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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Suffraqettes in London Jail Tell
of Their HardShipS.
Bad Food and Damp CeIls-Engllsh
Women Of Position Undergoing
Punishment in Holloway Not
Having Easy Time.

London.-The 200-odd suffragettes
low in Holloway Jail serving SEN
fences ranging from fortnight up are
not having an easy time. Most of the
privileges which they secured from
Winston Churchill when he was home
secretary, in recognition of their
status as political offenders, have been
taken from them since the outbreak
of window smashing and there is a
return to the harsher conditions which
obtained three years ago.
At the suffragette headquarters
there is suspicion that there has
been a resumption Of forced feeding;
but no evidence has been produced to
support the belief. In fact, the au-
in regard to the imprisoned suffra-
gettes that it is practically impossible
to obtain any information as 10 what
is going on inside Holloway
At the suffragette headquarters, in
Clements inn, Miss Janet Green, who
is accused of smashing a $3.50 win
dow, gave a correspondent these de-
tails of her life In Holloway
"The journey to Holloway in the
Black Maria Is enough to take the
courage out of any one," she said.
You are placed in a narrow compart-
ment, just large enough to squeeze
into. Then you are locked in, and
whatever air or light might creep in
between the bars is shut out by the
burly- warder, who stands in the pas
sageway. The Black Maria rumbles
and shakes and, with darkness and a
suffocating atmosphere. the journey is
a nightmare.
Arrived at Holloway, l was first ta-
ken to my cell. My bag, containing
nightdress, comb, brush and few 9TH
er, needful articles, was kept by the
warder 1t happened to be rush day
on which arrived and it was nearly
midnight before my case was attend
ed to When l was taken to the main
hall my money, jewelry and knick-
knacks were taken from me and the
amounts and details entered in book.
Then my description was taken, as
we'll as my name, age and my weight.
After this / was taken to my cell.
1.-THE ordinary routine is to be awak-
ened at from to $50 Breakfast is
served at from to 1880. 1t consists
Of what is with license called tea and
a small loaf of coarse bread and what
is called butter. Then it was chapel
from to about g..
after supper we read, # we had
any books, until the lights went out at
about $3.50. was one of those placed
in solitary confinement for taking part
in the mutiny. This mutiny arose be-
cause we were not allowed to see our
leader, Mrs. Pankhurst. Then, with
the usual inconsistency, the prison au-
thorities placed the heaviest punish
ment upon Mrs. Pankhurst, who was
not to blame, and put her in dark
underground damp cell where she
caught bronchitis and is now in the
hospital.
After the mutiny all privileges
were stopped by the visiting magis-
trate."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
WOMEN IN PRISON

The prison experiences of suffra-
gettes in the past are described in g.
tract entitled Women and Our Pris.
ons." written by Helen Blagg and
Charlotte Wilson. OF solitary confine-
ment one of the authors draws this
picture.
when you are put in the punish
ment cell you feel as If you were abso-
lutely cut off from the rest of the
world: the echoes of footsteps along
the stone corridors, the banging and
locking of doors, become SO magnified
as to have a grewsome and horrible
effect on your nerves.
Hour after hour, day after day, l
spent sitting on the wooden bed do
ing nothing. hardly thinking, staring
into vacancy. ] could well imagine
the loneliness. silence, darkness and
cold sending women mad. The horror
of 1t is still with me. and night after
night, unable to sleep, | go through
it all again"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
SHRINE At RANGOON
Edifice in Judson'S Country Is
Over 1000 Years Old.
Noted Shrine Has GiIded Dome That
Rises $40 Feet Above Vast Plat
form-Picturesque People at
Worship.

Rangoon.- the silt OF the
hydra mouthed lrrawaddy, as you
swing in from the Bay of Bengal and
churn the turgid waters OF the Ran
COON river. rises slender cone OF
gold out of The smoke OF rice mills
and oil refineries. There Is nothing
In all the tempted east, from the
mosque Of Sultan Hassan at Cairo to
the Shotgun temples Of Nikko, that
surpasses it, for it Is one OF the lew
great shrines that stand out In mem
DRY as a thing apart long after the
others have faded in confused perSpec-
tive adown the vista OF forgetfulness.
That this tapering dome OF gilded
and bespangled handiwork rises 80
feet above the vast platform Of it's
base and that it's circumference is a
quarter of mile-all this Is nothing
beside the wonderful life that throbs
in it's shaded recesses or basks in the
torrid sun. Here at Rangoon, as no
where else-not even at Benares on
the Sacred river-here in Judson's
country the most Christian OF east
| 6Tu lduuS, you INDY pOSI cSO CiO
heather in his blindness and idolatry
In it's grossest and most massive form.
Elsewhere you see one or a few stat
ues of Buddha here you count them
by dozens and scores-heroic size, life
size, miniatures; Buddha seated, re-
clining, standing; Buddha on post
card and in chrome; Buddha, Buddha
everywhere.
And yet it is all SO respondent In
gold-leaf and so gaudy in iridescent
spangles that you feel yourself to be
in some stupendous playhouse or
Oriental bazaar instead of in holiest-
of-all place whittier the feet of the
countless pilgrims have turned con-
tinuously for more than two-score
centuries.
1t is long climb up the damp, dirty
stone stairway that leads from the
two gaudy dragons that flank the en-
trance at the street level. At every
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

step as you mount, on either hand,
you hear the voice OF application
not of worshippers nor of mendicants,
but of vendors of post cards and melo-
dious gongs and of the ''whacking fat
cheroot" made famous by Kipling's
"On the Road to Mandalay.' When at
last you reach the topmost stair and
are confronted by the base of the
golden dome-for the Shwe Dagon is
an overtowering cone that uprises d.
rect from stone-paved platform in
stead of from some forms of geometric
walls-a surprise awaits you.
This dome that you saw hours ago
for it is one of the most conspicuous
landmarks that the hand of man has
uplifted in the east-is not itself a
temple to be entered with unshod feet
and irreverent heart. 1t is but a
cleaning tower that thrusts itself up.
ward from village OF temples, each
Of which is itself marvel of arch1-
tectural beauty or monument OF
tawdry ornamentation.
But the Shwe Dagon has lovelier
aspect when you turn from the pagOda-
jewellers to the streams of devout visi-
tors that empty into the square from
each Of it's four gateways. The Bur
mese seem to worship in family groups
and they have the pleasant habit of
arraying themselves in their brightest
garments before ascending to the
great house of prayer. 1t is no un-
common sight to see dainty little
lady performing her genuflections be-
fore a shrine, with the stump of a
very fat and very black cigar pro-
truding at a nonchalant angle from
her tiny mouth.
We saw much more in Rangoon-
we of the Cleveland" pilgrims to SO
many sacred places-but this is the
one overtowering memory OF Rangoon.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
LIVE AND DIE TOGETHER
both made rapid progress.

both made rapid progress.
Years of application to business af-
fected their health, with the result
that they had to abandon active par
ticipation in their firms affairs. A
short time ago they became seriously
i'll. They continued visiting each 9th
er--one lived on the fourth and the
other on the eleventh floor-until the
elder cousin had sinking spell. He
continued to grow worse and died.
The news was kept from the other
who at that time was in precarious
condition, and he lived only five min
utes longer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
OF COURSE He GOT THEM

four o'clock, melt and mingle and give
their combined sweetness to the winds
from the four corners of the earth
with the lavish nonchalance of the
millionaire spendthrift, drunk with
the wines of southern France-a
splendid, inspiring soul quaff-produc-
ing restful, dreamless sleep; where
Nature dips her brush in sunshine and
moistens it, with rain, and spreads
upon earth's canvas every shade Of
delicate coloring. from the pinkish
sheen of the lustrous pearl to the deep
est red of the magnificent ruby.
"But, as words without faith are as
sounding brass and tinkling cymbals.
so are garden spots without seeds as
deserts in the wilderness. AS we
SOW, so shall We reap. One cannot
gather figs of thorn tree nor grapes
from thistles.' AS the hart panteth
for the water brook. so panteth my
soul for seeds. seeds Of royal lineage,
chemically pure, miscroscopically in
spected and germ free"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Working
for
Small
Firm
Is Best
By C. b. EvERHAM

cerne personally acquainted with learned gentlemen who
worked side by side for hyve the employ of this railroad
receiving muncen salary of $50 month Had
either of them might have been indie
pendent had they attempted something else after five
years railroad life they probably would have had return to
of their lack of in other lines
In opinion young ought to start in with small but grow
ing and stick to that firm
he the right hand of his employer 1t would be well
neced with that has already reached the point where it
expand no
in touch with his real employer and have
will help materially when the time for advance
ment
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Cousins Boarded in Same House, Bear
Same Name and Arrive Here
Aboard Same Steamship.

New York.-Inseparable in life.
Baruch Wolff and his cousin, of the
same name, who died within five min
utes of each other in the same apart
ment house, were buried. Since their
arrival in this country from Germany
during the Civil war days the cousins
were constantly together. Both en-
gagged in the woolen business and be-
came i'll at the same time. They lived
at No. sos West End avenue.
There was a difference of five years
in their ages, the elder being seventy
years old. They were born In the
same town in Germany and came to
New York on board of the same
steamship Entering the employ OF
a. woollen concern. the younger of the
two cousins organized the woollen
firm of Baruch, Wolff & Co.. of No
70 Fifth avenue. His cousin entered
the firm IT Rice. Brady & Co.. and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Farming
is Ranked
as
NObleSf
of Work
BY FRANK CRANE

only nob of occupations but also think there dvner
satisfaction than tending plant and seeing it grow.
carpenter though he makes worlds and not cottages
round and not things He peminen house
maker and the spider his web imitation
spins universe for his habitation.
author have seen his manuscript in the layed rock,
his poetry and and looked at his pictures
the setting
fourty father. There Godke than
your baby of your body and to look into little eyes
that reflect your soul
The most medieval God is that he king doing
nothing
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Bulldog Kills a Tiaer.

Uitenhage, South Africa.-A bulldog
killed tiger in fight near here
few days ago. The tiger had taken
refuge in cave on a farm at the foot
of Winterhoek mountain in Cape Col
ony. A bulldog was secured and it
at once rushed into the cave. A des-
perate struggle ensued. The dog was
badly wounded by the tigers claws.
but it caught the tiger by the throat
and did not let go until both rolled
over as If dead In few minutes the
dog came round, but the tiger, which
measured eight and g. half feet, was
found to be dead.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

their tails, which are bushy, WEEK
over the back Their heads are broad
and of the mastiff build, with pendent
ears, hanging lips and eyes that are
wOlflike.
In their native country such dogs
are trained to give notice OF the APP
proach of strangers and to guard
sheep from wolves.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
BABE BORN ON STREET CAR
Mother Takes Child in Her Arms ano
Walks to an Ohio Hes
pitaI.

Cleveland, GA baby was born on
a Lake Shore electric car. Mrs. Jonn
Klein, twenty-five, of Wakeman, o.,
was on her way to ST. AIMS Hospitals
in this city and became ill. The
smoking compartment was hurr1edly
vacated, woman passengers took Mrs.
Klein there, a medical college student
rendered assistance and soon the
cries of an infant sounded above the
noise of rolling wheels.
A matron and an ambulance detalS
reached the station soon after the ar
rival of the car, but to their surprise
found that Mrs. Klein had taken the
baby in her arms and walked to the
hospital.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

SPARE a you
make it so.
| would advise the young gentleman that if he
does not like hard work he should let shorthand alone
There three rules for the successful study Of short
hand They are Practice, practice, practice. would
also advise him that he must be good at taking lots
of abuse for there is trade where man must take
abuse than in that of stenography.
In regard to the best SYSTEM he can find that
out by writing few letters to some good senogra-
pliers asking them that question.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
NOT CORDIAL; LOSS IS s1oo
How kittanning (Pa.) Church
Failed to Get Cash From
Visitor.

Pittsburg. Pa.-Lack of cordiality is
said to have lost 800 for church at
Kittanning, Pa. AS told, the story is
to the effect that a jewellery manufac-
turer of Buffalo, N. Y, made a prom
ise to the bishop of his district that
whenever in strange city over Sun
day he would attend church and If
friendship should be shown him he
would put 500 in the collection bas-
ket.
Sunday the jeweler attended a Kit
tanning church. No person welcomed
him nor was he offered book used in
the service. He did not donate the
800.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
TIBET'S DOGS SET FASHION
London's Fancy Veers to Mastiffs
Brought From Asia to King
George.

London-The arrival of six Tibetan
mastiffs at the geological gardens is
likely to start a new fashion in dogs,
especially since the newcomers be-
long to the king and the craze for big
dogs is growing.
The newcomers appear like cross
between a mastiff and a collie. They
have black and tan coats and carry
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Every Man a MarksnaAr

London.-Colonel Sealy. .andes Sec
rotary of war, made the following
striking declaration in the course of
debate on the territorial army in the
house of c9Gmons: eff had my way
every littS, boy, when he leaves
ws1ld be physically trained,
and it would be very good thing If
he We're learned to aim with a gum"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Education Aids Cupid.

Madison, Wis.-Higher education
does not hinder matrimony, according
to the Alumni Bulletin of the Uni
versity of wisconsin. which says that
out of 1907 women who were gradual
ed between the years 1867 and 1919
663, or GA per cent. have married.. AZ
per cent of them having become
brides of alumni.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

We are frequently advised that a young
man should start to work for a large
corporation, and l wish to say that unless
he has some extraordinary abilities or what
is known as pull" his best chance would
be with smaller firm.
l have worked for railroad and know
that only one out Of every hundred en-
ployees is able to advance himself to respon-
sible and paying positions. The other
ninety-nine plod along from year to year
with no appreciable difference in their work
or salary, and are completely lost, so far
as the real heads Of the company are con-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

Chicago's police force lately devel-
oped the fact that it had member
who INDUCED the eccentricity of al
ways paying for his drinks and cigars.
He was permitted to resign, as such
unprofessional conduct is not likely
to spread
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

Mans four duties, according to Sterne,
are to build. house, to plant tree, to
write book and to have son.
Being a son of God, according to Scrip
ture, a man is never so happy as when he
is at some God-like business.
Gods peculiar business is that af max
ing. He not only made things of nothing,
but he is continually at the making Of one
thing out of another.
If we inquire into Gods present actiyl-
ties, as far as our poor brains can guess,
we perceive him to be, first, farmer or
gardener. Hence reckon farming to be
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Torpedo Boats to Be Used as Targets

Torpedo Boats to Be Used as Targets
Washington.-Thre torpedo boats
of the United States navy will go the
way Of all obsolete war vessels. Hav-
ing passed from the sphere of useful
ness, they have been ordered by the
navy department to Norfolk where
they will be stripped of their furniture
and fittings. They will then become
targets for bombardment by the dread.
noughts of the Atlantic fleet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

A lecturer in Philadelphia has been
advising mothers to teach their girls
how to f1irt This is the sort Of the
orist who wants to paint the lily.
shov duck how to swim and per-
form other work illustrative of the
Don-consery3tion OF energy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

A Chicago man is being tried for
having married seven women, but
there are those who believe that he
should be examined by a flock Of
alienists.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Tied His Children.

New York-To prevent losing his
children John Roodgant, a Dutch i'm
migrant, led them off the liner Moor
dam by string. There were nine
children attached to him by long
ord
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

Philadelphia. -"Toney" Drexel Bid
die. millionaire boxer, turned evange-
list beginning with Billy Sunday SER
mon to crowd of derelicts in Hell's
Half Acre.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

Some domestic animals have human in
telligence and sometimes more than hui
man, as for instance, a dog when his master
has lost his. Here is true story:
Last summer | took my boy down to
the lake shore, where any amount of sand
beetles were crawling about. They are
very powerful and are about three-fourths
of an inch in length.
My boy amused himself by covering
them with sand, and it was astonishing to
see how fast they dug themselves out. 1
dug hole with my hand about eight inches
deep and put beetle in it,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

A Maryland citizen committed sui
eide rather than submit to an opera
zion for appendicitis. Evidently he
preferred an undertaker's bill to
doctors bill.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Soldier Lost From Fort.

Cheyenne. Wyo-Fletcher G.. FoS
ney, a private in the Eleventh imam
try and son of Brig. Gen. Forney. re
tired, has disappeared from Fort Ru
sell. and foul play is feared.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Beetle
That
Learned
Hard
Lesson
BY CHARLES ADELER. Chicago

He tried to crawl up d with then began
TO die sideways png his way upward Half up he
protruding pebble, which he tried to stradde
He tumbed back the hole Using his old spiral way
pebble the second time hesa then he merely and
paed way up the opposite direction to the top ha
liberty, yllsh he truly deserved
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

Scientists say it is too cold on Mars
to support life. Perhaps, though, the
planet is like Boston-merely intellec-
tual.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

A Missouri man hit his wife with
pound of butter. He seemed to think
g soft answer would turn away wrath.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

Our damsels wear rings on their fin.
gers and feathers on their shoes. but
there is no danger that they will wear
bells on their toes-not in this eli
mate.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

Massachusetts legislators propose
tax of SIS a. year on bachelors and
some Of them claim the freedom is
worth 1t,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

A New York woman sent her con-
gratulations to her divorced husband
when he married again. She should
have sent her regrets to the new wife,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

Butter can be made directly from
grass, says a scientific sharp, and per-
haps it can. We have long had apple
butter
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

A Baltimore man has just under
gone his twenty-fourth surgical oper-
alton. In one way he is qualified to
be the village cut-up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

A Philadelphia citizen says he lives
on 81 week, but he does not say
who feeds and clothes him in the
meantime.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

Modern court procedure is said to be
a joke, out the joke is on the poor
wretch who has not enough money to
hire a flock of lawyers
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

The average baseball fan cares not
a whit about the malefactions OF the
baseball trust as long as the home
team wins pennant
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

An astronomer in that dear Paris
informs us that the earth Is 100000
600 years old. What are a few CT
piers more or less?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

With both poles discovered and
public interest on the wane, it looks
as If our professional discoveries may
be forced to go to work.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

A f1nancier informs us that the man
who earns $19.25 a week is worth
$25 900. The only trouble is that some
financier has charge of the $25, 900.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

The druggist who boasts that he
has accumulated 175,000 prescriptions
has no statistics to show how many OF
them cured.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

A health expert AYERS that standing
on the head will clear the brain, but
too much of it is likely to develop
race of fathesds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

: A preacher man tells us that the
saddest hour of the day comes after
sunset, but our saddest hour comes
when the alarm clock rings.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

A dispatch from England tells US
that schoolboys of Elton are now al
lowed to wear soft shirts. Verify, the
British monarchy is falling to pieces.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

The Arctic explorer says dog meat
is delicious. In spite of which expert
opinion it seems cannibalistic to be
eating mans best friends.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

Another blow to the popularity of
the turkey trot. A judge in Connecti-
cut rules that it is not immoral.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

A. London specialist proposes TO
cure badness by grating hair on the
dome. This will create demand for
ivory experts.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

Explorers tell us that there are val
liable coal deposits at the south pole.
not to mention the ice
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

It took woman to run down New
York's taxicab bandits. Next thing
we know we shall hear of the Adven
lures of Mrs. Sherlock Holmes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

In Nyack, which is in New York.
not Tasmania or Saxe-Meiningen, the
best elective offices are seeking men
to fill them.