New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-07
SOME AMUSING CRIMINALS.
GEORGE RIDDLE AT THE ELsnRA REFoRMA-
TORY.
NOVEL, EXPERIENCE OF AN KIocuTloNisT BE
FORE PRISON AUDIENCE

Theatre day or two ago, and heard all about IL nom
his own lips. This is what he said
aI lave read nearly thousand times before al
Kinds Of audiences. / was nightensd before my first
ubl.c reading terrified before the first performance
NJ the Greek play nervous when read to the occult
Browning Society Of Boston; but can't scaai
state of fear and apprehension that would express
my condition whom / realized that had accepted
the invitation to appear before tne ooo OF nio IN
mates of the Refcrmatory. ~
IL promised to give reading ON Sunday after-
noon and another in the evening. The INST question
that bothered me was what shall readT MI
Blockway, tho superintendent, assured me tnst inc
audience would be attentive, and that no one could
20 out Knowing THAI human nature is the same
everywhere, decided to start with something hu-
morous, and chose HowellIs Sleeping Car to put
my hearers In good humoE
aThe Refcrmstoy Is haifhom's drsve nom "a
mira, and as approached the no"mns Walls OF .no
prison my nxst impulse to drive back to the city
A. once It suddenly occurred to me that nearly
every selection had made contained illusions TO
burglars and rsbbers. I remembered tho caution OF
the physicians ct lnnatc asylum where once READ,
not TO give anything containing mention OF homo,
and remembered also that . lunsuo insisted on be-
uevine that was tho Pope Of Rome, and would not
be cominrted until had baossed he. SO my mind
was nHed with anxiety until was assured by the
genial Mr. Broadway that the prisoners woro not
sensitive about illusions to- burglars, robbers and so
forth.
locE6r0T0Qm N
in whch Grover Cleveland stuck inst when IS Governor
he visited the Reformatory what sight the audi
euce was Eight hundred yeung men, most OF them
between the ages Of thirteen and thirty, sat before
me. Only the prisoners Of the third, or lowest
grade. wore he regulation convctS garb, and
must say that ne Venetian seds OF Their dress
were pdctmosQae Tho reds veEe In body IN my
Ief, and the pais blue uniform Of the men Of the
nrst or highest erade The right. while the
saIlery was nlled with MON Of tho second grade
Most of the lsses were keen and intelligent and
/ noticed the fresh, healthy compilations OF tho
men, which wore in marked contrast TO the usual
sodden hue Of prisoners.
!, asMsn- efye you q Riddle 10 guesss was tho in
PRODUCTION 1 received to my aRdisnea. A recepuont
Well rather I was put ~ my ease at once
opened as hAd Intended with 6e Sleeping Csf,
and Mr. HowellSs faroe never had more apprec-
alive hearing. Tho aliusson to train robbers was
received with ystis Of delight But tho climax OF
applause was reserved for Shakespeare. and Brown
ngs How They Brought tho Good News For
moment thousAt myself N Boston 'wo1eys
downfall and Marc Antony's Speech Over Caesars
Body were also received Win rapture Inc CRIES
Of the mob in the latter piece seemed 70 p'ease the
audience particularly, and the hnai shouts of Pluck
down forms benches, anything, were almost drowned
BY the apparent excitemen4 Of the mcn-
al have heasd actors SAY thsy liked playing to
sympsthetc gallery gods Hero was Peaon on ossa,
with Ossa wart IN COMPARISON. In Tho BOAT Race,
from Robert Grants Jack HAIL. introduced some
Of the late election cries. such as In the soup ana
sE7e,s all righG The audience perfectly famil-
1'.-. -.~s-.rs.
IN the entre programme
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Brockway's disdpnns and his system Of instruction
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the evening seheolsvs - says. "has already shown
tie excellent results Of ~ ssperintendents methods
Many. II NOS most Of TIE men arc receiving their
nrst genuine meRtal end bodily discipline. Good
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inmates d No msaeuoen puonsn weekly paper
called <Ihs 0ummsY nom which onpPod tns
extract IN order TO WusQa@ tne nno OF tnousn'
fhey sometimes pussues
IA Sunasy nssun6s sssssn Of the class In ethics
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pupus wore ssayeg injustice At the close Of the hour
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absolute right In prac0csi susfs' mono uinh'enca oy
the conditions and relations Of the case ana since Pses
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..s or,d nv Il ana uIustrstions Of justice rather
sS.r 90, nros sn,usttos II we rightly appreciate our
vorthiness We sha not desire Justice be meed out
TO u.s. IT'S too human nature to bear And the
glare Of perfect truth in ethics would totally
hIna Us; 'us too bright for US; We could
not endure IL Nevertheless III wou'd % IN cs'en
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planted in our Inward lire ana sne pest iae,, u
possible for n md expression in our oa''y con.uos
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