Group A is to consist of those who are serving their first term of imprisonment, and who may therefore be supposed to have been led into crime by others, and not to be so wicked but that a chance remains of turning them back into the paths of goodness and honesty. Group B will be made up of men who have been in prison once before, and for whom there is still hope that they may reform. Group C will take in the men who have served more than one term of imprisonment, and whose reform is very doubtful, but even they will be separated from. Group D, into which will be put the hardened criminals, who are to be kept apart, that they may not harm the more innocent prisoners. The different groups will be kept entirely separated, and those who are young in crime will never come across the old offenders. The first group will have the greatest care from the prison officials. Every effort will be made to guide its members into better ways of life. They will be looked after by a physician, who will give them plenty of exercise and training to make their bodies strong. There will be a regular system for educating them, and training their minds into the knowledge that to be happy they must be good, and that sensible men will obey the law. When they are sent back into the world after their term of imprisonment is over, they will have learned how to be useful and honest men, and every effort will be made to help them to lead good lives. The next, Group B, and also Group C, will be treated in much the same sort of way as Group A, except that these groups will be disciplined more severely than the first one. Little time will be wasted over Group D. The men in it will be treated in the ordinary way, and the only especial attention they will get will be to see that they are never mixed with the other groups. It is hoped that, through these means, many men who are not really criminals at heart may be brought back to decency and good citizenship. New York State is not alone in this desire to reform its criminals. Last year, two Houses of Reform were established in Kentucky, one for boys and one for girls. These prisons are situated in healthy parts of the country, and they are built on what is called the "Cottage Family Plan." This means that they are divided into cottages, each of which holds about twenty-six criminals. Locks, bolts, and bars are not used any more than necessary. Each cottage is in the care of a matron, who has orders to keep it as much like a home as possible. The young prisoners are taught to be good citizens, and the result has been very fine. * * * * * We were talking about right whales not very long ago. Now, if we may believe what we hear, a fine large right whale has been caught off the Long Island coast, and the fishermen are highly pleased.