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DORO (poutin9ly)-But still
Il wish you'd tell me-
MRS. DRAYTON I'm tender,
motherIH fashion)-Now
hush! You must not ask
so many questions! Re-
member, am your
mother and know better
than you what you should
be told and what not!
But now you must really
let me finish my report.
You wouldn't stop me for
q mere childish within,
would you?
DORA--Oh, no! I'll never
do it again!
MRS. DRAYTON-All right!
y Now run along! You
said you were going out,
didn't you?
DORA am! And I'll tell
you what I'm going for.
But it's a secret, and you
mustn't breathe a word
OF 1t to anybody else!
(tohisperinoly, In Mrs.
Drdyt0n's earl It's to
buy mumsey-a Christ
mas gift! Gracious me!
It's nearly eight o'clock!
Jack ought to have been
here before this. He's
going with me.
MRS. DRAYTON (,oithout
interruptin0 her toriting,
asked absently)-Jack?
Jack who?
DORA-Why-Jack Carter! 1
met him at dancing
school. Oh, he's just per-
fectly lovely! When he
comes I want you to meet
him. / the buzz Of
a door-beIl Is hedrd.)
There he Is now! (D0rd
picks uS htS- fur Jacket,
rnmdOes in its pockets.
then searches under the
sotd-cushions. under the
davenport and else,ohere
r about. Sheepishly) Mum.
seyi
MRS. DRAYT0N Wellf
What is II no,of
DORA-Have you seen my
purse and my gloves any
where about?
MRS. DRAYTON (puIls open
the upper ri0ht-hdnd
drdDer Of her desk }
They're here - in this
drawer | found them
on the floor this morning.
1ORA-How on earth did
they get hereI fNoUes
across 10 The desr and
Gerry 0ingerly aud t.mor-
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DoRA-when did we oueensbury? why-let see
Oh, yes 1 about nine o'clock.
MRS DRAYTON-Nne--?
DoRA-No. nine. 1t ten-yes-it ten!
MRS DRAYToN-where did you go thenl
DORA-Where-?
MRS DRAYTON-Yes!
DoRA-why-I told you-home!
MRS DRAYTON-You're telling the truth! You could
from the oueensbury in twenty minutes
Yet in taxi-n tdrtyou took from ten o'clock to two
oclock-tonr hours!
DORA (noo rapidly going pecesJ-Dd took taxi?
Well. see-you see-oh forgot We stopped at Aunt
Trents the way uptown!
DRAYToN-And did you aunt?
DoRA-Yes-no. She was-out! oh, stop tormenung me-
{ mumsey!
(For the last time she tries to escape her
grasps her urist and they stand facing
quirerng struggling each of them
for moral md spiritual mastery the otherJ
MRS. DRAYToN-come! I'm tired of waiting! Where were
you all that time?
DORA-1et me alone mother!
MRS. DRAYTON-where you? What you doing?
DORA-Let alone, tell you!
MRS. DRAYTON-I shant A daughter of drinking
staying the night! Why unthinkable What
DoRA-wel! All right If must have the ruth-yes;
drank out all night! did than that And
MRS. DRAYToN-Dora!-youf
DoRAsurprised your Oh, make tired! Anybody
could fool you
MRS DRAYToN-what do you mean? /
DoRAYou just sat around and said to YOURSELF other girls
but nothing happen to precious darl
ng" And all the time your precious darling
MRS. DRAYToN-oh, don't understand! cont understand!
DORA-of can't! How could you? You
the understand You always so busy
MRS. DRAYToN-stop You've crazy! won't listen to
another word of this
DoRA-You shall! You busy all those girls
had precious home that hadn't minute
the girl had in home-for mel
MRS. DRAYTON-Stop! STOP tell you! Stop!
Springs and at her mother instdnv) Is
you IT. asked begged to tell
about these things Where to learn them? Oh
where's them, 1t isn't from her mother?
But pouf You gabbled about ignorance innocence
protecting me Did they? Did they say7 Innocencef
He'll! Look at me!
(With suddenness the telephone rings and
the erccd stop short and sDing about and
face the Instrument. Finally in response TO the shrW
persistent ringing Of the bell Mrs DJdvfon gathers sur
to drag herself to the desk
With shaking hands she picks the Instrument and
speaks into u IN a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES UhtsperJ
MRS. DRAYTON-Heo this Is Mrs Drayton Who, did
sayH "A pause Then ErOentln) No, no! Don't come
She's not here!she's here! What! You saw her
inf (Her hands holding the Instrument sink help
iessiy to the deskJ oh, God!
DORA Oh tense, eager ohisper)--whos that?
Mrs. DRAYToN (ddzediy)-An officer!
DORA (dnrohtedp)-An officer?
MRS DRAYToN-Yes The place where went-with Jack
-tonsht-H being watched. They've got him They
want Vonl
DORA rcInonoto her motherJoh mother, what shall dor
What shall do2
Rrt. nR,gh,.
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MRS DRAYToN-Hush!
(Tse doorbeH rings. 1t Is tol1O~ed bv a rapp'"1
the door NJ the apartmentJ
DORA-Dont him in, mumsey! Don't! Don't!
THE rdpping the door 0roWs loaderJ
MRS DRAYTON fdrdgs herself to the centre door ana
tirely portiereS closer together Bui
grasp and she stands there oh booed head heD
hopeless redising tuH oeH that Is fate and the Ia"
knocking that do ohdt she i they cannot BE-
denied entrUJ
DORA her body shrunken outstrehed desparng
Oh mumsey!-help me!-help me!
THE rdppino become insistent, almost con-
MRS. DRAYToN-Its too late
DORA utters Of utter oedkness and despair
-Mother-V
from beyond the farther dooropen in the
of the law!
(Convulsiuey Mrs Dravton filings
the curtains. Standing there guarding the en-
her tall oackrobed figure drdon to its full
heghth her outstretched either side Of her,
symboIize the phich she herself
Is crucfed Struck dumb and nerUeIess her last
hope gone, creeps from the curtdined
doortcay hands, reaching out behind her as she
touch the edge of the desk Her cropping fingers
encounter something cold, she gasps turns
pistol At first she shrinks dcoy from it,
Then tearfulIv picks up, 1t doon, lifts it
again. Here the alternative the only one-to that
uohich the outside Of door. A Shudderthg
ote S, mo 10 III " 30, rtno, ,nd noro ou n he
floor, crumpIed heap. Hfeess
DRAYTON (toith ndrticaldte hee about rHShcs
the room ana ro'Os heTseb on sr knees beside ST
the grsh figure gently TO her breast
HearbrokenIp she todis)-Dora Dora What have done
my little girl!-my baby! And I'm to 'blame-rm to
blame
, CSroOlV the lights fade Leaving the in
darkness and sienceJ
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- 0ftSTe0 OOtH UtofufIp
and spiritually. Is eUi-
denced by her posture,
her gesture and her
speech. Her feet are
nide apart. her eIbOtos
rest on her knees. her
chin In her hands: she
stares stolidIy, nntcink'
fngly before her. she re-
plies sIoioIy. duli-toitfed-
IN to her mothers CUES.
lions IN sInrrin0, careless
fOnes)-Well-? What
do you want?
MRS. DRAYTON-Tell me!
How did this happen.
Dora?
.DORA-Jack-
MRS. DRAYTON-Jack-f
DORA-Yes! He said a glass
of wine wouldn't hurt me.
He said: Come, Dora;
be a SPORT" 1t was only
n little-a taste! (Rtses
to her feet. In her Uotce
brapodo: q trace OF i'm
psdence). See! I'm all
right!
MRS. DRAYToN-where was
thisf Where were you
thenf
DORA restaurant - tne
Queensbury. We went
in there to get a bite to
eat. Then we watched
them dance for a while.
There wasn't any harm
in that, was thereF
MRS. TON-And
then?
DORA (this 10 the rery cues
tion she hoped TO escape.
Moisfeninp her dry tips
and casting a fridhfened
Glance at her mofher|--
Them
MRS. DRAYTON--Whdt ava
you do nertf
DORA-why-we came home.
We took a taxi. You see.
I felt tired. II was hot
in there-dancing and
all that. That's what
made me little faint
when I came In here.
MRS. DRAYToN-When' did
you leave tberef
DORA why-we-(In on
effort TO stop this inq"is'-
fion she rises and begins
TO tumble pifh her coat.
meonwhiie taking a step
or too IN the direction OF
her opn door, ] think
I'll take on my things
MRS. DRAYToN -AnsWer
nc!
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SCENE

brsohtylsghted library. IN her bedroom beyond
Dora 10 singing 0aiIy At desk Mrs Drovton seat
deeply /" her corn noo wrsg rapidly noU passing
uaioas Of Dora dancing
rssS Spis asr cheek. as~"s her eye. pnSI"Sy
NoRA-Heo. mumsey! oh. mupsey dear; tell me what
/ j time II Is, will you?
- MRS. DEMONSTRATORS seven. Dora
DoRA-Hafpast seveni called for yet'
MRS DR aA that ! know OF ,.,u,,. ,. n
street 0eiOOJ
% s ns. you e sss @ @ at % s
ing sleigh Cant go seishns tomorrow mumsey Oh
MRS. DRAYToN-You mustn't disturb daughter
I'm busy
want to make out presidents for the
the Board working tonight lin Of affected
Mrs Dray.Sn have you forgotten that this .
mas Eve when daddy was alive Don't you remember,
up like Santa Claus had crept the
chimney sss She, Gs, s pca Of e, and
mother! Please stop writing just for tonight
s g. &c s % he
and % ED svss eady n'h In time can't
DoRAThsn rest for whle Forget all about the Girls Rescue
Home honor d1r G1 inc Lets xGu and 1 play s @
G.
be for those grs
DoRA-why, mumsey?
Because they've Observation-Disclosures Because they've been
tempted; have gone-wrong.
DORA-How tempted? What sort of temptations? don't
MRS DRAYToN (more seriously but still in kindly tones)-
Now, Dora; listen mel You shouldn't talk about such
shouldn't think them You shouldn't
know that they EXIST
OoRA-Yes; girl going of these tempa
doesn't about beforehand? I've asked
about them lots of times but you've told
single thing! Why haven't you? Why don't you?
MRS ' nss era G we'll sGn n
girl like should be kept in ignorance of evil It's your
inexperience child innocence that protects
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Your Daughter

she holds Tor a moment as Tar as possible
from her and then lays &c gently on the
desk-top.J SOish you'd put this pistol away
somewhere else! No burglars are ever go
ing TO bOther asi 1t gives me fright every
time see itl
(she takes her purse and gloves
from the droioer) f<
JARVIS (enters through centre door)-Mr. Car
terror you. Miss Dorai
DoRA--rm going TO bring Jack In here moth
err. ! want you to know each othsr--like
eaeh other. He's such funi Such q nice
boyl May II
MRS. DRAYToN Goih ero,oins irnpatiesce at
these constant interruptto.s)-No! I've NO
time now!
"A moments pause: then Doya
passes betioeea the portferes end lefs
them fall behind her. immediately the
lights fade. leaving the room IN silence
and ddrkness.D
SCENE u.
(The great beH IN "a Het0hboring church
touer tolls 'too" Thereupou the room soU'y
becomes Illuminated. The IRE on the hearth 10
dead The light sthI shines through the door.
toay Of DOra's bedroom and the lamp burns
b,iohtIy on the desk. At the toIlino Of the bell
MIS-. DTGytOn ounces az INC ctoCS y" Jfo"t W
her shipers aud turns TO lay hold Of shdtol
hanging oper the back Of her chair
MRS. DRAYTON-Dora: put out your light and
go to bed! It's past two o'ciocN You
should have been asleep long ago, child!
(Receiping no reply to her call she speaks
merit loith a mothers duthoritv) Don't you
hear me. Dorsf There Is no dnsa9er. She
crosses the room, peers through the door
tody aud discorers that the room beyond Is
empty. There Is perceptibie tremor IN
herr poice as she cdIisJ: Dora; where are
you? Dora, (SileHce. Mrs. DrdBton
pduses an instdnt, uncertain Shdt merit to
do. Then. in, rapidly grotoino alarm. ale
hurries to the telephone on her desk and
speaks into II In a poice, thin, hi0h-pttched
and tremulous.J Argyle: two-one. four
three! Quick, please! Quick! Quick!
Hello? Is this Mrs. Trent's house? Oh; IS
that you sister? Is Dora with you? What!
not been there at all tonight? haven't
the least ldea-with someone. named Jack!
I never saw him-don't know who he 10!
Oh, what shall | do? Yes. yes!-please
Hurry! at this instant Dora appears at
i Her coat is unbuttoned: her hat bangles iron
Is very pale and stands ddzedIy. her eyes fr
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Oh, what shall | do? Yes, yes-please come! Hurry!
this instant Dora appears at the centre door
unbutoned her hat bangles from her hand she
Is pery ddzed her fired her bed
Drdyon s,oin0s about and sees her dau9h
Startled she cries OUT: Dora! Whereve you been'
replying Dora continues her to her room
Brdyon, laying d1ecfiondte about her speaks
q treghted oh dnriefy and tenderness) What's
the matter? you Ill? What's happened? (SloUIy the
truth dapns her. and she drops doag from her ddu0h
ter. amazed horrifedJ Dora! My God! child Ike you
drinking! can't believe 1t! What does this mean? Tell
away your head! Look at me! Speak to me-
ORA ( upon That only profound phvst
change taken place IN her, but that she
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PERSONS IN THE PLAY

IIME-Ihe present. Christmas Eve
NoTE-Te indicate time, this play 10 divided
Into three the Set however remaining the same
throughout.
Copyright by author o produced without HE
written permission.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-10
How to Join the Christmas Club.

We are quite sure that many of our
readers are wondering how they can
join the new Christmas Club, recently
opened by the First National Bank.
To become member of the club is
very simple. You need only to go to
the First National Bank where they
will give you, free of charge, an at
tractive little Christmas Club bank
book. You can start in this Christmas
Club with / Ct, 2 cts, cts, or 10 cts.
and increase the amount of your pay
ment l Ct, cts cts, or 10 cts.
each week for period of fifty weeks.
At the end of this time you will have
in the ct. club $12.75. in the 2 cts.
club $25 so, in the 5 cts. club 500. rs
and in the 10 cts. club $127.50.
1t is really amazing to see how these
little amounts will amount to a nice,
tidy sum next Christmas. At that time
a club member can either draw out all
or part of his money for his Christ
mas needs or if ne desires, leave all or
part of his money in the bank to start
a regular bank account and increase
the balance which he already has.
The bank also offers what they term
an even amount club whereby you
make your first deposit of Csc, SOC, 81,
S., $40, 500, or more and deposit this
same amount regularly each week for
fifty weeks. At the end of fifty weeks
the Csc club pays $3.50, the SOC club
pays $25, the 81 club pays $50 and the
So club pays $10O, the SIS club pays
$3.50, the $40 club pays $500 and the 500
club pays 81, 200.
If we have not made the above en-
tirely clear to our readers, any one or
all of them, both men, women and chill
dren will be welcomed at the First Ma
tional Bank, where any further expla-
ton will be made.
Anyone desiring to join the club can
go into this bank with any amount of
money from lie up and become Christ
mas Club member.
The Christmas Club idea is nation
wide and many, many millions of dol
lars are now saved in Christmas Clubs
every year and dispensed to the people
to make them happy. -
At the same time, great many peo-
pie, we learn, are using the Christmas
Club idea to start them on the road to
having regular permanent accounts.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-10
Where They Came From.

The fig seems to have originated
round the Mediterranean, particularly
in Syria. The grape is native in south
ern Europe, Algeria, Morocco and west
ern Asia. The red currant grows wild
all over Europe, in the Caucasus, the
Himalayas, Manchuria, Japan and arc
tic America. The walnut comes from
the Caucasus, Persia and northern In
dia. The sweet oraEAa originated in
southern China and Cochin China. The
citrOn is of Indian origin.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-10
Bubble in . sappars.

There Is exhibited i'm the British
museum a sapphire weighing nine
carats and containing a bubble that
appears and disappears with changes
of temperature. 1t is believed that
cavity in the gem encl0ses quantity
of carbonic acid gas under great pres
sure. When the temperature is such
as to correspond with the critical
point" for the gas, under the particular
pressure to which it is subjected in
its brilliant prison house, it HQuef1es
and becomes visible as a bubble.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-10
To Whiten Doorsteps.

The following preparation, for
whitening doorsteps is great labor
saver, as only very hard rain will re-
move it: Place one pound of pow
dered glue in saucepan, with one
and One-half pints of water, and melt
over slow fire. When dissolved. add
one pound of powdered whitening, stir
ring it in gradually. Put this mix
ture on the steps with a strong brush,
and if it is too stiff add little more
water.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-10
Absurd Aviation Theory.

CavallO, who writes about 1885,
makes frequent allusion to the IRA
ti0nal attempts and false theories adj
vanced by the projectors of flying in
struments. One writer suggests that
great number of eggshells shall be
filed with dew, for as the sun rarefieS
the dew it will ascend and carry with
il the egg shells which would rise to-
gether with some other weight at.
tached.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

the two small tribes over which he presides. After reserving 10 acres for each of the 1900 Indians of these two tribes S0,000 acres of rich river bottom land will still be open for white settle ment besides at least 5000 acres-of ricn citrus lands on the Parker mesa.
 Present Irrigation Systems
 This Indian resery 3 ton was first set aside in 1865 and the first small irri- gating canal completed by the Indian Service about 1870. As usual the early irrigation ditches were not permanent for without suitable fer in the rivsr the canal was useless except in high water periods. Water wheels, vacuum pumps and small centrifugal pumps were installed and failed until during BILE a better pumping plant and dis tributing system was installed which is the one now in use. With recent and contemplated improvements this plant is expected to provide water for about 10000 acres of which about 2000 acres are now allotted to the Indians and
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

farned by them. The remaining area under this irrigation system is being leased by the Indian Service to white settlers for development. About 4000 acres are now leased out and being rapidly put into shape for cuitiva- tion.
 Preparing For Crops
 The very reasonable terms of lease offered has brought a considera ble number of lessees upon the tract this spring some of them taking as much as 1900 acres. lessees are given a five year lease with privilege of all crops grown for the clearing and leveling of the land. The land is covered with mesquite. large and numerous in DOT tons but scattering in others. The land after clearing is not difficult to
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

feet per second Fuel oil is used for power. Where the water is lifted from the river into the main canal special devices are provided to reduce the amount Of silt entering the dis tributing system.
 Through the portion of the valley which is to be watered by the present pumping plant clearing and land level ing are to be seen upon all sides put ting the land into shape for planting. At the date Of my visit some of the land was ready for cotton planting.
 Climate and Soil Favorable
 The climate of the Parker valley IS quite similar to the Yuma valley which insures long growing season and wide range Of crop possibilities. The lowest record in the valley is IF and the
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28
The Parker Valley---A Land of Promise
By F. P. TAYLOR Dlrector Agricultural Extension, Uni VerSitY of AriZnaa Tl1cSa1o

Director Agricultural Extension, Uni
 Versity of Arizona, Tucson.
 IL has seemed that the people of Arizona have not appreciated the ulti- mate agricultural possibilities of the Parker valley. After a recent trip with County Agent J. w. Longstreth into that part of Arizona, I am satis- lied that this is true. New irrigated areas are springing up over night from me deserts and so 1t is difficult for even "old timers" in the state to keep pace with the progress of our agri- cultural development
 The latest large body of undeveloped land to attract the attention of both Arizona and California is the Colorado tLVer Indian reservation known as the Parker valley. This is situated on the Arizona side of the Colorado river on the branch of the Santa Fe railroad between Phoenix, Arizona, and Los Angeles, California. This rail- road is known as the Parker Cutoff An automobile highway also passes this way between California and Arizona The Parker valley in Arizona also lies in a north and south line between Blythe valley in California and the Needles district where the main line of the Santa F'e crosses the Colorado river
 My visit to the Parker valley was upon the invitation of the Parker Chamber of Commerce which is made up of lively hustlers who are helping to build up the town of Parker and who are making plans for the big opening of the surplus lands of the reservation which is sure to come.
 Extent of Valley
 Anyone passing either by auto or rail through the town of Parker, a village of about 500 population located on the bench or mesa land would noI appre- ciate the extent of the valley land ly ing to the south. Here are 92,Uuv acres of land, which according to survey, may be placed under cultivation under the proposed project. This is larger than the Yuma valley In area.
 The Colorado River Indian Reserva- tion embraces a river bottom about 8 miles in length and from to miles in width. This is one of the largest of the alIuvial valleys of the Colorado river It is in the northern part of Yuma county and the southern end of the valley is about 125 miles north of the town of Yuma the county seat. The Indians living upon the. reserva- tion are of the Mohaye and Chime- huevis tribes Most of the 1O-acre all lotn1ents to the Indians are in the upper end of the valley near the Indian school and agency. MT. August F. Ducros is the present superintendent Mir. Du- eros is not only deeply interested in the welfare of the Indians but in the de- Velopment of the large body of sur plus lands Of the reservation which he realizes are in excess Of the needs of
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28
cotton Co.,, at
-Photosraph by Taylor

level as there are no rocks nor diff cult soil. For the most part there are no particularly rough areas.
 The present pumping plant of the h. Indian Service provides water for the leased lands at B per acre per year up to 2 1A acre-feet. Since this clear ing and leveling costs from s75 to s100 per acre the rental cost per acre to those leasing lands varies from SIS to $23 per acre which is but one-third to one-half of the usual present rental and water costs of most Salt River valley and Yuma valley lands.
 The present pumping plant consists Of three pumps driven by Corliss engines, two of these pumps being capable of developing 25 cubic feet per second each and the third 7a cubic
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28
Photograph by Taylor

warmest 117o the mean being 55 Kill ing frosts may occur from November 15 to February 15. These records apply to the valley lands. On the bench lands near Parker temperatures and soil are favorable for citrus fruit pro duction. The annual rainfall Of the section is about four inches and rela- lively low humidity prevails.
 The soil of the valley varies from a light sandy loam to sandy clay loam with occasional areas of clay, sand and adobe. All of the soil is underlaid with a stratum of fine sand or gravel which makes drainage favorable. There is on most places enough fine sand Tn the soil to make it work easily.
 While in the valley an interview was had with Mir A. T. Strahorn of the
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

a 3
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

Tie Hoos;er metal sngdr bin especially illustrates the core uifh 4chich the Hoosiey Is planned. IF is the only bin from ~Iiich itiseqadllycoreaienf to scoop sugar from fife top or dya~ # from the spout af khr bottom. The SEgar comes m contact ont, ,wifh tie efedn triple plated metal. Ths bin is easily rensOued for cleaning,