New Britain herald., 1925-07-10
By Winnifrcd Mason Huck (Former Representative to Congress
 from, Illinois).

sad occurrence sHO"eu lno HOW real a sympathy even prisoners can show for friend in trouble. The mother of Superintendent Mittendort died. She was one of the best loved women In town.
 The funeral was held in the prison chapel and all of US prisoners at- tended 1t,
 Never before at funeral have been so impressed with the genuine grief of those present. There were 800 prisoners in the chapel. Most of them were weeping, not from hysteria, but from a real sense of loss. The others sat silent and soln- Der.
 Mabel Champion, who has since escaped from prison, sat dry-eyed, then know who she was, for she lived in Elizabeth cottage and did not eat in the main hall.
 But her face fascinated me. Her whole mien was baffling. Dorothy who, sat beside me in the dining room, tOlQ Ille WHO sHe WdS'
 Husband Hung
 Dorothy had been Mabel's room mate at the time when Mabel's hus- band was hung in California. T tell you. Elizabeth" said Doro- thy to me one day, ''it was the most terrible situation you can imagine. For week VIC waited day and night for a telegram saying the governor would stay the sentence. 4"On the morning he was to be hung, Mabel sat In her room as in trance, waiting for the wire. But we waited in vain.
 "At 10 o'clock I felt sure the sen- tence had been carried out, but Mabel would not give up hope until o'clock in the afternoon, when word came that he was dead" Dorothy paused here, as f to shake off the memory Of that mo- ment.
 The Mitterdorfs wanted me to stay with her all the time" she added They were afraid she would commit suicide. tell you, Eliza beth, it was awful. No one who was not right there could possibly know how awful 1t was,
 T hope to God never have to witness such agony again
 Lady by Birth
 Dorothy herself vas well educat- ed immediately clean, to all ap- pearances, a lady by birth and breeding.
 Rumor had 1t that Dorothy was in Marysville because she had help- ed herself to few prizes in de. partment store. This part of he, story had no interest for me, but some of her ideas certainly did. That woman" she said to me one day pointing 10 a ratty, mang9 eresture, ugh! I cannot bear tc be near her.
 T tell you, Elizabeth, these Tom en who steal or murder in a mo ment of rage are miles above tht filthy women who sell their bodies "They pass on disease and sick ness to the innocent. They wrecl our homes, they main1 and blinc our babies.
 If l were an artist would pain the woman on the streets holding 6 red hot poker in the act of scar ing out the eyes Of little children And" turning to the woman sh had pointed at, II want that dirt, woman to know that do not wan her near me-anyWhere near me, and she made an eloquent gestur of disgust
 The woman caught her meaning moved uneasilv on her bench. bu said nothing,
 Abtect Coward
 I had expected an outburst, hU like most of her kind, she was a abiect coward,
 Dorothy turned to nc Don you feel that way about Y" sh asked. "You have children, haven you?"
 Yes replied, T have children, and my thoughts dwelt upon tn happy little brood had left in Ch ca go so many weeks before.
 had never before realized ho fortunate are the children who hay another background than this ( criminal parents, degradation, hanc leap.
 In the dini9g room, at the tab next to mine, sat young Noma who, I noticed, always left befo1 the rest of us had finished, ; though she had regular duty attend to. She had good featur and intelligent eyes.
 She looked extremely trail
 l was anxious to know her hi tory. but had found that time to everything, and the fewer question asked. the better.
 store nay
 Monday afternoon vas store da At o'clock We were allowed 10 to Miss Greens office. room small that we oyerf1oVed in lo1 line down the hall.
 Here we could buy crochet thre and needles, powder, soap ana he nets valued up to the amount I money VIC had brought into pris or any gifts that had been sent
 The first time l entered this ste saw the pale young woman l h been curious about. keeping t books and preparing the slips to signed by the purchasers.
 Next week on store day, she membered my name. This caue my attention more than ever
 Its rather unusual 10 have on name remembered like this 1 St to her, dropping my jail manner a accent.
 r'I do not forget names" she ga smiling a little.
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