The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-18

20 the StlllEa'-r cuisine. and To add tina,
the conditi On- under ~hIch | work..i
we're not conducive Ia the d.v.loutn,.nt
Of healthy appetite
The three grades ~ prisoners ar. dis
unglnrhrd 10y 'hrir uniforms FIRST
grade men wear ldAin gray sat second
graders "A loud JlaId xLIl.. IN Tin. thru
grade tn. STRIPS. comes mi, .,IJ..,,r,.
Strips ~ NillNa'er are not IN. horn
yontai KIND familiar ~ cartoons hut thu.
psrp"udlc'llar style II - the colIeR,
blazer ldesr applied 20 the who'd. suit
There are also other distinctions
In the fr-i grade prisoners are allowed
- write me letter We.l, and 10 draw
tao ounces 81 smoking tohacco or a
plug - chew lng tobacco Second KTada
men are granted the SANE amount Of
tobacco. but NAV write only once a fort
night Men IN the third grade have ths.,-
heads shaved a. do all inmates on their
arrival. tut not sHhse-I u-uily unless they
wish u and may not smoke or cheN or
write without special p-rmi-sIon
One ~ he absurd questions WHICH
visitors 20 the institution frequently ash
10. Do they allow them 20 read; livery
weekday from to . a. night and oi,
Sundays from noon 10 0 the great ma
lOrltv have nothing else 10 do but read
They are allowed TO draw two library
hooks = week hut MANY do not need 10
await themselves 81 this privilege While
III. "a
but the thIrd grade men are permitted
all the week.-Mrs.. magazines and books
that they can pay for or that their friends
can send them
By an ingenious system ~ marking
cell numbers on these privately owned
publications II ~ also possible 70 pass
them on To others Thus many men
nv subscribing to Ave or AK EsskIie.
and a magazine or two can assure them
selves ~ a fund ~ reading matter which
very few persons ON the outside can
AFFORD From a thousand - fifteen hun
dred publications privatly owned pass
through the librarians hands every day
The state also aUbsrrils- 10 about thirty
magazin.-- which are disfribut I'D 10 every
man wbo can read as long a. they hold
together
Why he 10 sent to school 4 school
for crooks. my dear sir lent thai
encouraging crime and pamT-ring the
prisonsr? MOI az all la the first plsCp
Il benefits prison discipline The brains
81 most men are 40 c"n-' fu'ed that they
need actiyity Now on the deterrent
theory The illi'eraie man - safely locked
M for ths. Mi hi But ~ Csnnd be ~
t..cfed TO appreciate the attention and
his brain COntinpeA active " ~ hardly
10 be supposed that ~ the morning he
Will II. IN a Christian and aintable frame
~ mind
II after a hundred such wakings h.
breaks loose and assaults a guard he can
H.. punished ~ cOurse. but surely pre-
vent ION ~ better than this kind ~ care
TN the other hand n yo,i Eet this same
man down to learn his alphabet io master
the adventures ~ SsIsie and her kitten
until he finally IL able 10 determine the
exact whereabouts 10 zsITragettes aud
Presidents by q glance At his paper
4. he going to he an increased menace
To the community I think not I
think he IL going 80 uHe he memorable
words 81 a man 81 forty Ave whom tan ghi
for one year This was worth coming
TO prison Tor.
For thO-s whose education was
already more highly Developed the Still
water prison maintained an organiZa-
ton unique N institutions 81 the kind
This was n ChaHtaiIua circle. ciear
record and the ability TO write and deliver
a paper were the gualiiicat neoer-
sarv To membership
while very small proportion ~ the
inmates IL affected by this village debai In &
pocisry. ~ deserves notice. MeetinEs
were held once q fortnight on Sunday
afternoons in the chapel ~ which, utt hIn
reasonable bOunds much liberty was
permitted the members The circle
slerted a president viz president. Sc
ret ary and critic - its own and The presi-
dent was responsible for keeping order
a. The meetings.
The circle was a. q rule divided into
two parties. Ths intellectual minority
was IN favor of . aarict adherence 20 tbs
ChAutAuquAn course q study. while the