“Oh, My Prophetic Soul”
In line with the new social welfare program of the triumphant Democratic
candidate for Dictator of the United States, Charles Ghequiere Fenwick, a
check-up of the penal institutions conducted by a member of the brain trust,
Miss Susan Kingsbury, revealed that in the year 1944 there were more women
incarcerated as public enemies than men. I] Duce Fenwick himself visited
Merion Penitentiary, which is devoted to the accommodation of feminine
menaces, and personally interviewed the inmates as to just why they had come
to such a bad end and what they had done to achieve their downhill develop-
ment. The following table has been prepared to facilitate the theses of
students in the Psychology Department of the leading women’s college in the
country, Bryn Mawr: the purpose of the table being to catalogue the offenses
committed.
Boyd, Mary. ‘Translating obscene
books and offering them for sale to
minors.
Bredt, Catherine. Insubordination.
Brown, Christine. Association with
undesirable characters (Barbara
Smith) and loitering in _ public
places.
Brown, Halla. Vivisection of medical
students.
Butler, Beatrice. Dissipation of pub-
lic authority.
Carpenter, Mary. Loitering on the
Princeton campus.
Carter, Frances. Impersonation of
Janet Gaynor.
Charlton, Mary. Stealing animals
from the Bronx Zoo and confining
them on a mantelpiece.
Anderegg, Jean. Impersonation of
Mata Hari.
Baldwin, Helen. Heading a conspir-
acy to revive the League of Nations.
Barber, Janet. Indecent manoeuvers
before the public gaze.
Barnitz, Mary. Religious excesses.
Bertolet, Ruth. Absconding with pub-
lic funds.
Bishop, Barbara. Cruelty to children
—specifically, forcing them to play
hockey, basketball and lacrosse at
the age of three weeks.
Bowen, Lula. Violation with respect
to self of the child labor statutes.
Bowie, Helen. Soliciting autographs
by unethical means.
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