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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
Hotel Souvenir Hunters
And the Things They Take

the management for aid. Tic young
man was leaving for an excursion trip
to Mount Vernon and the proprietor Of
the hotel. thinking that perhaps i'm his
haste he had mislaid the purse, called
for the housekeeper. She was INSTRUCT ed
to look through the rooms.
half-open leather bag attracted her
attention a possible hiding place for
the pocketboOk. What was her aston
ishment upon opening the bag to lind TWO
napkins and several pieces of fat silver
with the hotel crest upon them. She
simply took the articles out and nothing
was said about il. \ few minutes ater
the groom found his purse in another
pocket. Under the circumstances his alb
sent mlndedneSS was perhaps excusa BILE
but hardly the theft.
Not only are such souvenirs concealed
IN the luggage, but they are often ~
through the mails package reachel
one Of the hotels from the dead letter
office on one occasion. II was found t.
contain a silver spoon bearing the seal
OF the hotel and notice fir IN the Post
Office Department stating that when the
package arrived there IL was so badly
mutilated that the address, executing
the name of a city other than Washing
ton, was illegible. The name, however
and II was thus returned TO its rightful
owner.
In most cases of the disappearance OF
articles the intrinsic value seems TO he
OF little moment, for a variety OF SOU
Nenirs. from towels to pin cushions. ara
collected. In fact, one hotel averages
from 100 TO 800 new pin cushions every
Year and this because after that length
OF time only few are left I'm many
instances articles such as towels. etc
are taken away by mistake and later re-
turned to the hotel
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ents of various kinds and may accept
fruit, but no other kind of food. All ar
ticles sent to them are searched before
being delivered Prisoners await n
hearing are allowed to see their rela-
tives once a day for fifteen minutes
while those who have been sentenced can
see them only once a month for the same
length of time. When a visitor is an
nounced the prisoner comes down to the
ground tier of his wing and sits on a
bench just inside the wire screen, while
the visitor sits in the rotunda just out
side of the cage and they converse
through the wire framework
The punishments dealt out to prisoners
for offenses against Jail discipline vary
in degree. The mildest form of correc-
ton is the deprivation of privileges, such
as seeing visitors and exercising. Tne
offending prisoner is also fed in his cell,
which means some restriction as to the
amount of food. The next most severe
punishment is dry diet that is half
loaf of bread once a day and no other
food A still more drastic measure is
confinement to the dungeon. large cell
with no windows. If the prisoner is still
obstreperous he is handcuffed to the wall
in the dungeon and leg irons are fast
,ened on him. Thus he remains until
he sees the error OF his ways, the aver
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the cells in the Jail here. An almost sue
cessful attempt was made several years
ago The guards had been commenting
on the apparently studious habits of a
certain prisoner who always sat by his
cell window with a book in his hand As
a matter of fact, this prisoner had made
a saw from the steel in his boot ana
was quietly saving through the bars OF
his cell window whenever unobserved
Finally accomplishing this. one morning
at O'Clock, just after guard had made
his hourly rounds in the corridor. this
prisoner quietly crept out of his window
and dropped his stockinged feet to the cor
ridor floor, a distance of twenty feet lie
stole across the corridor and climbed to
the window on the other side. He began
working furiously al these bars with his
saw and had almost made his way
through when the guard returned and he
was captured
The sobriquets and aliases of the prison.
ers now confined in the jail would make
list longer than the prison roster. Some
of the most striking of these are: The
Millionaire Kid, TIE Cuban Kid, Handy
Andy. The Man of Mystery and Baltimore
Shorty.
One of the prisoners conducts small
topacco and fruit store in the rotunda.
The prisoners are allowed pipes, cigars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
Poor Alienation.

MAJ. JOHN j. DIXON of the state
1'A boxing commission of New York
said TO a reporter, apropos OF certain
remedies for ticket specializing:
These remedies promise to alleviate the
evil about as well as the old landlady Of
the Nola Chucky boarding house al
leviated the leaking roof.
"A drummer put up for the night in
Nola Chucky boarding house. His room
was under the roof In the middle OF
the night, awakening from "A dream
that he was being drowned, he found
a terrific thunderstorm i'm progress.
and the rain streaming in on him
through a leak.
"Landlady, Landlady" he yelled.
And in reply TO his yells the old
landlady staggered upstairs and into
the room with big waShtub. She
pumped the washtub down on top
of the drummer. who gave a grunt OF
surprise and pain. and then she said.
as she turned to depart:
There. son, now yer all right, an
list as soon as the tub fills up you
yell ag'in, an I'll have another empty
one ready for ye.
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the rotunda. and at 1918 they enter the
Jail van and are driven to the Union
station.
: X
Al 10:30 the prisoners march into tire
exercise corridor. where they are at lib
erty to smoke, talk, read or walk up and
down for an hour and "a half The IL
brary is situated in this hall, and men
may borrow books or periodicals. There
are 100 books to select from. and the
supply of periodicals is constantly re-
newed by local charitable societies.
At noon the prisoners have dinner and
are afterward locked in their cells until
half past four, the supper hour. After
supper they are again locked up and
about this time the boy makes the rounds
with an armful of newspapers. The time
between supper ard O'Clock, the retir
ing hour, is usually spent i'm reading;
each cell has electric light
on two OF the Week DAYS this schedule
:; ak sii=h.i. "a Wednesdays after
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Jail

and tobacco, but neither cigarettes nor
cigarette papers, as the superintendent,
MI. Zinkhan, is opposed to the use of
them. 1t is said however, that the pris-
oners contrive to crcumvent this restric-
ton in several ingenious ways. The
prisoner is seventy-three years old, but
is able to conduct his own business and
assist the rotunda clerk when the latter
is hard pressed. Another of the pris-
oners earns a living while in Jail by
translating for government department;
he is an accomplished linguist, making
specially of Hungarian and Italian. There
are at present seventeen murderers, or
alleged murderers. at the District jail, the
largest number ever confined there al
any one time.
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Sunday service at the Jail is an inter
esting spectacle. \ piano is moved out
to the center of the rotunda and several
benches are placed back of it for the use
of visitors and officers. Formerly the
prisoners were allowed to come out into
the rotunda. but on account of con-
spiracy for a wholesale delivery which
was discovered this custom has been
abolished. Those prisoners who wish to
attend come out onto the balconies and
follow the service and join in the sing
ing from there.
Service is conducted by volunteers from
the clergy of Washington. Occasionally
Mr.. Znkhan, the superintendent. Off
ciates; he also accompanies the singing
on the piano at times. The prisoners
in the south wing have male quartet
which often sings on Sunday; Arthur
Johnson. who is condemned to be hanged
on the Goth of November sings bass in
this quartet.
A meal. time presents another interest
ing sight to the visitor. The men file into
the long corridor, which contains long
wooden table in the center and others
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The District Jail is considered by pcnO-
logical authorities TO be a model The
custom of permitting prisoners TO eat to-
Sether was inaugurated here by Warden
Mckee. formerly in charge of the iail.
This idea was ridiculed by author au-
thorities. but has proved complete sue
cess. The Quinn bed is a sanitary fea-
ture highly commended. and the method
of ventilation used is said to be almost
ideal.
Mr.. +. L. Zinkhan is superintendent OF
the Ja1 as well of the Washington
Asylum Hospital adjoining, and Mr. W.
@. Ladd is his chief assistant. The three
captains on duty at the jail are Capt.
Mitchell, Capt. Blandford and Capt Ma
honey.
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N through sH ts hotels s or rp p"pic S"d
ines, by the souvenir-collecting
craze of the average tourist. And
Washington can scarcely be placed at
the bottom of that list. Forks. spoons,
glasses, in fact, almost any article that
isn't attached are discovered at one
time or another to be missing. But
this by no means establishes a rule
that the average tourist acquires SOU
venirs from the hotels without paying
for them.
In fact it is the exception to de-
termine the actual theft of articles,
though these exceptions have at times
been numerous and extraordinary
Scarcely any hotel history is entirely
free from incidents of this sort An
old and favorite story among hotel
managers is told of little boy, dis
GUESSING with his comrades the various
Christmas presents from aunts. uncles
etc 1t finally came to the little boys
turn.
What did YOU get, Tommy"
Some spoons Tommy replied.
Gee. Where did you get EN- FROM?
questioned his friend.
proudly.
Many tourists are equally AS proud
of their SpoilS as WAS Tommy. one
hostess when questioned regarding Toe
peculiar collection OF glassware on her
sjdeboard replied that each glass repre-
scented a cocktail she had had II the
various hotels at which she had stopped
while travelling. Perhaps many or these
were attained by paying for them, az
through the courtesy Of the manage
ment but there seems to be curious
pleasure taken in smuggling such things
through.
An example of this occurred IN one of
the hotels of Washington recently \
couple, presumably of great zeal OF
means, were stopping in this city for
several weeks. On the sofa in one OF
the rooms of their suite was a very beau
tiful and curiously embroidered pi Low
cushion The wife had spoken admir-
ingly of it a number of times to the
maid When the latter after the Gepar-
ture of the guests, was cleaning the
room the sofa cushion in question could
not he found. The cushion was Valu-
able and the manner in which il was
taken so Objectionable that the man
agement wrote on to the patrons. A day
or two later the pillow was returned by
express.
Another instance is of a bride and
groom whose excessive thrift led them To
dishonesty. The husband rushed anxious
ly to the desk one morning to report
the loss of his wallet with the greater
part of his money in it, He was natural
ly very much exercised, and appealed to
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A door opens from this cell into the cor
ridor and the scaffold is built level with
this door. AT the time set for hanging
the condemned man walks directly out
on the scaffold from his cell. The trap
is sprung by one of two guards; each
pulls a string from within the wings, go
neither one knows which has actually
done the deed.
Prisoners are allowed to receive pres
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Or thirty-five years
the District Jail has
stood on the banks
of the Eastern
branch. receiving
daily its quota of
malcfactOrs, Sus-
poets and witnesses q:
daily setting free
those who have
served their terms {:
daily turning over
10 sheriffS or mar
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LOW Institution on the
i 1 Banks of the Eastern
Branch Treats It's Occupants
-Mealtime at the Prison-A
Model Jail, Say the Penolo-
gists-What the Prisoners
Eat-Religious Services and
How They Are Conducted.
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Taking Care of Mdacors Suspects and Witnesses the District Jail

breakfast those prisoners who wish it
may have their hair cut and on Friday
they are allowed to shave. Sundays diff
fer from week days in that services are
held twice: there is no exercising in the
corridor and no visitors are admitted to
the individual prisoners. Catholic services
are held at 10 am. and Protestant at 3
pm. The white and negro prisoners hold
their services on alternate Sundays.
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tied in his cell the prisoner soon falls
into the prison routine. One day is eX-
actly like another one.
He rises at q o'clock in the morning
and breakfasts at $50 Then he cleans
his cell and awaits the gong which sum-
mons the prisoners to exercise. In the
meantime the Jail physician makes his
rounds. AT 10 O'Clock the prisoners SEN
fenced to Occoquan are marshaled in
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age time for such enlightenment being
about two hours.
The guards at the District Jail are not
armed in any manner, the theory being
that two or three prisoners acting In
concert might surprise and overpower
a guard Then. being supplied with his
weapons, they would be almost sure to
do damage before being overpowered.
No escapes have ever been made from
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The two wings containing male prison.
crS have seven floors each. and each
floor opens out into balcony overlooking
the rotunda. The whole somewhat re-
sembies fre-escape. and is screened in
10y Il heavy wire grating.
On both sides OF each Of the male wings
are corridors. One Of these corridors is
used as a dining hail. one as an exercise
corridor one is reserved for executing the
death penalty. and the fourth is not in
use "a present
Jail van. famiiarly known as the BLACK
Ma ria. untoads its prisoners al the Jail
door On their trip from the court they
are handcuffed together in couples. Ar
irving at the Jail they are received in
the rotunda ard entered on the books by
the rotunda clerk a brief description
of each prisoner is written in the book
but no pictures are taken. He is then
searched by the rotUnda captain and
signed to Al wing. His clothes are taken
and if necessary, fumigated. a bath is
administered and a clean suit of overalls
given him No stripes are worn by the
prisoners i'm the District Jail, nor are
They Inundated by having their hair
clipped Shower baths with hot and cold
water are situated in the south wing, and
facilities also exist for giving bichioride
balhs.
Each PRISONER Is assigned to = cell hy
tl.@ section clerk. After tecom ng set
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You Can
The who thinks only of and for is mere trie
soil only produces stunted To strive solely
for self ,Dase lifetime. Progress only
the overshadows the partisan.
Cooperation is essential in all undertakings
Lone trees will not bear profueybossoms exchange
their pollen The best fruit is found in orchard.
Humans work in groups Perfection attained through
the judgment of many.
Viewpoints subject to alone
When striving with purpose, achieve
more pro rata than through solitary endeavor
Even artistry demands assistance requires in
strucion and calls for supervision.
their superiories They forced rely upon
supply them with the characteristics which they lacked
Napoleon would have dreamed his destiny he not
shared as he progressed
Leaders can't reach hold their unless they re,uard
their supporters.
Xerxes failed in his ambition Europe solely
he believed he could whip his army Greece.
Men will not do their unless they get utmost
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shais those who are to be transferred to
other penal institutions. yet the average
Washingtonian probably never has seen
even the outside OF this building. 1t is
IN the same grounds WITH the Washington
Asylum Hospital, the two institutions
being several blocks beyond the termina
tons OF both the East Capitol and the
Pennsylvania avenue car lines.
The general plan of the Jail is that OF
Maltese cross: in the center OF this cross
is the rotunda big room. extending
from the ground To the top of the Jail.
IL is d brownstone building, and would
he pleasing To the eye except for the
faCt that il is surrounded by dirt lots
with no vegetation of any kind. The arms
IF the Maltese cross face the cardinal
points OF the compass: the one facing
west mas the main entrance: the superin
Jeudent's office is on the first floor OF this
wing and tie officers and witnesses
rooms The south wing is the grand
jury wing Prisoners awaiting hearing
are kept there. In the north wing the
sentenced prisoners. and i'm the east wing
the kitchen i below and aboyr are the
female prisoners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15

Solitaire is foolish game which offers little no
stakes Games that promise big winnings require
player.
Probe any field and age and you'll
bump the truth
most literally lined their nests mos comfortably.
Greed isoLaes He at of a competition
too uast for his solitary powers.
No single brain watch in every quarter learn of
opportunity and every chance and guard .oeakness
Feay nuuLerae barricade against failure but EdeL
y thing that be inspired by gratude-t
by wage
Justice and reliability expenses but
Misers found in the front ranks Avarce
thwarts its object.
It's big fine broad policy but it's also hardheaded cold
blooded business proposition make who your
banner feel that following your fortunes he's
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1911-05-19

Write Chambers Medicine Co :,
DOoley Block, Salt Lake City. for a
sample of their guaran tesd Dyspepsia
Tablets No cure, no pay il just what
we mean when we say we gusrantt g
these tablets. Write their physician
for advice. Guaranteed aud for sale
by Cedar Drug Store.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1911-05-19

Deputy Sheriff Kimball OF Modeua
arrived in Ceder Monday, bringing
with him four prisoners They are
comparatively young men aud are
accused of burglsrizing section
honss st Modens. They will baye
their preliminary hearing before
Justice John Dutton today.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1911-05-19
Fox SALE
$50 shares of the capital
stock of the Cedar Sheep
Association by
S. j. FOSTER.

The coDfounded physicians are not
satisfied unless their receipts are at
least ten dellars day, $50 it Is re-
ported. Cad blast 'em. hope they
have to work as hard as the farmer to
get IL.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1911-05-19

Now is the time to get rid OF your
rheumatism. You will find Cham.
berlain's Linimeut wonderfuIly Of.
fective. One application will CON
vince you of its merits. Try it.
For sale by Palace Drug 90.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1911-05-19

estor'si. IS 'ss y : tho sas1 !.
I ard kiiilpe ipsssrflv two o. ,
Mesieans. knotLibe Dix ssnsele
and bsdly orushipe O'Dopald (.
station agent, be sustai.
ribs, -. I" IssrSaaSantment to the eye
And points toward a goal
Where fancy watts it's thoughts en-
high
Where streets are paved with gold.
Yet there are scenes of fruit and
Not millions miles away
Where natures forces all combine
To make 1t what we may;
Here countless treasures may be
found
Ia each sequestered vale,
Where health and wealth aud peace
abound.
Add joys Of earth prevail.
With sweetest song birds, choicest
flowers
And sunshine every where,
That gives to life most pleasant
hours
And hanis us ess care;
No need To dream aud fret and foam
Or try to climb too nigh,
W th ell things needful nearer
home
Thsl scenes beyond the sky.
The lovely landscape far and near,
Mans present grand estate,
Forbids all languii morbid fear
Or false delusive fate;
An optimistic scene infolds
To all the better way
That hopeful peaceful honestsouls
Should never be dismaysd.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1911-05-19

For soreness OF the muscles Vheth-
er induced by violent exercise OF IN .
jury, Cham berlain's Liniment is ex.
ceIlent. This liniment is also high
~ esteemed for the relief 1t affords
in cases of rheumatism.
For sale by Palace Drug 90.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1911-05-19
Lost.

10 one. day lost severe cold by
taking Cham bers' Cold Tablets, guar.
snteed to cure a cold in Que day, and
any case of La Grippe 10 three days,
or your money refunded. For sale
by Cedar City Drug Store.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1911-05-19

White Wyandotte Eggs for setting.
10 osnts per setting of 10.
CLARENCE HAiGHT.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1911-05-19

.Uodt the charity and consoi fence
busipessf Show US phy sioisn with
the least Rlimmer of conscience, when
it comes TO sending Ia a bill. aud
we'll treat when they allow us to save
up a nickel
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1911-05-19
letter, Sail Rheum and fczema

e'e cured b. Chamberlain s-Salve. one appl,ca.
"on reisYes the i'cilins and burning sensation.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1911-05-19
omen.

Z ~ ~. 4t CA1lG1ls
sPerhsss you ala pcsrsnow that
there are thousands Of fine positions
open fer both men and w'wen. Such
as Railway Mail Clerk1s-skch pave
$500 to sl4oo a year. ostsl Clerk
or Carries. salary 5000 to $1,000.
Custome House CLERK on Department
Clerk pays 5000 to 51sod a year. If
you are interested in scouting one o!
these fine positions you sbuld write
at once for Free Boot. Adress.
Central Schools Dept. A. 367
Rochester, N. Y.
May 10
The record., 1911-09-14

mark, and in agriculture, live stock
commerce, wOmen'S work, manu-
facturc, the State is making a grand
showing that is instructing, enthus-
ing and delghting the largest atten-
dance ever known. There is no
greater force for development than
such an institution, and from the
rapid strides being made by cur
people, we will soon have State
Fair that will rank m every respect
with those Of the North, East and
West, which have for years been one
of the greatest factors in the develop
ment OF those sections.
The record., 1911-09-14
Birds as Money Savers.

The destruction Of scct-eatng
birds should not be overlooked by
those attempting to explain the in
creased cost OF living. Government
statistics show that our agriculture
has suffered to the extent Of billions
of dollars through the rayages OF in
sects. The annual loss has increas-
ed steadily until it has reached a
figure which The human mind cannot
grasp.
In the cotton belt Of the South the
boil weeyil, which has increased with
such rapidity as to become plague,
took as a toll IN one year more than
SIS, 900, 600 worth of a product up
on which every man, woman, and
child is dependent And IN this
same section IS permitted the whole
sale destruction OF birds, scventy-ivc
per cent. of whose food is the crop
destroying insect, We shall pay for
this loss, sustained largely through
folly and ignorance, VIII n
we buy our clothes. Grain, vege-
table, and fruit culture in many
localities is SO hampercd by noXious
insects that the farmer "drsgs home
the s,ingy harvest" discouraged and
with good cause for abandoning his
occupation. Every dollars worth
of damage which the bird guards
could have prevented must come on;
of the pockets of the people.
Poison sprays and other artificial
means DO not successfully check the
damage done by insect pests. We
must look TO the wild birds for sub
stanlial relief. They will not fail
us, even if we do no more than
simply let them live.