Leavenworth New Era from Leavenworth, Kansas • 3

LEAVEN WORTH NEW ERA OUR BAND CONCERTS 9f 'HEN the officials of this institution consented to let the band play con- From the MI certs for the people ot jueavenworui, opens up ucw a uu. -H ttmmhprs rf ttip hnnd a chance to learn how July 16, 1Q15 well their efforts would be appreciated by the folks who have lived neighbors to us for the time we have been here; and it gave the Leavenworth music lovers an opportunity to hear some of the best talent we have in professional musical lines. 1V, At the first concert we noticed about eight hundred visitors; at the second about two thousand. This personal appreciation of the music given at the initial performance is gratifying to all who have been in any way instrumental in gaining the privilege of permitting the concerts to be held on the front lawn of our prison; and the large attendance at the second is proof positive that the bovs of the band "made a hit. We are a little modest about telling of the talent we have 111 music.

We don't splash our wares into the lap of those who do not know us. But we can say, with becoming modesty, that we would not take a back seat with any band in the state outside the two big towns of the commonwealth. When given the chance we can make good, with a large measure to spare. Our band as it now stands does not have to draw from the outside for any feature number; they have soloists of their own, men who have the ability to acquit Ihemselvestcreditably at all times, from solo cornet down to the tubas. If a vocal number is needed to add spice to the concert; if a clarinet so is wanted; if a bell selection is required; if a piano recital lsdemanded; in short, if any special number is requested, Prof.

Linck has the man to do the job right and pleasingly. UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY March Overture Kncore Mazurka Kncore Overture Kncore Selection March PROFESSOR GKO. II. LINCK CONDUCTOR Sunday Kvening, July 4 On the Square I ustspiel keler-Bela On tlie Shores of Tripoli Dulin, Cunningham, Wells La Czarine Holo-Bo Fairman Morning. Noon and Night PP Vocal Solo by Kerwin Let the West of the World Go liy Prince Charming Spirit of Independence Holyman Finis Sunday Kvening, July 11 Pattleship Connecticut The Enchantress Dalbey Alabama Lullaby Glow Worm Lincke When a Peach from Georgia Weds a Rose from Alabam Come Out in the Moon-light Stickney Cornet and Trombone by Messrs.

Zeaman and Adams Creine de la Creme lobani Pussyfoot Hungarian Dance 5 Brahms by J. Adams Spring Maid Rheinhardt Wasatch March Finis March Overture Kncore Selection Kncore Duct Wind Waves Released by Everybody Who said" Kansas was dry? There's a little spark of coal still burning in the stove below the street. Can we consistently call the Minute Men of the War of Independence our men? Will we be here next July Fourth? Not if our Uncle Sammy remains safe and sane. For Sale One set of good resolutions. Put together January first.

Slightly used. The high prices of wool doesn't prevent many people from parading around in sheep's clothing. A good many rungs in the ladder of life seem to have been sawed partly in two just ready for you to step on. Wonder if it wouldn't be good policy to keep the women from the ballot until thedeath of the paper shortage. We don't have to go outside to learn that there is a shortage in cloth fabrics.

see examples of it every day. "Charles Crews was home Saturday and Sunday." We're glad to know that he gets home once in a while. We learn, with regret, that there is a scarcity of one dollar gold pieces. Strange how scarce everything is getting. It is said that the year 181G had no summer.

For a time we were of the opinion that 1920 was going to make history repeat itself. There are other things in life than food, clothing and lodging and some of them can't be bought with moneybut they're not very numerous. When complaining about the high cost of living at the sea shore, remember that the hotel man is not there for the same reason as the summer boarder. We saw a man on the yard the other day, in deep mourning, 'twas about Da. and we got curious about his condition.

Inquiry elicited the fact that he had only a week to do on a year-and-a-day. We don't know much about this circus that's coming, but we hope it's the one Pat attended not long ago. "There was one fellow," he said, "that beat all the rest. Sure, he balances a ladder on his nose, climbs up to the top, "and pulls the ladder up after him." Dear Ed. How can I convince the folks at home that I have spent the summer at the seashore? A.

Con. Answer Just buy a barrel of salt, put a sea serpent in it, and send it to them before you leave the penitentiary. New Kra Can you tell me the best way to remove freckles from the face? Freckles. Ans. We have heard of folks covering their faces with gasoline and touching a match to it.

Dear Editor I have been in love for many years. Howcanlcure the affliction? L. Ovesick. Ans. Ask for a transfer to 2 gang for the summer.

(CONCLUDED) most absolute simplicity but cleanliness. On the rolls of the society's board of directors are listed several of the leading men and women of the city. Among these are Charles W. Warden of the Continental Trust Company; Mrs. Anna E.

Ilendley, president of the Anthony League; Nathan B. Scott, former United States Senator, and others. On the advisory board are Senators Arthur Capper, of Kansas, Owen and Page; Kdward Droop one of the leading merchants of the city; Samuel C. Pirie, of the national firm of Carson, Pirie, Scott Company, and others. Selection Kncore Piano Solo Selection March Too much is plenty and this goes for everything.

The average man's conscience is more elastic than his suspenders. Government dope raiders ought to get big hauls around race tracks. We'll wager that the man who wrote "Patience is a virtue" never did a prison jolt. Major Hawkins of Kentucky was thrown out of hia auto at Lexington last Friday, and broke every bottle on his person. A study of this institution leads us to believe that the thing with which visitors are most suprisingly impressed is a prisoner smiling.

SUNDAY SCHOOL AND CHAPEL NOTICE The mid-week Bible classes were taught by Kev. Kdward V. Kuskin and Chaplain Allen. Chaplain Allen preached from Rom. 14:10.

Tlie subject was "toleration." Mr. and Mrs. John Schalker of Leavenworth, with their three charming daughters and Miss Syrena McKee, visited our Sunday school. Miss Bernice Schalker, who attends the Chicago Musical Institute sang three beautiful numbers. Her sister presided at the piano.

Next Sunday morning Mrs. Howard Gordon, a member of the Presbyterian church choir, will sing for the school. Maurice C. Williams, Supt. CATHOLIC CHAPEL The members of the Holy Name Society of the Saint Vincent de Paul Branch, Leavenworth, received Holy Communion on Sunday, July 11,1920.

The regular monthly meeting en-Hued immediately after o'clock Mass. The president, Mr. Theo. W. Spain, presided over the little gathering, and, as usual, the attendance wan excellent.

The reading of the minutes by the secretary, Mr. Sherman F. Vetelcer, revealed a membership of eighty-one, all of which are recorded as active members. Father Lewis of Atchinson, Kansas, delivered a very impressive talk pertaining- to the activities and success of the society elsewhere. He spoke enthusiastically of the accomplishments of our little society here; especially of the zealous work and illustrious examples given by our president and secretory.

OUTSIDE COMICS Admiral SiuiH said at a dinner in Washington: "Kvening gowns in London and Paris expose a young woman's back to a remarkable degree. 1 have ween beautiful and fashionable young women with their backs bare clear down to the waist. "Why don't you cover up your back?" an old-fashioned fellow said to one of these young women. "If I did," she answered, with a demure smile, "I'd be considered a back At the master painters' and decorators banquet the other evening one of the guests said to a compan- notice a crouple of doctors in the gathering. "Yes, 1 saw them," the other replied.

"How do you account for their presence here?" fokingly the painter answered: "Oh, we are obliged to be very strict on account of the union." "How does that affect the doctor'" 1, "Kvery doctor must have a work- ing card, you know, so he will be able to paint with iodine." A 'dance at the two programs played two things; namely, variety and good taste. The cold type cannot tell how much "pep" was put into the numbers by the band boys. The standard overtures and selections were played with precise animation ana good tone coior; me iox uuib wim a lil swinging swagger good to hear; the waltzes with a lhythmic niVnHiniTto the senses. Kerwin' vocal solo and Adams' piano selec applauded. The concerts, like the tions were well received and heartily baby shows, were howling successes.

(CONTINUED FROM PACE 2) VINDICATED BY WASHINGTON PRESS From many there are no opening, from others the hand of help to tlie men who want to "come back." in prison, families of the men areextendert aid in such measure as come back, is extended While the society is able to do so, but the worK 01 aiding men wnen icimcu uum orison and making Ihem reputable citizens instead of candidates for future audiences with the photographer of the "Rogues' Gallery" is the principal work of the society. I etters of gratitude, thanks and proffers of services at any time have tirrived from men who have been helped, by the association in great numbers. Thev are filed with the cases. Keanliiw charges published in the "New Lra," made by the Mutual Welfare League of Auburn Prison, with Darby Kay, secretary who has since escaped according to newspaper dispatches, which declare he used his position as "trusty" to make his getaway with other officials of the league-records on file at the headquarters of the Prisoners' Relief Society may lie used to refute several statements. One of them is that as a dispenser of practical or financial assistance to incarcerated or released prisoners, the society is conservative to a point of nility.

Scores of letters are on file for the refutation of this Htateinent. "We the inmates of penal institutions are the bait he is using to have a gullible public enrich undeserving and non-productive coffers, ami protest to your organization and all others whom he had ever approached, Mr. Kay writes to the Rotary Club of New York City. I)r Duddiiv, in a sworn statement, made on June WW, in which tie declares "I am Buffering with an affliction of the heart, called Anginas Pretoria' which is aggravated by a bad valvular deficiency, and I am making this statement believing that I will soon be called to the Bar of Justice on Ilb'h declares that he has contributed approximately $20,000 to the society, while the Christian Herald and readers have contributed of Dudding" have contributed 0,000 and the public while fcrfW in gifts where anonymous." The total raised was $15,500 in six years. Of this amount more than $12 (KM) went into stamps for (MX), (XX) letters alone.

Dr. Dudding also swore himself to be in debt personally, with no one asset save a few medical books. "Light hundred dollars is all the money I have received from the society for my services, in six years," he swears. Thousands of dollars were used for stationery, and for office supplies and workers. In conclusion, the writer has seen the living quarters of the president of the association.

They are in the basement floor of the headquarters of the society. The are neat, but economical, things are spick and span. A cot is in one room, with a bureau and chair. A dining room is in the forward room of the basement, where all meals are eaten. The quarters are of the.