The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-29
UILDE'S CONVICT LIFE.
How the Deposed King of Ae 'thetes VIII
Pass His Time.

LONDON. May 2s.-Oscar Wilde was
taken yesterday to Pontonville. a pris-
on for convicted criminals. He was es-
amined physically with great care, since
the medical officers report Will depend
mon what labor he is 10 be set to- Al ne
A. nassed as sound and lit for first-ciass
he will take his first months hard labor
air on trcadwheel six hours daily
making an ascent Of GOO feet; twenty
minutes on continuously then five min
,fes' rest The necessity for close med
zeal examination is obvious before man
is subjected TO this labor.
During the first month while on the
wheel. If put there. Wilde will sleep on
nlank bed. a bare board raised n few
inches above the floor and supplied with
sheets This viii oe his diet: Breakfast
at $50 A. NJ. cocoa and bread; dinner at
noen-bacon and beans one day, soup an
other. cold Australian meat another, and
brown-folx suet another the last three
repeated Twice a week; potatoes with
every dinner.
After he has finished his spell on the
wheel he will be put to some Industrial
employment He will exercise in the open
air daily for an hour. He will be allowed
no communication with the outside, ex-
cept by special permission, until he has
completed three months of his sentence
Then he may write and receive one let
ter. and be visited for twenty minutes
by three friends. Wilde will attend chapel
every morning. and twice on Sundays.
lie will be visited. If he wishes il, by the
chaplain as often as he likes, also daily
by the governor or deputy governor.
on his release Wilde. If he has worked
well and behaved well, will have earned
the magnificent sum of los. $3.50, which
he can have all at once. or IT will be
doled out to him by an agent OF the Dis
charged Prisoners Aid Society, If he
(Wilde) elects to apply TO that excellent
institution when once more free.
The Daily Chronicle" prints this morn
ing a letter nearly a column long from
"a Mother TO which it editorially calls
attention with extreme seriousness, and
which. for the first time. gives utterance
through the public press to frightful
accusations which have been talked OF
for years in private here. IL is a voice
raised against practices alleged TO be
now rife and of long standing in the
great public schools of England.
Lord Douglas Explains.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, May 2S.-Lord
Sholto Douglass last night told for the
first time the story of his romance IN
America. Lord Douglass said TO a party
of friends at his apartments that the
engagement between himself and Miss
Loretta Adds was a conditional one. and
had been effected since the return of
Miss Adds TO this city from Bakers
Held one week ago. The only condi-
ton is the consent OF his father. the
Marquis OF Queenshury, and he has writ
ten for that, fully explaining all about
the young music-hall woman he hopes
10 marry.
Tie told his friends OF his first meeting
with Miss Adds saying that IL was q
case OF love al first sight. and after that
he went back each evening TO the theatre
where she was playing. Lord Douglass
says that as soon as ne is married 20
Miss Adds. he will leave this country
and 20 TO some place under the British
flag, as he does not like Americans or
American ways. The Adds Girl opens
an engagement at music hall here to-
morrow, despite the protests of Lord
Douglass.