The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08


figured that the convicts could be- wei
enough supported by about $500 Galore,
apiece. and upon making scicutih,
estimate of the calories in our averag,
hill of fare he found that we We're being
overfed rather than the contrary
Meat, so many calories; soup. So many
sweet potatoes, so many bread s.
many. and so on. II was found pussh,
on this basis. to rctrench here anl
there: the bills were reduced-.t va,
hoped that we might ultimately beat
even s cents. The sole difficulty ap-
peared to be that the men, the subject,
Of the experiment. began incompre-
hensibl.1 and perhaps maliciously To-
starve.
/ was fortunate enough to hav,
access to a physician "a fellow prisoner
of forty years eminence in his pru.vs-
sion. who solved the enigma for me
he sum of his comment was this
Put Delmonico dinner in one
bucket and an equal bulk of swill ~
garbage in another; the number Of
calories may be the same in both The
steward in his calculation has forgotten
to consider the condition In which the
food is served-its eatableness in short
II men could devour swill 1t would b.,
all right. but if they cannot they vii
starve In spite of calories."
so the stewards calories became a
byword and mockery in the prison for
many weeks afterward
similar conditions. perhaps du" tu DO,
same cause, seem To have obtained q.
Sing Sing and elsewhere II j. up
enough that prison food should bee sIt
ficient in amount; it must also %, of
quality such that the men ar" abb, Goo
get II down their throatS Nor lr.
the doctors salts "A remedy. their V.u..u.
ana abnormal action finally pdrtllXr fH.
digestive powers of the organism lue
the man dies from poisonS generated 70.
indigestibc food in his own system
Even keeping him in the dark hu." falls
To recupcrate him. though il has '..n
constantly tried At Atlanta and N,,
likely in other refor:natory inst.,I' ~
Plenty of vigorous and hearty uuti .'r
exercise would help much; not tn" ever.
else of prison toll. which hut dr"r %,
the darkness of the heart hut ever. $50
FOR its own sake, for the cheer and IS.
element of it, Much has been sI.I 3,
the baseball at Atlanta pcnitcu.bry.
and doubtless it has been ~ h,r.u'
But only handful Of the prisoner. .0.
| nine-tenths Of them negroes. play 'I.
game: the others can only stand .Hl
look on
The games occur. weather perm. .t-
once week. on Saturdays. From : -.
day at half past 3 until Monday M RE
ing nj half past the men arr ...
in their cells. absolutely inactiv,. .u 3
and abandoned to such mental a,'.. .r
as, for the most part, breed ~ .H
| either for themselves or others
only outlet is the sunday chur.. .t
vice hour---a crowded session in mo-
hall, with rifles ready to suhd., ..
disorder. \ very apostle might 81 i.
his efforts under such Circum~
and very apostles are few.
\ man who IS sick and sad day
day and year after year, and con. '
| of his Impotence to amend his -
| in no mood for moral reform. VI f
| the sickness might be avcrtrd .
medical treatment at the outs
| disease were such as to cncourl
patients To avail themselves OF a..
| But each man as he comes up To-
sick line every morning is met W
difference or insults he is pr".li
| be II malignercr unless he can
hinSelf genuine on the instant, &.
other recourse is To become So sic.
he beyond help of medicine. and
taken hclatcd to the hospital, To- q
right. The consequence is that ..
will suffer silently in their cells
than appeal to the doctor; and
diseases become ineradicahlr from
| cause.
Even a convict, when he j. M,
and weak from illness shrinkS tr0U
ing rough and unsympathctir hI.
and words in the doctors room. 50
good chance Of being sent To tn n.
he demonstrates. The doctor of
could he its good angel il he w'I
C0pyriDht. 1914. bp the Wh',''
dictate, Inc.
Nrrt Wcrk Mr.. HdWthOrHr IrI'
| tinuc his account Of prison '"n"'
IN describing the actual WDrhi""N '
much rduutcd parole system, lrbnh
nor IN rogue IN WcH hi1h crcrD p.N
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