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Go Wen fluie IVbrfts in Smg Sing
By ELBERT 1ICBBABD
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. Vsrdcn Osborne'says: "The best prep
a ration for liberty 1 liberty."
F.rery good ettlsen In New York, men
a n J women, should uphold Governor
Whitman in his de- I
Fire to reform the
prison system.
Strong men succeed
through utlllxmg tha
trrvice of other men.
The messure of a
ltsaii la ahown In
ltls ability to select
the . right men and
to trust them. '
Qevernor Whitman
In ejecting Thomas
M. biborne aa war
den of the largest
lirlaon ta " supposed
to handle the most
dtrfic.ult of prlaonera
v.-
hns done . wisely
f ml- well
.Iwcll. F::V- J
iVerden.Oaborne.ui Yf
rking out an e-
Ti
mor
ne.riment sreal and
far-Veachinff, excellent beyond words to
express.
When you can get so-called criminals to
adopt the golden rule' as a working policy
you have made a big stride to the front.
. Some one asked George Bernard Shaw
If he believed In the golden rule, and he
said he didn't know, for It has nevef
len tried.
The old-time prison keeper In the course
of' years got arteriosclerosis of the ego,
and ;hla heart became a petrifaction.
, He knew' nothing but the law of force.
Cruelty1, was J his plaything, violence his
Indoord sport. The prisoner had no ap
ical. I
Beatings, hanging up by the hands; the
lafk cell, bread, and . water sometimes
no waWrWSVera all at the whim and. no
tion of these , officials , beasts in human
form. ,' ...
Tho bseper was acoountable to no one.
All this now has been changed. The of
ficers In' Fng glng I noticed were young
men. kindly, courteous. Intelligent, in
, sympathy with the management.
They ' themselves were interested In
carrying out the golden rule. And when
you tan get a prison keeper to practise
tho golden rule you have done tar more
thfcs when you convert a prisoner, for ta
degree you have made the golden rule a
state policy. They co-operated with the
Inmates. ," Practically 7the keepers here
are Uachera, t
Warden Osborne give hla prisoners un
limited use of the United States mad.
Until very recent times the Inmates In
Sing Sing wens allowed to- -writ only one
letter a month. ,
' After fire years In prison. If there
' no black marks against, you, you were
allowed to writ one letter a week.
, Needless to say, a maa la prima , who
is '.only allowed to write one letter a
mrdh-ras wfll of hla friend Inside
of fiva years, -and there, is bo oris to
Bead it Here See
Bt special arrangements for thiai paper
s photo-drama corresponding ta the In
stallments of "Runaway June" may now
be - seen at the leading moving picture
theaters. By arrangement with the Mu
tual Film Corporation it is not only pos.
I hi to read "Runaway June" each
wenk, but aim afterward to see moving
pictures illustrating our wtory.
Copyright. WU. by Berial Publication
Corporation.
SYNOPSIS
June. the bride of Ned Warner, im
pulsively leaves her husband oa thetr
honeymoon beoauae she begins to realise
that she must be dependent on him tor
monev. She denlrea to be independent.
June is pursued by Gilbert Blye. a
wealthy married man. Ehe escapes from
Lis clutches with difficulty: Ned searches
dtatraetedlv lor sune, ana. learning oi
Blye's designs, vows vengeance oa him.
Alter many adventures June is rescued
I rora river pirates by Durban, an arttst.
Who poses as the "Spirit of the alarsh.
Is driven nut by Mrs. Durban and is kid
naped " by -Blye and Cunningham. ...
v ' THUITEKNTH EPISODE.
j Trapped. .
" CHAPTER L (Continued.)
The black Vandyked man talked earnest
ly, with the high cheek boned woman
for an I nut ant and gave her some money.
hurried 'up the steps and let himself In
with a latchkey, while the woman ran
down to the basement door and pushed
past the servant who opened It.
At that moment the family ear swerved
- around the corner an! flashed hy, stUl
' pursuing the luxuriant limousine. - It .had
lost this scene of alighting through hav
ing stopped long enough to take on the
uandaom collie, which now sat oa the
front seat with the driver. There was
no mistaking that luxurious limousine,
with its black curtains tightly drawn and
- a bit of filmy gauze fluttering from the
door and the faithful lnll Woif sUU
tooped on behind.
So it was that beautiful June Warner
came into the boarding house of Mrs.
Huaeel. In the parlor to which aha was
abruptly Introduced there were three
) young women and a young man. With
a awlft motion the white mustached man
drew from June's shoulders the volumi
nous black eoaC
"The Ppirit of the Marti!" he laughed
I y way of introduction, and the shrink
ing June clutched her draperies ccnvul
hively about her as she met the frankly
admiring gas of the young man and
the critical Inspection of . the young
women.
The voluminous black, coat was sud
denly jerked from the hands of the white
jnuataehed man, and the man with the
black Vandyke stood there with a scowl
un his dark, handsome face. Swiftly he
wrapped tb cloak around the shrinking
una of the young Wirt and drew her out
. ( the room.
"Marie! Marie!" orled June, and she
toward the woman with the high
. bones, who stood at the heed of
:li. - - -
a, he' in here-," . .. . ..o nl.i
. lUaaunrly' modulate,! .,.
uiemng the door of a aumptuouai ur
i)ia44 chamber, he atowd by It.
Jut then there aunt springing up the
lairs the 'hile-mutacnel man. June
write to. He hi dead to the world.
It the Intent of the old prison system
had been to render a man absolutely un
fit for a useful life as acttlaen tt could
not have done better.
It stabbed the soul of the man, and ha
became a helpless walking mummy.
Any prisoner in Sing Sing who trans
greases the rules ta tried by a court com
poaed of his peera
prisoners apprehend him, prisoners try
him, prisoners find him guilty, tf stuch ta
the case.
He then has the privilege of appealing
to a eourt of which the warden Is chair
man. But thus far every sentence of the
court, made jnp of tnmates, has been af
firmed by the warden with but eae ex
ctstlon."
The men la prison seem ta have a set
ter sense of JuaUos en . the whole than
the men who are out. One thing, they
have time to consider a case from every
standDOlnL
A stogie prisoner exacted to a position
of power might be tyrannical, hut a Jury
made up of prisoners is always lenient.
Tet -these men realise thai. their happt
ness turns on making life tolerable for
the warden, and his Immediate assistant;
that Is. if they make life difficult for
the people the state has placed over them
they, in turn, will suffer.
' The inmates are more Interested la
making the honor system a success than
Is the outside world. These prisoners
have more at stake than Warden Orborae
has. and they co-operate with him In
every possible .way. -.
The intelligence and influence among
the Inmate Is focused on making the
dreams of Warden Osborne come true
this just as a matter of self -respect.
Tbey realise that they are trying out
an experiment which Is being watched
by every warden in the United States.
So far the honor system at Sing Sing
is a success.
That, a revolution may possibly occur
and wipe it out is possible, hat not prob
able. ...
A revolution may come te New Tor
City, and howling mobs may run through
the streeta and sack the stores and de
stroy property, but we do not expect it.
Nevertheless, while there are a -few
people in New fork City who deliberately
sign themselves, "lours for the Revolu
tion." they are In a very small minority,
and do not have the respect of Intelligent
oltiseaahltt. ... 1 .
It la exactly the same in the dty of
Sing Sing, which la presided over by a
mayor who haa quite ' as much intelli
gence, nite as much right latent, aa the
mayor has tn the average American city.
And I also believe that la every state
penitentiary tn the United Bute there
are a few men who rank high la the
point of initiative, intelligence and a
general ability to influence men and to
Influence them In the right direction.
, It is Just a question of rightly focusing
and directing the energies of meit who
have made mistakes. Is the Golden Rule
practicable? ' ' " ' .
4 Sing- Sing say -Tee." ''-'
it at tho Movies.
darted Into the room, but the black Van
dyked man detained Mark and talked
earnestly with the maid. At first she
kept shaking her head. He showed her
soma money, and aha still shook her
head. He gave her some more, and she
smiled and went downstairs.
"JuneT" Tt was -the voloe of Cunning
ham.
Bhe sprang to her feet as the door sud
denly opened and Cunningham earns into
the room. i -
"--V CHAPTER II." ' 1
Tr out oa Broadway the Insurious
llmoualne, with the blank ourUlas drawn
and . the bit of filmy gaiue fluttering
from the door, turned toward the river,
with the faithful Bill Wolf still stooped
over the tires, his cravat still firmly
clutched tn the atrap of the tire cover
and his empurpled faoa turned partly tip,
so. that the comer of one pmk aye eould
gase back Imploringly at the pursuing
car. i . . ,
In that oar, strained tensely ' forward,
Ned Warner sat with gritted teeth and
clinched hands, never removing his eyes
from the fleeing limousine into which he
had seen his lovely runaway bride ban
died hy the scoundrelly Gilbert Blye.
Again be urged .the driver Jerry to
greater speed. He was determined that
this time the chase should not end until
he had his fingers clutched around the
throat of the dark, haadsoma man with
the black Vandyke and had strangled him
to . death. Ha had wrecked Ned's Ufa.
this dastardly Blye, and nothing but a
life would pay. On the very day of Ned's
marriage the fellow's evil machination a
had begun.
The black curtained Itmooslns just
ahead wheeled around the corner and
dashed up the hilt with high speed, with
the faithful Bill Wolf wabbling en be
hind like a Japanese balloon.
The girl la the sumptuously furnished
room st Mrs. Rusaers shrieked the name
of Gilbert Blye, and he cams hurrying
Into the room, a scowl upon his dark,
handsome face, Gilbert Blye pointed
sternly; to the door, and Cunningham,
after a moment of sullen hesitation, left
the room, twirling his moustache. At
the door he turned and cast upon June
a malevolent glare.
"Please! Please Mr. . Blye!". begged
June. ' " ' r
"Come!" 'ilia' low voice soothed her.
"Ton mast rest for a fsw minutes, and
I promise that' ao one shall disturb you.
I shall return in San mlnutaa."
In the basement Marie stood with OU
bert Blye's money m her hand. She
started for the door. Bhe came hack
and started for the stairs. She turned
again to the door, again to the stairs.
then stood and looked at Otlhart Blye's
money, her high cheek hones white and
indecision on her brav.. -
Uphill and downhill rushed tha black
curtained limousine . with the Moore
family ear still la hot pursuit.
k?caeiona!ly the well known and j jetty
famous private detect! A:. BUI Woif,
loosened his clutch for an Inataat. but
tightened It Immediately, -
tTu le Continued Tomorrow.)
Germ of a
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Reduced slightly from her normal sise. Bhe is the wayward
creature who inhabits the world aa the winds that blow about It.
ad not area th grumpiest bachelor mar find a spot on the fair
earth where he Is liable to hava her smiling- her way Into his heart
and there destroying him utterly. Students 'ware! For she reaches
out from the plate whereon 70 u coldly study her and attacks your '
, heart with .deadly surety. The symptons are-lif you've never suf
fered thus, young man a heady-head whoso thoughts circle madly'
Advice to Lovelorn
2 ay ssATmxoa r Atarax
Doa't' Spoil Your Uvea.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 18. and have
a girl ehum IT. We have two boy trienda,
U and SO. The other day, while out Walk
ing with them, we were auddenly over
whelmed by a proposal of marriage from
them. Their Idea wag to elope and keep
the marriage eecret for two or three
years, . we continuing to live at home.
As we love these boya daarly and as
they are very well financially situated
we have been thinking the matter ever
seriously. We have not told our parents
anything about It ! M you think thetr
proposlUoai advisable? U 6. A,
Pont do such a rash and silly thing as
these hoys propose. Tou honestly are not
old enough to choose partners with whom
you will be happy for life and marriage
is a life-partnership or aught to be. If la
a few years your youthful Infatuation
and friendship has ripened Into love, go
to your parents and tell these best friends
yon have ot your desires and Intanttona
A marriage with their sanction will be
far more likely to succeed and be happy.
Don't don't elope.
Nai
Dear Miss Fairfax; 1 am a young mar
ried woman and my husband suems to
love me. but he oonfesaed to me that he
took another, girl out to dinner and the
theater. lie aaya he cares nothing about
her and does sot know why he was so
foollah. Thla has hurt me, and do you
think if I did the same thing It would be
a lesson for hint If he really loves met
ANXIOUfc
The best way to lia.idle this situation
is to show faith in your husband's
declaration that he caanot understand his
own folly by ignoring his blunder. Don't
retaliate in kind that would give him aa
excuse to repeat the performance. He
ta probably heartily asliamed of himself
and feels that you are a sweet, little
women whom he treated rather cruelly.
(But if yoa seek a cheap revenge yoa will
only lower yourself la his estimation and
make htm feel that he' did nothing so
very wrong after all.
Doa't Wear I.
Dear Miss s'alrfax: I have been en
gaged to be married to a young men for
tlx wanks. I did not like him before I
accepted his ring, but I thou hi 1 could
learn te Mae him as he was very kind to
me, bat I find out now I dislike him naere
than ever. I luive offered his ring back
to htm and be refusoe to accept It, bat
threatens bis life and my own. V. 8. 8.
Don't wear It Tou did wrong in ao-
! ceptlng it, and every day you keep It
makes the wrong greater. ' 1
Tell your father of . his threats. ..A
coward ot hla atrtpe needs a man te (kat
with.
Fatal Heart
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Trouble By
round the fancy of one face like a merry -go-round around Its gilrto!
music; a body that no longer needs foot! and drlni.. hut float gen
tly about Ilk a red toy balloon.; a heart that m honey-combed with,
moods and Ilea on moment like a bait ot fire id your breal a.id
the nest flutters Ilk a bird boating It wings In a box. Wheni you
get these the matter with you, and a flock of other things as well
i then you have com too closa to tha haraless-sssming smiling,,,
'glowing germ of a fatal heart trouble. Nell Brlnklsy.
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Arc You
Superstitious?;
Are. Ton One of- Thoie. CMTls
Who Tlsit rorVuse. Tellote, fev
Advlce ia. Iiovef. t I I t
Ity BKATIUCE FAIKKAX-
1H vcu torture turelf with rlnv
I o:ucnu nnl predict Ms? rrt yoi tnm
.'buck 'in a lilsck-cat croeseeiur path.
And lo y throw, n- pinch, of nnl mM-
I -onr I eiamridor . aiter apUl Jig sow
innd prepare for company when a roott.
jerowa? ' Th-n ynu are afmld of your ehadov.
! Having, no reel wort-lea or tNiuhlen- you
j'net about te bulkl'up some on- the say
j tngs. of" name- tfothieea-old dame- who. sat
t in. s chimney corner ce4rturt ego' antli
j'lalla-.t like ohlld. You are supet.Mltior
Intid, the sitperetltleus mart "or woman
'never gets, anywhere In this, world- h
Realise ho- on nlir begins e-ery day'i Jour
ney, weighted down '.with a burden of.
lane. onna and prediction. It la 'the
handicap of t)'C heaviest- of all burdens,
for one who believes , Ih bad luck may
never go forth and have good. . ' .
Vivien write r "A friend ofi -mine-wishes
in to he rvr -bridesmaid. , .Now I
have- hid tnt Junior twice hefiVre. ai4.
while nrt- riiperatitlmis, .. r don't care to
take iiirMees?ry r.hawea in remaining
an old maid. Three time a brlhnmaldr-n-ver
n brldo Is. theif anything-In the
saym,T' .1 . .
A Miii Ii Troubled (ilrl aski: " "f sn-
poor working girl, .and am shout' to, b
mrrK)i. I have, a new. block. serge,,dress,
whlrh I have never worn, and aa f can't
afford to gel a rx dreas I tltought tor be.
marrlvtr n thH. Hut my- friends, say It
will lulnt 1'ad luult. They think It1 would
b lwtter
tort
me "In get. another, drea.
even thi.'.igh I would have to go In debt
for tt. AVhnt rholl r d" "'
"i was engnoed' ro be married." write
ar n-rwUa.gon- man, "to the awcteat girl
that ever lived. We. had been engaged
three months when one day nhe- eonsuHrd
a. fortune tcllar -wiio toid her sha wsn
gnged to a -insrrlmi man.. L wwed-to-,
her. that It waa not lh truth-, and for-a
Urns all went welt. Then again. h eon-aiiltcd-
a fortune teller who told her ti
beware of a- lmer who had a. alfo. siirt
fche thinks that. Is T, and baa broken tlm
engagement. I have proved to the sat!r
faction of her family and friends that.t
j never had: n wife, and- am of. good char-
at tet but, wile- bellowts tlje? fortune- tellw
anil wen't beljm-e me.; My heart, la
broken." ' ' '
Tlgl Is-lert.a'npinKten, the .numl')r
of tlmrs.ahe haa been' brideeinall is not
rerronilile for her condition T - w
that aa per cent, of atilnbtera-wore uevnr
brideeiualda-at a'ti and. cqualli-. sure -.that.
thc'cfiairti- a girt offtMntee In. urh n.
j paf it.j tl)e,hcttr her chajicea for h:lni; ;
rui lf fjorv lier ver-.v pSArttnce at jt. n--l-,'!ns
l lxjviuli ta. nitko- liomo nian- niHltri'
that w!))ln nhe- lpuk i.tot nit-n. brttl-.f
atteminrit. ihe would looli much awuot. t
u-.-i. ' 1
A Mnck'drevg fnf a bride J yrf" hj ti
boat taatpi H eomlier '. tmlfr sv ;ol I i r
mure mournful ocvaji one,, hut It -i-tx-t
luck, tn woi! f a blnrk dreas thut itv pal.i
flu- than tr wear a white dmca. wululk wi.'
could not afford, and' for which imm had'
to go In dbht,-; If la unfortunate that the
aupnrrtlttoua. do not tremble more bsfuu
the had tnrli ettmhlnu tn debt,- and' loi
j hofore aunm , Uotmlnory worry. ..Tr-bt- l i
real had lurk, .A black, weudlnjp gown hh-v
no- had hick, attached except! that which
is imaginary. . '"'"' - 1
If a girl, la so aiU ell will let' a (oNojij
teller omivJrtce. lien that her iovar 'hi a
villain alie is tun allly to be worth- court
ing. Vba wttl. become, the sort of wife
who. wHI bellv her huahaud gul!t,v o
every urtum hi tire- calendar beoauae )u
happened to- look tho new moon squam
In ttie face. WM.rh, aa every fool lr pet- )
son knows, means "open -dlagraoe.
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