The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-11

W hN'S W w a.'e" "po" i"'o,
dpIy suaru Pauses at his
cell door some morning and tells him
.., rn 90 the clothing shop at a certain
90 rho nrisoner. unless he has been
-, ,,,,o,,s ,his M nroof oos,-
o''"'' n.y.
ave thd' ne VIII 'e"i'9 oe SCI At 'ioe'' y,
md presents himseH peIore the head
.,ilor with n smiling countenance. He
.LmnIv and specifically measured
.,,it Looks over the material ont
,t,.t, i, il IN he made. perhaps yen-
.,r.. ,n mention some predictions as
r,, emf and takes his departure with
nah, hoart
T1,. f,c, that the cloth is cheap. I'M
r,,,,t,n goods. which will shriyel IN
,,, hrst shower or severe humidity.
"a v,u AT all events get wrinkled out
g Sham, in a few days. does not dash
~. hnneful prisoners iocundity: nor
,, ,h. Consideration that the "prison
-" yin lao Instantly recognized all
'r ,he cnuntrv nv every detective.
,,,,,. ny Federal and acted upon as
.o,,,,s,,nces may indicate. IL il not
h', 'i.,b,s good mr. had. that makes
t,y l,,o tried heart glad: IL is the as
"', ,7 - ,,o.dnn Ue would he more
.ta,, .,,,art with n s,mple loin cloth IL
'I,' froadnr might go with II.
matter ~ fact this measuring
,,'',t,. MEANS ,i,,le and guarantees
",t',,,, -, all Indeed II has rather the
',r,,,.,.' a., q nleasapt lest of the
rr,rr',ios-,,o - the cat and mouse
'',t, ,r,s,,ars n.,,h which every
P'1' 49, ,a,ni,;ar Ono would saw
"'u ''',,t ga amusement amid
Wv, Wv ,,,'',,,,a,,,,,s rnura of their ayoca.
Wv 49,. ,,,,,,ua,irc homes which
,t',. n,',.,,, aro no, Iikelv IN be fulfilled.
-. &C. haart not vol
,,'r',,gblv broken. let MS try another
,nV, o"s 49,,
Nv" ,,.aa,,s ror,hs drag tediously
a,1 ,,,,hiny mere 10 heard of the
",' 80 80 ,bo s,,i, of new clothes.
m. ha,.a n.yor hsen made IN. or IL
Inv! 49,. ch.nc. have been they are nut
,ra,har Ans, an a shelf under
ava. e.. ara ola clothes now years
e., .',ra,i,,.s Ana when nj last they
,,rn,,,h, ar, ayain II is probable
aic otoue". In, ~. go ~, some other
80 ,or,,na,s man who ignores the
i'o'e 40 '. 80" -, .a,,,ng n.st the
,.Is',,, a.
PRISON uoois ,,..,. s. ,o. oo,.a %,
NY ,,,ia ,ha ether tailor
,.-. s,i,ah;na au,oy nerfunctoriIy
,. n,r mir, a man
PEI y. s rs ~, tarcw like an
wy n 49,. ~ ,ho .s,hIance OF wha,
a'iS s US U.s. tro, from which. how.
''r '. ~ ~ ,,nnnlses and Juices tina,
IVA a hin, alive had slowly leaked
,'..u 80. ,,r,,i no,bing but the shell was
, 80 W. was a nitb,ess automaton, In
,,,hn,, mind and emotions had Ions
since hecome inert. and only enough
sansih,li,v was left to enable him tc
s..I dimiy miserable.
who was he. or better. who had HI
,aeno learned that for seven years
no had SAT in that same chair from
norninc till night. doing the same jot
~ sewing ON one suit after another Of
nrison clothing. Seven years. Blu,
was he CAPABLE of no other employ.
mentq Might he not have been giver
the relief Of a change? Maybe. bu
what would be the use? They couldnr
he botbered finding him new stunts al
the time since he had learned how u
do that one thing satisfactorily. H,
was a "lifer."
Iife-your entire lifetime-meani
nerbans n good deal to you; even II,
sorrows in the retrospect were goot
IN their way. They meant something
And YOU look forward to happier things
m the future: il will be q long and OF
the whole n successful future perhaps
Think Of the variety and the oppor
tuuity which this great, multiform
breathing world holds forth to a man
the friends. the activities, the changes
If scene. the surprises, the conflicts
success and failure, hope and fear, tri
umr,h defeat-life. in a word.
/, Is a divine thing. a glorious thing
tho God given birthright of all men
# - tho moulding of character, the end
less Stimulating struggle, the growing
s.rs. NJ human brotherhood. the face
and hands OF our fellow creatures, tn
LONGER. deeper thoughts aroused by tn
slow r.yeIations az experience as to tn
plau If human destiny: and therefor
ar, the words well chosen which con
DIM , man lilo Yourself IN penal ser
yitudc for life"
But human language has no word I
convey the significance of lifelong i'm
prisonment. II is surely not life, no