The Washington critic., 1889-05-07
MATTER WORTH READING

had occasion to run up To Sing
Sing and my first inquiry at the prison
was, of course, for the Napoleon of H.
nance, in Ferdinand Ward He IL set
ting type in the printing Office and has
made rapid progress in the art proscrv-
ative. Bedcll, the noted iorgcr. Is in
charge Of the prison library, u cougcnial
duty, over which he is much clatel.
When he first went there he was put in
the washmans gang-thcrc are no
washerwomen ut the prison. The soap
suds and the rubbing of clothes made
his soft hands so tender that they blcd.
and II became necessary to give him diff
ferent work. Sergeant Crowley is get
ting fat. lie Is the policeman who was
sent to prison for criminal assault on u
young girl Henry Unger, who mur-
dered man, cut up his body and
packed IL in trunk, is engaged In serv.
ing soup, cornbrcd and other eatablcs
10 the prisoners at meal times In
other words he is waiter in the dining
room.
Alderman Jachnc, who got his
sentence for the Broadway surface road
affair, is getting aldermanic in his phys.
ical proportions He was slender
man when he was sent to Sing Sing,
hut Warden Brush tells me that he Is
obliged to supply the convict with u
new suit of clothes every month be
cause he outgrows them in that time
lie weighed 100 pounds when com
mittcd, but now weighs over $50
Jaehne had pet prize dog of the fe-
male sex which he was allowed to take
with him to prison, where she was
cared for by the guards and allowed to
see her master daily. She has had
number of additions to her family since
she went there, and the wardcns of the
other New York prisons are now nearly
all supplied with puppies. The alder
man wanted to keep all the litters AT
Sing Sing. but the warden decided that
| the appropriations for the care of
prisoners did not include their dogs -
| tCincinnati Enquirer
A Silhouette.
The advent of the famous cx-min-
strcl, Ben Cotton. and his talented
daughter in this city brings to mind an
| incident--a sort of black reminiscencc
as it were-the details of which Mr..
| Cotton could doubtless give more of
than are here given George Ciprico
was stagc-struck barber of San Fran
el,co % ,:, unu I'M ,,'i"s,hJu ii, nc was grea.
uclor unlii lhe Plo'ic informed MN on
numerous % occasions ana IN s.entoriah
toncs U 'nt' nc w"s io.' Ohce ,his saihe
tlPIico hau Uenci'l ~ .nc 9lu htliaih
ORA thea're III Frisco ana dnring thc
eh'erlaiiiich. nc Wus 10 puty tne title
role ID 'De llrsl 9ct oil iamlet Lew
hallicr, nirs'rei man VINO was 10 40
nlgger act Just before the Hamlet
business was cast ior thc ohost IN the
tragedy MOI having time to remove
ms previous makeup before the
iiumlel scene came on, ne staikeu on
lhc s'aSe "s 'iie ueao oiu Dahe, piack
US Erepus, which Is very oiack' anu
with iong palr ol p"hJo players shocs
on ms ieet ano u piece Oh mosquito par
.hroWm over ms ncau pegap MS sepui-
@ @oniui liics ,lhu coh'uiscu inc auuiencc'
me curtain nad 10 so down oelorc
NipIico coulu se' Ill ms ara
lh'lnc work, out .hcrc never nus oeeh aS
iiuch iuH III '',catrc as .here was on
lhal occasion; oiprico was WIG WIN
rage ana lhaishatoh' ana disgust ana
,ols Oh other ,hlhgs, ahu approaching
Lew hattler ne violently exclaimed
! want you 70 unucrsIana, sir' that
am gentiemsm' SIT. 10 you under
stand tnat, slr Lew quietly replied
Us, sir, i know IL now, ST, since yov
soiu me, sir, pu, ! uiuh Know u De
, iole' ~ Wasn on ,hc piils, aiu
u,uh ,h : s.e 'h"t Sou were uIucriino., lol
Wy PaL'' nus slinc LOW h..'ier
VIII nc mae youis II, 'io business =
WI, mue oitu ul',iui'1u M py 'ne ,''''nascf ~, ,9'
mou Sut,ihS .ht puIn. COTE .S ~. Vi M,
cnis anu uooa' ~, us cycs; Wy uoh
you WISH up aSheu .hc 9issus.c,
n''.haEe'' s ~ wasieu up soou chouSl
lor lnc sain,y ! geI, w"s thc suri,
rcspohse'-t ncon'n 0iopc'
-, curious Ease
John ilarhhs Oh boslon ordered
GOV SUI, % Oh clothes, 10 pc ueiive,eu y
~, men the ciolhes were "a nellVcree
nuIkihs SaVe we poy 9oo piii ,n pay
ment As the Doy was Soing fiarKih
suggested 'ial the pili oe put INTO III
enVelope; men lhe envelope wa
oRehed ny thc alior IL contained p
Dill. Harkins was arrested, charged