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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-06
T0MBS A GREAT EVIL.
state Commission Urges Another
wing and New wOman's Prison.

ALBANY. Sept. Reports OF conditions
in the penal institutions in New York
city found by representatives OF the State
Commission of Prisons have been for
warded to Mayor Mitchell, Commissioners
OF Correction Davis and the heads of the
institutions.
The recommendations include:
Erection of a prison adjacent to the
Tomhs TO relieve the congestion in
that institution.
Construction OF the new women's
detention prison as soon as possible.
Removal OF the penitentiary from
Blackwelvs "a Harris ls'pnd
Removal of the workhouse on
Blackwells Island and tho branch
workhouse on Harris Island TO Riker's
Island
Early transfer OF the Reformatory
for Msdemeanants on Harris Island
10 the new site at New Hampton.
The most nagrant evil in the Tombs is
declared to be the overcrowding and COM
mnglng OF prisoners
The report declares that New York city
at present requires a prison of at least
500 cells and expresses the opinion that
b. the time such an institution il erec0l
probably 1000 will be needed,
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FIRST JOB TO PARTY REBEL.
New BROOKLYN Revenue Collector
Picks Democratic Insurxent.

Internal Revenue Collector Keith in
Brooklyn. who assumed Office on Tuesday
last, made his first appointment yester-
day. He made Kenneth F. Sutherland a
deputy collector at a salary OF $1,000 a
year. Sutherland is a nephew OF the late
Kenneth F. Sutherland, who succeeded
John Y. McKane as Democratic leader at
Coney Island Three years ago he broke
away from the regular Democratic or
SANITATION In the Sixteenth Assembly dis
tHct- and formed the Rising Sun Demo-
cratic Club and has since been fighting
Fred Lundy. the regular leader This
year he Is candidate for the Assembly
nomination on the anti-Lundy ticket. He
10 member OF the Royal Order of Moose
and the Knights OF Columbus, and presi-
dent OF the Van Sicklen Athletic Club.
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About year and q half later, AZ
SCOTS story goes, he met her on the
street. shabby and half starved and took
her to her home. where he bought her
food and clothing. and finally took up
his abode in the rooms. She had attacks
OF insanity. incraa sod bv her husbands
desertion and her child'e death. and had n
horror Of going TO an insane asylum. She
had not crossed the threshold of The door
OF her rooms for at least four years and.
according To- Scott. insisted on the pad
locked door when ne was out. which was
usually from a few hours before noon
until night Her mother came at times
but the woman did not want to see any
body but Scott and Mrs Prescott who
left two years ago. Mrs Fishers last
visit was early last week.
One Of the rent receipts found in the
rooms was dated 1899. Since that time
the house has passed to several different
owners without any disclosure OF the
mystery of the ground floor.
The letter which finally gra.,fed the
curiosity OF the tenants was received by
Commissioner Woods on Thursday. I:
was s!gnei Mrs. Meyers" but that name
vas fictitious. will some one for Gods
sake come AMI let a woman So. daylight
for once In a good many years. Il read. 1T
IL awful for maa TO do such thing. She
is kept In a dark room all the time When
lt both ouA hhy Nv puNH -
on the door. II Is time for some one TO
take her In hand. The nam. IL Miller.
When you do come you will see something
awful He must drug her. l have lived
In the house but have left IT,"
II was said n George II. Harmans
home in Brooklyn that he was In the
country and would not be back until next
Friday. A. tine home address OF Mrs.
Fisher. the woman's mother. given by Mrs.
Prescott. neighbors said she had moved
ito live with her children in Manhattan"
She was said TO be woman OF comforta-
bic means with several married sons and
daughters, but none of the peighbors ever
heard her mention a missing daughter.
Mrs. Fisher moved from Winfield on Fri
day morning. the day her daughter was
found In Twenty-fourth street.
Scott was held In 81 900 bail yesterday
morning In the West Side court.
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TRENTON, y, j.. Sept. 5,--Iames 4, No
BILE. "a. a lawyer OF 59+ ST. Marks ave
nue., Brooklyn y, Y, was seised with
cramps while bathing in the Delaware
River near hero this morning and wac
drowned.
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Sight. Seeing Yachts
HARTFORD LINE

From New pIer ~. East i,lyer. loot OF Peck SLIP
daily except sunday. at q y. N. for Conn &C tiout
itlyex landln IS. hlito for Summer folder.
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WOMAN HURT AS AUTOS DODGE
IL Thrown 10 Pavement when Her
Car Hits Pole,

STAMFORD. Conn Sept 5.--Mrs
Charles Is. Belden. whose husband was a
member OF the New York Stock Exchange
is In a critical condition at her home here,
She was thrown upon brick pavement
from her automobile when the chauffeur
ran the car against a wooden pole "a
avoid a collision with another machine.
She has conclusion OF the brain
&. W. Taylor editor OF Ridor and Driver
is in the stamford Hospital In IA seri-
GUS condition. Two OF his ribs are broken
and his face Ia badly cut and bruised.
An automobile struck the vehicle IN which
nc was riding and threw Mr.. Taylor out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-06
T. R. Is OFF FOR NEW ORLEANS.
Leaves De TO Round Up Moose in the
Far S0uth.

Col. Roosevelt left the city YESTERDAY
afternoon for New Orleans. where he will
speak at Progressive rally on Monday
night On Tuesday he will go motoring
out OF New Orleans and will probably
make few brief speeches en- route He
will return to New York on Thursday.
Tho Colonel had nothing to say before
ne left regarding State politics. He in
tends to spend much of this month with
the Progressves OF other States and to
take up the battle Of the Bull Boose OF
View York state as soon as the primaries
are over.
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DUTCHESS FOR F. D. ROOSEVELT.
Committee Acts After lie Has Been
Called a "CaIf In Politics.,

PouoH KEErsTE. Y. Y. Sept. 5.-The
candidacy Of Franklin u. Roosevelt for
the United States Senate was indorsed
by the Duchess County Democratic Com
mittee In stormy session to-day by a
vote OF ~ TO 10. Mr.. Roosevelt's In
dorsement came after he had been re-
ferred TO as a calf in politics" and n
troublemaker by Frank IIasbroucl<. state
superintendent OF Insurance. and others
II was a fight between the old guard and
the independents which became active
more than year ago.
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1 suppose you never have them any more?
 Perhaps you only wear bathing suits
 now?'
 "Oh, we still wear few garments"
 Mrs. Gggle informed. but we do econom-
 ize. especially with the table linen. We don't use separate napkins except when
 We have company We have fresh disn
 towel which We pass along just as We
 pass the butter and the compliments and
 the seasons greetings It Is really most
 dNerting. When It's not in use 1t hangs
 on the back of somebody's chair You can imagine how much fun we nave when
 two of us has been using our molars with extremely good results on piece of
 nice tough steak to rush for the dish
 towel at the same time,'
 Now. you're telling falsehoods by
 the yard" said Mrs. litter, "in your ef- fort to make fun of me. Whats your game any way? Are you trying to lose my friendship or do you take me for . pure. simple simon fool7"
 Pm telling you the truth the whols truth and nothing but the truth" Mrs Giggle asseverated Think of the sav- ing of soap and fuel and hire for great
 heaps of table linen each week. Besides. l Was determined when 1 set out on this system of reducing the high cost of living, to show Mir. Giggle what it is to live simply and economize. He has been so l RtcNlSil ana uudfTeiSplnc ana nuIIY apouk l bills that l couldn't stand it any longer
 and now I'm showing him few thifrSs. l I'm thinking that when 1t comes time to i have the curtains washed that Mir Giggle | will have to do that for me. He's l strong. husky creature and he ought 70 l be Of some real use. instead of sitting | up in his office these long hot summer
 days. calling up about the baseball score.
 or telling somebody what a cunning little l golfer he is"
 1 T have a suggestion to make.' said | Mrs. litter presently ''All right" Mrs. Giggle replied. Now that you are doing your own | dusting, and cooking. and dressmakine,
 and millinery, and evaporating the bills 1 by reducing the II. C. O. L. why not 1 "Go on! Out with itl" Mrs Giggle 1 begged.
 | Take boarder" sheltered Mrs. Tit
 ter as she flew past, and opened the | front door. But her alarm was useiessi - Mrs. Giggle wasn't indignant She wasn't even--angry; &a. oh no. ,indeedl ....a - Not she:
 She was ely-thoughtfull She went out and sat on the kitchen
 table and turned the idea over several times in her mind: For is
 Mrs. Giggle has mind that invites ideas:
 But So far she has not delivered an opInioni
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with the fuse lighted. That was no way
 to treat a perfect lady's biscuit. He
 changed his tune very suddenly. l as
 sure you and when l looked again he'd
 eaten every morsel on his plate" | What about milk and butter, and
 - began Mrs. litter.
 l "The milk bill shranlS to a mere 1 item," was the answer, "and the but | ter melted away to nothing-that be- 1 ing easy. IS the weather was hot. (E,x-
 cuse that; ] couldn't help itD l just got to the point in my housekeeping where everything l wanted to buy I
 simply didn't buy. That's all. What l didn't want l bought, which was pre-
 cious little. I learned all sorts of clever tricks like steaming stale bread
 and making croquettes out of scraps of meat and chicken and things. I made
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energy. There was always fear and dread in my mind, l had cold, nervous, weak spells, hot flashes over my body. had place in my right side that was so sore that could hardly bear the weight of my clothes. tried medicines and doctors, but they did me little good, and never expected to get out again. got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier, and I cer- tainly would have been in grave or in an asylum if your medicines had not saved me: But now [ can work all day, sleep vel! at night, eat anything I want, have no hot flashes or weak, nervous spells. All pains, achez, fears and dreads arc lgone, my house. children and husband are no longer'negiscted, as I am almest entirely free of the bod symptoms I had Defore taking your remedies, and all is pleasure and happiness in my home. ''- Mn JOSIE HAM, R. E. D. 1. Box p. shamrock, Missouri.
 If you want spccial advice write Lydia E. Pinkham Afedfcine Co. (cQnfidentiaD Lynn, lfaas.
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over and over again, and it is very ex- asperatine. In fact there's nothing a husband can do that is more aggra- vating than turning over the biscuit and arranging the food son his plate and toying with it. When I cook any thing l can give written guarantee that it is all right. top, bottom. sides and interior You don't have to send for the health officer to inspect 1t. One day Mir Gigg1e was looking at bis cult in that annoying way of his and l turned to him quickly and said:
 "'Wach out. It's going off. Quick, or youll be shot"
 How unkind." Mrs little observed.
 Not at all,' said Mrs Gigsle. That's S discipline" MT. Giggle looked at the poor unoffending biscuit as thought it had been a Fourth of July fire cracker
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THE IDOL BREAKER"

By Charles Ram Kennedy. Harper
 Bros. publishers, New York
 Through the subtle symbolism of Charles Ram Kennedy's plays ideas gain the warmth of human appeal or the re- pulsiveness of human ugliness, while mems characters, by revealing themselves, become telling arguments or scathing sar- casms. In his new play, The Idol Breaker recently published by Harper X Bros, MT. Kennedy makes what is in effect an impa passioned plea for liberty of the right sort. in dramatic form that gives imaginative pleasure while it drives home evident truths with hammerstrokes of satire.
 Adam, the blacksmith. is the protagonist of the play, man or the people, the slave who makes things..' symbolic of the proletarian struggle toward a real dem- ocracy. He girds at the narrowness, the
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eat that cold fried egg and that terrible dried beef sandwich Very well. said l., then you'll not swim today She left the table but presently came back chipper as a lark and ate heartily of the menu and then went swimming. Now that shows what discipline will do for children It's absolutely necessary to manage them on principle. So you sec
 And l suppose with poor Mr. Giggle you can lead him to bunch of cold spinach or a dish of canned tripe and he'll eat without flinching," said Mrs litter facetiously
 Hes more refractory than the chill dren,' said Mrs. Giggle peremptorily, but I always win out in the long run. MT. Giggle has way of turning over the biscuit several times and arrang- ing the scraps of meat on his plate
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FTUfn JUURG.
 Before the railroads had penetrated south Florida. land was very cheap and passed from one to another for mere song, as the saying is- At one time an to make an affidavit, and after the paper had been prepared. asked what the fec was
 tary, indifferently.
 My gracious ain't that purity steep?"
 No, that's the least charge. Usually we get a half"
 The cracker went away and the next day returned with deed to a quarter section. He handed IL to the notary, who read 1t over carefully. 'I menat 25 cents" said he, passing the decd back to the cracker.
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he came to be an author, Mir Sinclair says among other things:
 The writing idea cropped out pret- ty much by accident--resentmen at the way western types were consist : ently caricatured in the magazines a few years ago, and firm--if unfound ed-convietion that could write bet ter yarns myself So l began writing short stories and bothering readers and editors l sold the first story right
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off the reel to the San Francisco Ar gonaut and didn't place another one for two years. Then l got a wedge
 in here and there, and presently l be- came regular contributor to the mag azines.
 middle west to the Pacific, and from California to the God -forsaken regions around Great Salt Lake, all In the way of making a mere living, not a volun-
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FRECkLE'-FACE
. aad Wind Bring Out Ugly sDots
 How to Remove Easily.

sun aad Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots
 How to Remove Easily.
 Here's Q chance, Miss Freckle- face, to sry remedy for freckles with the su1rantes of reliable dealer that Il will not cost you a penny unlese 1t removes the freckles; while if 1t does give you clear completion the ex- pense is trifling.
 simply get an ounce of othine-dou- Die strength from any druggist and q lew applications should show you how essy it 10 to rid yeurself of the homely ireckies and 9et beautiful complex ion. Herely 10 moro than one ounce needed for the worst ease.
 1e sure to ask tho drugUist for tho double strength othine n this 10 the prsscraptton sold under Guarartee ol money back if it fails to seu,oye freck.
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REMARKABLE
 CASE of MrS.HAM
Declares Lydia E. Pinkha1n's Vegetable Compound Saved Her Life
 and Sanity.
Shamrock, Mol feel it my duty to tell the public the condition of my

health before using your medicine. Ihad falling, infiamma- tion and congestion, fem a le weakness,
 pains in both sides, backaches and bear ing down pains, was short of memory,
 nervous, impatient,
 passed sle pl ess nj hts, and Tad neither strength nor
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tary pilgrimage in search of literary material So feel know my country and my people pretty well.
 I'm not an American, you know. I am Scotch by birth and descent and was born in Edinburg. But my parents came to America when I was s years old They settled In the Canadian northwest. which in thosea days was 
 (Continued Next PagcD
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"ALMA's JUNIOR YEAR."

A<A Q J JONlOH xEAR.' By Louise M. Breitenbach. Illustrated bv Jonn Goss. The Page Co.,. publishers That Alma Peabody,s Junior vs.r .. Hadley Hall was by no means hs rrer cs stirring incident is proved bv T.o,,i.a S Breitenbachs delightful story. "AIma q Junior Year." the latest volume in ths Hadiey Hall series. AS in the case of the previous books. the school life de- scribed is natural and wholesome. Alma's fellow students are healthy, normal Riris who are indeed good to know They in dulge in their pranks. pursue their studiea with varying success, as 10 the case .f all boarding schools, and altoEether af ford material for . book of most deliRht- full reading. Alma is shown in a new capacity with different problems to solve and new associates, but she has lost none of her charm and friendliness because she has grown year older.
 The story Is very bright and entertain- ing and the author evidently knows just what to write to please girls.
 Her knowledge of their life and their foibles and their fancies Is quite thorough and "Alama's Junior Year" is typically q girls book.
 "OTHER PEOPLES s MONEY AND HOW
 THE BANKERS USE IT."
 By Louis N. Brandeis (Preface by Nor
 man Hapgood). Frederick A. Stokes a
 Co.,, Publishers New York.
 Every man and woman who puts money in a bank or savlngs fund. or nays preui- iums on insurance, 10 affected by the conditions described In this book. After reading Louis N. Draudeis book. .'Other reopits Mensy." the citisen Will have .
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its quiet shores. there to meet the same happy fate as did Don John.
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"FELICIDAD."


 By Rowland Thomas. With Frontispiece
 in Colors. By Henry Roth. Little Brown
 & Co.,, Publishers. Boston.
 Somewhere among the islands of the Pacific, in the belt where it is always summer weather. lies the Island of the Cane; and at the foot of it's towering mountain. just in a bend of the si1 Ire, stands the little town of Felicidad. whose meaning is happiness. Its situation is ideally perfect, It's people live contentedly the simple lives of their forefafhers, and the spirit of its name hovers over it,
 So when a weary and aimless wanderer over the seas ran the bow of his prau on to the gleaming sands of Felicidad, the place cast its spell on him and he stayed stayed to become one of the towns chief citizens and its greatest hero. Also re met Romance face to face. and discov- cred suddenly that life held most de- sirable object after all.
 ' MT. Thomas in his charming novel, 'Felicidad," has caught perfectly the languorous atmosphere of tropical town. Felicidad, with its wonderful canefields and its fish famous for fat ncss." its gorgeous days and its glor- ious starlit nights. its Spanish beau- ties and its courtly dons, its simple joys and It's complete peace, surely de- serves It's name, and the reader will long to take prau and set sail for
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WORTH OF FIFTY THREE" Rv Bertrand w Sinclair With i1lustrs

tions by Antoin Fischer. Little Brown
 x Co.,, Publishers, Boston.
 A vivid story is North of Fifty three." which has for it's hero a bir. broad-minded. healthy, happy man, suf- ficient unto himself whose home Is in the wide, unpeopled spaces north of Fifty three, whose closest friend is Nature. Into this country comes a girl, the girl, from the city. who views the world from an entirely different angle whose standards are of quite an- other quality. Loving her. he sets him. self the task of removing from her eyes the scales of conventionality, but finds himself drawn into the maelstrom of modern business. His ideal6>are con- trary to the usual methods of finance. and his escape from his tangle 10 made in an unconventional way. Then he returns to his northland. How the girl and himself are affected by their ex- perienccs, what changes takes place In their viewpoints. mako the main theme of the story, which is as clean, as fresh and az sweet as the air in the hero's northern homo. North of Fifty. three" is first of all a love story. with excellent characterization with strong aituntions. full of heart interest and the vixor and strength of Ito northern background.
 In spsaking of his writings aad hew
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WHISPERING DUST"

w Wf1lSfERlNG DUST.
 By Eldrid Reynolds. Frederick A. Stokes
 & Co.. Publishers. New York.
 Whispering Dust is a novel which has caused somewhat of a controversy among the reviewers, and is the work of a young Englishwoman, Eldrid Reynolds. Miss Reynolds comes of an old Yorkshire fan.i i'y, and numbers among her ancestors Elizabeth Fra, the prison reformer, the poet Bloomfield, and James Ward and George Morciand, both noted 9 painters. Miss Reynolds spent her chilcncod on the wide heather-covered Yorkshire moors and tle wild Cornish coast. The passion for space, freedom and the immensities which she voices in 'Whispe ing Dust Is doubtless the result of her early en- vircnment The book itself is the result of winter on the Medite rranear and in Egypt, but the heroine. who after 30 years of cramping duties as "a curates daush- ter and d curate's niece longs to accom- tified with the author. Miss Reynolds has accomplished a great deal in Jess than 30 years. She created seories before shs could lead; wrote, acted and produced pays for home and school before she reached her teens; published her flrst story ut # and her first novel Red of ths Rock" at 20. She has decided talent fer drawing and singing and her favorita rcCreations show tha. she can be by no means a ;lreamer-amopg them are rid ing. sailing. fishing, dancing, winter sports. caravanning. ainatear theatricals photography, painting. drawing and sing. ing.
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untruthfulness. the Sunday school plati-
 tudes of the people of Little Boswell-a village that exists everywhere-and they in turn unite to suppress him. Prominent
 among them are lawyer, an editor and
 Jeremiah Jones, who combines the func- tions of Sunday school superintendent. first trombone of the McDabble Music
 club, and ironmonger. These three in
 the smithy compass Adam about like Jobs comforters, clamoring at him con cerning the error of his way But he has beside him Naomi, the woman of the highways, who has come to him that
 morning. and looking into her eyes he finds assurance and understanding of himself. She, the spirit of true liberty,
 makes him feel more c,eariy the kinship of his soul with hers, awakening dormant memories, while the Little Boswellites Jeer at him. His wife, also present in the smithy, accurately reflects the atti- tude Of the commonplace woman. too fem 1 mine not to feel with her husband, yet too conservative for innovation. Through series of grotesquely comic situations the issue that lies between Adam and the pseudo responsibility of Little Bos- well becomes continually clearer and more tense. At last he triunphs over his con- temners, but he has still to reckon with
 Jake the Wastrel, the sinister figure who naunts the footsteps of Naomi and creeps into mems hearts as the freedom that destroys.
 In this play is much of that exQuisite
 irony so strongly felt sn "The Servant in
 the House." especially in the portrayal of
 the Bishop of Lancashire; much also of
 the poetic vision which Is expressed in
 that remarkable drama. MT. Kennedy still
 knows how to thrill his audiences and
 readers by the clash of ideals in the
 form or ciashtng human spirits In read
 ing or seeing MT. Kennedy's plays one IS likely to pass through successive stages:
 nrst: mere human interest: second, per
 ception Of the sharply edged double in-
 tention; and finally a conviction of the
 reality that lies throbbing at the heart
 of the thing