PRISON PRIDE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 47, 4 June 1910, Page 9

PRISON PRIDE

t'OJ -i-i'-.'/JiiJ S'lj;» Women convicts often, .fhpi ( .hairj. charmingly arranged. Thai'is their'one, permitted feminine, vanity. (savs a Home tyie. accompaniment ,of bittpr tearsj'lnn't ''the 1 : 'S«l"wW it .grows again I ''if. WbMm , >kM i m i (&\ W l #aWtt#Hufe ! ih'ftbf 4ike[ to show off before tme'iahoUiei / .;'glaricfej of envy sweetelOTfeafy days. j| •'> « J Awyqfashion!ilevem i) quite i; elaborate,;! may .be followedUn ■Y>sl<tte-!k^Mim»i>titing&<(Sf>.mv -kinfl is j onob"afltWedy. >■>'« : u;i-u;iim t-.id V \\ | ! Hairpins are the woman eonvict^lmofl'tji •'' o Tfte'''!priso!ii matrons* is ome'tiifres.- idropl ,j ijhe.«i!' (Jfchere aflemfti it wardrtessesri in)"Eng-5 lish women's prisons') hairipin.rEm!, the stoiie'''flieofijHasl before now beeiiTthel cause of a violent-assault by one woman; •fliiia.tfb'ther.v.i The'women positively, cr.aW -fbwfrairpshs,'>jnßt>als;nhfi mdni /do. forntO-! 'jftftied. .i'i* w:// ••■Jriij.;-, ,i! t V:, ,■,-.,■.!!•, || •'ilJltiisithS prettier! women: who are ; .the l ' 'ijrios't <96lf {conceited ■ as' to their! .looks; *n,d f |Jtlie^^se(fi'fl.ll^t4ifi r "otlifirs; copying theni.i i Spaces may h^;seflß'ion.itheAy<illßiofvcojf-j uridoYs-j-'wihWeVitlhjen women* uin<'parsing, thrive scraped avnayi tii'e iwhiite'n plaster. \ I Smuggled to their cellsoiiniftihe ifold of..iji = dress, it is used ■ as-face-powder. I

i: ifte conivicfcs;ffu'|e .frequently employed; in making i naonfe whists,. Whwh,. tp ; dis- ' tinguish ttonVfts i pro(p,erty, I ?a«voJ blue {*>,t,tojv,;&twped|,yfith .Mimam i.absltraet-ed.,,sO'WW > qf ir; .tiie ~rqd| stripes, soaked them in w»ter,,;and;!|3<>;ii obtained, aiflotiojl vi'ibh which, bo pink-(her; cheeks.: Her.'nappearance ;! ;vyas;i at pnqei commented'; on;; admired! and imitated.* The authoritaes».J«ld,» : grjßaii - ilifßcu]ty im stamping out the practice. • r/jn 'women's iprisPfisJuno loaking-gjass is ■ .allowed. .Now.and/again 9,, crash, of glass is heard..-,■.-A.-tyiifdoW; is; • .sihattei , €<l..il)uti'npnfl ll efvn.'ga.j:,,>vho did it,!| but all the la.rgev.pieqes: qf 7 i>i'oken, glass • •have disappeared,.,as ; if. ,by.,magic. VV course,, the,,,\Yomeaj .convicjts.fe}.ve, secured, fchenj. IJeld wfir ; a : gas. jet until they ; .lia.ve become. .smqfced on pile,;side, these .are, yped sis' iiiirrprs. ; On opportunity, the , possessor , of, .suqh a. pppr, jagged jittle 1 ool'ingrg] ass' will afford ■a, lelknv-' .prisoner a glimpse of her l o\i;p, It is. the greatest.treat formonths., [ ' i .Corsets, are' urikjio w}i arnqng.. prisoners, | and their''symmetry ',is' greatly, missed. I yevy, fine,'but strong wire-netting is fix-' led around 'the .galleries 6,f ga'pl' ,|o j)revcnt i prisoners 'of suicidal ,teiidehctes from casting themselves heatfjbng to' the floor'below. Uniioticed, : f)ii4 .cuiiet^'ladylike little 'woifian succeeded 'in' detaching a, lose .portion' 1 of this; A'n'd with. 1 the ware" and . the prison 'sheets' 'she, ( during the night, contrived'for lierself a' pail" of