Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-11-25
vAnIrY . nARp 10 Gown
what Female Prisonsrs WIN Often tn.
asrEo to Adern Themselves.

what Female Prisoners WIN Often t.
,lsrEo to Adsrn Themselves.
An ex-keeper Of psnitentiary belss
.sked the other day 70 describe som. =
the characteristics Of the female prisoner.
m the wards, said that one OF the thiuv.
that struck her most forcibly was the wsv
In which the personal vanity Of wouen
prisoners remained strong within most a.
Them TO the last, no matter what other
traits urison life crushed out. When hustle.
were fashionable many prisoners would
sacrifice the warmth Of their petticoats
even In midwinter, in order 10 roll them
M under their skirts To give them a fash.
louable hump behind. No man but the
chaplain and the warden saw them. and
then only occasionally; and what satisfac.
ton II gave them that would Offset their
-,hiyering Il Is hard TO zee.
The wearing OF prison uniform Is n great
blow TO them Few OF them when they
enter seem to expect that. 1t never oc
CURED TO them that they would have 10
take OF all their ornaments and wear the
ugly convict garb, and they plead for A
ribbon or ring more pltifully than they
would for food. But when IL comes 10
cropping their hair close. that N the finish.
| ing touch; you'd think their hearts would
break. They may have remained stolid
and stoical all through their trial. received
their sentence even in silence: but when Il
comes 10 cropping OH their treasured locks
their ple,sdings and prayers and tears and
cries would move q heart OF stone.
II remember the case Of one woman in
particular" said the speaker. who man.
aged TO excite and sustain the envy 81
nearly all her companions In misfortune
n Il. III.
with oil. How she did IL. where she got
the oil, was mystery that set myself to
| find out. IL took me "A long time TO do IT,
but finally ! was rewarded She ussrl 10
lot her soup get perfectly cold. Then sue
would carefully skim of the grease that
had risen to the top and use IL ON her hair.
Then she drank her soup. Try to drink
cold soup yourself. and you will be- able to
appreciate the sacrifice she made for van
ity's sake.
Another woman managed 10 rouge her
cheeks, on which the prison life WAS set
thing its inevitable pallor. This causesl
even more stir than the oiled hair did. and
when coaxing failed to draw the secret
from her the other prisoners made charges
OF favoritism against me. intimating that |
let the rosy checked woman have privileges
denied to others. watched this prisone,
also for some time before found that she
could make her gums bleed easily, By
scratching them with her nails, and this
blood she applied TO her cheeks with graft
flying success.
ITO do this she had to have looking
glass, something prohibited by the rules
And yet she had one-a piece Of oriinar,
glass, with black rag behind II for quick
silver When found it ON her bed re
membered that weeks before she had sub
jected herself to extra punishment b,
, breaking pane Of glass. With piece o
the broken pane she had constructed thi
primitive mirror In which she got dis
torted view OF her features that no doub
gave her great comfort. though why
should not rather deprcss her spirits .
look ut herself In such clothes and witt
cropped hair | never could understand. -
New York Tribune.