Supper table’s cl’ared away; pap he gits his fiddle; (Whoo-whoo, how de wind do blow!) Ev’rybody dances--up and down de middle. (Whoo-whoo, how de wind do blow!) When de reel am finished, den pappy plays a break-down; Rufe he double-shuffles till you’d fink de roof would shake-down; Then we pass de cider jug, and mammy brings the cake roun’. (Whoo-whoo, how de wind do blow!) 5 Ev’ry darkey suttinly feels happy ’round Thanksgivin’; Lawdy, yes, dey’s scrumptiously glad dat dey is livin’. Sorrer takes a day of--this hain’t no time for woe-- And hit makes no diff’runce how de wind do blow. EVENTS IN BRIEF [Under this heading will appear each month numerous paragraphs of general interest, relating to the prison field and the treatment of the delinquent.] _A Prison Philosopher._--Number 6203 in the Oregon state penitentiary sees things thus: Men are like cigars. Often you cannot tell by the wrapper what the filler is. Sometimes a good old stogie is more popular than an imported celebrity. Some men are all right in the show-case on display, but are great disappointments when you get them home. No matter how fine a man is, eventually he meets his match. A “two-fer” often puts on as many airs as a fifty-center. Some men never get to the front at all except in campaigns. Some are very fancy outside and are selected for presents. Others have a rough exterior, but spread cheer and comfort all about them because of what is inside. But all men, as all cigars, good or bad, two-fers, stogies, rich or poor, come to ashes at last. _Sterilization in New Jersey._--Governor Wilson has announced the members of the commission provided for in the sterilization bill passed at the last session of the legislature. The bill stipulates that George O. Osborne, head keeper of the New Jersey state prison; Dr. Frank Moore, superintendent of the Rahway reformatory, and Dr. George B. Wight, commissioner of charities and corrections, shall be members of the commission ex-officio. The Governor has named Dr. Henry D. Costill, of Trenton, and Dr. Alexander Marcy, jr., of Burlington, as the two other members. Dr. Costill’s term is for three years and Dr. Marcy’s for five years. The bill provides for the sterilization of such criminally insane persons and defectives as in the judgment of the commission it would be wise to treat thus. _Big Brothers Show Results._--The big brothers movement in New York has been given a 230-acre farm in the suburbs of Trenton, N. J., and $4,000 cash from two anonymous persons.