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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-22

termed the poor man paradise,
as more can be purchased for a
dollar in it than in any other
place in America. 70 be sure, a
vast amount of shoddy goods and
fake material is disposed of to the
unwary visitor, but the Bowery
habitue, being wiser in his gener-
alton than the average individual,
has little fear of being taken in
by the highly embellished show
articles made not for use, but for
sale.
For instance, there are shops
where suit of more than weara BILE
clothes may be made to your
measure, in latest style, for one
half or even one-th'ird the amount
paid for the same article in the
more fashionable uptown shops.
The prop1ietors of these shops
are usually either Jews or Italians
who, having labored for years un-
der the sweat shop system of
slavery, have in some miraculous
manner saved enough of their pitt
full earnings to engage in a small
business of their own, generally
located in some dank, dark base
ment in which the ordinary be-
holder would hesitate before sta
bling a beast of the field. Never
theless, this darksome hole is the
working and living quarters of the
proprietor's family, which gener-
ally consists of father, mother and
half dozen children The poorer
the man in this worlds goods, the
more have the gods seen fit to
bless him in the way Of progeny.
In some shops the two or three
workmen employed also board and
lodge with their employer, and
when you consider that the shop
is rarely more than 2Ox20, the
thought of perhaps ten or twelve
persons eating, sleeping and work
ing in such a place is not con-
dusive to enjoyment. But even
this is hardly hint of the tene-
ment quarter on the east side, of
which we hope to write at some
future date.
AS may be guessed, the pro-
prietors of these shops must, in
order to compete with the large
sweat shop operator, place his
ware before the public at the low
lest possible figure, and this means
the smallest margin in profits,
which, in fact, is so little above
running expenses that the western
business man would laugh such
a proposition to scorn were he
invited to invest. But the pro-
prietor who has never known
better, but who has experienced
far worse conditions, feels him
self elevated above his sweat shop
commander. Tho these people
are worthy of pity, the majority
have always lived under much the
same circumstances for generations
back, being for the most part
immigrants from the slum dis
tricts of the European cities.
The old saying that ''all work
and no play makes Jack dull
boy applies as much to the work
er Of the east side as to his more
fortunate brother of the west, and
so to the Bowery he comes to in
vest his hard earned savings in
the amusement line. Of this he
has choice ranging from high
class vaudeville, such as is given
at Miners theatre, to the hurdy-
,gurdy, situated in a beer hall,
where the painted beauties ex-
hibit all the peculiarities Of the
Midway, while the audience
smokes, drinks and guys the per-
formers For such recreation he
is taxed a price varying from
twentv-fve cents to five cents for
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-22

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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-18

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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-18

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position q 4oY a. iiuG uase eisssigl
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-06

ney. 1t is a nasty. drafty, ugly place,
but the passenger has to stop there.
No one jokes in ii, however, and this
was the reason that Turkey was stared
at and approved of.
Washed and trimmed. and draping
his baggy clothes about him with an
air, he looked a child posing as a con-
Wet at a fancy ball.
One dissentient voice was heard.
Send the likes of i'm 'erel 1t amt
right wot was the judge a-thinkin'
off"
"owl" said Turkey. "'Ere's jeal-
ousyi'
In time he began to be a puzzle and
a trouble TO the prison. When pulled
up short his language was of the Dials,
fruity; but the warder who wrote his
name down for report generally wiped
it off in the evening.
A new prisoner. serving his first sem
tence, is always watched by the heads
of the prison; and youngster under
goes a surveillance that he knows
nothing of. Everyone in authority has
an eye on him. The doctor sums him
up quickly, as fit for hard labor or
light labor, and squares or modifies his
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-06
THE SILENT GATE.
A Voyage Into Prison.
BY Tighe Hopkins.
Copyright, 1901, by the S. S. Mcclure
Coz

The first van of the afternoon loosed
him. with six others. in the prison yard.
The others got out haltingly: sullen,
frightened. or shamefaced; but he, the
last to alight, hoped down on the
gravel. his quick blue eyes ablaze with
interest, and hitching up his wretched
little pants. seemed inclined to prove
that he could dance.
Easy there." said the warder with
the blue paper in his hand.
The seven wards of government had
fallen mechanically into line. as the
jailer unfolded his list. Nearest to him,
with a cowed and ashen face, was a
man in a silk hat and frock coat; num-
bers two and three were evidently
tramps, four had the appearance of
clerk; FIVE was a listless graybeard who
looked sulkily at home in his surround
ings; six would have been dubbed a
professional thief by any detective in
London, and seven was the adventurer
who took such an amazing interest in
everybody else. He stood on a level
with the thief's shoulder; fair featured
and freckled, with a sparrow-like
frame, and an expression rather like
that Of Dore's neophyte among the I'M
spiritual monks. His turn came pres
emily.
'sName?" said the warder, glancing
at his list.
John James Turk"
He had it pat this time. but he had
forgotten it when called into the dock
of the Old Bailey in the morning, for
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-06

was overlooked by row of houses not
thirty feet from the boundary wall, the
prison being cribbed in the midst OF
London.
1t was quite understood that Turkey
was in disgrace. and he understood it
himself, and expressed his contrition.
Bound ter look you up agin, gents
he said.
But before the hours tramp round
and about the yard was ended a fresh
charm had banished his interest in his
old associates. An organ, just beyond
the walls, was playing Armies Got
Her New Cock Feathers" and Turkey,
as a matter of course, ided his voice
to the whispered chorus from the
ranks; but it was not the sentiment
of a favored air that moved him. He
had seen face and form at win
dow.
Seems ter me. gents" he said,
smoothing his baby chin, "a bloke's
gotter git in prisen ter ind is gal,
tool"
In the hideous monotony OF prison,
little nothing makes a monstrous stir.
and it was quickly passed about that
Turkey had a sweetheart, and that the
girl had followed him. Turkey helped
the legend all he knew.
He invented a story of interrupted
love now on the point of renewal, gave
the lady a name and a plameless his
tory and weaved in a mint aboa- her
bit of money. The tale was the emo
tional sustenance of the oakum ward.
A seeming reality kept it throbbing;
the face and the form were always to
be seen at the window while the oakum
party were on parade, and secret ques-
lions drew out the fact that they were
not observed there by any of the pris-
oners who took exercise in the yard at
later hours. Clearly, the lady was Tur-
keys. Having expounded her charms
and given himself out her hero. he fell
in love with her and wished he might
come to know her.
But his ridiculous story held a grain
of truth. The grazioletta at the win
dow-a plump one. if uncertain seeing
could be trusted-whom Turkey, of
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-06

he knew himself only as Turkey"
Age"
Fifteen"
He knew no more than the warder
how old he was, but in answer to a
question by the magistrate who had
sent him for trial some one in court
had called out u.s." and Turkey ac-
cepted IL at that.
The warder, a big, mild-eyed man-of
different race, almost from the dere-
licts before him-glanced at the little
sparrowhawk as he thrust the list jnlo
his belt and shook out his bunch of
keys.
Follow me-" he said to the squad.
Turkey, tingling in his ragged
breeches, not so much with cold as
with intensity OF interest, was more
and more captivated. He felt his dig
nifty and Importance as a prisoner.
These gates of steel and solid walls,
the mute warders with keys and ba-
tons at their belts, and unspeakable
authority in their boards, froze him
with delight. He remembered his first
pantomime, as viewed from the gal
lery. and felt like 1t.
The thief by profession. a gentle
manly young man in black. observing
the tremulous condition of his little
neighbor, whispered that he had no
cause to be frightened. Turkey swelled
visibly
MET" said he. Il amt! / likes it,"
80, you like it?" The thief was much
nicer in accent and grammar than
Turkey. He was in the upper ranks
of the profession and moved in good
society at railway stations and music
halls. What are you in for?" he con-
tinued.
Three doss," returned the boy.
Three months. eh?" The graduate
could not stoop to slang with the nov
ice. milne is FIVE years"
Turkey eyed him more graciously.
you're a toff," he said.
Ever in before ?" was the next ques-
ton
well-not-ezactly,' he said, with
some bashfulness. Not as you might
say in quod. But 1 bin through the
school" The school rendered into
the vernacular is the reformatory. AS
who should say that though his edu-
cation had not included the university,
he had at least been to Elton.
All" observed the thief. They
should have sent you back there,
sonny, and not here"
Carl" said Turkey. out loud and
very wrathful.
SILENCE therei" echoed maliciously
from the left.
An hour of unbroken silence fol-
lowed: then two men in the broad
arrow livery came in with bundles of
broad arrow clothes and boots. which
they cast upon the floor.
"Pick your Sizes" said the warder.
The order OF the bath came next.
The FIRST prison bath has a curious ef-
feet. You enter in your own clothes,
and come out twenty minutes later dis
gulsed beyond knowing a full-blown
prisoner.
still the night of wonedrs was not
ended Back went the seven friends 10
fhe reception room: Turkey In a warm
lrfl Jacket and mOleskin trousers,
500 large for him. and looking
hiF assortment Of broad arrow
- .ls, like an exaggerated i've Of
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-06
mausoleums and

man has erected mausoleums and
tombs.
Less stress is to-day placed upon the
Importance of the dead body; more
upon the living soul A few people
even have become sufficiently enamel
pated to forego the pitiful aite of
worldly Immortality crytalized in a
fragment of marble and have had their
bodies consumed IN the purifying fire,
leaving no damp or frozen mound for
their successors to hover near, adding
to the great sense of loss the horror
of disintegration.
But there still are erected countless
sarcophagi, at enormous cost and in
finite pains, to memorabilia a life and a
name. Loye still stands weeping at
the brink Of a grave and invents meth
DDS Of calling the worlds attention
10 its own peculiar sorrow.
In the heart OF Vermont, in the shad-
ow the snow-clad or moss-mantled
Green mountains. stands a unique sep
ulchre erected by devoted wealth. at
the cost OF many thousands OF dollars,
called the Laurel Glen Mausoleum.
throughout that part OF New England
known as the marble state, the name
Of Cuttingsvllle stands only for this
mausoleum; the rude hamlet has but
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-06
the same. Mister Tollit."

the same, Mister Tollit."
The very next day an occurrence
which was neither more nor less than
extraordinary decided him upon i'm
mediate action. How the letter came
there has not been known; Mr.. Turk
himself is unaware at this day of the
hand which delivered it. 1t lay among
the cabbage stalks, at the spot where
Turkey must see it the moment he was
turned into the garden at half-past
eight. His name was on the envel-
ope, in capitals, and the Enclosure was
in capitals. In g. sense, 1T was vague
as a letter from the shades, for it was
dated from nowhere and signed by
nobody. Turkey hammered it out to
this purpose:
LET THE BOLD TURKEY CLIMB
THE WALL.
THE LADY WILL BE
THERE.
Earth has seen nothing. nor has
fancy devised anything, to match the
establishment of Turkey when he had
spelled the letter out. The tale he had
bamboozled the gang with was true
one in spite of himself. He was to es-
cape assisted by his lady
What was more, with the letter in
his hand to inspire him, he knew the
very way that he would do it.
AT Duo, III Ln6 evening" MHcH dll. Inc
gangs had just been marched in to
supper, he was sitting astride the out
er wall, his nice moleskin trousers in
taters. taking last look at the pris-
on. He was leaving it pot quite with
out regret, for (although he scarcely
felt this at the momenD he had never
run away from home before. He was
bleeding at the hands, and worse at
the knees; he was triumphant; he was
a trif1e sore at parting; and he had
just strength enough to drop down
upon the other. side of the wall. He
was family conscious, when he touch
ed ground again, that person in a
hood wrapped him in cloak, tossed
his prison cap back to the governor
and lifted him into chariot. as
1t was a sickening experience when,
on awakening, Miss Walker threaten
ed to box his ears for trying to kiss
her. told him she was engaged to be
married and old enough, to be his
mother, and locked him into the at
tic to prevent him from returning to
prison. From the attic window he could
see the oakum party going round the
yard and he cried with rage.
He is mate of the Rosa Walker, and
If any one were to read this story to
him he would repudiate it with Ian
guage.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-06

chaps. We takes a lot O. gittin' over"
The chaplain wrote in his diary: "Jn.
is. Turk. ('Turkey.) Fifteen years of
ago. Pickpocket. Three months hard.
Curious instance of the effect of pris-
on on sharp lad who seems to have
associated with criminals from child
hood. Is immensely proud of having
got into prison, and evidently fancies
IT will give him a new start in life.
Burglary on a big scale his principal
ambition, and he thinks he will now be
able to pal with wide men. If not
burglary, would prefer to go to sea ON
ship like he saw in the docks once
Shall remember this. Prison, of course,
the worst possible place for him (the
judge was fool who sentenced him):
ii feeds his queer little vanities lat ev-
cry turn, and he thrives on the air of
the place, which should be prison to
him"
true. II was so new and grand to
Turkey to be under lock and key with
hundreds of grown men that he did
not feel even the restraint of cell and
ward. Steady work, to be sure, was
not much to his liking, but as the doc
tor continued to keep him on light la
Dor, he had only one pound of oakum
u PICK III lIlG udys instead Oh InTee,
and his nimble fingers made nothing of
that
When his first month was us, his
favorite officer got sim a nice. cheer
full berth in the paper room. The pa
per room, as Turkey soon discovered,
was the happy land or Eldorado of the
prisonloadS. Hitler were dispatch
ed in carloads, to be overhauled and
sorted, the sweepings of the houses of
Dorliapnaf1f tho nfnrnS
throughout the kingdom and the gem
eral postoffice; old ledgers. blue books,
directories, and all manner of waste
paper. This is not a gay inventory,
but wait until you come to have the
handling of the goods. For, scattered
through the mass, were all the articles
the man in prison most delights in,
scraps of tobacco packets of cigar
cites, ends of cigars. string. postage
stamps novels, writing paper, coins,
pins, pencils, and even penknives. II
was the business of the prisoners to
tear into small pieces everything that
could be converted into paper-afteh
handling over all contraband to the
warder in charge. But Turkey had
been privately admonished by prison.
ers residing in his ward what precious
things a good boy would find in the
paper room, and commissions had been
given him for sundry articles, which
were to be paid in toxic. Hence, as soon
as he had learned the ways of the
room, he began to be extremely busy,
and thereafter, sundry knaves lam
gushing in chambers near Turkeys
were engaged in writing surrepttious
letters on House OF Commons note pa
per. chewing tobacco and pairing their
nails or shaving themselves with
brand new pocket knives, while the
felon Turkey grew fatter on Illicit RAJ
tions.
There came a day. however. II was
on the return from work I'm the after
noon, Turkey trlpped on pSe polished
iron stairs-he lodged on fhe first
floor Of his ward-and as he caught at
the rail something was ierked from
the inside Of his shirt and ratified on
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-06
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spades. Placed on the scales the doc
tor found him a stone and half be-
low the weight proper for his age.
Light labor" he said to his attend
ant warden. who wrote it down.
AS the morning bell was shaken up
and down the wards. and hundreds of
men cursing it variously, twitched
their blankets about them for another
so seconds, Turkey tossed his coverlet
across the cell. He had slep without
break or jar on a couch of everlasting
elder. 1t was November. the London
fog was in the prison, the gas was al
ready on in the wards and in the cells,
il was a miserable hour of a miserable
morning; but Turkey had slept and
was awake and fresh. Turkey was
warm. Turkey was sharpest and knew
that breakfast was a certainty in pris-
on and Turkey was all right.
Now. then, little UNI" and Tur-
keys warder took him in hand and
showed him how to make his bed and
stack the bedding and bedstead against
the wall. and how to swab his cell.
When he fell in for his first chapel
parade there was chuckle in the
ward over his outrageous fit. and when
the warder had passed to the end Of
the line he said:
You'll es-cuse me, gents. l hope.
Mother packed me portmantel in a
hurry These is pas clothes. but the
tailor's took me order for a SCOT same
as yours-'ll mark an ALL"
Heads turned. and Turkey was OBJ
served with attention.
Right about" said the warder.
But the heads went round again on
the march to chapel. 1t was almost
The newcomers begin
their probation in the worst and most
ward in the prison. They
are pariahs amid a population of pa
riahs and the old hands. who are just
waiting their turn for promotion, and
who expect nothing good in the first
acquiesce in the oakum ward 1
as the Chaplain Junction on their jour
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-06
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irst decision by private observation.
The wardens know in a week or two
what his work is like.
After the wardens, the chaplain has
more to do than the rest with the ten
derfoot The chaplain took Turkey In
hand. and the more he shook him up
the better Turkey liked him. He was
q chaplain with a method, and a pas
sion for his improbable work; a long
haired, ld-bearded man, skull-cap-
ped and bound with a girdle, who fas-
ted O. nights, knew every thieves kit
chen in London and talked thieves
Latin like a thief. Turkey was aston
ished at and awed by him; but, on sec
ond thoughts. he declined to be con-
verted.
He had begun by posing.
Us criminals" he said, 'is wide
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-06
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