The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17
JAIL CHR|STENED
The MONKEY HOUSE
Ccaselcss Chatter in Prison,
Where Suffragcttcs Are
Confined.
LITTLE "HARD LABOR"
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LITTLE ~HARO
Discipline seems Thing lmpossi-
bic Among London's Wo-
u;cn Prisoners. :.

Especial Cable 10 Tho Times .Dispatch.)
London, Starch iG.--"Hnrd labor.
'housh at the worst Cor women means
washing ana scrubbins TO an extent
which the prison doctor determines
Ihat they are physically fitted. has
seemed even 10 some OF their stcrncst
opponents somewbut severe punish
heht. But visitor 10 Holloway Jail
"hcro Mrs. Emnclnc pankhurst aud
many other leaders unl the rank aud
hie OF The window sme shing brigade
a.e now In DURANGO vile was surprised
at the state OF affairs he found He
says:
Il found myself In hive OF well
dressed, chattcring humanity All
over tho place was the noise OF woincr
calling women. The officials seem DOW
erlcss TO preserve even a semblancc OF
discipline. a sufrrugette calls her own
mime from a cell. Another answers
giving hers. Then conversation IS
carried on. Tho chattcring gocs on All
day and far into the night The
Warehouses; have chris.uncd Holloway
The Monkey House,
While ] was waiting" continues
the writer. "a lady drove UP In n car
riagc and pair, in which there were
Two policemen and several bundles or
clothing Tor tho prisoners. This is tile
prison. Scvcnty-six prisoners arr sup
posed TO be serving hard labor sen
tences, but none is wearing prlso:,
ciothce and In only one or two in
stances have tasks of any dcscriptIon
EecIi given the women. These are gen
orally q little sewing or knitting.
There appears To be no punisi,neut OF
amy kind. not even for reverence. tor
during scryice in the chapel white tho
iiiany was being said, the whole IF the
women burst into laughter when the
minister repeated the petition, Bless
and keep the magistrates. giving; them
grace 10 execute Justice ana maintain
truth"
Chinn'n Condition Very Had
There IL Il strong feeling here that
tho condition OF China is even worse
MAN Is indicated by tho cables. which
everthelcss suggest that there are
,actically three governments in cHiat-
tncc. namely, at Picking. Nnnkin and
Wu Chang. while the mJ:c remote prov
inces. especially Mongolia, Acknowledge
no authority at all.
Meanwhile private letters received in
London suggest that II IL probable
that DIR. Sun Vat Sen will he s.lcctcI
ia perform tho duty OF formally an
nouncinG to the different courts tho
establishment of the Chinese republic
and also TO arrange the loans which
nrc necessary 10 start the republic
sun Vat Sen also states as OF the
nappiest augury the fact the colony
OF Chinese litcrati at Foo Chow Is
unanimously In favor OF the republic
Thla is the ono class who by trndi-
ton and bringing up might be cx-
pected to oppose the new departure.
'.rhc ,IirncIe" Grent succcss.
Max Reinhardts wonderful spectac-
ular show. The Miracle" with the
music by Humpcriinck, had Its unal
performance at the Olympia tonight
Fully 10000 people crowded into III.
seats In the vast mimic cathedral TO
see n show which at nrs, could only
attract hundreds. and now for weeks
has been drawing an attendance OF
5000 OF 5000 twice day. For some
weeks London left The Miracle" Sc
verely alone. az II Was feared that II
was dull. religious show. Then :,
letter TO tho Daily Mail work ed Il
miracle on The Miracle" and the few,
of whom n gooily proportion were
regular attendants two or three times
"a week. were recruited by regularly in
creasing thousands. Since then no
show in London, always excepting a
certain type OF musical comedy, ever