Show KINDNESS IN JAIL AIL i the chicago times herald has an sn in teresing tere tAng and instructive account of the plan upon which the cook county jail Is managed toy by jailer john L whitman the which he seeks t to 0 carry out in practice is this that kindness is more potent than physical force and it is claimed that he has had at a remarkable success to proving the eor cor nesa iness of the theory the e proper treatment of offenders against a the laws lawa Is a subject of vast importance and aind any light thrown upon it should be welcome it is not improbable that jub lic opinion some time will recognize the fact that some gome old methods meth 0 d s produce p effects opposite to those intended by all proper legislation and then a demand will be made tor for A 6 thorough study of the whole subject and the employment of trained managers of penal eions just as proper training trall ning to ie remanded demanded for other public mr whitman when he took charge of the cook county jan stated bis views thus society has discovered that phi philanthropy te but the beginning of wag dom dam that brutal and inhuman pun ashment but serves ft aitio increase the evil it is intended to check and now further demands that we me who have haive the care of those who have come under the ban baa of the law should give thought though tto to this feature of our work by tack lack of intelligence in handling handl ng them as well as by lack of feeling feel ing we may further increase the burden which society has to carry cany in caring for the criminal class clase in accordance with this platform his first act was to abolish the od ao callea murderers row which has been the he mecca of the morbid murderer worship ing flower giving women of hysterical type only real murderers that is men mem who commit murder with malice aforethought or while robbing or burglarizing glar izing are now kept together the prisoners ate are classified to age sex and color and chronic offenders when a prisoner is entrusted to the case of mr whitman he is glyen too bo understand that this gemi gentleman 18 his friend land and that he wants to help him on his teet feet again if af possible the mft boners know that good behavior will T be rewarded tn in some cases their sentences may be and it if they deacre to lead komesu lives after abar leaving jail they may count KW ion thed si al stance of mr and mrs whitman it Is a rule of the institution that no im guard must astrike a blow in extreme cases he may call on o n the Ja jailer iller andelt is asserted th that vt a holf half craft crazed d prisoner intent on guard wall quiet down as the elender bender firm yet tot kind jailer comes coines up and says let min loose boys and by firmness fearlessness and kindness sways the brutal nature which force failed to subdue the jail hospital shows how kindness has developed the self respect of the prisoners the account says under dr emil Broe chlus awe wounded prisoners are skillfully tre treated atod surgically and tn in the op operating abing room and hool hospital tal thile th la ile be latter room were several sick WW tien men up tn spotless beds dup with snowy white anni A reading A young man sto stood ad near a nD antel 11 watching them kindly A nurse nurse ft course was ones natural id idea ab t the lad jailer whitman introduced ca him and his countenance lit up bu tl when he was asked how ho he I 1 nursing trained ned nurses eh yes bitt but hes a trusty we abay make a icilee out of him before defoie he goes 1 another trusty Is onti a jerrys accomplices you e him for a guard if he was urn d and did not have a deep scar be it on beb core of or his cheeks he takes much interest tn in work about the prison another interesting department is the he school tor for boys this is in ch large of miss annie flood we again quote from the times herald I 1 A regular stampede the thirty boys ab a hypon s oon as asmis appears in the schoolroom aft it 9 00 ni morning ornIng all make tor her wbk barm around jim her and her A large pile of the ilia of the papers daw vy the teacher upon he e desk these toe tire le later ter given out as ads ds tor for good bk behavior to co the I 1 boys A A word ax as dah conscience sc honc honest aty yete is taken its meant meaning mg de defined fined and the need of acl ing accor accordine accord flog dins to its did dictates betes urged then the usual grade studies are am nax hw 1 the book Ote relod Is reached reaf lied hed the pape papers m axe are given ma abold grit clamor and cajoling for them M roaf OR boys and they joyfully take aa their thedr cells and resa read ahoi ad moralie moralists mora lists ats may stand ot our so called fiuty amal dia lily journal S waith edth their ter tei should be so carein careA care iW pooW P altof t t ane t hands of the young yes but bitt attune r 7 miss floods direction no evil results come the lads are given the papers paper s for or the purpose of selecting clippings for a school scrapbook scrap book they come back to school next day clippings cl in hand and if their long are good they are rewarded by having them read aloud toy by the class and then pasted into the scrapbook scrap book really the book would do justlee to the average collector of a literary turn no accounts of crimes are ever selected stories of nature animal life chronicles of the events that go to make history and choice poetry of the period are much flavored by the teda ReNg lous services are conducted by the chaplain who genei maly gives his audience serm sermons lons upon some practical topics it is stated that this thi s clergyman has helped many a struggling geoul soul to regain a footing on the firm ground of honesty and virtue and many alime a time people him in thoe the street with a friendt frien MT hello felther you remember roe me dont you I 1 shall never forget your kindness to me at the jau jail it Is generally admitted thant no spiritual force is more powerful than that which is generated in a gaind heart god it is said Is love the te reason why ft is not more generally applied in goer governing ning Is this that it requires more thian possessed by the average man iran or to govern gove rn and control by that 1 power than to crush don blon with bautel bru ibal force we are developing deve toping however and way some time learn how bow to rule each one in his own sphere on the principle by governs the universe |