The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-19
PENITESTLARY PROSE.
An Exhsbss % me Pess csmvsstS Ar m .
lea Rxnaacn AnEnlum.

An Exhsnst % me PSss CsMvtstp Ar m .
IIen RxAseca Aaealum.
To THR EDTroR oE TEE scN-S,r In n.
vide discussion % the poetic geniua OF So,
Career. the young prisoner In the NN.N~-
sofa state penitsntiaTy. the strength Ana
virility of bis prOse writings have he,n
quite overlooked. and yes ths.e publlsA.s
voluminous and are regarded By tha r.
critics uho have seen them e. qg,. :.
rood - bis poetic writings published "a
the CsHfSrg. HaTpsys wsskiH ana chs,
periodicals.
The knowledgs Of literature and hl.,,,,
Indicated By these eaeays IL truly rs-ark.
able In . man % - years Who as ths an,
% 10 Vas committed to prison ana .i,ss
then has toiled daily az the usual rr,.,,
tasks. The mans wonderfully broa4 80.
look on the world IN strange ~on,ras, ..
the naTTowne-s Of hia actual life. hs ir,q,.
tive knowledge Of Psychology and his rsrur,
philosophical thought are surprising
Through these essays are rs-aslsa
phases % the mans mint that the pin
ll-hed poems did not show The airy
of humOr In everywh~re manifest, ara
the satire often appearing in the -ssavs
IL knifelike.
John Carter ,hIs true name ssin - Nm.
revealed wrote these 0bssrvasons saoA
week a. contTibut ions to the Pv,soa NF--o-.
the paper published by the convi~ts N The
Minnesota p~nitentiary The title Of IA.
two column department vas Under he
Lash The signature was -Anslic,is'
but -Angiie's.- &c s~ens. Welded N. lssh.
wALrKR P. McGuiRR
ST. PAIL. MINI. April -.
An old familiar poem - Q fruitful ser.s,.r n
memories. But sons. bong foPgostsa and ,at.
,, deniy remembered. h memoSy ise'f. rhey are
not e. rule master woshs. she&s soexs ~ Our,.
~hieh may because tne best sooss ar. n~r.,
entirely ouS OF mind. buS 10 more probably -
cause NE appeal Of your Sehubert "a rot % tAs
heart abooe. There h. 10 seems me. an A-ru.
meat for mysucism IN the stah % . hoag shsa,h.4
sSOrd Of melody. itts - u On the singer the-.
breathed airs Of vanished past. A. ~ through cas
rsrne the cry Of smother. whether the perform.
shce l. Eooa matters not ~ osee the memoir q
that other singing - stirred ~ death ~ aight
leading 70 . more perfect dawn u you'd - aot
tie least Of the ast-F delights IN regain. oas by
On-. snAtehes and chords Of these most hAllo~sa
Of anthems a. any rate for should lnu~a
prefer them TO the la'sst thing In heart couosrtoS
Th.s I call life To live every minute .. =-=-v
day Without haste. without rest 70 learn wnat nay
be learned. snd N be cheerfuIly Ignorant % WAT
dos not matter % me N love all uomsa. an4 oas
IN particular. and all men that I 70: noa .
hate any man. hut 70 oe ready 70 hght ~ have 70.
N make the most Of the GOOD things. nps-. art
books. nature: and 20 make the least Of N. 81
things To he reasonably honest ami trutnrll N
uoieraupn 70 sei my shirt for q pAl out nct q
get iato that situation more than neoeNaAry To
h temperate. hut 20 cat and drink Whenewerf
ehOo~e. independently % al meat boycote. pro-
hihtion lass and health culture echerea To
pursue an ideal without taIksng about u To
Keep op~n mind and coel bead o civil ssnsas
and clean collar To Worry all I want 20 An1 %
more 70 avoid boring and being bored. Ensrk1ns
and being kno-Eed. Not 70 preach and %, %
F-ytIe That 10. be n~sther crook NOV kyporssa
n 10 he granted me Ne neither: 70 esndemn 70
rnSh nor pgtnrtpte unheard: " keep ny tssh DO
tween myself and tire Almighty. OF ny unssasf
70 myseif alone Rather . nice erced. doa1 yOa
thInk' But where ~ landed mel
Inc toha~oo habit Picture ~ IbaAR - n
dts~olute mar what can - mars hs1sesaA
more cectSively destructive. Of ne nner 49,.
irEs ~ humanity Than the PAnaaeio' Oearvs
how the cigarette stains me angers hoe -
pipe duiis the TASTE and Weakens the brsig. Tnee-
d0rc E0osevelt does not smoke Neither Doc
~ Crog Nsithsr I'D Alexander the Grpat
Columbus did however. and wnsrs uat
landed nut for him there would hav- n~~a
Un uesf trust. No Cunningham eaainA ~ Prp-s
N--r- u T. estimated mat -vsry man woman
and suTraErtte IN thts country PAYS out annos
ATly more thsn e. for this vie we'd. And ninE
now ruch nat r-pre~ats In money loss - edO-
eaton and me city fathers WY. snch q vasa
saw - ,p~rty appended would feat dozen Dr-s6-
nugEht- TO- her. Many q city hall insapad -
bi0Wl1g oV~r IN th~ natural eour1 Of ntnes
nas mus gone ~ in ths noxioNs fumes ~ sfnns-
sr,'ted from ine poisoned ~. % sDen 90 ysa.
my boy ~ 49, must boycott uhy nos boyeoa
'ShAcc"' satan smibss when he snifs . rocd
cigar g., into the uptir movement and thrgw
.pur chewing ire discard.
~ 'hos~ Wishing IN help tsis Er-st
reform should Isave their tonsooo IN Ire En-
r1ange boz a. the foot % the stairx. TIE Horss
o. D 10 So -