The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-07-27

uidpic, ulSeilSHly Dcdulllul. 1NO Ole
knows what it is to do time" except
he who has done" or is doing it.
None other, therefore, can understand
how greatly magnified the most tri-
vial occurrence looms to the vision of
the submerged. And in the readjust.
ment of these great-small matters
Marquis Barr shines-he is a consum.
mate diplomat who uses but one wea.
pom in his art: kindness. The most
highly educated and intelligent on
one side and the most uncouth and
| deepest-down in the mire-of-sin-and-
crime on the other will leave Marquis
Barr, after having told him their tales
of woe, with smile on their faces,
with new hope in their hearts and
with freshened courage to fight ON to
victory. He is the most patient man
| ever knew, the most forbearing dis.
ciplinarian that ever ruled with firm.
ness. He is an incessant worker, Civ.
ing attention to every passing trivial.
ity. Lest little things go unnoticed'
this with earnestness, land you'll
have big troubles on your hands later
on" He acts while others fight with
| indecfsion. And cautious p, " fiew.
/ He is very seldom caught mapping
he rises as early as do his boys
gives his opinion or decision only af.
ter mature elaboration, is never
afraid nor too big to ask counsel and
advice from his friends and subordin'
ates. He is an ever-at-it worker and
performs his multifarious duties with
sunny disposition. He believes i'm
by permitting cheerfulness to perme'
ate the workshop. He is particularly
anxious to help him who has not had
those opportunities which the more
fortuna; have had, believing that the
man who tries to do something and
fails is far better than the one who
tries to do nothing and succeeds. Men
in AnamOsa tell me-Some are here
since 1SS7-that as wardens go Mar
quis Barr is the best ever To them
he is father" They who have been
deprived of that sweetest commodity
Liberty, love, admire and respect him
sincerely and honestly.
What is Marquis Barr doing at An
amosa? Making men. This | say un
equivocally and unhesitatingly. Truth
liar opportunities to know what the
Barr treatment has done. OF those
who are brought here for correction
some go out not cured" some GO
back to a life of pilfering and law
| breaking, but more than eighty-five
per cent go better fitted for the dut
les demanded as an honored member
of society.
Men at Anamosa do time"-fol
prison under most favorable. condi
tons is anything but joy forever oil
even for a minute-under most favor
able conditions. Almost every visit
or or public parsonage who has Wis
tied Anamosa will confess that il
shelters the healthiest, best looking
cleanest and most cheerful six hun
dred submerged of any like institu
ton in the land. 1t is nothing to be
proud of to be prison inmate, but
the men here take pride in the high
character of the institution and In
their warden, Marquis Barr. the maj
who teaches optimism, who enjoys
seeing his boys" clothed in white
shirts and collars, with neckties, with
polished shoes, with creased trousers
with well-trimmed hair and with as
often-as-you-like-to clean faces
duced. Now every inmate may have
his own razor. About two years age
men were given permission to con
verse during meals and holidays
Order? We have less disorder OF
these occasions than have a room-ful
of banqueters dressed in evening
clothes. Think of this, you who be
lieve men in prison must be watched
with a whip in one hand and a gur
in the other. Think if it, men in pri>
on conversing at table, with orchestrt
music at regular intervals, with nj
ungentlemanly behavior! Marquis
J Barr is most progressively progressive
concerning methods applied for thu
redemption, for the rehabilitation, fol
the winning of the erring. He is
pathfinder in the methods of pena
management with this distinction
He does not go about his quest fol
: methods whereby to better the condi
ton CT the first offender, or even thu
most hardened criminal, trusting t.
!. chance, but he studies the wants o
his charges thoroughly. strikes on
boldly and unhesitatingly for what HI
believes to be the best for them anC
} their future.
The Anamosa Reformatory Schoo
OF Letters is on a par with any like
school In the land; the Anamosa Re
formatory Printery and Bindery doe
excellent and profitable work for thu
state; the AnamoSa Reformation!
Band and Orchestra are two musica
organizations which hold a peculiarl,
warm spoa in the hearts of both in
mates and visitors; the Reformation,
Press, a weekly edited, printed ant
published by the inmates, holds {
place second to none in the field o
prison publications: the Anamosa Re
formatory musicales, entertainment
and concerts attract hundreds of visit