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colored trife, as if suddenly guilty of

colored trifle as if suddenly guilty of
great incompetence.
I'm very sorry" she said at last, II am
no good at fancy pastry making. That
does require technique. Plain, wholesome
oven products like bread, rolls and bis
cults are my baking limit"
l fastened to assure Minnie 1t did not
lessen my high opinion Of her because
she could not make cream puffs. If the
truth be told, was thinking at the time
that in memory of my wife's cream puffs.
Minnie stood higher than ever with no
such pastry record to her credit
In rendering to Minnie the praise that
is due her / have no deliberate intention
of knocking my wife's ability as house.
keeper. She is introduced merely as
comparison and without any hard feelings
whatsoever However, l am willing to
wager a modest sum that no amount Of
argument or reasoning on my part could
convince her l am not trying to get back
at her for the hard boiled eggs and burned
toast she served at breakfast this morn
ing.
But, regardless here goes about Minnie:
To begin with, she has a home of her
own. Not pretentious affair, to be sure.
Still, it is large enough to house her five
children In comfort, If not regal splendor.
And there is a honey atmosphere about
Minnie's place that I have often found
lacking in many of mans palaces.
I pass Minnie's house several times
day and / have yet to find her going about
her household tasks with a frown or a
grumble. She is always singing at her
work. no matter whether it be giving the
kittens their Saturday bath, or sweeping
down the front porch. If my cat had no
other good trait except that one I would
be proud of her. She always smiles at her
labors. No wonder the tiny inmates of
her home are so playful and apparently
happy.
Minnie is no slouch at her work
mean she always appears neat and clean
regardless of whether she Is sewing or
dusting Take her in the second pose
Do you notice how well groomed she is for
a housecleaning job? My cat is all out
fitted in an attractive bungalow apron and
her hair is protected by serviceable hat
l have often watched her at work from
a window of cur dining room Believe me.
she is thorough. No tapping lightly here
and there with a duster. Minnie drags
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out the floor coverings and beats out the
dust, then sweeps them as clean as
whistle. Once or twice, very casual like,
/ have called my wife from her magazine
to watch Minnie at work Funny, how our
little tricks fail to get over sometimes!
Friend wife would just glance airily at
Minnie's industry, elevate her brows and
then ask me, "Is that all you dragged me
away from an absorbing story to see?"
In front of Minnie's place there is a
tiny lawn of sodded grass which 1 had
planted so her kittens could gambol out
doors In fair weather. 1t Is simply as
founding to see the care my cat lavishes
on that tiny green square. Not morning
in spring or summer passes but that she
10 out, rake in hand, combing 1t. clean of
papers, rocks and weeds. Sometimes she
let's one Of the kittens help her rake. Min
ME means to bring her kiddies up the
right way, believe me.
Have you ever noticed women at work in
their gardens? If so, I am sure that you
will agree that most of their time is spent
in gossiping across the hedge with their
neighbors, or swapping the time of day
with some woman passerby. Here is
where Minnie differs from women again.
She never says word to any one while
cleaning her lawn or working in the bed
of pansies that borders her front porch.
To intimate friends she will, of course,
wish pleasant good morning'-but she
never engages in conversation or gossip.
Minnie keeps her mind on her work Not
many days ago my wife knelt near a rose
bush to cut some weeds and got talking to
a neighbor. When she turned back to the
rose bush 1t was lying on the ground.
She had shipped 1t off with the scissors,
thinking it was the weed!
With cats and kittens, as we'll as men
and children, the first two necessities of
life are food and drink. Now,.I have known
the time when, upon arriving home from
hard days work, there was not crumb of
bread in the cupboard. OF course, bridge
party would be responsible for this situa-
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why | Had to Become an
Actress Mrs. "Pat' Campbell

subject to a fortnights notice on either
side and to the usual playhouse rules
and regulations.
FRANK GREEN.
ITO Miss Stella Campbell"
l was out to fight for my two children
and to try and make enough money to
bring Pat home to us more quickly.
My next engagement was on tour in
"Tares" with Mrs. Bandmann-Palmer.
l think my contract for this play must
hold much interest for the young actresses
of to-day:
II hereby undertake to engage you for
my forthcoming spring tour, comlnenc-
ing on April 22nd, 1889, at weekly SAL
airy of G2 1.-TWO pounds) for seven per-
formances (f required) in each week,
you undertaking to play the part of
Rachel Denison in "Tares' and to under
study and act all other parts for which
you may be cast during the said tour;
you to find your own dresses, you to at
tend rehearsals in London for two clear
weeks previous TO commencement OF
tour and to pay your own rail fare to
the opening town, and to be there In time
for rehearsal on the morning of Monday,
April 22nd. I to pay your third class
railway fares on each journey taken
with the company after Joining.
"This engagement is to be terminable
by fortnight's notice on either side,
and you are to abide by the rules and
regulations OF the various theaters in
which the company may be acting.
(Signed) "Millicent Bandmann-Palmer.
April 18th, 1889"
How was 1t done? How did we live!
And how manage to send money home
We did, and some of us are alive to tell
the tale.
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A N English woman who recently made
~ visit to Soviet Russia was aston
ished to discover that the housewife
of that country is in sad plight. Her
investigation was not along the lines that
are generally chosen by the visitor. She
made point of looking into the affairs
of the Russian home and her observation
is that every individual and every family
has reverted to primitive conditions
In Petrograd and Moscow families live in
flats Of great, many storied houses, just as
they do in New York. The difference is
that they have no modern facilities. They
must carry their water up long flights OF
stairs and must carry refuse and garbage
down in pals. They have no running
water system and no sewerage system.
However, there is some comfort in the
fact that very little water is needed, for
wash with. There is no fuel to heat the
water and there is no soap.
For while there was a limited soaI
supply, but that is now exhausted, and only
a certain favored few are issued any ra-
tions by the Soviet. These few are fortu-
nate enough to get somewhat less than half
a pound Of soap a month. The rest must
buy If they are to have it.; and pound of
soap costs 10000 rubles-$14,000 at the
pre-war exchange rate.
The housewife is frequently called upon
to ply her needle and thread, but she has
no new goods upon which to sew. Her
effort in this direction Is a continual labor
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TheHousewiifes problemm Russia

to keep the ragged garments of all mem
bers Of her family from falling to pieces
One can imagine what hopeless rags the
clothing has become during the four years
of Communist power, for there have been
almost no new goods produced in Russia,
and the little quantity that has come from
the factories has been taken by the Red
army.
Shoes are not, literally, a housewives
problem; and it is just as well, for new
pair costs 1000, 900 rubles.
The principal problem is that of food.
Communism has worked out according to
promise in that women are free from
kitchen cares; but the reason for 1t Is that
there is nothing to cook. Meager rations
were issued for four years on the card sys-
tenn, and during that time any effort to
buy food at an open market was punishable
by death. Now there is not even any ra-
a luxury. In the large cities there are very
few small children left, for they have died
of starvation in great numbers. The death
rate vastly exceeds the birth rate.
In spite of all privations mothers still
strive and struggle and sacrifice themselves
for the lives Of their children with the
same love as any mothers in America or
Britain under happier conditions.
There are fortunate families in Russia
living in the greatest plenty. Those who
have the favor of the Soviet Government
live exceedingly well. But they are mere
thousands, while millions are half starved
and ragged.
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Archeologist's Pick Soon
to Invade Caesars Camps
N English woman who recently made
visit to Soviet Russia was aston
ished to discover that the housewife

THE psychologists pick is continually
making its way into the past and
bringing to light the works and
ways Of the ancients Among the most
interesting points of attack just before the
war was Alesia, the Gallo stronghold
where Vercingetorix made his last stand
against Julius Cesar The work, arduous
and extensive, was undertaken by French
historical association and was interrupted
by the war. 1t is hoped, however, to re.
sumo this work in due course.
For many centuries the site of Alesia
was uncertain. All questions in regard to
it's locality, however, were set at rest by
Napoleon Ill, who made excavations in a
plain Just beneath the plateau of Mont
Auxois. not far from Dijon. Relying on an
old monkish narrative and the Commen-
taries OF Caesar, Napoleon searched for
traces of Casars siege works and found
them Just where the records said they were
and in just the form described. He also
found the places where Caesar had stabbed
his horses, close to the river. Even In
their smallest detail the remains tailed so
exactly with the record that there could
be no doubt as to the situation Of Alesia.
Though Napoleon III. unearthed Cesar's
camp In the plain, he left the top of Mont
Auxois untouched, and 1t Is there the
Semur Archaeological Society began its
work. To-day the entire plateau is covered
with cornhslds and potato patches. Be-
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meath, to be revealed, one may picture
Gallo-Roman oppidum, with its temples,
it's theaters, its baths, its palaces, its
amphitheater and it's forum.
There are evidences to prove that the
dream of the archeologist is founded on
fact. Heaps of coins, gold, silver and
copper, have been accidentally unearthed
on top of Mont-Auxois. Jewels, weapons.
bronzes, significant inscriptions-one In
pure Latin, dating from the first century
have been discovered.
One September congress OF archeol-
ogists and historians assembled at Alise.
To impress them with the Importance or
the forthcoming excavations the superin-
tendent of Napoleon's operations had sew
eral trenches dug, absolutely at random.
in the cornfelds. One of these trenches
laid bare the porch of a Roman theater.
A shallow ditch, nowhere more than
yard deep. was made clear across the
plateaus This brought to light walls, wells.
pavements, to say nothing OF medallions.
pottery and fragments of statuary.
It is not merely to recover lost vestiges
of Roman Gaul that Mont-Auxois will
eventually be explored. The French
archeologists look for remains OF a pre-
Roman Alesia. legend makes Hercules
the founder of the ancient city. Students
connect it with Phoenician settlers one
thousand years before the Christian era.
Older still, the name is traced to an Iberian
source
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COnIlnNed from Page SeUen.
up flight of stone steps and was shown
into his Office. He stood I'D to shake
hands with me. ] opened my mouth to
speak, and l burst into flood of tears.
I suppose was tired and hungry, and my
stout heart and stiff upper lip went to
pieces at the sight of the drowned kittens;
/ am not sure that even now / could pass
the sight unmovedl l told him what l
had seen. Mr.. Baily very sympathetically
took me into an inner room and rang the
bell for his housekeeper, and ordered her
to bring me some tea. About quarter of
an hour afterward Mr.. Baily came back,
and ! remember with what a gentle smile
and manner he told me there was man,
Mr. Green by name. In, the next room. who
was taking out play, Bachelors" by Mr..
Hermann Vein, and that he wanted a lead
ing lady, but he could only pay a2 los.
a week, and the actress was to supply her
own dresses
/ thought It dazzling Offer I saw Mr..
Green, and he seemed to me a wonderful
person, for he engaged me at once. / went
home to my mother with my good news.
My friends gave me some materials, and
l sat up at night making my frocks.
The following letter shows the terms
of my agreement for this play:
Frank Green's Company,
October 16th, 1888.
Dear Madam
Il hereby engage you for my tour of
Bachelors to commence at the Alexan-
dra Theater, Liverpool on October 22nd
1883, at a salary OF G2 los. per week.
Fares paid to join and while on tour.
You to give one week previous to open
ing for rehearsals. This engagement
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BY r. HOWARD KELLY.

MI Dental on all subjects It is
against Minnie's frank advice
that / write this story concerning her un-
excelled housekeeping qualifications in
comparison with those of my better half.
AS Minnie herself put it, Suppose your
wife should happen to read it--then what?
I don't care to be praised at your expense"
That's Minnie all over. A cat with a fine
sense of sportsmanship. What we call
regular fellow" in every way She would
give you the shirt off her back if you
asked for it. Do you wonder now why l
am willing to take the chances involved
and give her the credit due her?
OF course Minnie is what you might
term "a self-made" housekeeper. She never
has had the advantages of domestic sci
ence course or practical housekeeping
training
Instinct and observation were the only
two things in my favor when / started. 1
was not schooled in the modern theories
of cooking. For instance the calorie sys-
tenn was mystery to me for many days
as to up to date methods knew very
ilIiC dOOut Tile SdCuum CledUeT. III IdCI,
its hum and buzz rather frightened
me for long time. Even to-day prefer
to use the old fashioned duster and carpet
sweeper" said Minnie one day.
l had also asked her IL she knew how
to make cream puffs These things were
on my mind You see I just finished a
lunch of six cream puffs which were the
sum total result Of a morning spent in the
kitchen by friend WIFE Upon gazing at
the domestic science school diploma which
she had brought out for the occasion, de-
cided to find out if my wife had discovered
her peculiar way of making cream puffs
at the school.
Certainly" answered my wife "They
are made after the fashion of the. cream
puffs served by lie grand chef pattissere.
who was baker to the King of France in
1918"
OF course that was the color of another
horse That made a differencel So it
was after discovering this that / ap-
preached Minnie unbeknown to my wife
and asked If she knew the cream puff
trick. I regretted the question the mo-
ment asked It, because I could see it en-
barrassed my cat very, very much. She
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harsh for me to say this, please consider
it unsaid. But when I consider the way
Minnie runs her household without the
help of a domestic science training such
as my wife enjoyed, and then consider the
lack OF efficiency which characterizes the
latter's housekeeping, am convinced that
to Minnie goes the first prize.
Charley, my neighbor, who is familiar
with Minnies housekeeping qualifications,
has told me in confidence on several occa-
sions that my cat has got his wife beat
two country miles when it comes to house
keeping. So you can see that Minnie is
not getting all of this praise from me be-
cause she is my cat-or, because my wife
burned the toast this morning and hard
boiled the eggs.
Believe me, Minnie deserves it.!
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After the hardest wash day
Minnie will cut out paper men and
women for her kittens amuse-
ment.
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\ n Y cat Minnie and are very conf
MI Dental on all subjects. 1t Is
against Minnie's frank advice
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V A l. l. E Y Good Roads, Schools, Markets and Excellent Climate
 the Duncan Commercial Club

met & Hecla and of the Copper Ex- port Association, who has just re- turned from six weeks visit in England and France. MT. Agassiz says:
 "f was very much impressed by conditions surrounding the copper consuming industry of England and continental Europe. For really the first time in three years I can see better times ahead for American copper producers, particularly with reference to European sales.'
 The thing to be remembered rela- tive to the copper market is that since the. war ended, the copper mar ket has absorbed over 2,000,000,0O0 pounds of recovered copper and that, at no time, has the condition of new production been such as to have over one billion surplus. When it is considered that in three years two billion pounds in addition to the production has been absorbed, it can be fully appreciated that there has been nothing radically wrong with the market However, it is a great deal of satisfaction to the producers to know that they are no longer in competition with scrap copper a thing which, in itself, makes opti- mism warranted.
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s. p. TO SPEND TWO
 MILLIONS AT YUMA, ARIZ

YUMA. Nov. 27.-That the prema- nent crossing of the Colorado river by the Southern Pacific system will remain at Yuma has been demon strated by plans made public here for the building or a new bridge, and for yard and main line changes, eX- pected in all to cost about $2,000,- 900. There is to be change of the main line to the northward, travers- ing the Ievee that has been built to keep the Colorado from the town, and skirting Prison hill to a point just above the wagon bridge, where the river is narrowest.
 Here is to be erected great can tilever bridge with a single span of about 500 feet, and at a higher level than the present bridge, obviating all necessity for a draw span.
 The improvement will necessitate demolition of part of the old terri-
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ARIZONA MINING JoURNAL)

While there has been little change in the statistical position of copper during the past month, the month has been marked by stiffening of the price, news of new properties starting or old ones increasing pro- duction, additional construction pro- grams, general improvement in the labor situation and, what has been most marked, a considerable supply of optimistic statements from leaders In the copper industry.
 A wire from New York states: Copper sales are in fair volume Foreign sales are fair Domestic buying good to the end of the year with a fair volume for the first quarter shipment and with practical ly ali producers quoting 14 cents. Buyers are beginning to look upon 1878 cent copper as cheap. Indica- tions are 141s cent prices will be reached by copper before the end of the year.
 There is some talk from unknown sources relative to a protective tariff for copper. This, however, is not re- garded as being serious as it is generally felt that American pro- ducers do not desire tariff protec- tion, nor is there any necessity for that protection.
 For the first time in many months we have received word relative to proposed railroad construction. The Sud Pacifico de Mexico is planning on spending ten million dollars on new construction immediately. From Topic to La Quemada. The work is being handled under the direction of H. B. Titcomb, Tucson.
 That the permanent crossing Of the Colorado river by the Southern Pacific railroad will remain at Yuma, Arizona, has been demonstrated by plans made public there recently for the building of new bridge and for yard and main line changes, eX pected to cost about $2,000,000. The bridge will be of cantilever design, with single span of about 500 feet.
 The Goldroad mine, owned by the United States Smelling and Refining Company, with D. R. Muir as man. ager, will resume work as soon as men can be secured for the produc tion of ore. This mine is near Oat- man and it is six years since it was operated
 Plans to increase the capacity of the SmelCef or the Olu DOnlnlOH Copper Company, of Globe, and later to convert the blast furnace of the plant to reverberatory furnaces, have been announced by c. s. Smith president of the company, who re gently visited the property. The work will involve the expenditure of about s300,000. it is stated, and that part of it effecting the capacity 3f the shelter will be started, it is thought soon after the completion of additions to the concentrator which are now under way.
 A mill of 500-tons capacity is to be installed at an early date at the property of the Young Mines Com pany, of Youngsburg, Arizona, and production is expected to start not later than next March, according 70 George U. Young, president and gen.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-12-08

Visited Tucson-
 Vice-president c. A. Spezia and Cashier J. R. Jones of the Bank CT Duncan were visitors at Tucson on last Sunday. They had & delightful CD trip by auto between here and Lordsburg, both coming and going, but through an g oversight failed to take their bathing suits along
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shipment of Porkers-
 Two carloads of hogs were ship ped by various Duncan. valley farm CTS on Wednesdays freight train They were consigned to Phoenix.
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torial penitentiary, now the proper ty of the city of Yuma, which has offered all assistance and a free right of way
 A new station will be built in the eastern part of the city
 The present bridge is the third on it's site, and was built about P years ago. There has been some fear of the permanence of it's piers. which annually are pounded by the swift current of the rivers spring flood, as the piers rest only on silt.
 The railroad yards are to be doub- led in size and provision is to be made for better icing facilities, as all Imperial valley melon and vege- table crops here are iced before be- ing sent on eastward.
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ble for the part few weeks, is now l on the road to recovery and will | soon be able to be out again.
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Supervisor Hightower attended the monthly meeting of the board Cf supervisors at Clifton on Monday