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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12

didn't get show in the world" Zapp
said.
Neither did buttonhole maker"
Birsky retorted, "and he worked his
way up to be anyhow a buttonhole
maker, whereas the convict become a
convict"
~ wouldn't argue with you," Zapp
said, "but a buttonhole maker don't
got to remain buttonhole maker if
he don't want to, whereas when you
are convict it's got to run it's course
like stomach trouble"
"Sure, l know" Birsby agreed,
land that's the way it is nowadays.
People treats convict like he would
got up one morning perfectly strong
and healthy with wife and six chill
dren, and he's kisses 'em all good-by
and goes downtown, y'understand,
happy and contented that he is
decent respectable citizen, understand
me, eats a hearty lunch, smokes a
good cigar, and in the drop of a
bucket, y'understand, he gets stricken
down in the prime of life with grand
larceny in the first degree, and for
the rest of his days he's convict.
Then the idee is to make the patient
as comfortable as possible with chick
en- soup and moving pictures, and they
learn him stenography, typewriting
and bookkeeping, so as when he re-
covers or escapes he wouldn't got to
go back to housebrealling or safe
blowing, but could go in for something
more bckoVet, like raising checks or
forgery"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12

you are the same as a whole lot
of other people, Birsliy," Zapp said.
Just because Mr.. Osburn wants to
have prison place for human be-
ings and not dawgs, y'understand,
you claim he is trying to make Sing
Sing a sort of combination between
the Waldorf-Astoria and Palm Beach !;
if somebody says that every room in
a tenement house should ought to got
anyhow one window, you say: What
do you want for fourteen dollars a
month-studio apartments?' If the
Board of Education pays a professor
ten dollars to give public lecture for
a thousand people, you holler your
head off that it's the equivalence of
hiring Caruso and Pavlova, and you
wouldn't put it beyond the Board of
Education that they split up with the
professor on his fees and their wives
is shopping in twin SKIES with the
proceeds"
81 don't know what you are talking
about at ALL" Birsky said. "If this
here Osburn wants to put in tiled
bathroom with each cell and give a
grand opera show every night, Zapp,
he's got my permission; the only
thing is he should quit talking about
it, because as it is now, y'understand,
Osburn and his friends goes round
and gives lectures to churches,
lodges and ladies' clubs, and he tells
'cm how when he first come to Sing
Sing the place was so dead, y'under-
stand, it was just like being in Jail,
whereas nowadays they give parties
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12

June Bugs, which he always drove,
stopped in the middle of the road.
whats the matter? What's the
matter?" asked the driver.
~ don't like that song" answered
the June Bug.
at is not for you to tell me what
/ shall do and what / shall not do
GET UP" And with that the June
Bugs started off with Doctor Beetles
carriage at lively rate.
Finally, as they turned in the road,
they came to the edge of high cliff
Nearer and nearer the edge went the
June Bugs. All the while the good
doctor was shouting,
WHOA! whoa"
Can you guess what happened to
Doctor Beetle? The Lady Bug hears
the story tomorrow.
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ers, and when he comes in the house
and says to his wife, Look, Mommer,
here's new one-forty thousand
tons,' she smiles and pats him on
the shoulder and says, My! Amt
that nice!' and then she turns her
head so he can't see she's crying to
think that her husband, who only
few months ago was a big, strong
man, running two trust companies,
three national banks and a life in
surance company into the ground,
should now be happy like little child
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12

Osburn wants to make a prison
place where they learn convict Ia
go out and look for work, while the
people which is opposed to Mr.. o..
burn want to make prison a placs
where they learn a convict to 20 out
and look for revsnge. Probably peo.
pie figure that here they've been pay.
ing insurance premiums for years on
burglary and theft policies and never
had so much as a collar button stolen
on 'em to show for it, so why should
Mr.. Osburn reform these burglars jus!
to make it easy for the burglary in.
surance companies? Also, Birsky,
while we are talking about it, people
amt nearly so sore that Morse didn't
get punished enough for what he done,
as they are disappointed that he
didn't go to work and die as promised
Furthermore, it wouldn't been so bad
if the feller had started in to bust
a few more banks and trust com,
panies, but when he turns right
round and makes legitimate fortune
in the ocean. steamship business, II
breaks them all up"
"Say, I amt knocking Morse" Biz.
sky protested. "The way the real
estate business is nowadays, I'd be
willing to spend couple years in
Sing Sing under Mr.. Osburn's man
agement, if 1 thought l could make a
tenth the success that Morse did al
ter he come out"
"The chances is you'd be sent right
back again." Zapp concluded, "Oe.
cause the police is very old-fashiOned
that way, like the people that oppose
Mr.. Osburn. They like to see an e1'
convict behave as such, and it amt
their fault if he don't"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12

"T SUPPOSE you are reading in the
\ paper from this here Mr.. Os-
burn?" Barnett Zapp said, as he fin
ished his second cup of coffee in
, Wasserbauer's restaurant.
"The way the papers is so full of
news nowadays" Louis Birsky re-
piled, 81 am lucky if l get through
every day couple of Mexican mur-
ders and the real estate notes. What
did he ever do that he should run for
PRESIDENT"
"He amt running for President,
but he's got lot of people sore at
him." Zapp said. "Also there is also
lot of people says the feller is all
right, and l think so, too. He be-
lieves that them fellers should get
more out of life than just working
and sleeping and little exercise and
meat only three times week. He be-
lieves they should go on moving
picture once in a while and to the
ayter also"
II believe so, too," Birsky said "In
fact, / was speaking to one of them
by the name Tzvee Margonin the other
day, and 1 says to him the same like
you says about going once in while
to a moving pictures, and he said
what could an operator do which gets
only ten dollars a week? A presser
and buttonhole maker is the same,
Zapp. All them fellers is up against
it for money something terrible"
what are you talking nonsense
pressers and buttonhole makers?"
Zapp exclaimed. 81 am speaking
from convicts, which you couldn't ex-
pect they would behave no better, if
you treat them like animals"
"or buttonhole Makers" Birsky in
terrupted.
"Nine times out of ten a convict
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12
Story of William Penn

(By Helen Jones, North Bancroft st.)
William Penn was an English
Quaker. The King of England gave
Penn some land in America to pay
a debt he owed Penn's father. This
land included what is now Pennsyl-
Yania and Delaware. Penn wished to
make home for his Quaker friends,
who were treated badly in England
because Of their religion, so he and
a band Of Quakers sailed across the
Atlantic Ocean and settled in the
place where Philadelphis now stands.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12
Hh 0T" AcNoV
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY

nc I've o emembh him. 70 he hpd o
re al u o gain oE read by the #
fac n Hroom ho and daar
in ne on lie ck porch before he mdwash
TO fy shd is ameaW and while
nj too t. walk three miles to school in t snow t that
dao nyous but of te
where il went
m0her Yta mpy
20 p before GO
an h great he always
va
h TWO yUubr
gre
LEDGER
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12
Farmer Smiths Bug Book
DOCTOR BEETLES RIDE

DOCTOR BEETLES RIDE
Doctor Beetle came down the road
singing softly to himself:
A Flutterby Bee
On a peach tree sat
Looking as pretty
AS a Pink Pussy Cat.
Said Grasshopperee
To the Flutterby Bee,
you're catching a cold,
AS l can see."
Said the Flutterby Bee
To the Grasshopperee,
81 may catch cold,
But 1T can't catch ME-"
Suddenly one of the good Doctors
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12
Williams Lesson
BY Mary Neary, Coral street

tBy Mary Neary, Coral street,
One day, William, very selfish lit
tie boy, was given bowl of jam to
share among his sisters and brothers.
He said; 81 am not going to share.
] viii stay in the barn and eat it
myself" All at once, he heard his
sister calling his name.
Il am not going to give them any,"
he said. Soon they stopped calling.
Then they said TO him; "We just had
ice cream, cake and jam. But. we
could not find you" This taught him a
lesson and after that he was more
generous.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12
Honor Roll

Catherine Murray, Danville, Pa.
Albert D'Imperio, South 10th
street.
David Gordon, South 9Th street.
Elsie Knecht, East Ontario
street.
Violet eraser, North 18th street.
Sidney Berg, West Dauphin
street.
Eleanor KOons, Wynnewood, Pa.
William Cortese, South sth street.
Frederick Fueller. Glenside, Pa.
Charles Rossiter, Woodstock.
street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12
Do You Know This?

l. Build as many words as you can
from the letters of PROPOSITION
without using the same letter twice.
Is credits.)
2, What country in North America
belongs to England? (5 credits.)
3, Build sentences from the follow
ing words-went, she, calling, they,
home, away, not, day, were, next. Is
credits.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12
Our Postofice Box

it very kind of the minister's Wiis
interest herself.
Charlotte Rodenhauser, Columns,
Pa, has been visiting sick folks sps
cheering them up. She would ~,
to have some little Rainbow girl sen.
postals to her. Who willE nav
Wiener, South 9th street, sent vs.
pretty message. Reuben GurnanAln,,
Green street, says that he WOui-
rather spend his time earning pla
money than staying idle abou. -
street. Elaine Frances, Dudley susss
Joined the pin money squad 50 ~. y.
Matte Dutill, Howard street. Ll'-.
girls seem just as eager to W0fA :
are their sturdy brothers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12

Penn called his land Pennsylvania,
which means Penn's woods. He
treated the Indians very kindly and
made a treaty with them, which was
Kept for many years. 1t was signed
under large elm tree in what is
now Kensington.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12

GAS It Stands Today" Agrees Zapp,
"If You Would Keep Dawg in a
Place Like They Keep Convicts,
and the Neighbors Complained,
They Would Arrest You and Send
You to a Jail Which Would Make
the Place Where You Kept the
Dawg Look Like the Waiting Room
of the Pennsylvania Station"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12
Rainbows Welcome Medicine Men

RAINBOW LAND, Feb 12-Lle Roscoe Jonson, Locust street.
and FRIEND Henry Herbert arrived here last night bm
new like play doctor we'll that they have decided
be real doctor they grow In the meantime they are
content gver The other night they went party
and gave Henry who didn't enough to eat part
of cake. Wasn't that fine?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12
"Millionaires Is Get
ting More Interested
in Jails Every Day."
Birsky Continues in
Dis Gus sin G. Prison
Reform

"What Them Fellers Would
Like to See Is That Every
Cell Should Be Big Enough
to Take an Armory Size Ori-
4 entail Rug, With a Stock
Ticker on Top of the Humi-
dor in the Corner" He
Goes On
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12
BULLETINS
RumOrs About the Mayor

PHILADELPHIA Feb. 12-Mayor Smith is reported to nave
framed the picture of himself and the Rainbow Club button pre-
ented him Ruberton When last the Mayor would
not deny the report.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12
FARMER SMITH,
EVENING LEDGER: :

AN VI LII DNII 7 II
EVENING LEDGER:
/ wish to become a member Of
your Rainbow Club. Please send
me a beautiful Rainbow Button
free. / agree to DO A LITTLE
KINDNESS EACH AND EVERY
DAY - SPREAD A LITTLE
SUNSHINE ALL ALONG THE
WAY:
Name .......'.'.'.i'''
Address ..,.....,..,',........,
Age ....,....,...............
School / attend ....,.........
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12

PIS MONEY
Those uho Wish q earn money after school
ald oa stlarda3a should write ietlef 20
Arizona republican., 1916-11-23
THE MODEL MINING TOWN IF RAY
 ITSSOC|kL AND BUSINESS L|FE

The town of Ray, on ground which is owned by the Ray Consolidated com pany. is one of the prettiest little camps of Arizona Through the control of the ground upon which the town is built the company has been able to exercise q certain amount of supervis ion as 10 the class and character of the business firms locating there, of sani tary conditions. improvements for bet tering the camp along all lines and the building of suitable homes for the em- ployes.
 PALATlAL HOMES ON THE MESAS
 Recently, owing to the development of new copper company upon the mesa. lands formerly used as the main residential section of the camp it be- came necessary to find other locations for many of the homes of employees Nothing daunted at the great task fac ing them of finding new homes for over a thousand souls the company plated two entire new toWnsites on the broad mesas to the north of the mane and to the west, across the creek from the old residential section.
 There on the mesa row on row of model homes, brick. concrete and frame with all the most modern Conveniences electric lights, hot and cold water, in fact, all the conVeniences of a regular up-to-date American nome in a mod ern city attest to the foresight and thoughtfulness of the compauy's inter est in the welfare of it's employees. The houses are rented to employees at very moderate rental enabling all to have their little home and the wives and mothers of those who are forced to pass their days here With measure of com
Arizona republican., 1916-11-23

forts they are accustomed to in larger and more populated centers of the globe The New American Townsite lies on the mesa close above the Num- Der Two shaft of the mine. while farth- CT to the north on broad flat mesa lies the latest residential section, Boyd's Heights.
 SONORA-A Sir OF OLD MEXICO
 The American and Latin speaking races have been carefully segregated by the company in their distribution of residential sections. The town of So- nora, populated by several thousand MeNicans, most of whom are employed by the company in the mine, lies in d canyon to the north of Mineral Creek. There. under the supervision of an American manager especially provided by the company, the Mexican popula ton live their own life. They have their own joys and sorrows and pleas ures. The town k a replica of old Mexico itself with its shawled women, squaling babies and cigarette smoking "hombres' idling about in lazy groups While off shift and resting from the tasks of the day
Arizona republican., 1916-11-23

pLEAsuREs-THE RAY CON CLUB

bank rolls would make the average avaricious but money spending Ameri- can howl with jealousy.
 PLEASURES-THE RAY CON CLUB
 Special mention must be made of the recreation accommodations provid- ed by the Ray Consolidated for the benefit of it's employees while off duty The company has built and thrown open to the use of any white employe magnificent club house, called the Ray Con club The. building, which is situated close to the office on com handing little flat above the gulch, is magnificently furnished throughout. The club is one of the r-nest and most handsomely furnished buildings in the west. Choice hardwood has been used in the floorings, wainscoatings and ceilings. The indirect lighting system is used.
 There are billiard and pool tables One of the finest libraries in the state, great reading room, luxuriously fur nished with easy chairs of every de- scription and well stocked with all the monthly and weekly publications in the country. Two concrete tennis courts. well lighted so that playing can be enjoyed at night as well IS day. are close beside the club. There are dress
Arizona republican., 1916-11-23

ing rooms for the men and all manner of dumbbells. exercisers wrestling mats. etc, for those who enjoy athletic sports.
 TERPlsCHoREAN STRAINS
 Every Friday evening the floor of the main room is cleared and the smooth hardwood fIou:- ;winkles with the steps of the handsome and their fair ones, who tread the light fantistic to the tune of all the latest music played by members of the Ray Con band. band which is rapidly forging to the front and under it's present ef- ficient leadership bids fair to outrival in the near future any of the musical organizations of the state
 BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL
 The Ray Hayden district also enjoy ed real baseball this summer. A league. the Tri-Copper league, was formed and d bunch of baseball artists the like of which Arizona had never witnessed be- fore were imported to pull down the bacon for their respective teams There were promising youngsters from the training camps of the Coast league old timers from the big leagues of the east. former Coast league stars and men who had played stellar game in many big league contests, still fast, but pushed out by the ever aggressive youngsters of the coming generation. 1 This aggregation gave the fans-and they are real fans there-a demonstra- ton of baseball which swept them off their feet The excitement and inter est was intense and the attendance at every game rivalled the scenes in the great cities of the east when the home club is about to play their closest rivals.
 RAY MINES WIN PENNANT
 Two series were played during the summer and the Ray Mines team man. aged to carry off high honors in both series. The other two teams. the Mill and the Shelters, fought il out for last place in grand old-time style. LIVE MERCHANTS OF RAY The merchants of Ray occupy a somewhat fortunate position due 10 the fact that they are in q measure protected from too much competition Ly the small number of buildings alow- ed in the town by the company for business purposes. About five years ago fire swept the business section of the town completely destroying the [ frame buildings in use at that time The fire Was perhaps a fortunate oc- currence as the company rebuilt all most entirely of concrete. the struc- tures are few but they are well built. fireproof and located within a small area. greatly facilitating the business relations nf the town
 HERBERT BLAND
 Among the up-to-date merchants might be mentioned the store O. Her bert L. Bland. gents furnishings Bland located in Ray during the year 1912 coming from Los Angeles where he had acquired q long experience in the business. Bland is an aggressive up-to date young man and has a host of friends and customers who patron Izc him exclusively
 COLEMAN AND EASTON-iCE One of the pioneer business firms of the district ig that of Coleman X Eas-
Arizona republican., 1916-11-23

ton who conduct the Ray Superior Ice and Cold Storage plants The firm has plants in Superior Ray and at Hayden. They do an enormous busi- ness in the district and their dealings with the public have always been char acterized by the greatest fairness to all concerned. Coleman is one of the
 pioneers Of the Ray district having located there in 1901 The two part
 ners. besides being interested together in the ice business, have invested hav-
Arizona republican., 1916-11-23

lily in the future through the purchase development and location of many min ing claims in the vicinity. particu- larly promising property is the Eagle Brand group of claims located on the hillside to the east of their ice plant in Ray. There. in their workings they have exposed an eighteen foot ledge of copper running over five per cent of the red metal There are also heavy
 Continued on Page SoVenteen)
Arizona republican., 1916-11-23
SCENES FEOM SPAifa-
 BARCELONA

The company also employees large number of Spanish and Portuguese miners to the number of several hum dred These have their own little town in another canyon close to the two of Sonora. Barcelona is strange mixture of old Spain and modern America. The Spaiudrds are hard working, money saving class. IL is said that among the residents are many, miners and merchants. whose
Arizona republican., 1916-11-23

Hire 6. little salesman at The Re publican office A Want Ad will see more customers than you can.
Arizona republican., 1916-11-23

bank rolls would make the average avaricious but money spending Ameri can howl with iealousN
Arizona republican., 1916-11-23

ing rooms for the men and all manner of dumbbells, eXercisers wrestling
 mats. etc, for those who enjoy athletic
Arizona republican., 1916-11-23
HERBERT BLAND

COLEMAN AND EASTON-lCE
 One of the pioneer business firms of he district i" that of Coleman X E.as-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27
Dancer Heads
PaniageS Bill

1.-THE Dream of the Orient" an
elaborate musical and dancing
spectacle, will be among the
headline attractions of the new
bill opening today at the Pan
tages theater.
Nine. Makarenko, a gifted So
prano and a graceful dancer, is
featured in the company, which
also includes several pretty sing
ing and dancing girls.
Another notable musical offer
ing will be the De Michele
Brothers, with harp and violin.
Edward Farrell and his company
will be seen in a farcical playlet,
After the Wedding"
The Australian Creightons will
present eccentric comedy and
acrobatics. Faber and Waters Of
fer clever singing and dancing
act called, nifty Nonsense. 4"
THE Girl and the Came chap
ter IA. will be the motion picture
feature.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27
WILKES CO..
TO REOPEN
AT TACOMA

Theater goers are manifesting
much interest in the re-opening
of the Wilkes stock company at
the Tacoma theater next Satur-
day matinee in Eugene Walters
dramatization of the popular
John Fox story, THE Trail of the
Lon esOme Pine"
The play has not been present
ed in stock in Tacoma and the
Wilkes company promises an
elaborate production and an ex-
cellent cast. THE Trail of the
Lonesome Pine" is gripping
story of the Tennessee mountains
in the days of the moonshiners.
The Wilkes company's produc-
tion will begin Saturday matinee
and continue for one week, with
matinees Sunday and Wednesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27
japanese Singer Will Add
Oriental Touch to Opera

Nine. Miura. who will sing the
leading role in Madam Butter
fly" with the Boston Grand Opera
Co. in the Tacoma theater We'd
nesday night. will add real
Oriental touch to the opera.
This is her first trip to the
coast. Throughout the east and
on the continent she has been re-
ceived with the greatest praise.
Both her voice and her dramatic
art are excellent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27

2 Anna Pavlowa's Russian ballet
is said to be much larger and 10
contain more talent than any of
her road companies in the past.
The combination of the opera
chorus and the ballet Russo is a
greater success than the mana
gers had expected.
Both the opera and Pavlowa
are attractions that would go we'll
alone. The combination will be
more than a treat.