Show I F Fun un at State Prison I t THE prisoners at the state tate prison 1 with the exception of tho ho condemned condemned condemned con con- men mon and halt half a a. dozen unruly convicts were yesterday morning given an unique entertainment on the occasion occasion occa occa- sion sian of ot tho the visit of ot Howard tho the ventrIloquist ventriloquist and four Cour mem members ers of or the Orpheum Orpheum Or Or- staff taft Work Vork was suspended In tho shops and tho the prisoners filed tiled Into the tho chapel where the they were confronted with a table covered with all the Impedimenta Impedimenta Im Im- im- im of a dentists dentist's office and a gruesome screen fashioned out of ot otI I benches bench and blankets I A short preliminary talk b by George c E. E Carpenter calmed their apprehensions when they were told that there were going to be no sermons operations opera opera- or moral lectures simply Imply a solid soUd hour of ot fun Then Mr Howard wi with th tho the aid of or his assistant and props gave his entire act complete and added for good g measure 35 36 minutes of ol come come- d dy Incidentally he demonstrated that he could pI play the tho violin bones and snare snare drum like an artist To tho the visitors visitors vis via th the remarkable feature of or tee en entire entire en- en tire Ure entertainment aside from the work of ot tho the performer was the spontaneity of the applause and the way the audience audIence audience audi audI- ence of convicts never missed a point Howard worked d until his collar be became became he- he came limp His assistant afterwards affirmed he never worked like It be before before be- be fore tore in his life Then ho went down among his audience with his dummy Jimmie and jollied Individuals to the huge delight of 01 all but never or beyond the line of ot discipline When it cameto came cameto to awarding a vote ote of thanks to the volunteer ventriloquist the prisoners ra responded with a yell ell and then at the soun sound of the gong filed out to their re respective respective respective re- re Following the entertainment the visitors vis were wore conducted through tho the prison pris on and Inspected everything from the punishment cells to the kitchen Tho fact that a number of or the thc convicts had canaries In their cells that there was 5 5 i I I IL- IL I i 1 I I 4 5 no HOWARD RD WARD The Scotch n ot at the Orpheum a pet cat In ever every and the prisoners were permitted to smoke and play games among themselves el eJ was as an opener eye to lo the tho Scotchman who ventured ven yen the opinion that thal after alter all the American way of ol handling convicts was perhaps more humane than that In vogue VOs-ue in Great Britain and the colo cob n nies e s. s |