The evening world., 1920-07-12

Of Liberty, as silent as a great oak,
stood sentinel.
The IL" with its cars looked like
the baby railroads you can buy. on
IN the distance / saw a boat speeding
to Europe. After had seen
all cared to OF the scenery bade
farewell to the roof and sped down
| the elevator without a stop.
THE ToMBs A DREARY PLACE,
WARDEN A PRINCE.
Then, with feeling OF mystery. I
made my way to the ToInbs Prison,
AS 1 came near It 1 saw that IL
was gray. dreary place, double
barred. l entered and here was In
troduced to Warden John j. Han-
ley and all his officers. 1 say he's
a brick, a prince Of princes. He
even goes out of his way to help
others
dreary place, deprived Of liberty. I
pity the poor creatures in 1t who
have bent tp crime
Warden Hanley is II. z inches In
height, he has black hair on which
a few gray hairs are beginning 10
show. He wears bow tie, Is clean
shaven, rather fat, good-natured
(you can tell this by the roguish
twinkle in his sparkling brown eyes),
and seems to be a real American, the
kind America needs.
Altogether there are 3S8 prisoners;
to be more correct, 264 men, SO women
% boys and 20 United States Govern
ment prisoners. Each prisoner gets
three big. substantial meals a day and
they don't get bread and water as
once thought they did.
Warden Hanley sent a man TO show
us around the cells and we took an ele-
vator. There are eight tiers, one above
the other, and all the prisoners are
kept here. One unoccupied cell I no.
ticed. In 1t are two beds built against
the wall, table, a chair and all are
nicely painted.
The cells resemble a big monkey
cage. ] walked through and saw the
men Questioned. Gee. they looked
Queerly at me when I went around, and
l was almost afraid. Some of them
were villainous looking, while others
were only about seventeen, and looked
as innocent as babies, and wondered
what had led them into crime
Some of the cells were opened and
the inmates were allowed to walk about
for a moment. From here we watched
the courtyard where the prisoners
worked, and from here went into the
office. Here we found q letter and Mr..
Hanley showed us dope that had been
put under the stamps. This was an
old trick, he explained.
Another letter had tiny package of
dope in it, and was told not to touch
anything there for fear Of getting my
hands poisoned.
One lady then came in to see her
husband, but the time she had to be
there was past and she had to leave.
We soon followed her and / was glad
indeed to leave the place. Oh, boy,
you'll never catch me there again.
HE DIMES AT THE WALDORF
AMONG "RlcH" PEOPLE.
From The Tombs walked over TO
what they told me was the Five
Points, once the toughest part of
New York. Boys romped and played
ball on the streets.
From here l clambered on a sub
way, eager 20 arrive at the Wal
dorf. This / soon did and sat down
at an elegant table, The Waldorf
restaurant has deep brown walls and
a mellow ceiling with pictures on It.
Most Of the rich people who came
here Il say rich because that's what
you need to be to order what they
did seemed happy and cOrefree.
Our waitress as l found out, was
from Cleveland and had lived only a
few blocks from me.
turned my attention TO the out
side. Many people gazed in on US,
making us feel like bears in a cage
at the Zoo. Just then my chicken soup
was brought me and 1 turned my
whole attention TO 1t. / was careful
not to spill 1t all over the tablecloth.
as did at restaurant a few days
ago.
/ only got a small dinner to-day. In
cludtng pickles and Ice cream. At last
l got up and left,