The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-25

the polished society rogue to the male
factor of the slums, from A to of the
criminal calendar, all huddled together
Jumbled into one mass by the drag net
sweeping hither and thither over the
state, but mostly in the city of New
York Sing Sings guests are 80 per
| cent the product of this city. They are
the cream of the villainy of the me-
tropolis, skinned by the cold hand Of
the law. When they get out-some of
them never will-they will return to the
city, and in few months many will be
back again behind the iron and stone
THREE GREAT GIFTS.
Christmas is not an empty thing to
them, and many are looking forward to
it with the nervous eagerness of a A.
year-old child. True, Santa Claus does
not bring fine gifts there, but he does
make a change in the dreadful routine
of the place, and that is a blessed gift
TO the old convict, greater and grander
than jeweled baubles. money or riches
He does things on Christmas day that
he can do on no other of the 365 days
in the year. He eats different food, he
can talk to his fellow men, he can walk
without folding his arms on his chest
These may seem small blessings, but
the old-timer in Sing Sing appreciates
them at their true worth.
He knows what it is to go day after
day, week after week and month after
month without saying word to his
fellow men. 1t is true he communicates
with them, but not in the free way of
opening the mouth and talking natur-
ally. That would mean a stay in the
dark cell, perhaps on bread and water,
and bad marks, which would deprive
him of shortening his term by good
behavior. He uses the lip language,
subtle, quiet, but effective. If he is
an adept in crime he can tick out
message by knocking the hardened
ends of his fingers on the work table,
just as a telegrapher taps his keys.
But on Christmas day he talks.
AN INTERCHANGEABLE MENU.
And the Christmas eatingl Here is
the regular fare of Sing Sing for each
day in the week, and it is the same
every week in the year except on
Christmas day. Thanksgiving and the
Fourth of July. The breakfast menu
for each day in the week is as follows:
Sunday, hash, bread and coffee; Mon
day, bread, hash and coffee; Tuesday,
coffee, bread and hash; Wednesday.
coffee, hash and bread: Thursday,
bread, coffee and hash; Friday hash,
bread and coffee; Saturday the same.
There is little more variety for din
ner, which is as follows. Sunday,
Dolleu rice, milk ana sugar, SteWed ap-
pies, sweet buns, bread and coffee:
Monday, pork and beans, boiled Dota-
toes, bread and coffee and vinegar;
Tuesday. boiled fresh beef, vegetable
soup made of cabbage, tomatoes,
parsnips, carrots, turnips, rice or bar
ley, bread and coffee; Wednesday, NUT
ton stew or clam chowder, tomatoes.
potatoes, parsnips, carrots, with pork
entree and turnips; Thursday, corned
beef and cabbage and bologna sausage,
with pea or bean soup, boiled potatoes,
mustard, bread and coffee; Friday,
fresh fish, boiled potatoes, brown and
white bread and coffee; Saturday, beef
stew, consisting of potatoes, tomatoes.
parsnips, carrots and turnips, bread
and coffee. Supper every day in the
week, except Sunday, consists of bread
end coffee. There is no supper on. Sun
day.