every one has read of natures
profusion In an oasis and Phoenix seems
to realize the brightest anticipations. We
have. from the Roosevelt dam. water in
as great abundance as Washington en-
joys from the great reservoir OF the Po-
tomac. Consequently our grass is ver-
dant always and our flowers respond to
the slightest care with a wealth OF bios
som. Add to this a sky which even the
soft radiance OF Greece and Italy cannot
surpass and a climate which Is bracing
and iife-giving. as the scores OF invalids
will attest.
Arizona lies entirely within the arid
region, but the popular myth that the
name IL a corruption of the words arid
zone is not accepted by historians. The
word is of Indian origin and means "a
place of little springs probably relating
TO the discovery of the silver nuggets
near Noaales, where springs abound. 1t
seems impossible to express in what life
in the east differs so essentially from the
life to which l have become devoted in
the southwest. Certainly every one is
busy enough here. and the days go by on
wings. But they seem purposeless days
10 me, and though l am enjoying my first
season in Washington, as every one must
enjoy such an experience. | am looking
out into the future for the first sign OF
getting home. We have broad vistas in
Arizona. and / think that nature affects
our vision In appraising things of more
intimate relation. We live much in the
open. and miss my rides on the bound
less plains, where the glorious desert
flowers glow under the sun and the sage
brush and the yucca reach heroic size
/ drive a great deal at home, and there
are fascinating sights in the solitude of
the plains not to be found among the
crowded thoroughfares OF Washington
and it's environs.
Phoenix is quite a modern and well
planned city, and We have our clubs.
some serious, some for amusement and
many for civic betterment and for phi
lanthropy and patriotism. We have a
study club and we work very diligently.
The membership is limited. so that we
may keep within the bounds Of those
who really wish to study. Last year we
made an exhaustive reading of Napoleon $
life. We have stringent rules ABOUT at
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tendance. and those who permit pleasure
to interfere have to enrich the club treas
ury with fines.
.'of the state. 1 rejoice that it Is be-
coming one Of the beaten roads OF travel.
Year after year more tourists come to
that awe-inspiring wonder Of the world,
the Grand Canyon Of Arizona, and or
these a fair proportion are foreigners.
lured to cross the ocean and the conti-
nent by an account of the grandeur OF
this natural phenomenon. I have visited
this wonderland many times, but 1t can
stand countless Inspections. There are
now excellent hotels and every facility
to make the journey as comfortable and
easy as such plunge into the heart or
chasms will permit. Another splendid
point Of view for the traveller Is the
chalcedony forests. near Holbrook, in the
Navajo country. where the ossified tree
trunks, some four feet thick. have been
broken by the forces of nature into ex-
quisitely colored blocks of marble. Every
where along the horizon are the great
mesas of sandstone with pinnacled tops
rugged abruptness which is almost ap-
paling. Such sights as these impress
the mind and make cities and mere arti-
fetal efforts seem Insignificant.
Historical societies are having such
a vogue In every section Of the country
that one may know intimate details about
any locality within the confines Of the
United States. Arizona and Phoenix In
particular have not failed to study the
ancient story of the mountains and
plains. The legendary history is fascinat-
ing and so voiuminous that 1t has filled
books. The work Of the chronological bu-
reau along these lines is well known. and
the Psychologists have done their share
in Illuminating the past. In almost every
section of the state may be found the
ruins of those wonderful builders Of pre-
historic times. the cliff jewellers, who
were the forerunners OF the Pueblo or
village Indians.
THE RUNS. so called. the Casa Grande
in the ella valley. are most impressive,
and they have another important interest
in that Father Kino, one of the early
Franciscan explorers, said mass in the
east end Of Casa Grande In 1884. 1t was
then. according to his description, in much
the same condition as 1t exists today.
showing how well the sborigines built.
There are many weird stories clinging to
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US and takes two copies with him: one
of these copies goes to the commissary
store, and the other is used in keeping
the accounts.
But do you always get what you or
der?"
LAS a general thing. yes, but the
trouble is we cannot pick out as you could
sent. l may order porterhouse steak and
if the man sends me a cut from the
round l have no redress. If the steak
should be bad l could take ii to the
health officer and thus get back my
money. but If it is merely of a different
quality l could do nothing. l know of
certain housekeepers who when they re-
ceive tough steak beat Uncle Sam by
setting it aside until it spells. They can
then take it to the health officers and
recover what they have paid. AS a rule,
however, the supplies are excellent. The
bread Is fresh and good. our ice comes
from distilled water, and it is delivered
at 40 cents per hundred. The govern
ment even cuts our kndling wood and
ii keeps our yards clean. Indeed, our
living is much cheaper and better than
we had 1t at home
l asked as to servants, and the lady
replied:
THE servants here are mostly ia
maican negroes. l keep but one girl and
pay her SIS gold a month. She has
Thursday afternoon off. but she must
come back home to get dinner, and she
must also stay at home to get dinner
Sunday. My girl is an excellent COOK,
and she is cheaper than ordinary. The
highest officials have more servants, and
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The Scorn of Woman.

A WE'LL known writer, said in re-
"A cent suffrage address in Chicago:
MANS opinion OF woman is changing.
He no longer scorns woman as he used
to do Consider the proverbs of the past
they show scorn that woman no
longers suffers under.
"IIl quote you a few OF these cynical
proverbs Of old. They come from all
countries:
"'For whom does the blind mans wife
adorn herself?'-Sa1scrit.
"If a man lose a woman and q penny.
he will miss the penny. -Phoenician.
"'There are many good women-in the
graveyard. '-Chaldean.
"'IIe who takes an eel by the tail
and a woman at her word may truly say
that he holds nothing. '-Assyrian.
"a woman always at the window is
like a basket OF fruit in the highway
Egyptian.
IA woman, like a carpet. is the better
for an occasional beating. '-Greel"
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to that here. and the spring, autumn and
winter are made up of such weather as
one might imagine In fairyland. Winter
filled with glorious sunshine certainly
must appeal to those who live where dark.
murky days bind up soul and body. and
then the awful piercing winds and blind
ing SHOWS are something which every
one would like to miss out OF the year.
To ride across our mesas in the depths
of winter is an experience worth living in
Arizona to obtain. Our forests have
many Of the evergreen cedars, jumpers.
pines and spruces and the woods are
with us always. when only gaunt bare
limbs confront one here.
Representative and Mrs Hayden will
remain until Congress adjourns, and will
go first to Phoenix and then TO Chicago.
Married only about five years. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hayden are among the young people
of Congress. and they will undoubtedly
take a prominent place in active affairs.
Mrs. Hayden is not in any sense dew
otee of Vanity Fair, though she enjoys
meeting interesting people. She has
given this season to familiariZinS herseE
with Washington. and of course, has put
in many weeks Of calling.
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To a Finish.

MAURICE MAETERLINCK. the Bel
4vA gian poet, playwright and philoso-
pher is TO box for charity's sake in
Paris. A Chicagoan said of this the
other day:
"Maeterlinck is robust. He should box
WELL l have often met him on the
Riviera He has villa at Grasse and he
spends the whole winter exercising out OF
doors in the dazzling Riviera sunshine.
He talks excellent English, and at
luncheon at the Grand Hotel In Grasse
1 once heard an American girl ask him:
~ see that pugilists fight in ring.
What kind of a ring Is 1t, Mr.. Maeter-
linck? You are an athlete, and so you
ought to know
The poet, pushing back his thick. pep
per-and-salt hair, smiled and replied:
In the ordinary sparring match. linn
tied to seven eight rounds, an engage
ment ring is used: but when it's fight
to finish they always employ we'd
ding ring"
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HAYDEN CONGRESS SENT FROM ARIZONA

tain. Likewise she finds that 1t makes
her cherish her own home treasures more
ardently and more appreciative of her
own wonderful environment and its pos
sibil;ties to enlarge soul and mind.
Representative Hayden is an expert
with the rife, and his wife and he often
take hunting jaunts together in the noun
tains. Every summer they go to Camp
Perry, where competitive exhibitions are
held Mr. Hayden, as BELTS man who
has been sheriff of Arizona. has won
many gold medals. blue ribbons and other
symbols OF a steady hand and accurate
eye.
Every one asks me about the heat Of
Arizona said Mrs. Hayden. land l
think the comic papers have given some
various erroneous Impressions to the
great American reading public. Counted
by degrees as the thermometer registers,
the heat sounds tremendous. But then
the air is absolutely devoid OF moisture,
and the evenings are cool and refreshing.
The summer is short in comparison even
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these ruins, and. indeed. all of Arizona
abounds in legends and mystic tales which
are worthy of the most accomplished pen.
1.-THE history of the country after the
Spanish explorers had penetrated into the
interior as early as 1888 is well attested
and forms a brilliant chapter in the story
of the southwest The first white men
who set foot in what is now the state Of
Arizona were Juan de la Asuncion and
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another of the many interesting couples
in the legislative set whose romance be-
gan during their college days. Both we're
students at Leland Stanford, and, though
they never were sweethearts in the &C
cepted college term, their friendship be-
gan then, and slowly ripened from ad-
miration into lifelong devotion. Mrs.
Hayden was before her marriage Miss
Nan Downing. daughter of Patrick Henry
Downing, whose wife was Margaret Col
Inns Both were natives of Ireland Mr..
and Mrs. Downing were among the early
settlers of California, arriving at VIII
mington, near San Pedro in the early
fifties Later they moved to Los Ange-
les. This was their home when Mrs
Hayden, then in her early teens, passed
a brilliant examination in the Los Angeles
public school and went to Leland Stan
ford. She remained there for the time
required for the classified course. and
took tthe degree of bachelor of arts. For
several years she taught in the normal
school Of Los Angeles. Mr.. Hayden in
tended to prepare himself thoroughly for
a political career in the department OF
economics and had already made a good
record when the death Of his father.
Charles Trumbull Hayden, recalled him
home to take up the serious duties of life
He has. however. continued his readings
along economic lines, and Is counted one
but Of current conditions and their re-
suits.
x *
Mr.. Hayden's mother, left widow. was
one of the forces for public progress in
her community. She was born Sallie Da-
Wis. and comes of that fine old family of
Arkansas and Mississippi that has written
its name in large letters all over the his
tory Of their country. She conserved and
improved the possessions left by her hus-
band. and kept up her quaint and COM
Portable home at Rancho Bonito. where
her children and their friends always re-
ceived a true southern welcome. The IL
brary there Is one of the best in the state,
and Mr.. Hayden and his wife frequently
take holiday jaunt home just to revel
among the books. A deep friendship ex
listed between MSs. Hayden and her sons
wife. and this friendship was the real be-
ginning of their romance.
Arizona is becoming rich agricultural
country said Mrs. Hayden. and we
will soon be quoting crops like our sister
states in the grain belt. Alfalfa is the
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1nd one or more or them at every statlon
upon the Canal Zone. and Their different
activities cover every form OF club work.
Some of them are devoted to rel Z Gus
movements of one kind other. others
are for social enjoyment, and others
for intellectual culture. | know one cluh
which is taking up Panama history this
week.
ternational Sunshine Society whose IN
terests center around the work for bind
babies in New York. AMI there are mis-
sionary societies of the various tsthmian
churches. Christobal has a current
events club Culebra a Union Christian
League Club and there are private card
clubs and bridge clubs galore.
We have also number OF women
guilds and altar societies. whose mem
bers are teachers in the Sunday schools
of the Episcopal Church, branch or
the Womens Foreign Missionary So
ciety at the Methodist Church. which
maintains two scholarships i'm the Meth
odist College in Panama, and a Gatun
dormitory in the Arthur home at Sum-
NIT, N. j. And then there are the
women's auxiiaries of some of the sie
cret order societies. We have the DauBh-
tiers of Rebekah at Gorgona, the Pythian
Sisters, allied to the u otherhood of
Locomotive Engineers at Las &c AIDES.
and the Alfaretta Council of the De-
gree of Pocahon as at Culeb-a.
All OF the various clubs have their rep
resentatives In the Canal Zone Fedora
ton of Womens Clubs, and most of them
are working together for the lettering OF
the moral conditions on the isthnus. They
keep their eyes on the schools, upon GER
tain features of sanitation and upon the
moral tone of the zone. Fully ha of tho
women of the isthmus now belong TO
them, and altogether they have done "A
great deal of good
FRANK C. CARPENTER.
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Pedro Nadal. two Franciscan friars of
whom little Is known, except that they
penetrated to the San Pedro river in 1888.
Coronado came later, and then the history
Is an open page. The remains of the
Spanish missions and later of the Jesuit
missions are as interesting and as dis
tinctive as those of California. Arizona
came into the possession of the United
States partly through the treaty Of Quad
alupe Htdalgo and by the Gadsden pur-
chase in 1854"
Representative and Mrs. Hayden are
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every one feels weary OF political gossip
and the routine OF social affairs. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Hayden came to
Washington within the past two months.
end they seem 10 have brought a breath
OF the ozone from their pine-elad mesas
Their keen and candid appraisanent OF
the east and its advantages as against the
free. unrestricted life In the west makes
conversation which spurs the most en-
nuied residents of the Atlantic seaboard
TO take up the gauntlet for hearth and
home. Mr.. Hayden is a native OF Ari-
IONA and most enthusiastic son of the
great southwest. His parents were early
settlers and he was born al a picturesque
spot, Rancho Bonito near Tempt.
II am native of the Golden state,
California" said Mrs. Hayden. but
have all the zeal of the neophyte about
Arizona. California Is a wonderful COM
monweaith. as all will admit. but my
adopted state seems to present even
more aspects TO admire. In Phoenix we
are an oasis of a desert. and a journey
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In the first place she has an easier life
than at home Her housekeeping worries
are less, and she has Uncle Sam for her
landlord and he charges no rent. Ac-
cording to the contract with the men the
government furnishes the quarters. and
it gives each family home according to
the salary and rank It's head holds in the
work. The highest officials have mag
nitcent residences. great two-story struc-
lures, many of the rooms OF which are
twenty feet square and so arranged that
they open one into the other like a high
class japanese sesidence. letting the wind
blow through from all sides These
houses are equipped with bathrooms OF
tile. They have furniture to correspond
and are as delightful homes for enter
tanning as a man of that class could wish.
Further down on the salary list are
homes less pretentious. the quarters de-
Ginning in character until they reach the
TWO and four family houses of the more
modest clerks. All of the homes are ex-
ceedinEly comfortable, and all have wide
Nerandas running about them which are
80 covered with woven wire netting that
the mosquitoes and gnats and the tiniest
insects 0hnnot get in. Every house has
It's light on all sides. and all are sur
rounded oy hedges of brilliant leaves of
many colors, or by strange vines and
tropical flowers. Uncle Sam is the
gardener. and the lawns are watered and
kept trimmed by West Indian negroes.
Inc plants are to a certain extent the
choice OF the resident. Nearly every
woman here is a flower lover, and there
are wives of machinists who have
collections of orchids which would cost
small fortune in dear old New York
But let me give you some pictures Of one
or the well-to-do-homes on the isthmus
The man who lives in it is railroad Of
hciai, not the highest nor even next to
The highest. He is fairly well down in
the ranks and his salary is a little above
S-o per month. His home is the ordi-
nary house which Uncle Sam furnishes
70 a man of that ciass.
How shall l describe It? 1t IS situated
ON the side of a hill here at Ancon in
plain view of the rolling Pacific Back
of IL there Is row of royal palms and
about II a hedge OF gorgeous red and green
leaves. IL has altogether a ha dozen
rooms anG is surrounded by wide porch
screened in with wire and covered with
vines. Inside the wire, at the front
orchids and other air plants hang from
the roo. and also ferns in pots with
leaves which Sxtend from the ceiling
quite down 10 the floor. Some OF these
ferns have fronds as those Of the maiden
hair fern, and others have leaves which
look like the horns of a deer. There are
chairs on the veranda. and thAs forms the
out-or-door sitting room.
Entering the house YOU come into a
GVing room. which is, | Judge eighteen
feet square. VI the left is bedroom
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Noon, Canal Zone.
Panama. II a V e
many let
tiers fro m I h e
United States ask
ing me to write of
the A IN g ri C a II
women at Pana-
ma. There are
several thousand
II these women,
and they come
from every part OF
az oil riaSSaa and
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the Union. Ihey are or ali Glasses anu
condit' ons. from the wives of the high of
flcials, such as the commissioners, who
draw their $4,000 and upward year.
down to those OF the lowest salaried clerks.
who get 800 or $50 month. Many of
them are the wives of mechanics. of
railroad engineers. of electricians and
steam-shovel men. and not a few are
nurses. school teachers and the daughters
Of employees of all classes. In general.
may say that the woman here is above
the average of her sex in any American
city.
She has been benefited by mixing with
others of her sex from al parts of the
country. by her travels down to the 18TH
mus. and by a life here under different
conditions than those which prevail any
where else. She is often goodlooking
She is almost universally healthy, and
she lacks the lines and wrinkles OF
worry which seam the faces of her sis
tiers UP north.
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MRS. HAYDEN Is an
AvA Excellent Type of the
Southwest Woman, Bright,
Energetic and Intellectual
She Holds a Degree From
Leland Stanford University,
and Was a College Chum of
Her Husbands.