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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
REV. JAMES w. COMFORT,
Chaplain of the Indiana RefOrmatory,
JeffersOnyIlle.

One reason for believing that criminals
may reform is that 1t is unreasonable to
believe the converse. All prisoners are not
inherently bad. Many of them are the VIC
tins of circumstances. Not seldom is 1t
found that such people come from good
families; inquiry shows that their heredity
is not tainted. In almost all cases their as
sociations have been degrading. Often they
are arrested at the beginning of their down.
ward career. and If proper treatment Is
given them the first slip is likely to be the
last.
Tie second reason deals with hard facts.
No one can get around the logic of actual
cases of criminal reform and that such
cases are not infrequent every one who mas
dealt fairly with criminals for any consid-
cradle length of time will earnestly insist
The Bertillon system now In use in most
States makes 1t hard for a man to get back
again to prison without recognition. The
proportion Of penitentiary prisoners so re-
turning is not more than 20 per cent, which
proves that large number once In prison
are now living a better life.
Inc fact that large proportion OF the
prisoners are young gives Teason for hope
early, and with correct treatment an i'm
provement may be looked for. There are at
least 20,OoO men in the reformatories of the
United States under the age of thirty years.
The early lesson that crime cannot go un-
punished may be a hard one to learn, but if
learned thoroughly in junior years 1t may
result in an improved use of the remainder
of life.
Apart from this hopeful feature the fact
is deplorable that so many convicts are
comparatively young men. lack of home
discipline Is largely responsible for this
state of things. Children who are not
taught obedience at home grow up with lit
tie respect for authority Law is to them
their own will, and they do not scruple to
invade the rights Of others to crafty their
own impulses and desires. Families in
which a wise discipline prevails seldom
produce any persons who swell the criminal
population
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
She Keeps n Diary.

Philadelphia Record.
Mrs Potter Palmer, who is feminine
Edison for inventing new and captivating
ideas. has been the one TO revive interest In
diary writing To her active and original
mind it became evident that If something
was not done the women of to-day would
leave more of those intimate, valuable and
always amusing documents of their lives
and thoughts and emotions to the genera
tions OF the twentieth century. For is IL
not by means of their letters and diaries
we know SO much of our anceStresses or the
eighteenth cycle?
Acting on her own able initiative, Mrs.
Palmer has for years kept diary or ilfe
as she has known Ii, great people she mas
met and entertained, great events as they
have touched her interests, comments on
the changing fashions In dress, scraps OF
witty conversation, reflections on manners,
criticisms of the popular books-al nave
found place in her diary, which faithfully
reflects the days and thoughts of great
lady of nineteen hundred and which cannot
fail to deeply interest poSterity. Her exam
pie is now being generally followed In So
ciety, and to keep.u her dairy is one OF the
daily tasks of the fashionable woman,
though not all of them exactly follow MRS.
Palmer'S plan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
WARREN +. SPALDING,
Secretary massachusetts Prison Assoc
citation, Boston.

For fifteen years the fourth Sunday in
October has been set apart for the consid-
Grafton OF questions relating to the treat
ment of crime and criminals. The descrip-
ton OF modern prison methods has aroused
interest and the pressing home of the du-
ties of citizens has stirred many hearts
and stimulated new and healthful activ-
tiles.
Since the first observance of prison Sun
day great progress has been made. The
careful study of social questions has made
1t clear that crime problems are in many
ways distinct from all others. Taxpayers
have discovered that their financial inter-
ests VIII be subserved by the adoption of
the best methods of dealing with crime
Philanthropists have found that crime is a
fruitful cause of poverty. The quickening
of the social conscience has compelled the
attention of many who were formerly in
different The development OF a higher and
more practical spiritual life has brought
many to sense Of their obligations to
children and youth who are going astray,
and to the outcast and abandoned. The in
diligently charitable have seen that the
criminal who desires to become a good citi-
zen Is entitled to a treatment and training
while in prison which will fit him for self
support when released. and to such assist
ance after his discharge as will bridge the
chasm between the prison door and posi-
ton as self-sustaining member of society.
AS a result many old methods of dealing
tific, wasteful of men and money, and pro-
ductive of untold evils; and new methods,
more rational in principle and more salutary
in practice, have been substituted. But
much remains TO be done. The progress
already made has been secured by the la
bors OF comparatively few. If all good citi-
Zens had given these subjects proper con-
sideration. many Of the crime problems
would have been solved and thousands
saved from criminal lives. Christian prin-
ciples applied scientifically and with COM
mon sense, must underlie all proper meth
DDS Of dealing with evil-doers, before, dur
ing and after their Imprisonment.
Information regarding the causes, volume
and cost of crime, and the modern methods
of dealing with 1t, may be had of the Prison
Association of any State, and the subject
has fair claim upon every public-spirited,
Dhilanthropic citizen. The subject is so i'm
portant, the necessity for the intelligent
support of all good men and women is so
pressing, and the responsibility so great,
that a reasonable, thoughtful consideration
should be given TO these interests with a
view TO a removal Of the evils still ex-
listing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
yarietie. of Furniture.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
IL seems strange I'm land where so much
money Is spent upon the furnishing and
tdorning of houses that such a very small
percentage of the home-makers knows any
thing about styles or periods OF furniture,
and evince no curiosity or interest in the
subject. I'D give her a few points that
might be useful TO her in fitting up her
house, but she doesn't want Them" is the
art furnisher's plant when accused of be-
ing a party TO the lily furnished mansion
OF some rich woman. In all New York
there is said to be but one perfect Louis
NV salon-that of Mrs. BrOckhOlst Cut
ting-and one really correct Empire room
. small parlor in one Of the hotels. When
IL comes TO colonial styles the woman who
Is fond or pretty things and spends much
money on them will tel you frankly: why,
everything StlH and straightforward Is
colonial i believe it ought to be mahog-
any, but they had white woodwork then
and painted the houses sulphur color, and
think they had Turkish rugs, because you
see them in Abbey's pictures" This is the
exceptional woman. The average woman
knows less and takes no interest In the
subject whatever. IL told that there was
very decided difference 'twixt the Louis
XIV, XIV and XVI periods OF furnishing,
she would probably raise her eyebrows IN
surprise at your zeal Louis to her means
something light co.ored. ornate and expen-
sive. suitable for saNn or a reception
room. Turkish" means bright red drap
cries, a divan. rugs and a coffee table.
English Is heavy and dark, or dainty and
fragile, she can't remember which. and GER
tainly Ism t'worrying about IL.
Only day or two since an article on
furniture was published In an evening pa
per. The writer was in mood Of fuisome
praise. The novelties were enumerated and
gushed over, and In truth they sounded
worthy OF the praise. But one could not
help smiling 10 read OF sets OF Sheraton >"
ana huge sideboards' OF that fragile and
severely simple style carved by special de-
signers and beautiful 70 behold" \
other proportions would interest the curio
hunters. The "Louies' also receive their
share OF attention In this article, and Wet
teau decorations and Louis XVI chairs are
placed IN amiable propinquity. A faYorite
period OF the day Is the Adams style" The
two brothers who decorated and adorned
the hrst OF those delightful rooms since
named after them were named Adam. and
those mantelS and panels and walls OF theirs
are in the Adam, not the Adams stvle
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
Her Lack of Pockets.

International Ma gazine
There Is a great deal said nowadays about
reform In women's dress. but until one par-
fieular feature is brought &c the front prom
inently the question viii not gain any ac-
tive support from men When some rational
proposition as 20 the equipment OF a wom-
ans gown with pockets is made an issue
every married man in the United States.
and a goOdly number Of the unmarried
ones, too, viii step briskly into the reform
ranks and stay there until the victory Is
won As far back as the memory CT man
run1eth ne never knew OF a woman sitting
down that she didn't grab for her pocket
book. scissors. gloves. handkerchief. fan
or what not when she attempted 10 get
Up, or spill them on the floor as she did so
Then all the men likewise grab 10 recover
the straying article, and inwardly anathe-
matize system or dress which keeps them
forever cropping about under tables and
chairs trying TO find some lost belonging.
Then. too. the average woman spends
An hour or so every day hunting all over
the house for something or other she needs
imperatively. remembering meanwhile iust
exactly where she laid IL and precisely why
she happened 70 do so, AMI wondering how
y could have act misplaced. II her hus-
eend deprecatingty suggests that It's good
ming 10 nave place Tor everything, etc,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
Odds and Ends.

A good hair tonic is made by mixing one
pint of bay rum. one drachm of quinine and
one ounce of glycerine
Kerosene applied with a soft cloth. pref
erably one of old silk or linen, should re-
move the marks OF hot dishes from the
polished surface of dining table. If 1t does
not, rub each spot with spirits of camphor
and afterwards with furniture polish.
Apropos of belts is the fact that many of
the pretty French gowns round down at the
waist line in front, or rather the belt drops
little to give the graceful dip. This ac-
centuates the effect of the straight line.
which Is now fashionable.
A military touch on our gowns and sep
arate waists is the correct thing just at the
moment 1t is brought out very prettily by
using a band of red velvet around the collar
band and trimming IL with rows of narrow
gold braid put on in tiny coils or straight
lines. The collar may he all Of red If the
color OF the bodice will admit of it. This is
illustrated very nicely on a waist Of white
taffeta where the collar is of red satin COW
cred with an open. small. wheel pattern of
cream lace worked with gold thread.
A pretty decoration for a luncheon table
was seen recently. Tiny baskets. one for
each cover, were filled with roses and as
paragus ferns and piled in a circular mound
in the center OF the table, long pink rib
bons leading from each basket to a plate.
The ferns completely hid the sides and
handles OF the baskets, and II was not un-
I'll the end OF the meal, when the hostess
lifted hers by its ribbon, that the guests
discovered the secret and each in turn took
her souvenir.
An English weekly is responsible for an
anecdote about a small girl who wept be-
cause she had only an old gown in which
to appear. The advice that her nurse gave
her was good enough to bear repetition:
Go down and be grand in it." Not every one
could do it. for the majority of women are
at the mercy of the clothes they wear, or
think they are. Perhaps IL is more a matter
OF will power than they imagine. AT any
rate. it's a far more enviable thing to be
grand in dowdy gown, and in spite of
IL, than TO yield TO the influence OF ones
dress
The species Of neckties. easily copied by
amateur fingers, is nothing mere than a
three-inchwide length of crisp colored taft
feta. hemmed by machine on both edges.
cut in arrowhead points at either end and
there garnished by three 10 FIVE rows of
cloSly set and gathered bebe ribbon of white
or mixed colors. The newest four-in-haud
is also wrought from taffeta: the portion
about the collar is tucked or corded into
stiffness, while the ends that flow from the
small knot are abnormally large, and while
the tie proper is OF crisp taffeta in enc tone,
IL must be edged all about with a narrow
Paisley patterned ribbon or q border of
half inch-wide floss fringe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
TWO BISHOPS.
Views of Rev. III. b.. Whipple and Rt.
Rev. VILLA I'm Lawrence.

Rt. Rev. H. B. whipple. bishop of Min
nes0ta, says there was time not long ago
when the only idea OF Imprisonment was
punishment for wrong-doing. In most cases
ii left the criminal more hardened than be-
fore. From the days of John Howard and
of Elizabeth Frye there has been a steady
Improvement in prison discipline, through
the labors of great hearts like President
Hayes. Bishop Gillespie and others. 1t has
dawned upon human hearts that the end to
be reached is restoration. May of the
poor souls who come under prison care
have been quite as much Sinnsd against
as SHINING; through heredity, environment
and defective training they have missed the
road, and we, under their temptations,
might have done the same. They have our
common humanity.
The prisoner has for a time lost his free
dom. The greater humanity has taken him
into its charge to educate, reform and fit
him for the duties of life. The tenderness
and hopefulness of which I speak have no
relation to the mawkish sympathy which
strews flowers in the criminals path. The
Sender must !, learn Srn that rat the way OF the
man soweth that shall he also reap" But
this discipline must be for correction and
not for destruction. One Of the greatest
Rt Rev. William Lawrence. Bishop of
Of the essential oneness of community so
strong as the story OF prisoners life; how
the social, sanitary and religious conditions
OF his boyhood and his home led him to
drink and crime. and how the neglect of
that boy by the community has compelled
the community TO support him through life.
The whole subject Of child-life, home-train-
ing the public school and the public IL
brary, the boys club and tenement house
reform. falls under the subject OF the de-
yelopment OF the criminal. If the gospel
Will not touch some mems hearts the warn
ing of heavier taxation will touch their
pockets, and the neglect of the prisoner
means the increase of taxes.
Every boy in the reform school. every
inmate OF the Jail, belongs to the COM
munity, and ought to be living as a USE
full, self-respecting member of the COM
munity. Cannot We create a civic pride
that will prompt the people TO see to IL
that our boys and men so live that they
will be of and IN the community? Cannot
We create a spirit in the people that will
will make them blush with shame as they
hear of the thousands in our prisons? For
however much we may dislike IL, their sins
fall on us and on our children.
After all. however, men and women are
moved by appeals to their deepest natures.
) That we are all children Of God. brethren,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
Paris, l79e1


''See Vergniaud. let me scatter ere YOU drink
These rose leayes-may they be OF peace a sign.'
The crystal flashed 20 meet the petals pink
And Madame Roland smiled above the wine.
A hush each Girondin from his place
Leaned eager for the toast TO liberty:
When To- saddened look on Tergniaud's face
As he rose and faced the company:
Alright,
But rather leaves OF cypress IN our wine:
For drinking 70 this blood-bought cause tonight
Who knowsg perchance we toast your death
snd mine.
"A votre saute, madame-for me, vow
With my life blood did yonder goblet reek.
To liberty I'd drain IL. then now
And. dying. shout 'yive, vive la Republique" I"
Exultant rang the cheers when vergniaud ceased
For hope lives ever In the hearts Of men
All had they known--a specter at the feast
Death stood. with cypress garland then
-Leslies Monthly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
Long-FeIt Want Supplied.

New York Mail and Express.
One of the most momentous questions of
a woman's life has ever been, rs my hat
on straight" and another is how TO keep
II on straight. Hat pins are plentiful in
varied and beautiful styles, but often the
mode of dressing the hair prevents secure
or comfortable fastening of the hat by a
pin Then again, the pin spoils the hat by
making holes in il. The new hat fasteners
which shave just appeared will accordingly
find favor in the eyes of all women. They
bits of elastic are attached. In the other
end of the elastic is little pin which is Sc
curely fastened in the inside of the hat
brim on either side. When the hat is put
on the hairpins are fastened to the hair.
This is secure and invisible means Of hold
ing the hat on. and any woman can make
a set Of fasteners for herself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22

she overwhelms him with Indignant remarks
about not having pockets as men have and
claims that. anyway, men are incapable OF
understanding a woman. To the last re-
mark most men give cordial. though per
haps. silent assent but as 10 the pocket
question, they continue TO think-though
seldom saying so - that If women really
wanted pockets they would soon have them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
The Living Dead.

What shall we do with our dead?
The dead who have not died
Who meet us still in the very paths
Where they once walked by our side.
Not those that we love and mourn,
At rest on a distant shore,
But the lost yet living women and men
Whom We loved-and love no more.
There are shroud and flower and stone
To hide the dead from our sight.
But these are ghosts that will not be laid
They come 'twixt US and the light;
And the heaven loses its blue,
And the rose has worms at the core,
Because OF the living women and men
Whom we loved-and love no more.
Edith Bigelow. In the october Critic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22

that some have fallen by the way. and
that they call for our sympathy and help.
is enough The father saw his prodigai son
while he was yet a great way on, anc ran
corner to find another prodigai. Who VIII
meet him half way?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
SOME PRISON PROBLEMS
HOW THEY MAY BE SOLVED TO AD-
VANTAGE OF SOCIETY AND CONVICT.
of Men Who Have stud
led the Subject-A Symposium for
Prison sunday, Oct. %.

Remember them that are in bonds. as
bound with them. Hebrews, xiii 3.
I'VE then that are strong ought TO bear
the indrmties of the weak XIV, j.
1T is easy TO deal with the prisoner so
that he shall not repent his crime-you have
only to kill him or keep him unpardoned be-
hind the PRISONS bars.
1T is harder so to deal with the prisoner
that others shall be less inclined to crime
on his account-that demands deep study OF
human nature and of its hayward i'm
pulses.
1T is very haTa TO deal with the prisoner
so that he himself shall be reformed-that
is not done without sympathy. tireless de-
votion and quenchless faith."-Phillips
Brooks.
The evening times., 1899-04-14
A WIFE WITH A HoRSEWHIP.
se> Ii ON Another Woman for Adj
miring Her Husband.

Sing Sing. n. Y, April 14.-Mrs. Mary
Cook wife of Charles Cook. superintend-
ent of construction for a telephone COM
pany of Sing Sing, Wednesday evening
publicly horsewhipped Miss Lillian Heeney,
whom Mrs. Cook accused Of trying to al
ienate her husbands affections. Miss
Heeney who is twenty-five years old,
caused Mrs. Cooks arrest. and the case
came before Justice Palmer in the Police
Court this morning.
All persons connected with the case were
on hand at the appointed hour except Miss
Heeney After waiting for her to appear
for some time the justice dismissed the
case upon the ground of malicious provo
cation. When the jury was leaving the
court Miss Heeney arrived. The justice
lectured her for being late and fined her
$3.50. or gave her the option of seven and
a half days in Jail.
She paid her fine under protest. She said
that it was bad enough for person to be
publicly horsewhipped. but to be fined for
tardiness when she was seeking justice
was little too much.
After the proceedings in the court Mr..
Cook denounced Miss Heeney for being the
Spring Street one of the business thor
oughfares of the town. They have been
married three years and have one child.
On the night of April Mr.. and Mrs. Cook
attended the ball of the Ossining Hose
Company. There they met Miss Heeney,
brunette, with brown hair and blue eyes.
and quite attractive.
Since the ball Miss Heeney and Mr..
Cook. it is alleged, have been meeting
each other at various places about town.
Mrs. Cooks neighbors told her of having
seen them walking together. Last evening
he informed his wife that he had some
business to attend to in State Street and
left the house.
Mrs. Cook followed him. and when she
got in front of police headquarters, in
Main Street, she met Miss Heepey, and ac-
cused her of having an engagement to
meet Mr. Cook Miss Heeney said she
had and intended to keep it. They had a
war Of words. during which Mrs. Cook
drew large rawhide from under her cape
and gave Miss Heeney a trouncing
A crowd congregated. and Mrs Cook
seemed to have its sympathy. This angered
Miss Heeney, who sprang upon Mrs Cook
and, it is alleged. knocked her out in the
gutter in front of police headquarters. She
then obtained warrant for Mrs. Cooks
arrest. Miss Heeney has only lived in
Sing Sing few weeks. She came here
from Poughkeepsie.