Evening journal., 1919-10-11
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A Chicago grand Jury has submitted
plan for the reformation Of youns
criminals which depends on the reiler-
'tion OF ridlcule.
n is recommended that Photographs
bo Installed in the corridors OF the
county Jail and other prisons. espec-
ially those where youthful Offenders
sre held An exhaustive supply Of
,ccOrds would be furnished for each
ohonograph. these records reciling. In
comic vein. The details OF such Of
'cnses as land boys behind the bars.
The records would emphasize the
stupidity Of the actions whereby men
'orfcit their liberty.
The idea is by no means new in do
nestle use. 10 IS known as n3gging.
Certainly. 70 would make jails even less
attractive Than they now are, bat would
Ii change the hearts Of tough lads?
Of course, what they say is highly
important 10 us all We value public
opinion. The man who doesn't is
insane
But the public opinion That means
,o much need not be The opinion Of The
majority. because II Is difficult thing
20 discover. u is the opinion Of those
whom we look mp to.
\ boy crook looks up. 20 men crooks.
4 iail sentence is likely to be an honor
and the metallic moulhing Of a phono-
sraph would have no influence with
oov who was convinced that he was
zero.
For every story the phonograph told,
some prisoner could tell one Of the
'omancc and glory OF q criminal career
These diseased dreams Of tainted
minds are what draw boys into The
Nays Of crime
They are not clamorOusly echoed
Trough iail corridors as the phonO-
graph cXhorlali0ns would Dee. They
Te whispered
But they carry far. these tales, and
hey are terribly potent.
Frank Lewis. Boston nre prevention
si. insists that fewer men smoke i'm bed
hose evenings. and believes prohibit
ion Is responsible. However. maybe
his happy condition was brought
bout by the tobacco trust boosting
ne prices.
4 baseball writer believes the most
yonderful things which could have
lappened in days gone by would have
ieen a Stone Age world series between
he stone lIaichets and the spear
rossers
But what would YOU have said II
5ou had come Upon cleopatra al a sew
ne machine telephoning TO Mark An
hony about what she had seen lt the
-liro movie the evening before?
Would % have been more than won
ierful 90 have glimpsed Nero pedalling
along The streets Of Rome on bicycle? /
How Egyptian eyes would have pop
ped II their old kings had spent their
lime running steamboats, mp and down
he Nile instead of experimenting the
'reciion of pyramids,
Can you conceive Of J. Caesar telc-
rraphing the Information That AN Gaul
was divided into three parts? or cross
Ing the Rubicon on an airplanc? or The
Queen of ShebJ driving her electric
motor car when she went 40 call on
solomon?
The French city of Castelssrrszin
has named its most beautiful avenue
'Wiliofclemperfdch.' I'm America we |
do things much better ST. Paul has !
named a beautiful shimmcring bit of |
wafer pigs Bye Lake
The Hot Springs Ark Thomas Cat /
tells The world that Postmaster Ba-
iavil has received a letter with no /
name and address ou ii IIe would I
like FOR the person it is intended for
Zoo please call and get 10 within five
days
Agricultural scientists have figured /
% oul that one pair OF rails would be
hc rodent ancestors OF iS0mOOOOOOpO /