The Washington times., 1920-05-21
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Since had visited the place espe-
cislIy TO sec the conditions under
which the women lived, the sherir
said they might gather round the
long table where they had their
meals. There might have been
thirty or more. and | was surprised
as talked TO them. TO tnd that Inc
majority were English and irish
middle aged, and most of them In
for drunkenness. One woman was
crying. How long have you been
here?" / ask ed Just came drunk
again" she sobbed. Several prls-
oners said that they had sons in the
army! Indeed. am sorry TO say
that in the mems quarters seVeral
OF the prisoners were in uniform.
or the women there were only three
, who. could he called young, and one
= of these had dyed hair and admitted
cheerfully that she was gay, ana
had been in Jail more than once "A
second had been with the boy in
the motor party when the poilce-
man had been killed. A third LOOK
cd as IL she were of better class
and for some reason was not IN
prison garb, ! was astonished TO
9 have her saw TO me that she had
read my last book, ana felt very
badly TO meet me under such condi-
tions for the frst time. Later L
was told that she had been a col
lege girl and had stolen from her
classmates. '
~. The sweetlfttle lady with us sug-
geated prayers and hymns and some
patriotic songs. and tn" prisoners
joined in enthusiastically. AS we
:, distributed the books ana cahoy
and said goodbye. ALI the women
thanked us and said that they haa
enjoyed having US come. Nerhopeu
we had. at least, given them few
cheerful moments. &
What a. tumble the spring anu
summer had, been--a mixture OF
fetes, and new faces, masque' pa
geant and game. and that thouSht-
provoking visit TO Ellis Island the
new families and the old, the Amer
leans and the about-to-be American
ized,, and last OF all, the pathetic
failures OF our land. who for their
own safety and that of the world
were living out their empty lives
behind iron bars. One wondered
what it all meant
-. CHAPTER VII
Cruising and Campaigning
We had the good fortune to be
invited to join the presidential
party for tho trip to New York n
the timo Of the, big naval review.
Motoring down to the North Shore
IN the moonlight, at Singing Beach,
Manchc by tn e-Sea. we found
Dr. Grayson with q Boat. from the
Mayflower Eventually the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft appeared. There
was still a delay, however, in get
tin on board, because the Filipino
valet had not come with the Presi-
dent IS clothes; when. he finally did
make. his appeagance and Mr.. Taft
asked him what the trouble was,
nc blandly answered, Horse very
slow."~,
President and Mrs. Taft had two
largo staterocms with accornod-
tions nearby for their valet and
maid. Some smaller cabins usual
~ reserved for guests, a good-sized
dining-room, and d library made up
tho rest OF the ships quaters.
Our first destination was Naushon
Island. the home OF Governor Forbes
VI Tue I ii'ipPihSH, vi Ndpc Oou
IN inpenetrable fog closed in upon
us. and the captain glowrd down
md finally stopped, sending a wire
lcGs to the Governor about the sit
uatiOn, adding that the yacht would
como as soon as possible. We were
expected for luncheon, but did not
arrive till about four that afternoon.
The President, Mrs. Laughlin, Major d.
Rhoades. and Lieut.. Little played
bridge most of the day. while the
rest of us sat about and talked,