The National tribune., 1909-10-14

1.-THE prison garb and the prison fare
have done more to keep men in the
criminal class than anything else, and
more to do with making the men rebel
lious and difficult to manage in the
prisons. And especially is this the case
with the food. one of the largest pris-
ons in California has been trying an
experiment which has worked most sat
isfactorily. There is no prison in the
country where the discipline is better
and few where it is as good. There
are three tables in the institution. AT
the first, where the Warden sits. the
food is first class. The table is neatly
laid with tablecloth, napkins, etc, and
waited upon by servants. Free con-
versation is allowed. All prisoners who
have worked well for month and who
have had no bad mark for disobedience
or rudeness for that length of time are
allowed to sit and eat at this table.
The second table is made of plain pine
boards, without tablecioth or napkins.
The plates and cups are tin. The fare
is the usual prison food, coarse and
poorly cooked. The men wait on them
selves, and are not allowed to talk.
Those who break the rules or rebel
against doing their work sit here. AT
the third table sit the most desperate
cases, and they have nothing but bread
and water After three months trial
one-half of the men were graduated to
the Warden's table, in six months two
thirds, and at the end of a few years
every nine men out of 10 ate at the first
and best table. Wherever this plan
has been tried, and a good many of the
prisons have copied it, it has wrought
wonders. Ever since the days of Adam
men have been reached thru their
stomachs. The good Lord made US so.
We must not forget this in our deal
ings with those desperate criminal lives,
who, perhaps. are criminal and desper-
late largely because they have been de-
MED nourishing food from their very
| infancy.
If those who have gone to that Bet
ter Land from which there is no return
are conscious of what goes on here, it
would seem as if there would be no
time for harp-playing, psalm-singing or
the enjoyment of any of the celestial
! joys for watching what was taking
place on the old planet where they
once lived and moved and had their be-
ing. And if there is such thing as
discussion or taking sides in Heaven,
which, of course, there isn't, imagine
what symposiums must follow the intro
duction of our startling innovations, the
advent of the flying-machine, for in
stance. The idea just advanced by Dr.
NJ. A. Schultz would be certain 10 create
cles, without doubt, FOR the Doctor pro-
poses to collect orphan babies of all
nationalities and co1ors, bring them up
to be as perfect morally, mentally and
physically as he can, and then marry
off the most perfect of his specimens to
each other. In this way he hopes to
rear a new race of beings far superior
in every way to anything now on the
earth. He has collected American Mex
ican, Portuguese, Japanese and Indian
babies, and is on the outlook FOR some
healthy Australian and Fiji Island spec
linens.
1t seems extremely probable that the
world will soon be informed of the en-
gagement of the young, handsome boy
King, Manuel of Portugal, to the Prin-
cess Alexandra, of England, King Ed
of the Princess Royal. He has been in
vited TO Windsor Caste to meet the
young Princess and the whole matter
has probably been arranged one way or
the other by this time. King Manuers |
royal mother, Queen Amelia. who. it |
will be remembered, was in the car |
riage with her husband and two boys
when the King and heir-apparent were |
murdered, favOrs the match decidedly, |
as does King Edward also. The Prin- |
cess Royal, however, is opposed. She is !
the wife of the Duke of Fife, woman |
who has kept very much in the royal
background, and is very rigid church |
woman. As, OF course. Manuel is a
Catholic and the Princess Alexandra
would be obliged to embrace that reIig-
ion IL she became his wife, her mother |
does not look with favor on the match !
But as the royal suitor has King Ed .
ward on his side, who thinks an English |
Queen on the throne of Portugal would |
steady things, he will probably come off |
Ht..s.- Ig.-s..
IS years old, and is as sweet as Eng |
lish air could make her." She is a shy |
little thing, like her mother, and a lit |
tie awkward. perhaps, but she is a |
handsome girl, resembling her grand |
mother Queen Alexandra, for whom |
She is named, and Will undoubtedly |
make very beautifnl woman. 1t was
only this year that she made her debut |
80 she has not had the opportunity to |
meet very many of the royal beaus. One |
can easily imagine the meeting between |
her and Manuel, both so young, healthy |
and good-looking, both shy and not a |
little embarrassed. 1t seems particu-
larry fitting union, and the public all
over the world are looking on with in
terest. putting their money, to use |
sporting phrase, on Manuel.
While there may NOT be a word of |
truth in the ruInor, it is said that Miss |
Helen Gould is to take the children of |
her brother Frank and bring them up |
as her own. No reason is given for |
this. and while it is difficult to keep
track of the divorces among our So |
called upper class it is not recalled |
that Frank Gould's is among the num- |
Der. Both Alfred and Howard have |
been before the public in this capacity |
but so far Frank has escaped. unless |
the writer of this is much mistaken.
However If the story be true that Miss
Helen is TO have the children. they could /
not have a better mother nor be better |
brought up. She is the flower of the !
Gould family, a fine. strong. sensible |
woman, and ii is pretty safe 10 say that |
children brought up by her would avoid |
the matrimonial rocks upon which Aunt |
Anna and the two uncles have noun- |
dered. Apropos of Aunt Anna. it is said |
that she does not favor the idea of the /
adoption, as she has always cherished |
the fond hope that most of her sister |
Helen's money would some day come |
20 her boys.
Chicago women. or those belonging TO |
the ultra-fashionable set, have been
sailed into" lately by some Of the best
people of the Windy City for their
bridge playing. In the October Good i
Housekeeping Magazine q number of |
writers, ministers, Presidents. etc. have
set forth the evil results from the in
temperance of this popular amusement
There are a certain class of idle women
who play all the day, and generally all |
the evening, too, either to kin time or
make money, and too often IL is the