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New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
By BILLIE HALL

T THINK, speaking as woman, that the
4 Adventures Club is the most exasperat-
-A- ing institution in the world. / don't
mind not knowing what my husband
does at lodge meetings, because they are frank
iy and honestly secret affairs, and my natural
curiosity Is not always being whetted by casual
remarks--but that Adventures Clubi
The members are always chattering about
each other and giving the most fascinating
glimpses of wild, romantic, daredevil doings,
yet they won't loosen up and let us women
attend even single dinner. had it out with
John few months ago. John thinks more
OF the club than of most anything else in the
world.
"why don't you Adventurers have heart
and let your wives and sweethearts and sisters
and daughters come to just one dinner? Don't
you realize that we women are rs much inter-
ested in adventures as you men?"
"Can't be done, my DEAR" responded John,
complacently pulling at his briar. Against
all the traditions Of the club. No woman has
ever attended dinner, and the boys simply
wouldn't stand for the Innovation.
SWELL" said ], ''you must go pretty strong
/ il women guests these days would put damper
on the fun"
"Oh, 1t isn't thats" said John, bristling just
bit. "One Of the rules, as fixed as the laws
Of the old what-you-ca1l- ems, is that no Off
color stories may be told. Really, come 10
think Of ii, it's another point in favor OF the
jolly old club--that its dinners can be SO inter
sst;ss' and ao---Ao unusually decent"
''Then why cxal.v wu nave cnance just once
8 year 20 sit in and Lsten?'
"For heavens sake" exploded John, "isnt
there to be one place where men can get away
from petticoats? And, anyway, / always tell
you all the worthwhile things"
Probably that is one of the reasons that my
curiosity was SO deeply piqued. had heard
time and again about the characters that orna-
mented the membership now and in the days
gone by. There was "Six-Shooter Bill" Temple,
beloved of all, and now living ia Mexico, buy
ing cattle or hides or something, and writing
honesick messages to the club on the return
card that always Ii attached TO the notices of
the dinnera, \ had seen letters from Colonel
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who told a tale of war correspondent adyen
ture that for vividness beat anything ever
saw in print. Following him was an officer
who had been in the A. E. F., and who came
through one of the Hun drives one Of tiny
handful of survivors. could feel the hair
rising on my head when he told how he lay
helpless in shell hole, which was his only
protection from the raging steel, for three
horrible days and nights You all know him
He is Claggett Wilson.
Then there was young officer, Major Lit
tauer, just back from year in Paris, who
llvened up very interesting talk on the pos
sibilities of aeronautics with q story of hoS
the bandits in Paris turn the tables on the
taxi drivers by looting them of their days
receipts on their homeward journeys.
A mere youth followed-he was II. Cas
WillcoX-who told in a most matter-offac
way about a forty-ive days trip through the
upper Amazon jungles, made with twelve To-
dians, and which resulted in the whole party
almost starving to death. South America wss
represented by another youth, Harry Foster
who sketched in few minutes career as :
tropical tramp which began when he landed ID
Peru with the sum Of 10 cent? in his Jeans
and wound up with a secretaryship in ths
American Legation.
DR. Hseih, Chinese, was introduced ths
POSTMASTER solemnly asking the audience z
pay close attention, as the doctor did not spesA
English very well Imagine my astonishme.a7
as | strained both ears in obedience to ths
toastfnaster's suggestion, when the speasu
launched into smooth, eloquent address sa'
with the most perfect Oxford accent-to whieN'
by the way, he is justly entitled, since he Is I
graduate of the great English university
A few remarks by Jimmy Hare, dean OF wa
photographers, followed, and little tax o.
Mexico by John F. Barry, just back from ~
capital of the turbulent republic. Then tnea'
was an original poem, by Riley Scott, pionsss
aviator and bomb dropper.
For fifteen minutes Captain. Curran nss
the crowd spellbound while he narrated =
experiences as prisoner Of war in Gernsas'
In conclusion he said: 'sAnd those who say ~.
Germany ought not to be made to pay anu
pay to the limit of her ability, are traitor,
the United States and to civilization, ~
didn't the crowd just raise the roofi !.
There were other talks, and althousa
couldn't help feeling sorry that we wonsa = !
barred from such worth while affairs, ~
understood why John said ct cant be ass a.s
The Adventurers' is distinctly a mans S.
But, anyway. III always be glad that ! g9s
ON that one dinnerss ~ =
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Gordon Johnson, u. S. a., recalling the happy
evenings Of "before the war;; knew about
10 Lemon and his Maine studio. where he
paints pictures when the lure OF sea and
streams and forest will let him; Of Captain
Victor Hope, cruising on long, lonely voyages
to ports that few ever hear of. ] had read
the letter that announced the passing of Colonel
John Church, surely the gamest man that ever
cheated death out of half dozen years.
Time and again I had heard John and his
cronies, over their pipes chatter of the eve
nings when Colonel Roosevelt and General
Wood had gathered with the boys, who rep
resented the whole social gamut from miners
and cowboys and masters of windjammers to
ex-Presidents, and ! knew that the Adven-
turers' Club was one place where such dis
tinctions counted for absolutely nothing--a
place where rank and wealth and politics and
religion and personalities were forgotten and
the only thing that matters is the real stuff
OF the man.
1t takes real stuff to lure man away from
the ease and gain of everyday life out into
the Wllds where ali trails lead to adventure.
And some adventures are less conventional
than others, perhaps, and occasionally DR..
Cook or Fritz Duquesne has come and gone.
but the Adventures have no apologies to make
for having given them the hand of fellow
ship. They brought the credentials of ad-
venture.
So, too, have such men as Captain Dingle.
who sailed from New York to Bermuda in an
open boat with only dog for companion:
and William Wallace Nutting, who, with two
OTHERS, crossed the Atlantic twice In fcrty-
five-footer; and Riley Scott, West Pointer and
an ex~officer of the United States Army. who
IS equally at home in the capitals Of Eurone
and the boom towns of the Texas oil field.
where he has blistared his hands with unfa.
n,llar labor for the sake Of knowing the other
fellows game. And then there ID honest Roh
Bartlett, who piloted Peary through the Arctic
seas on his successful quest for the pole. and
Carl Akeley, to whom the jungles of eoua-
torial Africa have yielded up their secrets and
their spoils for the American Museum OF Nat
ural History; and Major Hausmann. surgeon.
soldier and adventurer in a score of lands.
and Commander Adams (retired), who shares
with General Wood the distinction of honor
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Fiue Previous Convictions;
Nosv Going Straight

"Here is an example of the fact that one OPP
portunity to make good is not enough con-
tinued Mr. Cruger IA man who had served
in France came to us with five, previous con-
victions against him--three terms at Sing
Sing and two at Elmira. He was about as far
gone along the road to worthlessness as one
could imagine. He had enlisted in the army,
and on getting out had gone home and taken
some money from his old granddaddy and had
spent it for drink. We learned some things in
his favor, however Among those things we
found out that previous to his enlistment he
had been working. His boss and his landlady
had good words for him. We cut his sentence
TO six months, and after he came out we got
him job after job. His old budde in France
gave him good job, but he provoked quar-
rel and was soon out of work again. When
he did get job his old prison pals came
around him and tried to sponge on him.
threatening to tell his employers if he did not
feed them. He had no clothes and no pros
poets. Yet a parole officer loaned him money
out of his own pocket, convinced that the man
had some good in him. He kept fighting, and
the other day he sent me his business card
He is in the painting business with his buddie
They patched up their differences, md it looks
as if this prisoner is going to make good per-
manently.
"Take another case-that of boy who had
served a Sentence as drug addict The Pa
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straight with the commission and be allowed
to stay here.
So Happy" did shoot straight for the re-
mainder of the three years. He called on one
Of the officers OF the Parole Commission the
other day, looking prosperous.
What's the matter, 'Happy'?" asked the
official. Aren't you cutting loose with those
little stunts of yours any xnore?"
"Not me-" replied Happy promptly. 81
amt getting old $40 slapped on me. It was
all right before. could take chance then,
but next time I come before this commission
I'll get three years, instead of year and
half. I'VE just got to behave"
The trouble was that "Happys" case had
not been well considered under the old system.
He had gone through the machinery of the
courts, getting short sentences, when what he
needed was one good, long effective piece of
punishment. He got it when the Parole Com
mission considered his case in detail, as it con-
siders thousands of Others and "Happy's"
sudden and permanent strengthening out
shows that the commissions diagnosis was
correct.
The establishing Of the Parole Commission
has taken an immense burden from the shoul-
ders Of the city's judges. Also il has insured
a Mucn more CnoTougn examination or eacn
case that comes up in court. After prisoner
has been sentenced under Chapter $40 the court
record is turned over to the Parole Commits
sion. Within two or three days the commits
sion has complete history of the individual
and his case, based not only on the court rec
cords, but on interviews with relatives, neigh
bars, his employers and the s'boss" with whom
the prisoner came in personal contact. Also
there has been q personal interview with one
of the commissioners.
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Digging Under the Culpft
To Find the Man

These personal interviews with the parole
commissioners carry great weight in fixing
the duration Of mans s'stretch' for his in
fraction Of the law. The interviews are man
to man. Perhaps they are held across pine
table in the kitchen of the institution in which
the prisoner is held temporarily The prisoner
is advised to ''shoot straight and generally
he does. These intimate talks give the parole
commissioners an excellent idea of the char
acter and possibilities of the prisoner
With this personal knowledge that has been
secured, and with the reports from other
sources as corroborative material, the parole
commissioners work out the detail of a pris-
oner's sentence. On the face of things man
may appear "hard boiled" and deserving of
little merciful consideration. He may have
served several sentences and apparently be
an incorrigible. But the commissioner who in
tel iewed the prisoner may have caught a
flash of real strength in the man. He may
have sensed enough, in that short conversa-
tion with the prisoner across the deal table
to outweigh all the contrary visible evidence
Consequently, the man with bad record NAV
get light sentence, whereas, on the con-
trary, a prisoner who has committed first
offense may get long time in jail.
These things puzzled the advocates of the
old order Of things when the Parole Commits
sion first came into being, but they are puz-
zling no longer. 1t is recognized to-day that
the human element has come in for considera-
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ssT T AyTNG the 57s slapped on you'' is
- what it Is called by those who have
4 III claahed with iustice and come OF
second best


The nwuaesusA Ss6ssx 90 The sndeteyninats
sentence lave Chapter 67ss laws Of 1915.
Chapter 579 is the instrursant that created
the Parole Commission of sas city of New
Ycvk, which commission establishes the length
OF time offenders must serve This same
commission. even after it decides that the
offender has been behind the bars long
enough to absorb whatever correctional in
f1uence there may be on the inside of the
lattice work from the foundry, exercises q
personal supervision over the paroled pris-
oner--a supervision which is more than pa
rental, because it is stern and unrelenting.
Because Of these things. offenders who have
come under the workings of Chapter 579
have a respect for those numerals which bor-
ders on awe. They would never think Of
hailing Taxi 579 nor would they consent to
occupy Room 579 at a hotel And If they
found purse containing s579, the chances
are that they would think only of returning
it as quickly as possible.
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son one opportunity to come back is not al
ways enough" said Mr.. Cruger. Sometimes
permanent reform is not established until the
individual has had several hard falls from
grace 1t is only by dealing with offenders in
such way that we are able to accomplish the
results we are after. It is tedious work, and
sometimes it seems as if we were not getting
anywhere, but the results justify our nlethoa.
Seventy per cent of the individuals who come
under the supervision Of the commission have
made good.
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IFS Street,

tion in establishing an offenders term Of pun
ishnlent
''We have simply abandoned the old idea
of making the punishment fit the crime,"
said Bertram De NJ Cruger, chairman Of the
Parole Commission, "and we are making the
punishment fit the criminal"
Mr.. Cruger was secretary to Mayor Mitchell
when the indeterminate sentence law was
passed He was appointed to the commits
sion at the outset, and has had large part
in the development OF it's work. Frank A.
Lord and Michael Fogarty are the other
members of the commission, which has it's
headquarters on the top floor Of the MUM
cipal Building.
There are forty parole officers engaged in
the work of keeping track Of prisoners for
the Parole Commission. These officers are all
trained in the work, but they are required to
have more than technical training. They are
required to look at the work from the broad
est viewpoint. This is shown by the pre-
liminary reports they turn in, showing the re-
suit of their interviews with the associates of
the prisoner. In these reports the officers are
allowed to set down their own impressions.
They give vital sidelights on the home life
and the general environment Of the prisoner
Each of these reports is divided into the fol-
lowing sub-headings: Description of home,
neighborhood environment, family, condition
and impressions of home, working record,
social history, habits, cause of downfall, cor
rectonal record, supplementary.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
No Sob Stuff Sentiment
ln Parole Reports

These reports are we'll written. They show
sympathy and understanding but there is no
sob stuff" in them In fact, the attitude
the commission is in it's entirety intensely
practical. No time is wasted in attempting
to do the nlanifestly impossible. But if there
seems to be any hope of reclaiming an in
dividual, that person is given one chance after
another to make good
1--WE have found that merely giving per-.
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ary membership; and Jack Binns, wireless hero
of the sinking liner; and Harry J. Black, who
used to run Central American revolutions on
a commission basis. and Captain Boyce, "The
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

Boss Tiger" Of preparedness days; and Colonel
Charles Hine, who led the Fighting 69th to
France; and Bob Rockingham, globe trotter;
and Major Anthony Fiala, Arctic explorer; and
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
THE LEADER
sThe County Fair

Continued large and appreciative
audiences at Sidney Lust's Leader
Theater are laughing with and at
Wesley Barry, filmland's frolicsome
freckled-face boy star. who is con-
cluding two-week run at this popu-
lar Ninth street movie house in the
feature production, "The County
Fair"
This clever youngsters infectious
grin and comical capers in the role
OF Tommy Turpin," the precocious
farmer boy of Neill Burgess famous
rural American comedy drama, are
winnig him new adherents daily
among Washington's film fans. many
Of whom pronuonce him even more
happily cast in this role than he was
in "Dinty."
Manager Lusts free lobby enter
tainment Is a popular feature with
his youthful patrons and the Juggling
clown, who is its chief attraction this
week also is beguiling many adult
pedestrians in this busy retail thor
oughfare into his shoppers Rest"
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
CRANDALL'S-
"You Never Can Tell,

Bebe Daniels is occupying the
screen at Crandall's Theater today
in her most delightful vehicle, You
Never Can Tell" the romance of
working girl who fell in love with a
millionaire whom she believed to be
chauffeur. Jack Mulhall and Ed
ward Marundel are conspicuously
cast in roles of prime Importance. A
distinguished supporting company
and a beautiful production are added
features of charm in this sprishtly
subject.
The added comedy attraction for
the midweek bill is "Jiggs and the
Social Lion" a new release in the
Bringing Up Father series based
on George McManus' famous car
icons.
Tomorrow and Saturday Crandalrs
announces Metros special production
of Avery Hopwood and Claiming
Pollock's sensational stage success,
Clothes" with Alma Tell and a
stellar supporting cast in the prin-
cipal roles.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
LOEW'S COLUMBIA
.Nidsummer Madness"

Midsummer Madness" the spien-
did William DeMille perturbation of
cosmo Hamilton's famous story, His
Friend and His Wife" featuring Jack
Holt, Lois Wilson. Lila Lee and Con
rad Nagel, which began the second
week OF its brilliant Washington en-
eagement last Sunday afternoon, Will
continue TO charm audiences at Loew's
Columbia Theater through the re-
mainder OF the current week.
Midsummer Madness" is the story
OF a terrific conflict between the
forces of matrimonial honor and duty
and the sweeping power of emotion
and romance that eliminates in a
climax OF the most tense description
on a midsummer night.
The picture has been produced
with a splendor and magnificence OF
investiture that Is quite up to the De-
Mile standard. and the extra added
attractions OF the program are COM
pelling in their novelty and appeal.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
kNICkERBOCkER-
"The Life of the Party"

Today and tomorrow Crandall s
Knickerbocker Theater will offer as the
chief feature OF its bnl OF photoplays,
Paramount's latest starring vehicle for
Roscoe Fatty. Arbuckle, The Life Of
the Party" thoroughly amusing screen
version OF the short story Of the same
name by Irwin s. Cobb.
In this subject the screens most
robust comedian has ample oppor.
tunity to display that bent for laugh
able effect that made him one OF the
most popular figures in silent dra ma
when he appeared only in two-reei
farces. To this fund of wit. Arbuckle
adds keen dramatic Intelligence and
genuine ability as an actor He Is
splendidly supported and given the
advantage of an excellent produc-
tion.
On Saturday only. Madge Kennedy
will be the pictured star of the bill in
Goldwyn's film varsion OF THE
Truth" which will be supplemented
by variety of short subjects and
specially arranged symphonic accom-
paniment.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
Vaudeville and Pictures.

"Hanky Panky, Jr.," one of the
musical productions from the big
theaters Of Broadway. condensed In
form and time. but embellished with
fine cas-. of sixteen people, headed
by Harry Manning, Lila Carter and
the Custer Sisters, and with a rich
equipment of scenic and costume
beauty, will be the big feature at
the Cosmos Theater next week.
Other acts will include Foster.
Bell and company, in "The Days Of
'G1"; Matt Osborne and Hazel Cros-
by. composer-pianist and prima dom
ma; Jim and Grace Morton, in songs
and comedy; Walter Fenner and
company. In the comedy playlet, ITS
a Bet" and Lock hardt and Leddy, in
songs. dances and acrobatics.
The added matinee feature will be
First Nationals strange love story.
Unseen Forces" and the leading
comedy. 1.-The Scarecrow," a Buster
Keaton feature.
A good bill of vaudeville and film
features is announced for Sunday.
starting at 8 p. m.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
GREATER PENN GARDENS

What promises to be the biggest
dancing feature ever staged at pub
lie dance auditorium In Washington
will be shown at the Greater Penn
Gardens every night, commencing
Saturday. In addition to the usual
big Hit" program of special dane
ing will be given by Miss Irene Saw
yer and Maurice Castle, Of New York.
dancers extraordinary who recently
have been featuring at the Bellevue
Stratford and Adelphia hotels in
Philadelphia, and who, during the re-
cent Rotary Club convention in At
lantic City, were a big attraction at
the Royal Palace and Alamac hotels.
The pair have been seen in vaude-
willie.
Mr.. Castle and Miss Sawyer will be
at the Greater Penn Gardens for an
indefinite period.
The management of these popular
dance gardens has spared no expense
in his endeavor to make the nightly
events most entertaining. The place
has been deliberately decorated and
the Greater Penn Gardens jazz or
chestra is acclaimed the best in the
city.
Monday night there will be a bal
loon dance. Tuesday night competi-
tive dancing will be staged, while
other attractions, ,of interest to every
dancer will be announced next week.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
A Stubborn Cough
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The Washington times., 1921-01-27
MOORE'S GARDEN
"Deep Waters"

Maurice Tourneur's latest produc-
tion for Paramount pictures entitled
Deep Waters" will be the attraction
at Moore's Garden Theater for the
last three days of the current week
beginning today. The story Is an
adaptation OF i. Hopkinson Smiths
popular novel, Caleb West, Master
Diver" and the eminent director
comes to the front again with a
brand new atmosphere setting. This
time IL is a lighthouse. the story
weaving itself around the construc-
tion OF the light. with thrilling action
during a heavy storm and ship
wreck at night staged as only Mr..
Tourneur can stage a sea picture.
The production introduces In the
leading feminine role Miss Barbara
Bedford, Broorken Christians plays
the male lead. and others in the cast
include Jack Gilbert Lydia Titus, and
George Nichols. Thrill and excitement
galore Is promised in the presenta-
ton.
A complete change OF subsidiary
subjects and orchestral numbers will
accompany the showing.