The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-22
CHAUTAUQUA
HAS CLOSED
WEEKS -loH CLASS ENrgRTAiN.
MeNT MOST SUCCESSFUL
~ EVERY WAY.
wheeling Y. " c. A Receiving Ger.
crows Thanks fer -a~ira Given
People Such Grand Treat

Last night shortly alter n O'Clock.
the Redpath e~hSutauquA. which hss
been a. Bridge park for the past week.
was brought 20 a close. bringing 10 an
end one Of the most entertaining and
educational anairS ever held In the
Wheeling district.
The attraction vas given under
the auspices Of the Wheeling Y. W. c
A. and the organization IL receiving
the thanks Of the public In general
TOT having brought such a feature TO
this community The association will
net az least $500 by the venture. Il
wss reported last night.
II is estimated hat nearly 5000 per
sons attended the hnal days attrac-
tons. yesterday. which were up 10 the
standard OF the good bills that have
been put on from the first number to
the final curtain.
The usual morning hours yesterday
we're given over 10 the children. IN
der h direction OF Miss Giltner.
while the afternoon bill was opened
by the Chicago Ladies' Singing Par
~. VIC also took part In the 2
ing entertainment Their program
was far above the ordinary. and they
are musicians OF considerable note.
They anne here with a national repu-
tation. and they proved hat they were
worthy Of such as singers OF the high
est class.
The headliner Of the afternoon was
Chaplne O. l.. Kiplinger OF the In
diana state prison. who spoke on The
Remaking and Mending OF Men
The closing number at the evening
u~ua a wmawH kuW.Mm--m.a - -.aa-U.H.Ha.
talk on Sunshine and Awakening or
a Sample Case OF Fun. by the widely
known entertainer. Strickland W
Gillian. who has no superior and few
equals on the American platform to-
day. He entertained the mammoth
audience. numbering over 1000. for an
hour. They felt better that they had
come. for Mr.. Gillian had old man
Crouch on the run after he had talked
only a few minutes.
Chaplain kipIinser.
Chaplain Kiplinger in his talk yes
terday afternoon. in part. said
"Idleness within the prison begets
~sullenness. immortality. sickness ana
insanity. A score OF idle priso;srs
can subvert more discipline and do
more mischief than a thousand proper
ly employed. More than that-every
prisoner Is entitled TO learn to do
some marketable work. He needs 70
be convinced that he can 20 out and
do a mans work for a mans pay. II
is only inhumanity and greed that says
when a man commits a crime he loses
his right TO work II is for 'he public
good that prisoners should be taught
10 work-tsught some useful trade
The prisoner will be released some
time. II is better hat ne be released
as a self-supporting citizen than as a
public charge.
Humane treatment must be the
constant rule. There must be a sane
moral n religious instruction within
the prison. SO the modern prison will
have a suitable church within the
walls and will have a competent moral
and religious teacher Who Is at all
times In close touch with the pris
oners.'
The two things most.needed by the
released prisoner are. work and a
friend 20 The State finds suitable en-
ployment for every paroled man with
some one who knows he comes from
prison. takes him Notwithstanding.
and agrees TO take a friendly interest
in him.
"Fllly % per cent. Of parole viola
tons are due 20 liquor. For that mat
ter So 1900 OF the men committed 10
prison trace their downfall TO liquor
II society really wants to do the one
thing that would do more than any
other n thing 10 reduce crime. and
60 help paroled and discharged pris
oners 70 make good. let 10 abolish
the liquor trafhc. and n will have &C.
complished the desired result. Trace
vice and crime hack to their lair. and
YOU will End the saloon.
The real business Of The modern
prison is not h punishment Of men.
men"