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from troop scribes. as follows:
Troop Al.
''On Friday. May Is. twenty-four mem
bers reported at meeting Former As
sstant Scoutmaster John Stockard;
dropped in for few minutes and gave
a short talk.
Our scoutmaster passed around cop
les of several troop wells We settled
on two. and Scouts Tallieferro and Au-I
bright We're chosen cheer leaders.
Scout Summerall sold the largest
/ amount of products in the sale have
been conducting for raising funds for
the troop treasury, and was presented
with the first prize hy Scoutmasterl
Marsh. The prize was tennis racketS
cover
Herbert and Malcolm johnson havel
passed their tenderfoot examinatiorsh
and registered The troop also voted to-
accept the transfer of a scout from an
other troop. Scout Llewellyn Williams
has been transferred to the new troopW
! now forming at Epiphany Church,
bugle corps We're present at our lastsS
meeting with their instruments ands>
hope to have full-fedged drum and
bugle corps Of our own very soon ~
SATURDAY the members went up toa
seontma scout ae step MT Marsh m t"sh and Assistant. slant.
| Scoutmaster Henderson brought up thess
camp outfit in their canoe and neNtsd
While the water had not reached the
| usual summer temperature we all went'a
| in for a swim and enjoyed IL. Messrs.ls
Marsh and Henderson in the afternooil,,
| took the canoe and started down the
| river for the street channel to at-|
tend a meeting of the Boy Scout Life-a
saving Corps. which was held on board,
the launch Sea Scout.
| III
! Last Saturday we met at our club-:s
house and, after holding our meeting,so
\ took a Moonlight hike over to Hyatts-
VILE. We camped alongside the North
west branch and cooked supper Nightla
hikes have proved to be so popular that -
/ it was voted in future instead of meet-yf
| ing indoors we hold outdoor eveningts
| hikes and hold the meeting round the.
| camp fire ds
Troop 60 sn
| "Dr. Macatee gave US lecture ont r
first aid and bandaging. showing how..nI
| to bandage with the figure eight. spiral,,i,
| spiral reverse spiker and double spikerss
| also how to bandage the head andT
| shoulder and many other useful band-1
ages" ~
Troop SO. -
! "At our last meeting had ex-N
cellent turnout. and all the boys could -
| talk about was base ball. We have ara
| game with Twining City next week..e
We played them last week and beat
| them. One of the boys in our troop had
4 his house burned down. and our troop
| will do all II can to help him. We are
still working on our cleanup cam
| paign, and we have received many cons1
gratuiations from the citizens OF Ber-.
| wyn.
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was tried for attempting to smun9Ie Let .
tiers past the
Small Cases Are censor An
Tried by Themselves. o.ne. W.
having made an electric stove" and
having had 1t in his cell in violation of
rules. Another had been out of his
cell without permission. They were most
ly small offenses. but intensely interesttns
to all concerned because this court was
theirs-something with which to busy
themselves, something about which to
think.
Before self-government. better exercise
regulations and other Of the Osborne
reforms were inaugurated there had been
an average of ffty-hve men who each
year went insane and had to be trans
ferred to Matteawan. The first year
under the new regime there were bu,
nineteen men who went crazy, Under the
sen-eovernment system there are but
one-eishth the number of infractions ~
rules that took place under the old
plan. ' '.o
The great need of the institution !,
more opportunity for work on the part
OF the prisoners. There are print shops
SnODE And
several others. In these shops there Is
more or less opportunity for the men to
learn trades. There are trade schools
along all these lines But the outnu,
OF the shops is limited to material tha
may be used by this and other state in'
stitutions: as the law allows no prison.
made articles to be sold. This limited
output Offers little for l,700 able bodied
men to do In the way Of work. and con.
sequentiy little opportunity thorouRhly
10 master trades. The Osborne manage.
ment asks that q means be devised tr
keep the men busy in the shops, SO thai
human effort may not be wasted anT
they may be benefited by a better work
Ing experience.
MIKE Kelly was bank burgler with 6
some years ago got caught in New Yorh
ana put away Kelly was butler fol
Acting Warden Kirchwey. Likewise hs
Is an encyclopedia Of Information or
prison life and statistics for that offictai
There Is not a more solemn ana correc,
butler in the world. but when Mr.
kirchwey has friends to dine he use.
keiy In furnishing detailed Information
about prison life.
The old celihouse at Sing Sing war
nor added to since that time. It r. Oh.
viousiy INADEQUATE and out Of tune witt
the twentieth century, but New Yorl
seems satisfied with IT, Until the las
! Two years the institution has been rur
on the theory that the community wal
| avenging itself upon Offenders asains
the law. Osborne and Kirchwey ar.
| theorists who hold another idea and be
lieve that civilization Is centuries aheat
OF this view. and that the present gen
lea should solve the age-iong problem
Of the onender against the law on
different basis from that or taking ven
! geancs
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Job for Barber.
ON Jack-o'-L Lantern.

From Jack-o' Lantern
Barber-Shave or hair cut? %
Space writer-Neither. I've got TO a
write an article on soap lather and =
want you to help me work it up.
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The Boy Scouts
Pass Merit Badge Tests.

o'clock under the supervision of Dr..
A. l. Murray at headquarters.
Pass Merit Badge Tests.
Last Saturday the following boys
passed frst-class in signaling and
judging: Semaphore. Graves, Pitcher.
Knapp. Gottwalls. 3S: Johnson and La
mond, A.: International Morse. Fielder,
L: Saunders. 81: Stokes. I , Clements
IS, and Turner IS.
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~ Fratern1t1es II
Maccabees.

At the meeting Of National Tent
Monday evening the officers planned
series Of visitations. which began with
one to Georgetown Tent Thursday
evening. Commander Michael OF
Georgetown Tent gave the visitors
hearty reception.
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REFORM AT sing sing.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

OSSINING, n. Y. May 19.-The recent
escape of 4 Sing Sing "trusty." one of
the prize members of Warden Os-
borne's Mutual Welfare League, at
tracted much attention to the new
scheme of dealing with the inmates of
the New York state penitentiary. 1t
was an unfortunate sort of advertise
ment for the new regime, but a visit
to Sing Sing will go a long way to-
ward justifying the Innovations. even
in the face of little accidents such as
this one. which may happen in the best
regulated penitsntiaries.
Together with George ". Kirchway,
formerly Kent professor of law at Co
lumbia University and still president
of the American Peace Society. Warden
Osborne has inaugurated many re-
forms, which have materially affected
life up the river" But Sing Sing Is
still far from being a penal Utopia. A
look inside this biggest prison of the
Empire state will give the average cit
isen basis on which to Judge whether
or no such an institution has a place
in modern civilization.
The visitor, in the first place. is like
ly to be disappointed when he finds that
this famous institution really occupies
only about two blocks on the bank of
the Hudson at the edge of a struggling
village. There stands out in the fore
ground the ceflhouse. which strongly
resembles the medieval prison of his
faney-grim. gray walls with Sits Of
barred windowe.
A little later he sees the interior of
this building and finds that there is an
inner building
Inner Building Has containing the
1900 Cells Alike. ,s., ' h.oH ,.e =, os.ise 1--WE
outer wall. 1t. too. Is of bare gray
stone broken only by the iron barred
cell doors. 1t Is only necessary to ex-
anime one Of these cells. for each of the
1900 Of them is exactly like all the
others.
The stone Of these walls is bare. So
cold is it that. two days out of three
IL congeals the moisture from the at
mosphere and water may be wrung
The door looking out upon the inclos
ing wall is the only opening to the
cell. At certain seasons the sun may
for moment. throw beam through a
grated siit that may touch a cell door
The actual dimensions of a cell are
three feet by six In 500 of them two
men are imprisoned. The hunks le,
down from the wall. and when they are
folded back these two men have a space
six feet by two for their combined ac.
tivities- Here they spend all their tims
except when working in the shops or a
meals.
Marching out to meals is a grea
break In the monotony. To be sure
the eats" are not very sumptuous Al
the state Of New York provides thre,
meals each day for. its prisoners at &
cost of Is cents per man despite thu
high cost of living. The men. how
ever, seem not to be emAciated, which
may 80 to prove the contention tina
the average man eats too much. Al
idea of the poorness Of this prison far,
may be gained from the statement that
unAeT the present reform conditions,
man gets milk" but once . week fol
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G. W. U. Notes.

Prof George n. Henning. head of the
department of romance languages. was
delexate of the Washington Harvard
Club to the meeting of the Association
Of Harvard Clubs. held yesterday and
Friday in Pittsburgh.
The Architectural Club recently was
addressed by Mason Remey.
Among the students who have enlist
ed in the newly organized National
Guard cavalry troop are George A. Bell.
Paul n. Cathcart. Herbert P. Middle
ton, Harry H. Semmes. George j.
Schladt and John L. Tunstall.
.tThe Origin and Development of
the American Trotting Horse" was the
subject Of a lecture delivered recently
by L. Sales before the students Of the
Veterinary College.
j. B. Muro, senior in the Veterinary
College, has been appointed deputy
state veterinarian in New Hampshire.
DIR. +. H. X. Reynolds of the class of
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With just about one month before the
close of the school year, high school
seniors and pupils of the eighth grade
are getting ready for graduation. Let
it be remembered that the grade schools
now have their commencement" exer-
cises. at which certificates are pre-
sented to those who have successfully
completed eight years of work. For
the majority of pupils. though. the
great attraction about the close OF
school means that it is the beginning
of the vacation season.
Participants in the class night exer-
cises Of Eastern High School are to be
chosen by the senior class in the near
future. A meeting of the prospective
graduates was held recently. but no
definite decision was reached as to who
should represent the class that night.
Sophomores of Central High School
held cake and ice cream" sale We'd
nesday and Thursday. Other classes OF
the school are to hold similar sales in
the near future.
Child welfare was discussed by Mrs.
Louise H Earll, chairman of the child
welfare section of the Federation Of
Women's Clubs of the District, in an
address before the third and fourth
year classes of Central High School
Wednesday.
Business High was presented with a
silver cup Wednesday by the class OF
1915, through it's president, Joseph Nc
Garraghy. 1t was given to the eighth
semester students. the team represent
ing them in intraschool basket ball
having been victorious over the other
classes 1t is to be class trophy.
The same day Leroy ]. Mccarthy.
former captain Of Company G, pre-
sented the school with a picture of his
company.
A luncheon for the benefit of the
school Fairgrounds was given by the
Emery School Friday.
Judge Robert H. Terrell. former
member of the board of education; DR..
w. S. Montgomery, supervising princi-
pal. and Charles NJ. Thomas of the
Miner Normal School were the princi-
pal speakers al a meeting of the Logan
Home and School Association Monday
spect of the schools in the District
from 1907 Mr.. Thomas urged close
between parents and
teachers.
The meeting was opened py GMfs: h. =.
Tucker, principal of the school, who
welcomed the visitors. T. r. Speller.
president of the association. presided.
A musical program was given.
X
Central High School Alumni Associa-
tion's sixth annual excursion is to be held
June 9, to Marshall Hall. according to
plans made by the excursion committee
Of the organization at a meeting at the
school Tuesday evening. Athletic fea-
f,,ro inc student
events, are to be provided, in addition
to music and dancing. Miss Airline NJ.
Pollock is chairman Of the committee
in charge.
Evening star., 1916-05-21

Potomac Council. at it's monthly
meeting. received three applications. F.
E. Ferguson. president of the senate,
made an address
Evening star., 1916-05-21

Government Printing Office Council
held a special meeting Tuesday evening
for the purpose Of initiating a candi
date.
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his oatmeal. and then it is one part
lacteal fluid and four parts water
But Sing Sing life is much improved
over what it used to be- There was
the old system.
Sing Sing Life Is for instance OF
Much Improved. prisoners in their
cells on Saturday night and not letting
them out until Monday morning. Under
these conditions it nearly always hap
pened that some prisoner, driven to
frenzy by the solitude, would. when his
door was opened on Monday. fall upon
the guard or the first fellow prisoner
who came his way and attempt to do
murder. But now the men are let out
on Sunday afternoon, and may play
games in the sunshine of the prison
yard.
But the greatest of the reforms of
Osborne is that which has grown out of
the Mutual Welfare League. 1t is this
league that has converted Sing Sing
into self-governing community and
it's inmates into citizens of that COM
munity who may gain good or bad rep
HdTDoF MAKE
careers for themselves.
The Mutual Welfare League governs
Sing Sing in SO far as the conduct of
It's inmates is concerned. 1t sets up
its own courts. presided over by officers
ii elects, polices the prison, makes ar
rests, prefers charges for misconduct.
tries miscreants and prescribes their
punishment. This one innovation, it is
claimed, makes all the difference be-
tween self-governing. self-respectink
mo nd m
ers.
How are things inside?" young pris-
oner was asked. the other day. Fine"
was his answer "All the boys are be-
having themselves. There is no more
trouble"
What is the cause of this change"
Brown we would be good" he said.
tom Brown" II should be remem-
bered. was the name under which Os-
borne served a
Osborne Served voluntary term
in prison that
Voluntary Term. he might study
prison life In Sing Sing the men call
him Tom Brown" as term of afec-
ton There are tom Brown" clubs.
record of few infractions Of rules, that
such a record may help Osborne In his
fight against the charges he is fac
ing. There is one old-time prisoner
now in Sing Sing who has escaped from
score of such institutions and who
boasts that no prison can hold him. He
told Warden Kirchwey that he would
stay in Sing Sing as long as it IL
run on the Osborne plan, but il that
plan is upset he will break out
Since Sing Sing has become self gov
erning its politics are interesting. The
Italians are regarded as pretty good
politicians and so per cent of the in
mates of Sing Sing are Italians At
| first the Italians ran the Mutual We'll
fare League. But by the end Of tho
first year the Irish influence began to
| assert itself. Only 10 per cent Of the
inmates are Irish, but soon they had
built an organisation. True to their
| colors. they called II Tammany and now
| they have all the Offices and the spot
light.
Certain cases from the welfare
league court may be appealed to the
warden's court. There was an echo Of
politics in tho case of Rosetti. who
appeared on appeal He was former
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ly an officer Of the welfare league and
one OF the prominent politicians OF the
interesting and pic
turesque young Italian. But he had
sent a vile insult to a member of the
successful Tammany opposition and
had been hailed into court because of
1t. When he appeared before the ward
en- he was asked what action he
would have taken, as an officer of the
court II such a case had come before
him, II he did not think that, in the
interest Of discipline. he should take
his medicine. II letting him off would
not in5ure the thing they were all try
ing to build up. In the end he asked
that he be punished and went away
for two weeks In his cell on bread and
water.
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National Union.

Columbia Council Saturday evening
a week ago, initiated one candidate. and
Samuel jacobson, president of Potomac
Council, entertained the council with
several dramatic readings. A. B. Carly,
a member of Columbia Council, spoke
on National Unionism. A. NJ. Bugden
and J. Harry Jones also made ad-
dresses
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Central Council met Monday evening
and Ex-President C. Dudley Shreve pre-.
sided. in the absence of the president
Senator Z. S. J. Dunbar and Distric,
Manager A. NJ. Bugden made addresses
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~ D~c3

HESTER w BAXTER and How
ard w. Hodgkns have been
nominated for first and second
n lieutenants. respectively. of the
new Coast Artillery Company.
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News From the Troops.

Communications have been received
from troop scrihes. as follows:
Troop AZ.
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his oatmeal, and then it is one part
lacteal fluid and four parts water.
But Sing Sing life is much improved
over what it used to be. There was
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Naturalist Coming Here.

Announcement has been made that
NJ. B. Foster of Lotell, Pa, is to be
one Of the officers at Camp Archibald
Butt this summer. Mr.. Foster Is a
naturalist and is to instruct the camp
ers in bird and animal life.
Evening star., 1916-05-21

Richard S. Peed of the document
(hand) section has been on detail as a
press corrector the past week.
The regular monthly meeting Of Co
held this afternoon at Typographical
Temple at 2:30 o'clock. 1t will be an
interesting meeting and large at
tendance is expected.
Mrs. Mitchell and James NJ Mitchell.
wife and son of William A. Mitchell of
the computing section, have gone for a
months visit with relatives in Chicago
and ST Louis.
lard F. Peake Of the night proofroom.
employed as an electrical engineer with
the Austin Construction Company of
Niagara Falls. will be married tomor-
of John Koontz of Northeast Washing
ton. and will leave Washington after
the wedding ceremony for Niagara
Falls.
Merriam and Stephen T. Walton OF the
document thand) section are recent de-
tails to the proofroom as readers.
Tim Shea, assistant foreman OF the
pamphlet division of the bindery, has
been on leave the past ten days. enter
tanning his son. Edward Shea, and wife
and child Of Hoboken. n. J.
j. n. Beaman of the electrical section
suffered severe sprain to his left an
kle Monday, caused by a misstep from
elevator conductors.
Victor whitford, who has been alb
sent on account of illness for two
weeks. reported for work In the lino-
type section Monday.
/. Ben "A. Lineback. director Of the
printing office chorus, Is preparing
plans for a Memorial day program at
the government printing Office.
Charles J. MacMurray, who has been
detailed from the night hand section to
the night proofroom for several months
as reviser, began ten-day vacation
Thursday " 80
Edward l.. Rohm of the night proof.
room has been on leave during the
sWA0ks.- - --...-.-
walter A. Browne Of the electrical
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A little later he sees the interior Of
this building and finds that there is an
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Tom Brown" 1t should be remem-
bered. was the name under which Os-
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REJECTS WIFE'S PETITION:
HUSBAND GETS DECREE
Justice McCoy's Action on Proceed
ings Between Mrs. Helen T. and
Charles E. Woodson.

Justice Mccoy of the District Su-
preme Court has signed a decree dis
missing the petition filed by Helen T..
Woodson against Charles E. Woodson
for a limited divorce. Mrs. Woodson's
petition was based upon her husbands
alleged cruel treatment of her In his
answer denying the allegation of cruel
ty made against him Mr.. Woodson
charged that his wife in December,
1914, deserted and abandoned him.
without just cause or legal justif1ca-
ton, and that she had since remained
away from the home provided for her
by him continuously. Because of this
alleged desertion Mr.. Woodson prayed
the court to grant him a limited di-
vorce from the plaintiff. Justice Mccoy.
after hearing the evidence of both
parties, held that the charge of deser-
ton had been proved, and granted the
defendant a limited divorce
In the decree Justice Mccoy directed
that Mrs. Woodson should have the
custody of the minor child Of the par
ties, Helen Grace Woodson, and that
Mr.. Woodson should pay for the sup
port of the child SIS a month.
Mr.. Woodson Is employed as an in
spector in the engineer department Of
the District. He was represented in the
case by Attorneys A. Leftwich Sinclair
and Walter B. Guy. Attorneys Gordon
& Gordon appeared for the plaintiff.
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Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been re-
ported to the health department in the
last twenty-four hours:
Leila Redd. SO years. Homeopathic
Hospital.
Emily N. Mcclure, &c years, 1898
Conr ecticut avenue northwest.
Thomas L. Butler. rs years. Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane.
Teofil Tiverny. rs years, 1904 4th
street northeast.
Sarah +. Upperman, CT years, 207 K
street northeast.
william c.. Brown, 90 years, 1895
Connecticut avenue northwest.
Mary McWilliam, 81 years, 2143 K
street.
William Gunnells, 80 years, Walter
Reed Hospital.
Lucy Z. Robinson, 81 years. 1922 L
street northwest. =
Charles Brooks. &c years, Casualty
Hospital.
Rebecca Mahoney, so years. &c n
street southwest
Mary E. Gross, months, 1927 v
street northwest.
Emmett NJ. Rudd. IL months, 1916
Reeves court northwest.
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DIED.

ATKINS. On Thursday, March 9. 1915,
at IL M. at her residence, 300 Sth
street southeast, MARY A. ATKINS,
daughter of the late David and Ma
tilda Atkins and beloved sister of Sis
ter Mary Bernard Atkins of the Order
of the Oblate Sisters of Providence.
Funeral Monday. March 10, from st.
Cyprian's Church. 18th and c streets
friends invited. Interment at Mount
Olivet cemetery. Baltimore papers
please copy) H.
BRAGAw. On Wednesday. March s.
1916, at Cliff, n. NJ, Rev. CHARLES l..
BRAGAW. former assistant pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church of this
city.
Funeral notice hereafter
BROOKS. Suddenly, on Tuesday, March
{, 1916. at 1880 am, CHARLES A,
husband of Pearl Brooks and father
of Linwood Brooks, son of John H.
and Mary Brooks.
Remains at 1925 3rd street northwest.
Funeral Sunday, March IL, at 12:45
pm, from Mount Carmel Church, 3rd
and 1 streets northwest. Relatives
and friends invited to attend.
BROOKS. The members of Columbia
Lodge. No. SIS, Elks. /. B. P. o. E. of
W., are directed to assemble at his
late residence, 1926 Bird street north
west, Sunday, March u, 1916, at IL
o'clock sharp, to escort the remains
to Mount Carmel Baptist Church, 3rd
and ] streets northwest. where the
funeral of our late brother. CHARLES
A. BROOKS, will take place at l
O'Clock sharp. Morning Star Lodge,
NJ. 40, Elks. invited.
E. w. BUNDY, Exalted Ruler.
VIM. II. TOLIVER, Secretary.
BRUCE. On Thursday, March 9. 1916.
at 2:15 pm. GEORGE R.. aged fifty
three, beloved husband of katherine
e. Bruce.
Funeral Saturday, 3 pm. Interment at
Rock Creek cemetery. IL