New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-25
I ]NFF'TTERED HUSBANDS
DINE IN FESTIVE JAIL
Birthday Banquet Behind Ludlows Bars an Orgy
of Free Speech for Alimony Club, Which,
Alas! Self Centred, Keeps Joy Confined.

cells-'don't find it convenient 10 go about
much. and spose they would kinda like
TO see yer faces. although they wouldn' I
have you at their banquet. And Id like
TO let you get a look at the JOY OF lib
erty and independence pictered in the
faces of these gentlemen. 1t d do yoi
rood. But rules is rules, and Sheriff
Hamburger
Sheriff Harburger" jOyously shouted
the three. "He OF the great, tender sym
pathetic heart. We will call him up and
tell him of this astounding example OF
uon-patriotism among the minions of his
bailiwick. He will telephone you m
stanter that this prison door snail De
opened and that the press shall succor
the oppressed. or the oppressors shail De
in jeopardy of the vengeance Of Ne"
York County's first peace officer and his
deputies"
Huh, That wouldn't do no good, an
swered the face. How'd we know IT was
the Sherifs voice over the phone? ANY
body could say he was the Sheriff, as far
as that goes"
For seventeen seconds the three could
not speak word. Not know the voice of
Julius, That voice. which had charmed
world not recognized even in the su-
preme fastness Of its masters shrievaity!
The thought was blightng, sickening. 1t
killed all hope. all ambition, all JOY ~
life. There was nothing more 10 be said.
With bowed heads the three turned away
and lost themselves in the giddy thronS
of Grand street.
Again the face disappeared from the
hole in the Jail door, and the slide shot
into place.
But when the three recovered their
senses they remembered the name OF
Jacobs's Bakery and Lunchroom, where
the banquet was to have its origin All
the romance and the spiritual Illusion OF
the dav now shattered. they determined
to know. at least the bare material facts
Jacobs's Bakery and Lunchroom FUR
nished them. Seven meals were discov-
cred. consisting Of noodle soup, roast beef.
spring chicken. sweet corn, tomatoes Ice
cream and coffee. charged 10 the walter
and in the process Of being delivered 10
seven men I'm Ludlow street Jail. There
were also flowers. but the flowers were
not orange blossoms.
The waiter consented 10 bear note 20
the banqueters. requesting them 20 give
their names. their past sorrows. their
present JOYS and any trimmings they de-
sired to add.
The note was returned from the jan
with the naked cobs Of sweet corn. Upon
r. was written the final message Of dis
ulusionment. There is no banquet beinG
held"
Yet the waiter declared that the seven
were dressed in their best apparel, that
they ate with an abandon known only "a
souls that are free and that they were
very. very merry.
After the three had again joined the
CAV Grand street parade they paused on
the corner OF Ludlow street for last
glance at the frownng walls of the jail.
Perhaps IL was only the laughter of the
wind or the rattle of a passing pushcart
but they fancied they heard in the direc-
ton OF the prison the words Of an ola
familiar song:
life in Ludlow jail is grand.
yVith husbands marching hand IN hand,
shouting the battle cry OF freedom