Word: prisoners
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...story of conditions in the prison camps and on the battlefronts is extremely thrilling and dramatic...
...evening when John Galsworthy's "Justice," was seen at the Plymouth Theatre. Six years ago "Justice" was first presented to the public in London and met with a great success. Now, produced in America, one can only hope that the admirableness of the cast combined with the interest in prison reform, which is just now sweeping the country, will serve to keep this play upon the stage for the long run that it deserves...
...with the woman he loves, who is married to a brute of a husband. His deed is discovered and he is summoned before the court, tried, sentenced, and imprisoned. After three years he is freed again and hunts for a job, followed everywhere by the stigma of his prison term. He finds Ruth Honeywill, the woman he loves, the forced mistress of another man, supporting herself and children in this way. The distrust of the police for a former criminal draws him into the net once more and rather than face such misery and degradation, he ends his life...
...faults in the play are not particularly obvious except in the unfortunate condition of the scenery in the corridor of the prison. The court room scene is particularly impressive, though much of it should be sacrificed for the sake of brevity and strength...
...Reverend Samuel A. Eliot '84 pays a high tribute to the work of Thomas Mott Osborne '81 in an article entitled "An Exponent of Harvard Spirit." Mr. Osborne's ideas on prison reform are not new but he has had the courage to push them in the face of strong political opposition. He incurred the enmity of the "bosses" because "he carried about with him too much moral dynamite...