Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-12
Services Held in the City Jail This
Morning.
FIFTEEN YEARS A BoARDER
why the Hobo o. nes 60 salt Lahe
City 60 nccuperate nuring the
Hot weather.

"stonc walls do not n prison mako,
Nor iron bars a cage;
Minds Innocent ana quiet tnkc
That Tor 70 hermitage
Richard Goyeiace probably had the
salt Lake city JAIN In mind when he
unburdcncd himself " the above to fair
Althca.
Certainly the brown stone front at
the rear of police headquarters that Is
commonly known AMONG the rcgcnor-
ate ns the Hotel de- Klmball." soils
Eniymological Museum" "Thc Bug
House" and kindred pet names, Is q
sweet resting place Tor the tired. tat
tered. travelling tramp. II n essentially
the coolest place In town at the present
time; there are no mosquitoes apparent
and all that Weary While has 10 do is
10 stretch out his tircd limbs and await
the advent OF the dinner bell, when he
adI0urns 90 the dining salon and like
royalty or q bloatcd h0udholdrr dimes
TO the accompaniment % music. nt least
ro he ala today. After he has finished
hiH rppuat be- horroWH % match from the
jallor lights "a cigarette and seams the
daily and illustrated papers that kind
ladies furnish him with from time t0
time. Whom the evening shadows fan
hU stretches bis bones ON hiH cot ana
dreams uf the morrow with Co. uttcu-
dunt nrCudluu lutusscAtlng existence.
Yet people wonder why thcrc arc h0bosl
Down nt Provo today there are thirty
odd men working In the chain gang On
the public streets From ogden comes
the same story. IN Salt Lake city
things are run ON different plan.
LADY MISSIONARIES.
AZ 1880 this morning three ladies.
laden down with generous bundles OF
papers ana periodicals. entered the po-
lice headquarters. The party consisted
Of Mrs, NJ. u. Spence, superintendent
OF the Davis DenconeaE Homer Miss
Anna Baker and MrH Mutildu Lyman.
who represent tho HrCturINn churches
OF this city. These ladies every WednUH-
day morning have visited the city jail
FOR the last two years md held litt.c
imprumptu service while the Inmates
have been dining. The ladies were
taken Into the womrn'H quarters Of the
jinl whore FOR twenty minutes they con-
veraod with the six girls who are scrv-
ing time there.
At 1850 Tailor ISimbaii threw open
the doors OF the various cells and the
motley aggregation, some - strong,
nled into the dining room and arranged
themselves nt the three tables IN an
tclpntion Of soup ana entrees. -Four Of
the Girls put their feet under the white
Pine. while the lawyer hobo. as n special
compliment TO his profession. was al
lowed 20 scat himself In solitary state
opposite. He smo0thed out his POM
pnduur adjusted an imaginary ncrvirttc
on his threndbarc knees and proceeded
60 toy with an invisible menu card
while n Girl with q head like an ami
mated gun swnb, dressed IN a decullettc
gown remarked that 1T was excessive
ly warm" which left the author-poot
IN doubt ne 90 whether lt was Intended
az compliment TO himself or the
weather Six massive square Falyan-
tied tanks 81 soup were then passed
through the Houp-holc Ia The wall,
from tho kitchen, and were received
by two TRUSTEES who waited az table.
HEALTHY APPETGTEs.
Oh how those waits ana atRys ala
cntl
I'd. Murtlc had thrce whnciSs of the
diluted hot water bacon and beans and
then like oliver Twist be- asked Tor
mnrc-and got II. Even i. n. Jcwett.
who started In on his 20 days last night
INDUCED IN two goes" of the llquld
despite the fact he IL morphine nend
The square tank nRde another journey
through the soup hole and came back
rcplenlshod. The TRUSTEES who attend
To the Jobs around the place. In addl-
ton to soup ana bread ad llbltum, re-