Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 May 1891 — Page 2

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o«t« lew than four aUen > hundred pmtwati. and th

Ply|S«rth, Ay aaylaw »j

and M r asyinm: kerhoU,

not be s with a rate reU (treat 1cduca-

who HErs;

r anpporta yet we are to Itsntof

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i inhabitan bnt no i

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42 .numents jged into itTfebSi tie Belgian , theinsatie n of village

insane who

watching; but

t« that can-

no anoh horror occBrze& in the »ve pcriebed in oat tainted by

bodice of men who at in the recent insane at Naah-

atbern , becai

'itr:

liviliaed world haa the lore in founding inetiestablishing iiomries special hospitals than But-tbero yet remains iropy which shall do aU others. A starry kwaits that one who in mind” by establand a new Gheel. use nearer the dime

d bird# and and most the insane

, and would not i on account of

It would be absurd to carpenter and elect him

v carpenter or the Colum- , buildings, or to elect the vllmaster mechanic to build an in our navy-yards. It is of psychiatry and the troat- * "isease. He must have this can not sommand the oroptr r his patient* through his suboi- ». In most of our States and appointments of those who ) most serious and ray stations

. iase selected by the same perIn thesanoe manner that the officers is o onr prisons are, and it is let tbit

he results are about the samn are less places for treatment

i beeps for the ineane.

a season that so tittle real knowl-

i canaes, pathology and i

’ been dev

n the United

rued comes from ex-

»y and observation of men who itendenta of such institudouhtful if ana skillful physician could

’ and observe

treatment v eloped in ed States.

Sa condition.

dr politics only;

careful study of each ■ ehanglng symptoms

if

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llkeahood 0 ^ 4 there of ease in all its various both night and day t I

' to remedy the present evil of neg>oor treatment of the insane in pubtie would be to educate alienists i educate onr best physicians and A young man who desires to be w graduating, presents himself for ipotnuneut by competitive warn if successful, serves eight months _ .... . efttbt.mouth* as a senior and 1 months as house physician or surgeon as Me may be, and at no time docs he reaay compensation except a part of the ,hia board, etc. By such a system we i soon have as good alienists as we now Ktrgeone, gynecologists, oculists, denAnother point gained in the plan would be

Umber of trained medical attendance to study and flUs# coastsmtly, not treatment but puttins a

upon abases byattondants. f don bt if to a single large hospital for insane in railed States having sufficient medical bait to properly study the cases in hand.

By Introducing much smaller and cheaper hospital*, by reouAriag greater medical attention to aaoh patient, by causing the adoption

laws regarding the commitment of ■te, byelmptHying the method in emer- > that the patients may be treated and aotaner the disease has done

,1s usually daring nally by encour- ’ of a New

where the village system may I Under more favorable conditions

the names wbare #£11 construction if any class; where most meager in-

to fled an abode, private

ble feature* of in this new

...

instrnction for phyeiciane in I aU ite collateral branches, s, I say, the old order of i and the present i following these important very brief, but it was Hr, F.B. Sanborn, called attention to the

i, both

■Ks.

m

ie doce not like the Kew York

i, him of the fable of

, enmities »n

i tbe patients within

dnlhtives.

»ne by Dr, Moulton, Wisconsin asylums fOW attenUanU w

an^ dive?-

f insanity and to iodvtfce farthest

p™ •»

Ind..

system, e nearly

iitions than

lams. '

iff, of Ohio, reDewey on “Volun-

i of tbe Insane,** as one of i ever read before a con-

the kind suggested si to be exactly what

An institutKm for neoentered of their own aecerd, be aid oot be styled an insane An institution for the treat-

General Brinkcred the Wisconsin

r asylums would never do for

'» cyM

ho in

t It is

i tbe argument that medical ntia inenfficient in the county asylums, aud declared tbgt Ike “ehrouic insaoe need no more medicine than so many In the canentl discuesion following these papers, Dr. Bog**, *f New York, who has bad forty years of experience in insane ml, took some exceptions to I*r s advocacy of voluntary com mi thoepitak. If this p 1 an be adopted, I, private retreats should be estabfor such eases, entirely apart from

is llie botwoen eurabte and ioeurajt changes tn the same case is varl-

bility. The ble cases or

« and flower* used la decbe building and aided in every „ way to make the reception

1 in taxes on her p sve been s*ved,**d h«r

Position of many miiiiuu.s pie, whleb might have bee •a»« dependent* more h

agOSBmmen"htarted in Wlithe State Board ef

toward a more

their power to make the stay of the visitors in the city pleasant. Of the numtfer of

otfaiMr indiviciu#l 4bi #H)fcM&T ttiay be eo uncertain ae to require the continuance or repeated recurrence of hospital treatmentAt Isdtt, tf ever, when the poor patient to given over as Incurable he may need the better classification and environment and hygienic

condition# of an institution under medical couaty enrefor the chronic inaane wae cstebMPsrvjaiM. State ho/pitala A U^lcT*the*Uwltho*boar(I was

numane, ^ ae well ^as et^nonncai, care of ^ the

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v>ij pieaMuik k/i uuiuucr trumaneiy carea or, p ewoni w bich attended the reception it can

ostiy be said that it was thousands, the specious parlors and corridors being crowded

for Stiree hears.

Tbe Indigent ineane, as paupers, it is said deeervs nothing better than pauper or county care. Impliedin this assertion is the assn my-

t T)1 i

tion that tbe ii

indigent or dependent insane are

paupers. But the premise Is false. Nevertheless it has almost always passed current in ditenssioa among toymen, .and has sometimes received the imprimatur of distinguished authorities in social science. Tbe Tact that almost all the classes in question have trades or occupations and are willing workers, as paupers never are, shows the supposition to

erroneous. The laborer or art! *' ifessiona! mao. do<

sn

opposite

tisan, or clerk

j or ordinary professional man. does not enjoy Income sufficient to support himself or his

tom vigorously, vesticate it are s the bee* He

he urged, listed foi

the regular hospitals or asylums. Rabbi Lencbt, of New Orleans, said tl»e

Louisiana ineane hospital was at Jackson, a hundred miles from New Orleans. Persons

in New Orleans, arrested on the streets and found insane, are shut op in the work-honsh, where their keepers know nothing whatever of the ears of insane. « American wortoheoee was a misnomer, said, foe in it every thing else is done

onents of

»•*#«>» i The., he a

> pendent insane. It is contended by the pro-

‘ 'the mixed system that Its advangreater than ite disadvantages.

Among the grounds on which their contention

ssity of preserving sn

except work. The patient, therefore, is locked up in the cells, without exercise

anything to divert bis mind.

ut exercise or ■■Ite. Leuclit

be came to the conference to gain iutiou, apd he appealed to experienced

for some suggestions for

Moulton, of Boston, in reply suggested that a small insane hoipital should by all means be erected in New Orleans. The second part of the forenoon session began with a paper by Mr. Oscar Craig, of Roe bests*, N. Y., on “State Care of the Chronic insane.” A synopsis of this paper is as foOowaiBii ~ '

later, is UM8, the State lunatic asylum at Utica was established. Bat the great mass of the indigent insane were left in the poorhouses. This condition of tbinge was represented to the Legislature by successive memorials and reports, among which may be mentioned the memorial of the county

of the poor in 1868, and the report of Dr. WillardiVea in 1866, by the act

PSSf.,,. asylum for the chronic .»uv,«oritv to determine what counties

should be placed under the provisions of this act was given by. it, to the trustees of the asylum, subject to tbe approval of the Governor; and In 1870, they wish his stpproval designated all tbe counties of the State except Albany and Jcfterson and the counties independent of the terms of the Act, vis.: New York, Klnffs and Monroe. Bat tbe census of the indigent and chronic insane .in the designated counties exceeded the capacity of tbe asyinm, being in the proportion of tour to one. Tbe result was more thus a m imarriage of relict, tor it carried to the officer* of these counties a legal command which could not be

obeyed.

Tv remove this scandal and to prevent speJ3VOIU V* V-IMV*. *-IMS W* ^^,^4 i I 1867. authority to grant te county aoperiniend snts of tbs poor esempuoaafrom the Willard asylum setj with power to revoke such exempt loua, and to issue mandates for tite removal of insane inmates of county poorto state institutions. Thus was'the

resolved into an

ths summer and toll of 1888 the standing

committee on the insane, appointed by the State Board of Charities, made a special ex-

af the aavinm in the exempted

ot ract,

aminatton of tbo asylum in the exempted oouaties, and reported their findings ot tact, showing the existence of evils which should be remedied, with their opinion of the necessity and nature ot legislative relief, to tbe board, which accepted and adopted thetr report, and tmnemiuod m to the Lugietotare of 1888. The general, eoaciutions from the tocts found were, that the only permanent relief would be secured by State care, of the alternative of county care, so re ormed. as among other things, to he governed by tru:ue<-s appointed by theJ&aprema Court, which, on its equity or chancery side, is the guardian of the The State Board of Charities in adopting this report did not elect between the alternative remedies presented-; hut tbe majority of its members. Including all ef its said committee, did declare thmr choice in law of exclusive State care. ThH good deliverance was made with due regard to tbe Wisconsin eystem as well ae the county system under tbe

Mew York exemption law.

In Wisconsin, the statute provides for the appointment of the trustees of tbe county asylums by ths respective boards of supervisors, thus suggesting pauper features; the rmeral practice appear# to be that the superintendents of the asylums see suporinteudeate of poor houses, in which they so:n.times reside;-the paupers and the insane have in some counties been housed in the same buildings, or in those adjoining or adjacent, making open-doom, one would think, not so very desirable in all respects; and in two counties prior to 1888 contracts were suffered to continue until the diticovery of gross abuses of the patients by the contractors, and finally the rules prescribed a sufficient number of attendants, quite indefinite, and medical inspections at isa&t once a fortnight—only onefourteenth of what should bo Required, especially in view of the admission that insane persons may be easily overworked, and of tbe often repos#cd arsertion that the cost of maintenance to ndneed by* tbe earning# of the patients. The allusions in tbe successive reports of the State Board of Wisconsin to the abolition of mechanical and chemical restraints, are in effect no mot* than ermuk- reforences to similar reforms in He# York and other states;

tor foibms in and the frequent

^IWaStitps of patients wh

aitowed to ootifa an (fan aa they please, evidently applies only ton fraction otabout onethird, though it topleoaant.to remark that the rule prescribing a’uing courts, which should rather be proMbitedu appears to have been

honored In the breoabT

Little, if anything, is said In these reports as to whether the chaaffleation is good, or os to whether there are mixed dormitories or night wards without sight attendants. Where thi cleanly and quiet cases are apt to be keen sufferers from the filthy and disturbed classes. It to owinglb tbe Wisconsin board testate that, given the aitoaeios described, where vnd eowe, and others over

the State rafused or nog-

■ .. Mm relief of ite own direct car*, it was the part-of statesmanship and philanthropy in tbs members of the board to devise the presetst scheme, and to develop it eo

well in praottoei, as tboy have dose.

At the same time it U dun to the truth to say that ttos WiscopoUs county care, as It ap-

ions 11

. . . maty damned, aud ’to inferior to the torn York State care of the chronic insane. It toofteo-stated that small institutions are more favorable to mdlviduml .treatment. Experience scems'to show the contrary; in pubnc asylums Win toed in the cost of mamteaanoe, claasificstton can be secured only by mesne of mow wards, without which there cun b# no tiiifcr®uox iadivldu#! treat* “uissometimes toM that fhlargehoetrttals orosyiume. tfc* medical wordancan notpersonally ears fior each inmate. In ansvver it mar be satthtMal timhweineas oTthe auperinto tegive personal satwtiotrtotb dr

SkS cTfior v that ■■■Wa ter of case# committed id in its itmtifloaUoa.

family home.

victims, therefore, become dependent on the public as Indigent insane. But It may be safely affirmed that npt live per ocut. of tbe inmates of public institutions for tbe dependent insane

are pan pare ia say proper sense..

The contention of economy to persistently pressed by the advocates of county cere. Thus in Wisconsin it is urged that the current rates of expense per week in the county asyinm* are about taper capita, with emphasis on tbe point that they are about one-half of those in the State hospitals. But in Mew York such eoet for maintenance ft* State core In Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane, was only fZAfi, exclusive of so Is rice, or about one-hslf that in tba State hospitals tor the acute

State hospital* Under the law'tbe board was authorized to transfer the Insane from connties that had not made suitable provision for their care to any county asyinm that coaid receive them, and tor all such so transferred the county caring ter them should receive tbe sum ot (3 par week, and tbe expense of clothing. Twenty counties have provided accommodationa for the care of their own insane. April 1 tost, IAS) insane were eared for, and LM*. or over 67 par cent, of tbe whole num her, were on parole and allowed to go around without an attendant. In addition 88 were aw#3 among their friends on leave of absence. The county boards elect three trustees, who have immediate charge and control of the asylam and elect a superintendent and asylum physician. All plans for ouildings for ths insane are submitted to the State Board for aoprovaL The State Board limited the nominal capacity of the buildings to 100 patients each. As a rule the county boards have been liberal in making appropriations for improveinaata and repairs and in ths purchase

of additions. The avaraee

insane. Moreover, there were outside of the city and county of New York and Kings county, containing the city qf Brooklyn. only two counties which kept accounts of the insane department, and in these two counties each cost was greater than that at Willard’s.- Under the new law the charge for chronic insane in each of tbe State institutions includes clothing and breakage, and hospital treatment so iar as needed, and to fixed at tbe low rats o! ,-2.60, with tbe hope that on the completion of the accommodations provided tor it may be reduced to the

former rate at Willard s.

The New York statute puts the State institutions, including the ioor hospitals ibr the acute insane, with the new Bt. Lawrence Hospital, and the two asylums for the chronic iatarte, upon tbe same basis. These seven in-

hospitals for all the de-

ls sane, upon tbe ititutioas are now

lli

to urged are tbe necessity of preserving ■ open way for free interchanges between hospital treatment and custodial o* domiciliary care, following changes of condition in the same case, and the unwise as well as unscientific nature of the former procedure, under which were statedly removed all tbe classes who had passed ths hospital limit of time and thus had incurred the legal, u not the med-

ical, sentence ofincurability.

The statute provides that ths new buildings necessary for the accommodation of the chronic Insatfe Shall be erected at a reasonable cost, as already slated, and of more moment, that they shall be on the tettagte plan, each With a capacity for population not less than ten nor more than one hundred and fifty patients. With combined forces the bill was nearly carried through the Legislature of 188$^ paming ths Senate and fadliog only by a tew votes In ths Assembly. An associate bill drawn by Dr. Stephen Smith, the former distinguished commissioner In lunacy, and lovorod and forwarded by the said committee of the State Board of Charities, was enacted at the same session of the Legislature, creating a commission is lunacy. On the appointment of its three members only its Chairman, Dr. Carlos F. McDonald, has pronounced in favor of State care, while One of the others had been Us radical opponent. But alter official investigation the commission bi-eameauiut, iaiavot of the bill which bad so nearly become a tow; and with its former Mends did excellent service in procuring its enactment by the Legislature of

1880. .

Thera to no actor in ths movement, now happily consummated, who is authorized to give a compendium of all the grounds on which all the. movers were actuated in urging the enactment of the measure. But H is believed that such a complete synopsis would include the following aummsty of reasons, viz: i. The medical supervision of ths State hospital, with ite semi-daily inspection of aU its patients by competent and trustworthy physicians, and the absence of anything like it in the average county poor-house or asylum, are reasons enough tor exclusive State core. A The more beautiful environment of ths State institution, with its adaptations and lacilities lor graduations and variations, and successions ot scene for different patients or phases of the same patient, tending to excite more healthy correspondence in their nervous organisms, and playing often the chiei part in recovery, is sufficient urjusttfy our contention to favor of Stats oars.

jB-easitf lor ciR*»iuc»tion t id vu** ae;aoiu win that almost always will such wards which the casual or superficial observer might call homelike, in tbe davtime, become in tbe night season, without night service, filled With disgusting and repulsive horrors for tbe better classes

of patients. , -

A Inasmuch as one hundred patients need ss many classifications as do one thousand, but with Ward* containing twenty-five inmates each, the former population would fill only four, while the latter population would fill forty wards, U is manifest that the State institution with the larger cenius has ths advantage over tbe county institution with ths smaller census. , 5. Moreover, thp ’ State Institution alone is liksly to cave tbe means for changes of classification to meet ths demands oi changes of cases and, above all, changes in ths same case. 8. The labor of the State pat.out is for his own benefit and** medical supervision; while the labor ot the aounty patient is for his own support without medical supervision. 7. In fine, the State institution always, and the county institution almost never, treats Its patients sssjfk persona as io tact they are, whether suflering from acute attacks or

succumbing as chronic invalid*.

A The pauper association* of county care, caused by putting the indigent Insane In tbe poor-house, Or in a building adjoining or adjaceat or on ths poor-house farm, or under poor-house officials, are degrading to the indigent or dependent insane, who, os has been

depen del

«seldom .

ial care to practicable to a g: State institution, though 1 medical and personal treat

shown, are seldom paupers.

6. Individ ui

extent in a —-———^.... , because its medical and personal treatment, its mors extensive, varied and inspiring on

renter arger,

vironment, and

means for mors correct

and complete classification differentiate the treatment in accordance with tbe differing case* and changes of tbe same case.^HKg tial to exclusive State care, it has one im-

osee and changes or tbe same case. 10. Though the mixed system is not < ial to exclusive State - ** *

portent advantage in it fives for transfers b hospital and custodial

meat and care, following excessive changes in tbe same case as well os changes of eases. U. While constant watch and ward of a central commission or board to impossible, it is the part of wisdom to provide a smaller number of larger institutions under the immediate control of medical superintendents of high honor, to order that the continuing influence of the supervising body may be kept olive to the intervals between its visits of inspection. Another and a similar advantage ot such superior institutions is that they may be held to a reasonable standard, without re-

tbe tow of development. 11 Though State care to booed on humanity and not on economy, it is, as ho# been shown, not less economical, while it is more humane. 1A Ths system of exclusive State ears to more practical as well as pnilosophicalin its simplicity; as compared with tbs former exemption system of Mew York, or ths present Wisconsin system, which introduces State administration to correct the evils of county administration, and which, so for as i\ insures good results, is in realty qualified State oars, encumbered with useless machinery, engendering unnecessary friction and producing wasteful loss of power, as evidenced to limited results' U. New York’s new tow to* development from the first prfuciple ot State «*m to th Willard asylum act; it to an evolution os growth and not* special contrivance or ersa-

whioh to ths State param _______ The criminal law recognizes this principle, in

Tszt?

ee as well as mods of punishment. Lunacy

place as we legislation

even mom legitimately proceeds me basis, for its subjects, the to- , both by statute and common tow, and to aof tKbtete* " ea “ propertT ’* r ® **•

a paper upon tba lir. Qiles read: Aji

cost Food

patient to |1.78 per

«... wSlm-.*™ ffoofi *na **>..„

A county asylum resembles a family in fairly well-to-do cncumstaocee, each able-bodied

per and

capita week.

uudant.

count:

ty ssylij Ms weai

_ , ■_ __iperintendent, knowing this weakness, made him mail-carrier for the asylum, and told him to go to the postoffiee after the mall every time he saw a passenger train come in. The young fellow was ' delighted, and made the trips with unfailing regularity. He felt that the success! ul operation of the entire postal service depon'kd directly on him. After that he could have been driven away from ths asylum. A comparison of the cost of county and state institutions to Wisconsin shows that ths cost per capita for salaries ia the State institutions is ^82.29, and in the county asy-

lums *32.12; of subsistence, in State hospitals 871.00, in the county asylums {29.64; of fue;

for State asylums $22.70,

$10.91.

asylums {29.64; of fuel, for county asylums

COMMITTKK on organization Announced by President McCulloch—It Will Moffiinate New Officers, ffhe committee on organization, which has the nomination of officers and other important business tn its charge, was announced at noon by President McCulloch. It is as follows: Philip C. Garrett, chairman, Pennsylvania; Boeliff Brinkerholf, Ohio; F. B. Sanborn. Massachusetts; Andrew E. Elmore, Wisconsin; Fred H. Wines, Illinois; W. P. Letebworth, New York; H. H. Giles, Wisconsin; Dr. Chat. H. Hoyt, New York; Rt. Rev. Gao. D. Gillespie,

[ "iSSife > * r: - * ■ ■,' B, DEWEY. Michigan; H. B. Shurtleff, Massachusetts; Alex. Johnson, Indiana; L. C. titorrs, Michigan; H. H. Hart, Minnesota; John G. Doren, Ohio; A. 0. Wright, Wisconsin; A. L. Welsh, Colorado; Mrs. J. S. Spear, Jr., California; Geo, H. Knight, Connecticut; A. G. Warner, Washington, D. C.;Mrs. M, A. T*Clnrk, Delaware; Dr. Jennie McCpwan.Iowa; Rabbi J. L.Leueht, Louisiana; John M. Glenn, Maryland; Johu W. Willis, Minnesota; Rabbi H. Herkowitz, Missouri; J. H. Mills, North Carolina; Ira Ottefson, New Jersey; HomerFolks.Pennsvlvama; James H. Nuttings, Rhode Island; judge R. R. Caldwell, Tennessee. AT THE PltOFYLAEUSt. Use Finest Reception Ever Given la the City—A Word of Credit Where Dus. The reception at the Propylfeum yesterday afternoon was, without doubt, the finest affair of the kind ever given in Indianapolis. The handsome building was thrown entirely open and in every room were attractions for tbe visitors. It is simply impossible to mention here, even by name, all the ladies to whom credit is due for this noteworthy success. Expressions of delight were constantly heard on every hand as the visitors moved through the apartments. At every turn were evidences of a perfection of taste and a delicacy of refinement such as one may scarcely nope to observe in so happy a combination more than once to* life time. ,

American turned to j

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or

JOHM M. GLENN—FROM PEN SKETCH, gentlemen of tbe local committee

Charles M. Walker, as ebainnan of the introduction committee, with her assistants, presented the visitors to the reception eoaimittee, with a grace and neatness not to be excelled. Mrs, Elizabeth D. Pierce, as ehairmao of the reception committee, or hostesses, did her part so well that with the able aid of the others of the committee the hundreds of strangers were made to feel at home and *1 ease. There are other chairmen of committees, each of Whieb, as representing many, must not go unmentioned. Mrs. Lewis Jordan, as chairman of the committee op arrangements; Mre. Charier F. Sayles. of tbs committee on- refreshments; Mrs. J. C. Shaffer, of the committee on decoration, Mrs. Joseph S, Jenckes, of the committee on music, and Mrs. E. F. Hodges/ of the fi B a Dce committee, are all deserving

of the^Sto mponsibnuy^d labor reeled them, •nu they tare been limpir tireless. Mrs. • »»untnuioa h# fnraRhfd tfce great sajpfy

% H

THIS TWO BIGGEST MBIT.

Colonel dinrlton, of Plainfield, and Colonel BUI, of North Carothm. That veteran reform-school worker, Professor Howe, of Massachusetts, is unable to attend the conference. Those attendants upon the conference, by the way, who are interested in reform schools, especially, are aware that they are now in the vicinity of one of the greatest reform schools in ths United States and presided over by one of tbe biggest and jolliest and most able and successful superintendents that ever held such a position. After this description it seems superfluous to mention that the iqan referred to is Prof. Thomas J. Charlton, of the Indiana Reform School for Boys.

member doing something to contribute to the general support. The county forms eon tain Iroan eighty to 850 acres of good toad. Most of tbe food consumed is raised by the patients themselves. Citizens of the counties having asyJunto take great interest to them, and visit them in neat numbers. Thto makes, abas«s i m possible, os t hay would ha im mediately discovered. Then, too, the people know those in charge of the asylums, and there to a neighhorUnuss about the system which assures good

care.

Experte.no* haa shown that by giving the chronic Insane occupation on the farms and about ths buildings their symptoms were alleviated. New ILe is pat into the deadened brains: tbe violent patients become quiet,and the exercise of simple common sense in the treatment of the unfortunates as human beings has to every instance produced most gratifying results. Occupation for the ineane is to neariy all cases followed by abolishment of reetmlnt. The Insane have not lost their Jove ot liberty, and when they are locked up their conditions are aggravated. A visitor to one of tbe county asylums looked out over the form and saw the Insane patients at work ab-

solutely without restraint.

“Why don't they run awayt” he asked in

astonishment.

“Because they can," the euperiaSendeat re-

plied.

In another instance, a young man, who had been in a State asylum and had made a reputation for running away at every possible opportunity, was transferred to one of the

The superb

tSTTFT. T. J. CHARLTON. By invitation of Professor Charlton, the reform school men in the conference will go to Plainfield, where the Indiana school is located, to-morrow afternoon, and remain over Sunday. If they don't have a royal time they will be the first people whoever went there and didn't.

J. H. HILL—FROM A FEN SKETCH. The two largest men in the conference, by all odds, are Professor Charlton and Mr. J. H. Hill, of North Carolina. Professor Charlton is the larger of the two by a few hundred pounds, perhaps,but Mr. Hill is so much heavier than any of the others that he is most neartv comparable to the big professor. In order that some idea of these jolly gentlemen may be obtained, their faces are given here hear together.

This Evening’s Session.

Tba special topic of discussion this evening is “Tbe Child Problem in Cities.” Homer C. Folks, of Philadelphia, will read a paper on “The Care of Delinquent Chil-

ron ** ■' ^ . ■' *

dren.’

_ Of an Interesting Personal Harare. Homer Folks, secretary of the Children's Aid Society of Philadelphia, who arrived yesterday, is a man who doesn't believe in herding children together in orphan asylums. His ideas so convinced the conductors of the prtnerpai orphans’ home of Philadelphia that they sold their property and placed all their children among families. A man who catches your eye and affections is J. II. Mills, of Thouasville, N. 0. He catches your eye because of his hulk and your affections because of his good humor. Mr. Mills tried for several years to set tbe charity oooferenee to come to North Carolina. Finally he got mad and quit, and this is the first conference be has

attended since 1886.

Rabbi Leucht, of New Orleans, is an interesting man in the conference. He works at a disadvantage down id Louisiana, but this seems to have had little effect on bis good nature, which shines from his wellrounded face and glance* out from his

spectacles.

selves a great nuisance. A charity association was formed whose main object was to dispose of these beggars. Eating places with wood-sawing accompaniments were established and ticket* were thoroughly distributed, good for meals and work. People gave these tickets when beggars presented themselves and in about three weeks beggars disappeared from Detroit. James A. Post is secretary of tbe association. After a few

years people began refusing to subscribe to the association, Decause there were no more

beggars, but it elation dissolve

again.

was argued that if the assoved the tramps would appear

'Probably the only woman superintending any training school for boys is Ursula L. Harrison, of Chicago. She has a peculiar and happy faculty oFunderstanding tbe boy natnre. The way she drifted into this position so well suited to her, was through her experience with a girls' training school In south Chicago. Tbe general manager of the Chicago Training School for Boys is Oscar L. Dudley, an Indiana man, also in tbe city. He was formerly agentof the humane society and had much experience with waifs. Another woman who understands and sympathizes with boys is Eliza A. Bowman, at the htad of the Chicago Newsboys’ Home, one of the few institutions of tiiii character that are not mischievous in their influences. She'is thoroughly acquainted with the varioui kinds of boy slang. I Miss Engfeman, one of the principal agents of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society is representing the World's Fair auxil-

iary on charity. —

man every one notices is Frank B. Sanborn—tall, straight as an arrow, longhaired and of striking countenance. Before learning his nama one feels sure that he is an interesting man, end so he to. a* literary psonic know. He was closely associated with the John Brown raid, and found it necessary to Hve in Canada for a while beoaase of this fact. He wrote * life of John Brown and is also author oi a biography of

Thorean, ~

Miss A. Z. Bex ford is superintendent of

the Chicago Home far the Friendlese, an institution that takes i« little chiidrea tod their mothers and old people—in foot, does an all-round charity work, and is one of tho

best-managed homes anywhere. ' A line old lady and an actiya charity-

worker is Anna M. Starr, of Richmond, ind., secretary of the associated charities.

Lyman P. Alden, superintendent of tba

Rose Orphans’ Home at Terre Haute, used

to be at the head of the State Pobl

School for Dependent Children at Coldwater, Mich. This was tbe first institution of ite kind and it has been copied by other States, to England and to Australia. How«W, the private institution held out superior attractions to Mr. Aides and is free from political dangers. He ia a much-liked man

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Sbipments of Gold to Ecuropo.

Nbw Tore, May 15.—L. ron Hoffmann A Co. have ordered $1,000,000 coin for ahip-

ment to Europe to-nmrrow.

Laden burg, Thalmann A Co. have taken $500,000 geld eoto for expert te Europe tomorrow. Total to-day, $1,600,000. Total for

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A person acquainted only with hie natty# speech fesle a respectful awe in the presence of one famOlor with foreign aud ancient tongue#. How ahpuld <*e M at a meeting of people well acquainted with all the languages taught in coilegoe! Even a Greek professor, who la at bouM to tour languages and cun read another, s*W he felt humble and igndmnt among those attending the first semi-annual meeting of the Indiana Philological Association. It was with some timidity that a - Nows reporter made hie way into the agricultural room of the State House this morning, where the association was to session. His fear seoi^ died away, however. He found about thirty very human-looking people who discussed their subjects in no extraordinary way. You ee* when you get into this sort of thing it fits easily, like any other every-day action, and these professor* discussed their special subjects with much the same pleasure that farmers meeting in the same room hod discussed the obscuritlas of agriculture—obscurities only to tbe man outside. Tbe Indiana Philological Association was organi/cd in this city last December 27, and thirteen colleges are represented in it. Amri Atwater, of the State University, is president; Henry B. Longden, vice-presi-dent; Edward B. T. Spencer, of Moore's Hill, secretary, and Henry S. Kritz, treasurer. The first subject this morning was generally intelligible—a paper on “Tlie Elizabethan Masque," by W. C. Bronson, of DoPauw University.' Tbe masques, he recalled, were due to three factors—the social demand for eutertaimnant, the love of eolor and spectacle, and the strong dramatic instinot of the age. They were given on special occasions, as on Christmas or Twelfth Night, at tho houses of tho nobility. The actors were lords and Indite and sometimes royalty itself. The costumes and scenery were gorgeous. The foremost poets were employed to write the librettos and the foremost musicians to compose the music. The cost ranged from £1,000 to £20,000. The reader gave an interesting detailed description and critical analysis of these fantastic entertainments. C. li. Hall, of Franklin College, read a practical paper on “The Verb in Teaching Greek Prose.” Demarchus C. Brown, of Butler University, discoursed oritiouUy of “The Use .of the Optative Mood in Lucian.” Anna C. Crocketts, of Purdue University, made a defease of the study of elocution and oratory, which, she said, has fallen into disrepute among educators beaguse of so much false teaching in these lines. Those who discussed her address seetded to be atiil unconvinced, though they wished to agree with Mis* Crockctte. Amzi Atwater, of the State University, read somd notes on the Century dictionary, which he eontidered the greatest and most scholarly abhieTement to lexicography of the English language. This morning’s8«rion al«sed the meeting. Last night ATMeTaggart, of tbe State Normal School ' “ - ' ‘

nunciation of American Spanish.” Leather Trust Makes ISemands. The secret meeting of the Oak Harass* Leather Tanners’ Association, of the United States, adjoarned to-day. They have been in session at the Grand Hotel. Tbe pbject of their meeting was explained at length to a News reporter by a local wholesale leather dealer. He says the organisation is simply a trust, and that its members wish to bind dealers to purchase only from them. They have promised certain* rebates and exacted demands not favored by the trade, and this special meeting was for th« purpose of arranging details and prices. An Irvington Dwelling Destroyed. Tbe house occupied by John Shenman and owned by W. H. H. Shank, was destroyed by fire yesterday. All of the household goods i*fre burned, and a subscription paper was.stqrted successfully for the unfortunate family. Tbe house was insured for $200 and will be rebuilt. From Work-House to lues tie HospUoL W. C. Smith, sent to the work-house for drunkenness and impersonating an officer, was released by Mayor SuIHran this morning and sent back to the insane asylum. Ha was away from that institution on a parol*. Ao Cause lor 'Aetton. After the evidence had been submitted in the salt of Albert McCleary against tba malleable iron-works for damages, the case was dismissed by the plaintiff. The evidence showed there was no cause for action. Tbe Feasible* are Coming. The Fencibles, one of Washington's (D. C.) military oorapaniea, has decided to enter the Indianapolis encampment and strive for the grand prize. INDIVIDUAL MENTION.

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700 V0ICTD8 IN CHORUS, UNDER THE LEADXEUUUF OF PROF. CARL RARCS.

Mr. W. L. Meredith, of .Seattle, it to the city, on his way home from the East. M. F. Armstrong, long a well-known resident of Mooresville, has removed with his family to this city. The ladies of Mayflower chnreh will give a reception t? the new pastor, Bev. Mr. Wilson, at the church to-night, Mrs. L. L. Jackson and Mrs. Jolla C. Harding have organized what is probably the only firm of female real-estate agents in tbe State. Mrs. Elvira Lomax, of Oxford, 0. ; whose husband, a soldier, died in a rebel prison, asks fer the present ifddres* of Martin Swallow, formerly of Cofnersville, but later of Indianapolis. Dr. Smith, of St. Paul, Minn., will preach at Meridian-street M. E. church Sunday. He is in this city attending the Charity Conferesoe, and is an exceptionally strong and eloquent pulpit orator.

TICKETS Good for all performances and tba Monday night rehearsal: First two rows on balcony, $f; aU otber seats, to. SINGLE RESERVED:BEATS-AU parte ot the bouse, except two rows on balcony for evening concerts, *1JW; matinees, fL First two row* of balcony GO ecuts extra. . GENERAL A DM ISSION—Evening oonoerta, (I; matinees, 75e. AN AUCTION Sale of seats will be held under the ansploet tbe Commercial Club Saturday evening, “ 16. at the Y. M, 0. A. Hftll, boglunlng 6 0*oL. Private sale of season ticket* will commence Monday, May 18. at 9 a. m., at the Bfg Four ticket office, corner of Waslrtn^ton and Meridian streets. • ■ Sale of Angle seats win eommeaoe Thursday morntog, May 21. at same plsc*. **~Half rare on all railways Non-residents can secure sent* by nddreeetuff CHARLES K COFFIN, Treasurer, 90 £. Market attest

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