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southern State and then another has abolished its
N 1olVlct camps. or that they being conducted
%tn " more humanity to the prisoners Perhaps this
IS true 10 certain extent But colo ed convicts are
sun being manned and beaten to death by guards
VINO are chosen because of their very harshness and
nagQness OF heart A little more than year ago a
YOUNG man was bea ten to death in convict camp
IN North Carolina 'The citizens Of the surrouuUne
country became very indignant ard threatened to
puh!Sh the guard: Eut IL coloTed man had been
murdered under the same circumstances the matter
would PROBABLY have passed unnouced and would
never have reached the columns OF the press
The coloTed people of the South the so-called
1reefnen of 1905. have little if any, OF the
rights privileges and mmunities of citizenship than
Gid the slave of fifty years Every scho0Iooy
knows that present political power Of the south
which makes one white there equal to seven i'm
the North, is derived from thousands of colored
men from whom the right of citizenship has been
violently torn, And yet if one attempts to call
attention to these Illegal practices one is accused
Of stirring up sectional strife and Of waving the
bloody shirt g Public wrath is longer turned
against the sinner but against him who calls the
sinner to account"
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STUDIO FURNISHINGS.
How One Woman Substituted Beauty for
Unsightliness.

The one big room in a studio apartment entced
a certain Young married couple to make ther 1rst
housekeeping experiment in such building me
srnaIlness OF the two bedrooms. dining room aho
kitchen was in their opinion onset oV tue coiiii0
- ~ b,o living room with It's four windows. A
Iarga room needs special treatment and the mus
tration shows how this one was managed. Ihe
low cupboards which balanced In ether corners
hv low oper shelves filled with books, are most
useful Some contain hooks for hanging s 50
- - o+bars are filled with shelves Instead OF
the ugly chandelier which is passe as well as
uglv wen shaded pulley lights that may be ad-
tusted TO any desired height were arranged The
arrangement is made of ordinary gas piping and
the iron kettle which acts lever is filled with
plants. The Japanese shades are inexpensive and
the heavy bead fringe, which 10 Indispensable may
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ONE DAYS WORK.
strenuous Lie Of One Farmers Wife-Yet
She Einds Time to Write

Inc pdTe eno-ofration Of what one farmer, ff
Goes IN a day nlls couple Of columns N IT., -
oepenoent, ana covers the hours from, 1 49,,
a m 10 o'clocl. il. m Yet with il an .bo I'm I'm
ucular farmers wife concerre1 finds limo - -
range hoVers in her hair 10 mad a Ittra 80 -
lp large cor czDondeace 10 give an o.caetas'a,
music losson. ana even 10 write for the ney
papers-not for money, but from the mere ro,as
sly for s,lf-exr-CssIon Ices
Any bf-flt morning IN the latter nar+ o4 ~
ne 50 8 y @ra cat Of bed al : O'clock So.
nave oi1aseo and coHbcd my hair ! START n 0re -,
the kitchen stove, ana while she stove * e1rt,..
not 90 10 my flower garden ard gather 2 cbo,co
half-2lo"n rose and spray Ct brides wreatb a-t
arrange teen IN nay hair. then sgoep the eoors
and -ocx bIealfssF- S
while tie other members Of the farnu, are
eating breakfast strain away the fnor-tne,s
mix 0or my husband nilks the cows v.b,,o :
get etlfasl), and hli nay husbands dinner ~,
;or he VIII 60 TO work in our other farm for tas
lay.
BY this time IL Is $50 o'cloek. nv husband +,
fpze 70 Eis woFA and the stock are loudly pleading
% be turned into the pastures ! drive them
7BarIer of a mile. turn them in and couls back
Then there is q horse in the barn that belongs In
FIELD where there Is water. / take il 10 a
spring onlte distance from the barn bring n
back and turn Il into q itld with the sheep
The young calves are then turned out into the
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Paris. February 10.
The trend of fashion at the moment seems 20 be
IN the direction of doing away with the separate
belt and at the same time preserving high, close
waist line The shirred. pointed bodice is one way
of attaining this result and another Is the use OF
the corselet skirt. 1t would be unwise. perhaps TO
prophesy any great for the corselet skirt,
for 1t has been introduced before, and failed to
be taken up to any extent But this much Is true.
certain well known houses are showing 1t among
their models
There Is strong effort to get away from droop-
ing folds and the "blousing" form of bodice that
women have approved of long but the efforts
made bv dressmakers are not always seconded by
their clients The blouse bodice has proved becom-
Ing to the stout woman, well as to the sienoer
one although Il viii be remembered that couturieTs
had considerable trouble seasons ago in per-
suadng their portly customers to adopt It, Ihat
loose folds could conceal too abundant curves as
well as angles was an idea difficult for while TO
grasp but. now understood women are loath 10
give It up Then too loosely \draped bodlces are
comfortable and allow for a certain freedom OF
movement But the natural reaction has come
about and now the dressmakers are Insisting on
style that shall emphasize the lines OF the waist.
A pretty example Of the corselet skirt is carried
out in ecru cashmere and heavy guipure dyeo tiie
same shade The bottom Of the skirt Is trlinrneo
with rows Of heavy stitching. separated by dia-
monds of the lace. and this ornamentation con-
tinues almost to the knees. The skirt Is CUT III
nine eodets and continues In the princess form
under a fcnu boero of the cashmere, nehViiS III
set with lace diamonds. This gives an aosoiuteiy
severe waist lIne with soft drapery over the Dust
The boIero is edged with sable and the short lace
sleeves fall into fur bands.
Even when the belt is used there Is often an at
tempt to make II part of the costume. visit
ing gown of paic gray pastel cloth is made with
long tunIc that almost covers the skirt. There
is a shaped corselet belt OF velvet in the same
shade as the cloth, which continues in two long
tabs In front. These velvet panels for they miShe
cid Of tha
and are held by clusters CT cloth covered buttons
The upper part OF the costume crosses with iace
revers and there is a lace ehemisette The sleeves
are short and loose to the elbows. with lace under
sleeves.
GOWN generally demands long sleeves. rms is
nerIars one of the reasons why the tunic form ns
exnected to become unfashonable with the a1
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THEIR NEW MILLINERY DEPARTMENT.

Blaine. SchOtz s Co. the well known tailOrs who
the first OF the year moved from No, East Sith-
st into their new building al No. al 5th-ava. be-
tween i0th and llSt SITS. have added high class
dressmailng and millinery department 70 their
establishment The display rooms for hats and
gowns. 10 which the entire first floor OF the nve
story white marble front building is devoted. VIII
open on February e. In the mean dme the spsci'4
order department is being carried upstairs wheie
a hewiideriRg display of imported materials 10 on
hand for selection
The color scheme OF this hoor IS white and sreen
White woodwork. green wallpaper, rugs ana hselhs
room curtains carry out the artistic eject IN -
display room old rose Is 10 play part ~ - -.
schetne OF deoora tion. with background ot s.seI
20 set OFT the model hats and gowns some inapSA
ana some made at the establishments
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.o-+ ,-,ss Dehor. Miss Emily a. watson MISS
Pobb NIrs Charles n Tweed, Mrs. John |. Water
htrg Mr. barrett Mrs John sTyc am am Ms tiso6 S %
Dl-er Miss c. Furniss and Mrs. Nllani Itoul!SoI it
Mrs J. Hobart Warren. of the enTertS.a1hett . en-
cCmnittee No l01 Park-ave., he's sun sonre @ sSo
;rar1Ia seots for sale Boxes. seating SIX are $oV
Tarouet chairs s. So dress circle 81 so ana pal-
FeeidHs Mrs Warr~l. the erte-tainment coInnl5- y
tee consists Of Mrs s B. French; MS ChaIieS S,i %
.Io,tondsr lanes Henry Smith. Miss " Nhtney MISS
T7~efinghuysen Charles T. Barney and FRANK D
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REDUCE YOUR AGE 10 YEARS
4TH STREET, N. Y, 0PP0SITE WaLD0RF-ASTORA

At the table of the alumna president. Miss Eliza
beth b Cutting, there were, in addition to the
speakers. Miss Elizabeth Jordan Editor OF
,Harper's Bazaar: the Rev. DR. RhOades Mrs
Eimendorf DR.; Judson, Mrs. Arthur Hadley, Miss
kngsbury and Miss Henning
Two hundred and fifty Vassar alumnas were at
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DUE TO THE SIMPLE LIFE.
Mrs. Silliman, Who Is los on Tuesday. At
tributes Age to Living Simply.

Believers in the gospel according to Charles wag
ner will be interested to know that the Oldest
woman in the State of Connecticut attributes her
many years to lie of simplicity a quiet peaceful
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healthful life In the country. Mrs. Deborah SILL
man. OF Easton. Conn.,. will be los years NJ sre
next Tuesday and Is still well and strong enough
to celebrate that event. in a quiet way al the
home Of her grandson. Frederick siliman os
Easton-
a remarkable degree Her hearing is quite acuta
and she uses spectacles only occasionally but her
voice Is weak. and after a short period OF CONVEX
saton she becomes exhausted. She takes dean
interest in great events OF the world and the war
In the East abe has followed from the rrst gun
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
Once a Fine Old Mansion

It is fine old mansion over there
on Fifteenth street, between C and
d, overlooking the south end of
White Lot, that is serving as tenn
porary quarters for the Police Court.
A fine old mansion, but like many OF
the unwilling guests that now climb
its winding stair accompanied by
burly bluecoats, 1t has seen better
days. 1t must have been in its
prime about the time of the war,
perhaps little before. Then the
broad stair must on occasion have
thronged with the wealth and fash
ion of those days. Bat that was
long ago; so long that. having fall
en- upon evil days. it has probably
forgotten the times that we're. 1t is
all sordid and dingy now, reekine
with the squalor and misery, the
lawlessness and the drunkenness,
that daily pass through its corri-
dors AS one mounts the stair,
ragged hordes, hopeless, drink-s0d-
den, sulIen or too Ignorant to know
quite how wretehed they are, the
friends OF the prisoners, witnesses
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
4 Sumpqthetio Jndae

Apart from a clear-eyed judicial
vision, Judge Mullowny is blessed
with a very lovable human sympathy
for human weakness. He takes a
real interest in each case from the
prisoners point of view. He is quite
ready to really accept the legal
theory that every man is innocent
TIL he's proved guilty. rather than
the too prevalent judicial attitude
which condemns every man until he
has proved his innocence. He does
not regard sentencing as the chief
function OF the judiciary.
But there's never a day goes by
that the court attendants do not hear
at least one temperance sermon from
the Judge. He is probably right in
his assumption that three-quarters
Of hts cases have their beginning in
the saloon. And he never loses an
opportunity Of pointing out TO pris-
ouer that # is whisky that is re-
sponsible for his or her present
plight. He's a great temperance ora
tor, is the i1dge.
A day or two ago a man walked
tremblingly to the dock and pleaded
guilty to a drunk and disoTderly
charge. He was not of the usual
common drunk" class. He was svi-
IDENTIFY not accustomed to his sur
roundings. He had none Of the hard
ihood Of the old-timer. The officer
who had arrested him seemed to
know him. and testified that he was
, skilled mechanic. man who had
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Promised to Reform

I viii judge" interrupted the
prisoner eagerly. Indeed, I will. I'll
never touch another drop. I'll"
I'm young man." continued the
court, not needing the interruption
probably younger than you are,
and I'm not trying to preach to you.
But see this thing every day, and
] tell you there's only one thing for
a man like you to do, and that is to
stop drinking altogether: quit cold.
You can only do it by forming new
associations. making new acquaint-
ances. You ought to join the 'Jona-
dabs.' men who sit around the fire
and swap experiences and encour-
age one another.
Now, my friend, there's only one
thing / can do for you right now.
There's no use turning you loose;
you are in too bad shape. I'm going
TO send you TO the workhouse for
sixty days. But in the meantime
if any Of your people come TO me.
and tell me you're getting into good
shape, and are ready and fit to have
another try. if you will come here
and take me by the hand. man to
man, and tell me you are going to
stop drinking. I'll let you out"
When this remarkable lecture was
over the man raised his eyes-there
were actually tears in them, and one
wondered how much Of his emotion
was alcoholic. and how much WAS
really a desire for better things and
how much it was worth anyhow
and promised that in a few days he
would be back TO claim the mercy
offered
Crap shooters take up a good
deal of the courts time. and as a
rule Judge Mullowny has scant
mercy for them. They are arrested
technically not for shooting craps,
but for 'obstructing the streets. "
Once in a while they manage to get
of on the plea that they were only
looking on" One such case, that OF
a colored boy of eighteen or twenty,
arrested along with a middle-aged
man who was evidently an old offend
er, was dismissed With the comment.
If were not sitting here as judge
trying this case. I would be morally
certain that you were in the game.
but as a judge, I give you the benefit
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declare q terror, while their moth
ers weepingly protest that they
''ain't bad" when neighborly endu1,
ance snaps under the strain and the
boy is finally haled to court and the
judge has to decide whether he had
not better be sent somewhere
where somebody will control him
since his mother manifestIy can't
And the boy howls d.sconsolate, and
rubs his dirty fists into his eyes
while the case is being discussed.
until, when he finally stands up to
hear the decision, ne is a sight for
gods and men.
There is the other boy whose
mother, wanting to get rid of him.
has him arrested as incorrigibIe.
while it is the plying neighbors this
time who come to the rescue with
declarations that the child "ain't
bad" There is the youthful high
way man who steals an apple from
the corner fruit stand, and runs.
There is the evildoer who plays
ball on the street, actually caught
red-handed. There is the youthful
criminal whose stone has broken a
window Once in a while, there is
a bold, bad girl, who finds the boys
more fun than the girls and plays
with them accordingly. And there
are the little runaways of both sex
es, whose great failing Is a desire for
adventure and chance to see the
world
To these the judge hands cut mere
fragments Of justice mixed up with
huge chunks Of mercy. He listens
kindly and thoughtfully. He tries to
find out just what II of the things
that are possible-is going to be the
best ultimately for the child. He
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of the doubt; get OUT" And the boy
got.
Next comes a young darky arrest
ed at the instigation OF an elderly
one for "eursing and swearing" 1t
developed that the young man de-
sired the company of a eolored girl
who sometimes worked for the older
man. and sent a little boy in with
a note to that effect. The girl was
not working there that day, and the
elderly man ordered the young one
away from the vicinity of his house.
There was a long standing feud be-
tween the two-the elder not approx
ing Of the younger ones attentions
to the girl. Apparently when the
former told the latter to get out,
and not come around there any more
the younger man remarked emphat-
ically that he'd come around when
ever ''he G. d pleased" or
words to that effect.
But, Judge" said the old man,
che said to my wife. he says
Hold on" interrupted the court.
did you hear him?"
"No. sah; I want there. But she
tole me he said"
Never mind about that; cut 1t
out. Tell me what you heard him
say; nothing else"
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Had Been keeping Company

Judge" said the prisoner. 81 ben
goin' with that girl come 'leven
years. She amt no kin of his; an
it amt none of his business. But
l didn't cuss him. Deed / did mott"
when were you last arrested?"
A frequent question that, by the way
Evidently arrest is more or less
part of the days work to many who
plead at this bar.
Il ain been rested not for long
time jedge. not for seven or eight
months; I'm workin' now. workin'
steady. Deed I an judge"
Evidently there's been a "big. big
D" used; and to use a "big. big D"
on the public streets Of the District
of Columbia is unlawful. So the
judge, regarding it under the circum-
stances as a very human weakness,
says. "One dollar this time; but you
keep away from this mans house in
future"
q will, sab; I will. She ain work
ed there any more, now. An she ain
never goin' to again. Thank you
Judge"
Then came a couple. Martha and
William Green, man and wife, charg
ed with being drunk and disorderly.
"Bill' pleaded not guilty, but Martha
admitted that she was drunk. "an'
when folks is drunk they's some
times disorderly." She said that the
whole trouble was that she went out
and got too full" and her husband
was trying to keep her from going
out, and she cried and cusse1-"
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for and against them, rise up to let
one pass. Coiored girls in tawdry
fnery or in careless raggedness
perch in the inches all the way up
the stair, where once statuary must
have looked down on many a happy
company. waiting for their eases"
the cases IN which they are inter-
ested-to come up.
Up on the top floor. there is al
least air and light. II there is no
sunshine, and there is Judge Null
lowry, trying his best to dispei the
gloom. He is a very approachable
judge. Even the culprits feel that
and take heart Perhaps it is be-
cause he is new to 1t all, he has not
gotten into pst. has not gotten
hardened to 1t all, that his sympa-
thies are so quick
Il ought not to kick he says
laughing. II haven't been here long
enough. But ] would like to see the
courts business done IN an ade-
qaate building. And even our new
quarters, when they are completed.
won't be that. Think of the wear
and tear this building gets-ths
quantity and the quality of people
that pass up and down those stairs.
and sit IN the court rooms and lean
against the walls. We ought TO have
a building that we could turn the
hose on and flush out every after
noon when the courts work is done,
such a building. OF such material.
as modern up-to-date hospital
puts up-but We can't get that for
$T5, 600, and that's al they've appro-
priated for the new building Still
il l can't get what I want, guess
I'll have to put up with what I can
get II will be a whole lot better
than this, anyhow
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A Severe Sentence

A pleasant-looking darby boy
comes next-arrested on three counts
for operating an automobile with
out a license, for taking an automo-
bile without the owners authority.
and for breaking a glass "a big plate
glass wind shield, it was) in said ad-
tomobile The owner of the automo-
bile, a sharp-featured, well-dressed
man-businesslfke, If you choose,
eminently respectable, but hard as
nails is the complainant. The boy
worked IN his garage; he had taken
one of his automobiles out without
permission; a rut IN the street had
Jared the automobile sufficiently to
break The glass shield. Therefore the
boy must pay the penalty, not of his
crime, bat of his luck. Had nothing
been broken, It would have been a
reprimand-nothing more.
Then the boy tells about it. Judge,
your honor. They was a lot of the
boys foolin' aroun' the automobile
stable where 1 works for Mr.. -
here. 1 been working for him three
or four years. I guess we'd all been
a-drinkin' some. An they KEEP pes
term me to take one of the automo-
biles out. I wouldn't do it, and they
KEEP tellin' me ! should. An SO by
an'-by I does it. An we don go very
far. I knows how 20 run it all right,
but we bounced over a rut, and the
iron thing snapped an the end few
up and hit the glass an broke 1t. An
there wouldn't have been any trouble
if it hadn't been for the boys-if
they'd er let me alone"
"If you'd let the whisky alone,
you mean. II wasn't the boys that
made the trouble; it was the whis-
ky. I'll have to fine you $50 for run
ming an automobile without a il
cense: and $40 for taking it out
without the owners permission; and
$50 for breaking that glass" One
wondered where the prisoner would
ever raise the money He had prob
ably never in his life had $40 at one
time. And as he was being led away
the judge relented a little. Guess
we might make it $40 for that glass
instead of $40; $40 is enough for the
glass"
So 1t goes from $3.50 to noon ev-
cry morning-or at least from 9:3t
till nearly noon on Mondays, though
on other days the cases are nearly
all disposed of before eleven. Mon
day is the courts busy day.
At noon the children's court il
held; alternately before Judge Mul
lowny and Judge Kimball. Their
are the boys whom all the neighboT
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considers not the child's past so
much es his future; how he is to
prevent him following in the foot
steps of The older, hardened delin-
quents who have passed before him
earlier in the day.
It seems a pity that a police court
should face west, and not get
streak of sunshine until afternoon,
after court has adjourned. 1t may
be appropriate, but still. An east
ern or southern exposure, and a
room flooded with sunshine would
do such a lot to lessen the gloom OF
the cold, gray dawn of the morning
after
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no difficulty in getting work at good
wages, when sober.
Come up here to the witness
stand. if you're able,' said the judge.
and let me have look at you"
The man lurched forward, and the
officer said something about his not
being ''over his last drunk yet" s.I
am too" protested the culprit,
though his speech belied him, Il am
too; I amt had q drink in two days"
Slowly the judge looked him over
and searchingly- The man squirm-
ed Then Judge Mullowny spoke, ITS
all whisky, isn't it? 1 believe you
want to do right, but you haven't the
strength of mind. Whisky has the
upper hand. If you could only make
this a turning point"
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Of Alexander ]. Mullow-
ny's justice. the habitues
of the Police Court are
constrained to indorse the Presi-
dents appointment, and to admit
that he has once more hit the nail on
the head. Which of course will bring
contentment to the soul Of Theodore
Roosevelt.
The new Police Court Judge for
the District Of Columbia has not
been long on the bench, but already
he has developed an individuality
and a personality which add consid--
erable interest to the days routine
there. Those who have been looking
on for the past month have reached
the perhaps rather patronizing con
clusion that the judge is mo mans
fool" OF course. this is unusual in
judges, and hard to believe without
corroboratiye testimony. Still the
balance Of evidence seems TO be that
while the new judge combines a Ger
tain human tenderness with his judi
cial sternness; and while he tempers
his justice with mercy of that un-
strained quality whereof the immor-
tai William prates still he is not
easily imposed upon He can pierce
a sham, and weigh an excuse to
within very small fraction of its
actual market value-a very useful
accomplishment in judge, and one
which unfortunately they do not ali
possess.
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How long were you in the work
house the last timer"
-Four months. promptly respond
ed Martha.
And how long have you been
married.
-Four weeks"
Turning 70 William the judge ask
ed him if he would miss Martha
much if he sent her to the work
house again.
81 guess I would" William slowly
responded, twirling his hat in his
fingers.
'I certainly hate to part such a
loving couple" commented Judge
Mullowny. addressing Bill, and if
you'll pay $5 1 will let her off on acJ
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count of being a bride. Now Martha
has taken the whole blame in the
case, but don't you come here again,
because you can't play the honey
moon racket on me the second
time"
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Continued on Page Eisht. this sseti0A-'
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FTER less than a months
experience of the quality
of Alexander J. Mullow-
ny's justice, the habitues