Albuquerque morning journal., 1906-08-31
COUNTY PRISONERS
TO Be EDUCATED
IN HIGH ART
MURAL DECORATIONS
FOR COUNTY JAIL
Inmate Of institution Who
Learned FreScoing in Paris
Employed to Trace Weird
Designs ON Cell Walls,

The county Jail has entered upon a
new era OF usefulness.
The jusgado wherein sncakthieves
forgers. purloiuers OF chickens, wife
heaters and criminals of greater ana
lesser criminality have gaZed GU.
through the bars at the hurrying
throngs which iostle past in the
crowded streets of Old Town; wher'
cattle rustlers have whiled away the
weary hours playing craps whh bal
men from the wilds Of Los Griegos
and Atrisco--the official house of in
generation Of the county Of Bernalii-
10, s., is being transformed.
Jailer Silvano Gallegos took a Morn
ing Journal reporter through the an
cent institution yesterday and with
some pride-pardonable pride-dis-
played to the newspaper mans admir-
ing gaze works Of art which put Leon
ardo da Vinci and MchelangeIo and
their confreres in the deepest shadow.
Jailer Gallegos Is particularly for
tunate. He has spent eight dollars on
the walls Of the county Jail to date
The county has spent a matter "i
more than $500 on the interior walls
of the court house across the way. II
have done more with eight dollars
than they have done over there with
$500" said Gallegos yesterday. "Tha,
is all we are after-to beat the court
house. And | think we've done it,
The one man through whose artis-
tic genius Jailer Gallcgos has achieved
his triumph is LanGlois Bardet Lang
lois is in for forgery-that is he Is
making his home i'm the county jail
until such time as the grand jury shat
convene and take action on his cas-
Langlois is a Frenchman. He is al
so an artist of the first magnitude he
learned the rudiments of his art ]
Paris where rude officers of the la y
did not disturb the development Of his
genius with unkind and impolite ac-
Cusations Of forgery
Lan"lOis has been turned loose in
the Jail with paint brush The effect
is little short Of marvellous. Where
the eye of the jailbird suffering win
cnnui and mosquitoes and other in
scCts whose names are held sacred
was wont to gaze on a pallid eXpanS"
Of wall whereou strange designs Were
traced i'm the juice Of the succueut to-
baCco plant ii is now met by beauti-
ful, ravishing and gorgeous butterflies
and snap dragons done with the ar
lists Transforming brush in all tn"
Colors known to the rainbow and 10
science. Amid graceful dropping
water lilies against an expense Of vast
green leaves fit many hued humming
birds and rosy clOudlets There are
intricate networks of trailing arbutuf,
smilax and lianas with wonderful and
bewildering sunnowcrs, lotuses, or
chids and other fauna and aud fora
which would give Luther Burbank a
headache.
u learn how to do 10 work iu
Parecs." said Langlois as he paused
In his work and critically surveyed
tho antennae Of a dinotherium which
was playfully chasing a green monkey
up gaily towering banyan tree. ]
work many years I'm France When |
come to America ! work eleven mon
for jay Gould on hees ceiling in New
York d"
Jay Gould's celling?" inquired his
auditor I'm puzzlemcut.
NO. no, my dear AIphonse. not On
hees ceiling, on ze ceiling, of hees
ROOM" protested Langlois Il work
on design around his picture. work
for Jay Gould leven mont"
Wherever Langlois learned his art
he has It down to q fine point The
county Jail is going To be absolutely
unique among county jails I'm thi.
country or Europe The illusion viii
be so complete that the prisoner may
lie upon his cot and behold around
Each cell Is being tinted i'm a different
color for different classes of offenders
the cell for plain druuks or I'd is" {.
he finished I'm gray with no decorations
so as not to add TO the halluciHatiOu,
of the inmate. The main Office N
Jailer Gallcgos is being decorated q.
chapel.
Bcueath representation of a doN,
cncircled by Wrcaths and tracory j.,
the motto, Gloria I'm ENcclsis Deo'
beneath which an altar Is TO be place
for the monthly celebration uf mas.
which Is TO be held hereafter i'm tn,
jail An adjoining room Jailcr Gal.
logos Is TO have for his private Office
and the decorations i'm this department
are especially unique and bcwilderine
In their effect
In altogether a serious vein. tho iai
10 To be greatly improved by the reno.
walton II IS receiving The old LAYERS
of whitcwash and kalsominc are all
being removed and scraped clean and
new medium applied. The rooms
VIII be much more sanitary as wet
as pleasantcr when the Improvement.
are completed. The jail Is going 10 %.
so attractive the officers expect II will
ne hard work to keep people out of Il
The work In the court house is 90.
lng on apace and Will all be finished
IN few days. Tho main district court
room has been changed into one II
the finest rooms OF the kind I'm th,
southwest and everywhere the broom
and paint, varush. wall paper and
kalsominc have worked wonders.