Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-27

where the men are taught various SUBJ
jects by fully qualified instructors. Here
one of the most significant changes had
been effected. Formerly the prisoners.
shrouded in their hoods and with the
top part OF their heads covered by black
masks, were marched into the rooms and
imprisoned In tall boxes with openings in
front just large enough to show their
heads. In these boxes the prisoners were
compelled to stand during the entire les
son and were forbidden to speak. One
OF the rooms was still fitted with these
old style boxes, but the others have been
reconstructed for more civilized treat
ment. The prisoners now sit on long rows
of benches. just like the spectators at q
base ball game. and are allowed to speak
and ask questions OF their teachers.
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In the courts between the wings have
been laid out tiny gardens. In these the
prisoners are permitted to take two
hours exercise every day. Formerly they
were compelled to do SO singly. but now
they are turned loose In pairs and threes.
In many respects Portugal Is far ahead
OF many other nations In it's notion of
justice. For instance, there Is no such
thing as. capital punishment in the coun-
try, no life Imprisonment, and the long
est term possible under the law Is
twenty-eight years. Some of the more
4Hpotl aut pOAdCdl prisoners nave re-.
ceived what appear to be unnecessarily
severe sentences. such as six years in the
pen.tentiaFy and ten years under re-
straint In one Of the Portuguese African
colonies: Blu, But many have got of with
extremely unlikely that those who have
received the longer terms will be called
upon to complete them.
or the 90 prisoners in the penitentiary,
1O4 are political. The vast maioritv ~
the latter are men of the poorer class
soldiers, policemen or farmers who raj
lied to the monarch;cal banner for tha
two fnvastons from Spain. These rnoatIv
work in the various shops. The hsstar
class prisoners. almost without excen-
ton, work as clerks in the office Of the
prison. Fourteen are so engaged 1yh;le
one works In the library One of the
best known Of all. Francisco Ficalho.
has ragged in Portugal, first worked q. .
clerk, but finally decided that ha liked
the en- line room better The son re TIA
Countess Fcalho, grandson Of the Mo-.
quis OF F1calh0. and connected with one
OF the pest .amlnes IN Portugal, he had
long been known as an idling dandy
about Lisbon. Much to evervhotlvss e:,
tonishment, on the occasion Of the lat
royalist fncursion he was caurht at c.
regueira, where he had secrete1 a small
arsenal OF rines and swords ana am
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When the writer saw him in the angina
room he seemed to be taz:ng hi, i'm
prisonment philosophic lily. desnIte the
fact that he Is one OF those upon whom
sentence Of six years imprisonment
and ten years Punishment has been nro-
nounced. His prison suit of linen duck
was immediately clean, while his we'll
cut pes-top trousers boasted a crease
that would have delighted the heart of a
9Th avenue tailor. They were turned up
high enough to reveal. above the ,ow-cut
prison slipper. a pair of thin nurnIe silk
SOCKS. he was smoking a great black
cigar, which he made a pretense Of con-
cealine rom the governor. He shook
an an,wetea nS Win tho latter and held
and kindred subjecta. ~ s's0
Ficaiho. like all the other political prs