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Graphic Recital
Wins Fame Behind prison
WdLZS-1RemdrkdbIe Ex-
penience OF a Brilliant
CO/Ored Man.

scrutinized for scars and peculiar
ldentitication marks, the complete
BertIllon measurements, finger-priTts
and family history. The deputy
warden then assigned to each of as
a job and were sent to work. NV
Friend with SO much position. and
prestige was assigned to washing
dishes In the kitchen while was sent
to warehouse where assisted in
trucking sisal. At this laborious
work trudged for two days when
to my relief the deputy-warden
tapped me on the shoulder and said
to follow him. Not showing what
was up J. followed him which led to
my first assignment in a clerical
capacity, the cream of prison Jobs
and generally considered for "poli-
ticians' only. They were installing
a perpetual inventory system in the
prison central stores and needed an
experienced man to keep it up.
Finally Spmmoned.
When asked il 1 could do it and
giving favorable reply was given
the job which lasted for three weeks
when on Saturday morning I was
summoned to the Deputy's office. Ar
irving there he asked me a number
OF questions to find out if had
any connections in the State-some
thing to sort of hold me on the lob
In case l was to be given one of
trust. To my surprise after ac
knowledging that 1 hadn't a friend
In the State he gave me the fob any
way. cit was to be stenographer for
the "gruf official I had met on my
entrance IN the prison the first day.
1t was at the beginning of war and
young men We're at a premium-.jobs
We're becoming plentiful and while it
mad been their custom to employ
free" men for such positions they
were unable to secure them and was
willing to give IAN inmate, even
though a colored man. a trv at If 7
went to work that Saturday after
noon, assigned a desk and given GER
tain duties.
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My friend was in the next cell and
our hunks were supported on single
piece OF cross-run-iron which ran be-
tween the walls of the two cells and
while ! did not know that night.
every time my partner would move
on his bunk in the next cell it would
Jar my bunk and it kept me nervous
all night as every time that ticklish
jar was felt l felt that mice or rats
were In the straw mattress upon
winch 1 tried to rest and dream of
the future. In this cell was nothing
but the rules of the prison hanging
on the wall and until the lights went
out at nine | would intermittently
refer to the rules and look out Of nv
little lattice-work iron door through
the apertures of which at intervals
sleek quiet fellow with pallid COM
plexlon with quick nervous twitch
In his eye would pass by with water,
singing that old droll cry, water,
Water.
heard my pal next door ask him
to get him something to read to which
he replied, ''see the screw" The
poor fellow was not allowed to stop
and converse, neither to pass any
thing to and fro. With no previouc
experience Of such kind l know
was cooler than my next door neigh
Dor Tor on one occasion he tapped on
the wall and in a low murmur.
whispered, isn't this He'll" Even
as low as his whisper, in this quiet
ceil-block where pin drop could be
heard, "the screw" heard it and i'm
mediately came over and reprimand-
hi ~ L, q. :.
Eventually l fell asleep and slept the
sleep of tired worn out waysider
when he hits resting place. Thus
spent my first night in States
prison.
The Morning Call.
| awoke in the morning all excite
ment, bells and bugles were ringing
and blowing. The water boys, con.
trary to their slow quiet tone of the
night previous, were hollering like
cappers at a fair, each advertising
his wares, "hot water" "cold water /"
hot water" cold water" etc
arose, washed and stood at my door.
Presently the guard unlocked it, /
swept the dirt from my cell into the
corridor, placed my bucket outside
which my rules had informed me
was our cue to step out of cell and
march to the backgrounds with
our buckets and thence to the dining
room for breakfast. / was prepared
to do so when the guard came back
and locked us new fellows up when
learned that not yet being
dressed in" we were to be locked in
our cells till later. Our breakfast, of
which we were to have hundreds like
1T, was brought to us, it consisted of
rice, two cookies and cup of coffee.
Shortly after breakfast we were
marched to the tailor shop, measured
and dressed such as it were in a
hickory shirt and ill-fitting gray-blue
regulation pants and coat.
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Back to the haIl-nasters office
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Scrubbine the Body.

Back to the hall-masters office
where every inch of our body was
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CONTINUED from last week }

Continued from hast week.
1t was late in the afternoon when
we arrived at the prison, we could
ssee it for blocks away and we needed
mo prompting to realize that it was
the prison. Writers always refer to
a prison as a cold bleak dreary ghast-
~ looking stone building in gray and
true to their description this prison
was no exception. We were marched
directly into the warden's aute-room,
where the Formally of turning our
commitment papers and SECURING re-
ceipts therefor was negotiated be-
tween she deputies and the record
clerk. A gruff appearing front office
ofhcial (who later proved himself
friend to mel came in and grilled
each OF us. My smanacled partner
immediately started to impress This
official with his Importance and per
scnality and it seemed to amuse me
when in answer to the officials in
curry as to his vocation, he stuck out
his chest and in lordly manner re-
Piled that he was public speaker,
editor, writer, etc, the official replied
that ne would do no speaking there
that they (the officsals) would attend
10 all the speaking and writing.
1Dwardly Smiled.
While this retort seemed to lower.
IN my estimation, the high and e1S
allied standing of my manacled new
found friend. with money and posi-
ton, i couldn't help but jnwardly
smile at the officials reply so that
when he asked me my vocation / re-
Piled very simply and without any
affectations that i was an office man
and when he asked me if l could do
stenographic work ! replied in the
affirmative he made a note of same
and said he would talk to me later.
after these formalities had been
hnlshed we were led up into the
guard-room where the gates officially
closed upon us and we were securely
lost In the world of lost men. We
had arrived too late to be officially
dressed i'm and after stripping us
OF all our few possessions INCLUDING
our hat, coat and vest we were led
into the old east wing i'm a dark damn
ssqually cell, hardly large enough to
turn around in and told we would
remain there for thirty DAYS when
petter quarters would be assigned to
us II we behaved ourselves.
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ANY one can see that the little fool
is in love with her. But he's "A proud
kid. and IL he ever finds out that
you're probably the best woman swim
mer on the coast and that you made
monkey Of him with this silly rescue
business, he'll never forgive you"
His wife laughed He'll never find
out"
"Well, quit making a tame cat OF
him." commanded her husband.
Probably there was more; Roderick
did not wait to hear it, Silently he
rose. went into his room and dressed
himself. He packed his bag and crept
stealthily down stairs. He caught, at
dawn, milk train into the city. A
tame cat, That's ~nat he was. was
he? His face burned at the insult. A
plaything of a silly woman. He'd
never look at any woman again as
long as he lived. He laughed scOrn-
fully as he thought what they had
said about his feeling toward Eloise
Dennison.
AS If IL were possible for a man to
be in love with a girl and not know it.
He was "a. He did not know that at
that age to be unaware of ones love
Is the most natural thing in the
world. and that every youth must,
| sooner or later. he a tame cat. His
mirror may tell him that he is a lion.
but the mirror lies.
(CoppriPht 1929
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Snails Grow Popular.

OVER half a ton of snails were
shipped from France to the
United States last year. The amount
has been growing every year. indicat.
ing that Americans are. getting more
and more fond of this favorite French
food.
The best brand is known as milk.
bottle snailS These snails are put in
the cellar in the Summer to feed on
mulberry leaves. They are kept fat
and growing in the Winter by spe
cies of forcible feeding. Snails go
feeding when the sun comes out after
a rainstorm. so the French snail farm
err from time to time throughout the
gloomy Winter sprinkles his herd with
water from hose and then turns on
an electric light. The snails. com.
pletely tricked. and thinking that the
sun has just come out after a shower,
stick their heads out of their shells,
when they are sprayed with a mixture
of milk and -four from large glass
jugs.
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NOOdOOiSn.

THE ancient art of voodooism is be-
ing brought under the glaring
light of science. Prof. j. NJ. Watts Of
the department of pharmacology at
the University of Witwatersrand, in
South Africa. has undertaken to find
out the actual medicinal value Of all
the herbs, plants and other charms
used in the semi -barbaric religious
rites of the natives.
He has sent out several thousand
missionaries to all parts of the con-
tinent. asking all who are interested
to send in material. says Science Mag
azine. The response has exceeded
every expectation. and specimens have
poured in from all over Africa, over
a thousand coming from North Rho.
desia alone. 1t will probably take
years to go over the vast amount OF
material accumulated. but it is hoped
that when results of the investigation
are eventually published some drugs
may be, found whose virtues are at
present unknown TO the medical pro.
feSsion.
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acts as a valet, two maids and also
nurses and a governess and laundress.
as occasion and needs might demand.
The expenses of the White House
laundry is in itself quite a problem.
The Government provides only for
the cleansing of the official linen.
Separate accounts are kept. The
White House stables are a matter of
custom. Because they have always
been there, perhaps they always will
be. The stableman must he paid for
out of the Presidents salary, but the
Nation pays the feed bill and allows
for carriage and a coachman. If
such are wanted. In these days 1t
is an automobile and a chauffeur. To
have fine horses is q custom brought
from the past.
Undoubtedly all Presidents try to
be economical. Some have one stand
ard and some another President
Coolidge is making a special effort
and tries to practice it at the White
House, but there are obstacles. One
is accepted custom: another, certain
expectations that the world looks at
him es chief of the wealthiest Nation:
and third, mounting costs that effect
the Chief Executive as we'll as the
working man. AS President, any in
dividual who reaches the high office
realizes that he is expected to main
tain the dignity of the position that
he holds, and so there are dinners,
and entertainments. and functions,
and trips and addition of all sorts.
1t is interesting when remembering
all these mounting personal expenses
of the President, not including the
various charities that are expected,
to observe how other Presidents Jared
at the end of their terms. Thomas
Jefferson came from the White House
a poor man although wealthy when
he was elected. Harrison left a small
estate. James Monroe was very
poor unexpectedly the poorest finan-
cially that ever occupied the White
House-and the office was such a
| drain on his income that Congress
| made an appropriation to Mrs. Mon
roe after her husbands death.
Martin Van Buren, was the only one
his salary during his four-year term.
He used his private bank account for
all his expenses. Gen. Grant was
very thrifty. 1t was during his sec
ond term that the Office salary was
raised from $25 900 to $4,000 a year.
Probably the most lavish spender of
all was Chester A. Arthur. who not
infrequently gave dinners costing
$1,000. President r. b. Hayes was
accused of parsimony because ne
offered no wine to his guests at his
Dinners He did mot care. for social
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Our Rainfall.

4 VIVID picture of the amount of
rain that falls upon the United
States is given by a Washington
scientist. 1t is equivalent. he states,
to 10 Mississippi rivers flowing con
stantly Otherwise measured, it
equals 80 inches of water for the
entire area. making a total volume
of 152 900 ,0O0, 900 900 cubic feet But
this is only half the amount that
would be necessary to maintain the
full productivity of the soil of the
whole country. .One-third of this
amount runs down TO the in rivers.
The problem for the engineers to
solve is the utiliZa ton to the utmost
of the supply that nature furnishes.
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NOiseless Auction

A NOISELESS auction is the latest
boon to mankind that has come
out of Holland. 1t sounds impossible.
but the scheme is simple. Everybody
who attends the auction and wants to-
bid is provided with a seat. Each
chair is numbered. and connected with
wires to big dial on the auctioneer's
platform. On the dial are numbers
representing prices from the lowest
to the highest amounts.
When the sale begins, the auction
eer describes his wares and then calls
for bids. The hand on the dial on the
platform starts to move up the range
of prices, and whenever any bidder
wants to drop out he signals such by
pressing the button on his chair.
When all have dropped out but one. a
bell rings and light flashes on the
dial board. and the highest bid is thus
ascertained without any noise or con-
fusion,
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lithely into the sea and began swim
ming straight out from shore.
Family he heard the gay shouts Of
the others near the shore. He knew
that Eloise was leading in the gayety
A Grass SOUL ElOise She had sneered
at her hostess. hut that violation OF
the dictates of good breeding would
not bother Eloise. He forgot Eloise,
put her easily from his thoughts; he
dwelt in fancy upon the romantic
episode of the landing above the living
room.
Treading water he stared at a DOT
ahead. He saw a white arm gleAm.
ably itEas- Eloise~
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judicial offices, he would come to her
and tell her that because no other
woman had ever entered his life he
had been able to give himself wholly
to his profession; that whatever honor
he had attained was due to the shin
ing image of herself which always
cleaned before his mental vision.
Something of this. indeed. he tried
to put into words. but she stopped
him. She ordered him to join the
others, dancing to the strains OF the
photograph.
X X X
HOW crude seemed Eloise! There
was in her manner none of the
| deissacy of Mrs. Markham; her&peech
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He frowned heavily. "Thinkin'," he

He frowned heavily. "Thinkin,' he
announced.
Mrs. Markham tapped him on the
arm with her fan.
"You mustn't" she rebuked him.
II invited you out here because l
wanted you to rest your poor. over
taxed brain. OF course. / realize that
the party is a bit young for you. but
still l hope that l. She paused
prettily.
"Oh, you. Of course" Roderick
blushed again. Mrs. Markham's hand
saressed the wide arm of the chalr.
kyen one so IMMERSED as Roderick
EBaild gather the impression that If he
should sit upon the arm she would
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other man in the world would prob
ably divorce me, Sam Markham"
The husband growled. "If didn't
know that everything that wears
trousers is challenge to you, I'd feel
differently. But you simply have to
make every man bow down and wor-
ship. Divorce you? may spank
you. but that's all. I understand you.
But young Dory is really too good
sort to get a heartbreak.
His wife laughed incredulously.
Don't worry, Sam. He's head over
heels in love with Eloise Dennison. He
just doesn't know it. I'm just an in
terlude.''
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. hen husband,
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complete, as It was not possible to
furnish the inside.
The White House is continuing
expense and always must be such.
AS the building grows older it must
be repaired. Yet 1t Is a wonderful
structure, rich in memories. 1t bears
the imprint and the stamp of the per-
sonalities of it's various occupants.
Each has added something permanent
to the structure, although the furni-
ture Is continually changing, as grad
ually the very walls themselves must
change, and the floors and all, because
such things wear out.
While the White House is the resi-
dence Of the President of the United
States and is furnished for four-year
periods. the Chief Executive still has
many expenses. Some have thought
that with house furnished and serv
ants and guards and electric lights
and gas and heat and all, there would
be little else to worry about. But
every item of food consumed in the
White house is charge against, the
Presidents salary. All the viands
provided for the State banquets are
paid for by the President.
The President pays for the services
of the host OF walters employed on all
occasions. There are four dinners
which custom requires. These are in
honor Of the Cabinet. the Diplomatic
Corps, the Supreme Court and the
Speaker Of the House. Rarely a year
passes when the President is not re-
quired to spend at least three State
banQuets besides these. At such there
are frequently 80 guests.
The small, private dinners that are
many times more important to the
Nation and the party in power and
the President than the State functions
are also frequently provided. These
are not elaborate but their cost runs
high. From President Roosevelt and
to the present administration, break
fast and luncheon affairs are numer-
| Gus. From four to twenty are present
according to the inclination of the
Chief Magistrate.
+ + X
THE first lady must also have her
luncheons demanded by custom
and tradition. Mrs. Roosevelt, for in.
stance, gave five afternoon receptions
to a 1000 and 1900 guests. There
We're more than six musicals. At all
of these there was dainty repast of
sandwiches. ices. tea. chocolate, coffee
or some iced drink. These little
spreads cost considerable money
Not all the White House servants
are paid for through public funds.
The Preg11ont must provide his own
cooks Two stable. men, a servantsWho
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Millions Spent in Repairing Washington Home
priaely Furnished

functions. He saved some money, as
did Benjamin Harrison.
The great Lincoln was poor mai
when he became President and a poor.
er one when he left, having only a
few hundred dollars in the bank.
President Cleveland made money
through real estate investments,
which made it possible for him TO re-
tire a wealthy man.
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Measuring Heat.

How much heat is developed when
l. you hammer nail? An English
man has devised an apparatus which
accurately measures, by Photography.
the amount of heat so developed.
The instrument is used to study
metals so that new steels can be de-
vised for modern metal working. When
two metals are pressed closely together
and heat is developed an electric cur
rent flows from one to the other. The
new recording apparatus utilizes this
principle and determines how much
heat is developed in lathe operations,
cutting, drilling and planning.