The evening world. Newspaper, December 9, 1907, Page 14

THE EVENING WORLD. MONDAY, WHERE THE INSANE ~ ARENOT BEATEN OR ' Dr. John C. McCarthy Compares Treatment in a Humanely Con- ducted Asylum with That on Ward’s Island. BY DR. JOHN C.:M’CARTHY, : So much that: was unpleasant reading has appeared in‘ these columns under my name that I..fear those who have followed me. thus. far: will > judge either that my tastes are morbid or’ that from spite, prejudice or innate pessimism ] can see only one side of a eee and that the dark one. =’ _ It has-been as repugnant to me to write w ef | have hitherto pub- ‘lished as it has been to the public to read it. Only the thought that per- haps the heavy burden of suffering might be lightened from some few poor unfortunate souls could ever have induced me to make public the . Fevolting details of the brutalities practised on the insane at Ward's Isl- and, and which, I claim, are unfortunately too true. For the benefit of those who have followed me through my grue- Some recital, let me show another side of a picture, which, even at its brightest, is sad. It is a brief outline of conditions in/an institution for the insane, but of a different class: behold a scene where some of the happiest moments of my I!fe were spent. Abou: me are a number of nen In ull stages of quiet or of excitement. They are com- mitted lunatics. There are only one or two sad faces among them. All the reat Took bright, happy and exhilarnted. EVEN THE INSANE ARE HAPPY HERE. They are a Holsy bunch, not with tho unintelligible Jargon of insane. people, but with the boisterous uproar of men who are not afrald to speak out freely €o much .of their. minds as they have left. One of them !s making a big kick— Of course, because he Is held here unlawfully. Go and tell him to shut up and he mwill invite you in no uncertain way to go straight to the devil. And that ls all you can do about it, Because, here, that is the system. He wil stop only when some other patient jollies hime out of hin resentment. At the apex of the L there is a large room with a pool table and varions gmall tables for. card-ptaytng. About the pool table are four or five men with cuea in their hada! one of them perhaps wearitig a white vest, which {ndicates that he isan attendant At a table In a corner Is a nolsy crowd playing, a card Game, some smoking cigars, somo pipes. others cigarettes, Here sa man reading a book. ‘There, one with his chair tipped back and hia + feet cocked up on a bench In reading a newspaper. Here is an old gentleman peacefully mroking a well-colored pine with a > Jong, curred stem. He is a German. Hix namb is Dominick and be {s thinking ‘ complacently that all this fine institution {s his because his name $s above the _ HANGED BY KEEPERS > TEMPTED, MOTHER SAYS ‘A little, red-sarneted, L-ahaped ward rises up before me in memory, and 1| ‘hour. front door—"Condita Anno Domini 1s"——. Nobody disputes him. ATMOSPHE: E ONE OF GOODFELILOWSHIP, Pleasant Banter fs being exc fa one of Jolly cood fellowship, and you would hardly know that this wax a ‘ward in an asylum for tie insune, and that all these people were insane people. Once In a while p disagreeable patient enters, but he soon aciuires the pre- g tone or else he ix ostracized, Some Uttle questions of suctal dixtinction arise, but, taken as a whole, the gatherfqe Js Very democratic, | Presently, the dovior comes In, for hiere he mares visits twice in the day. ‘He exchanges a friendly Word with Tom, Dick and Harry, looks at a brillin pool shot or a eard xaine, questions one or another gtlent, examines those who are in the hall, takes some noics on a pad which he always carries and then roek out. : There ts never a shove given here and a dlow tx not struck once in n year. Of course, there Js many a:rquabble, because all of these people are insane, and no one of them think is so, Conditions are nop perfect, becusse humanity ‘as exemplified by the attendant Ix frail and sel of faults, and human Judgment, + exen a doctor's, Is not infellible. But the Intent {s to make conditions as near | perfect nx possible. AN UNDERCURRENT OF SADNESS. There was many 4 ludictous occurrence in this little red-carpeted ward, Tho stealing of a vinexar cruet. the drinking of whole bottles of catsup, the devo: ing of a pla that ono patient who lind a parole inadvertently Inid upon a mante) all there, while thes: ar tanie In print, were, when coupled with the ereu stances and surroun. funny. ‘There was something doing every mgment of the day. Undertring a exten. fia Qin and merrinent, (here was, of co e, n deen vein nf radness. For many of these cu truxedies of Ilfe—men explating with Jans of reason and thelr life the act of a «ingis shoughtlesn moment. 1 took many notes and copied many letters, which are Interesting, but which on account of space could not be Introduced here. One letter. however, which reflects the outdoor life of the Institution and hows ns Akell ns the peciillar delusions of grandeur common to parests, I will tn treduee. AG writer was a physician. A DOCTOR’S DELUSIONS, “MS Dear — you_pleass come and sor me. havechese mnited pathol stitution) and get a sal Of 300K nm were apart any family T might have, and tt i a ver- {table heaven. Golf, terinis, ball, and I have the champlonsatp now on all Athletic games, and, think God, am the inost popular mun in the Snati- tution, i “1 refuted an offer from the manager of Scale! of $10,0% a year to fing bass, He rained {t to $12,000, but I won't desert my profession, Have fa large auto ordered and Wii] soon come and see you. Please some soon. even In Its sefiness, look bright In comna REM AIL shown we risan nat cin be ACcOniplshed {5 the AVith the = onerous appropriatins given hy the Bthte/of New. York, nimilnh tl den't way like) work can be done fn State insti tutions, The thing needed i# to Inculcate {nto the oMicials, high and low that those who are intrusted to thelr caro mre men and brothers, auffering trom Ataease, worthy and appealing for pity, and needing care, kindnean and intelli. gent treatment. CAPTAIN AND SEVEN ; ole) Wat tora ins than Achel Bie / OF ‘AIS | CREW DROWN, Jone was ae, ed ‘Tne Iteranvers nere| Out A boat, but before It could reach th wteamer the capta ven ie After Collision 7 They P Pul Off in a] Ser } - Boat, Which Was Wrecked jee at —Rest on Ship Saved, Bevan ottoman, } were drowned i LONDON, Dec. 9.—The Dutch steamer | geeig82 yu mained aboard the Gcheldestromm and the British bark Forfarshire were {n collision off Folke- @tone yesterday in a sio: a, L&S-ton vessel, Capt. Purdy, — fron) Newcastie, was able to pro- A MAN eats three meals a day—not because i any one meal is not satisfy- % : : ing, but for tke excellent p reason that °ONE \meal_ is not enough. It’s for’ the same reason that so many Persons order their adv. reine | ‘in The World for 3 or 7 consecutive (days, A one-day World Ady. accomplishes its purpose, but a World Ady. “by the week” costs Sess nee ach insertion and “sustains” prosperity. |two years she continuously deceived |her empl | | parents, who thought she was a good !n the early market to-day junder a wave of selling orders i The first intimation her parents had! centred on of her wrongdoing was when she was jarrested Saturday charxed with forginc inged everywhere &boul The tone of the place | fand dutitul daughter, {Bamuel. Lorber. of No, 463 Fifth avenue, {who employed her am stenographer, | ‘home, I know, } clockwor : home for work and returned in tiine| Ae. |DRANK LAUDANUM THEN EN CSS ED aaa REPENTED AND WOULD LIVE wit! ja down-town hotel, where he awallowed yment given above. | eunpeni |there wes a iu FOR AUTOS. “BROUGHT GIRL T LL IN PRISON posers | Couldn't Resist, Says Marta Wallman, Who Forged to Pay for Rides. Father and Police Search for Man Who Often Accom- panied Her. A young man who often acoompanied Marta Waillman on the automobile rides! which she admits. she forged her em- ployer’s riame to pay for !s teing| sought to-day by both detectives and the girl's father, The detectives have been unable to ancertain his name and, are very anxious to question him Otto Wallman, the father, has a dif- ferent reason“or wanting to mest him.| "m trying to find out kis nam he eald to-day, “and when-I find him Til give him a warm reception.” Wellman came to New York yoster- | Gay trom his home tn Tuckahoe, Weat- | chester County, to see his daurhter, but was denied the privilege, he mayr | at the atation-house in which she was confined. He employed a lawyer, and | when the case came up in the Wert | Side Court the girl prisoner was held | tn $1,600 bail and waived examination. | She first pleaded enilty. but withdrew! the plea on advice of counsel, ‘I was automobile crazy" Marta de- Glared in court. “T wanted to ride in automobiles all the time. I wanted to own one—40 @o..faster and faster—and when I ©ot Into one I wasn't satiafed until I was @oing forty-fve miles an Couldnt Resist Them. ‘That's why I'm here in prison now. T had all the automobiles I wanted. but look at the comt—I had to go to a hor Country Girl Who F orged Checks to Go Riding in Autos DRIVE ON COPPERS WEAKENS STOCKS FRENCH EDITORS TO LOOK US OVER rate running all crount areas All the Industrials and Rail-|One is to Study Financial Situ- nixht. with no one to talk to." The girl {s one of the most remark- able prisoners the police have had In} some time. Eighteen vears old. intel!i-| gent, styiish-looking and pretty. for yer and her simple-minded | to many smaijl checks the name of “1 was a xood girl-until I came to thia phe said in the court. to ride in mutomodies. I almpty| coukin't resist them. - o Talks of Suicide. “Mamma wil | 1 think I'd rather ‘dle. There isn't much | | left for me but suicide now.” ‘The moat remarks! thud concealed her w¥d rides from her | parents. ‘They live with their six chil. | noun, dren in a flat house near Jefferson | Clated weak un brisk aclu jplace. Tuckahoe, The father ta a car- | gi a | Penter, “if my ‘daughter fs not insane,” he pald to-day, “then she has been influ. | enced by bad company Baturday night she caine promptly ana tufned over her wages to her mother | 4 lt ‘help wupport the family, “In her hablts she was as regular Eyery morning she jfor wupper in the evening. We never} tad the least suspicion that she was|jAmi jdolbg anything wrong. If she did ax {they say, she muat have lied to us many | Anaconda’ Maite, times during the past two years.” At. When an 4 seporter, to-day the from che | yi Fy) pave her employer's, name. f Its true" she sobbell "it was bad young men’ why took het riding in Oc SulomeRles that put !t«into her head.” (Special to The Event Evening World.) PITTSBURG, Dec, %.—Afraid of doath “4 taken Iaudanum, « man was Edwin A. Martin, No. 42 Garden place, Brook- . N. ¥.. surrendered himrelf to Po-| lice Lieut, Baker at High street ang Wylie avenue to-day He stated that he-was a book-Keeper for a large Now York brokerage firm, had speculated fand lost all. _ Marlin came here last night, went to aft fin ounté-of laudanum, and then chang- tng hin determination to die, he went out on to the street and asked for help, The man wan sent to the Homeopathic Hospital, where hej in a serious con- dition. He recovertd Consctousness only long enovgh to make the brief state- At the address given In Brooklyn, it was stated that no person named E. _— WATER BREAK TIES UP city. | 2 ST. JOIN, N, B. Dee. 2 © break | Ing t lendipe into in city cau business, inasmuch as solutely no water avall- edie. - Factories, foundries, machine shops, bakertes—in fact, al! Industrial wyst pled, and even the atreet cars were forced to p run- ning. It ls thought that there will be mo rellef before to-mwerrew. night, roads Affected and Western Union a Heavy Loser. | Reading was rushed up to |deavor to cheok the selling, ntinued, the advances were mriped put 4nd w number of sovere losses effec latillers’ Securities broke in an en- 2 51-2, Cleve- . oy Al ida and. , American Smelting 21-4 capers ay. A girl, if she doesn’t |Ican Sugar and Western Union 2 Amai-| With & pointed beard and a perfect want to get Into. trouble, had bette: |gsamated Copper stay in her own little town. I wish I| Electric 11-2, and Pennaylvanis, hadn't forged the checks, but I wanted | more & Oho, Amer- Wentinghouse command of Enailah, Balti. & Nashvillo| to L1-4. # & Texas preferred 1 continued on Hk Re regurded with considerable. dis want me to co { me back lf American Smelting joat end buried. abe said wistfully, “but |4 1-2, Vulcan ee preferred $, 1 BCU _alis- M. Ula sald he would v Stoosevelt. He didn’t belleve it} ju Consolidated’ Gas’ Northern Pacific, fe feature of the{qdian Pacltic, South joase is the case with which the girl; Wise preferred and Fe eotne rallies in the a after: 8, 4nd OL bonds $2,859, 100. eas The Closlug Prices, ie has kept | of stocks and | She was a good girl about home. Evers | Wits Saturday's £ 2» Asks ‘Police to Find Her. 1 the baby, } Bro} an. Chen yess) FROFR RB fe Th OF to RRR ers oi FFP aE Fe es LT ei eS FF win rn We A. Marlin was known there, Houtnern | texae | Texas recite 1A, - of two Kreat water mains |Y doa general/v.! stp it pt ments uslng machinery were | West The electric Hahting| Wert, See | Wheel ation, the Other.to Watch Six-Day Race. Mocks; after showing some atrepgth| La Touraine.:of the French line, came! heavily loaded wi two 1a 2109.00) francs mw cx went to the N the editors went up- e A. Ulta, of Le Petit Je gest newspaper, whd also of La Vie Financtere. This editor, a stout man he had come over to study our financial sttuation "lam a great admirer of your Ham Jennings Bryan,"’ sald M “but 1b The reporters tuid him that 1t was— ae, was true ae reported in cable advices at thé Bank of France stood re plimit re was a fe > muc! e He sald st turning oy erica He k was rs vat the United Sta ne other editor Was M. who published Auto in T day races at Madison Square Garden wae what mainly interest lilm just He liso talked Engl but not with the Muency of M. ? LOST WIFE BECAUSE HE el Spouse Joined Woman's Club— Because he wou!d not m! wash the dishes, make t ds and do has jost his wi id the asked to-day to tind her. Until she joined 4 woman's club her itPhe Nebleens lived at No, 495 Fitth ayenue, Brooklyn, and Edith, the wife, was contented and loying. About three months ago Mra. Nehilsen became ao- tive in club life, The husband declares nt to club meetings, nouse While shed eek: she took the baby to his, ‘mother's at the Fitty-fourth atreet house, where he ja lieing. aa t gway. | Ho. hus now stored ‘his furnitare and called ue police to find his spouse. srt 23rd Street BAT. CHINA DL On Tuesday prices. 23rd Street |While Ocean Liner Tender Jon board this steamer early to-day at [tender was moat exciting and the party | wreck and dis } be | was Inside the breakwater. the Hotland [started out to take the passengers | jinaide, The Holland got caught In the [came as.the culmination to a day of| lat their feet. Both, however, escaped | ng thelr systems of | wa Alexandre) yal of forty passengers on board. . Paris's big- ‘The night was very wild, and the wom- PD | were alarmed. they ev: Hon’ Prest- | Oi calmness: | xerous.on Ing | Ker? WOULDN'T DO HOUSEWORK. fo.i5 2%, Gracies Wh operation barn Nehlsen’s Troubles Began When | police were! husband was a ‘happy man, che says, | she Inaiuted that he do the work of the! JAMES MGGREERYRCD 34th Street RTMENTS, In Both Storcs, | December the roth and 1th, ' Gale of Marble Pedestals and Figures, Imported French Gilt Jewel Boxes, Fish and Game Sets, Aynsley’s English China, ‘and Electric Lamps. At greatly reduced Basement, Twenty-third Street Seventh Floor, Thjrty-fourth Street DECEMBER 9, 1907. MRS. TAFT WAS IN DOUBLE PERIL OM DISABLED TUG Pitched About, Cabin Fix- ings Fell With Crash. ON BOARD TEE STHAMER PRESI- | DENT GRANT, in the English Channel. Dec. 9, via Wireless Telexraphy to Lon- don.—Mra, Taft, wife of the American | Secretary of War, joined her husband Boulogne. Her trip out on a harbor had an exceedingly narrow escape trom ter, Mrs. Taft. Mrs. George Post Wheeler, wife of the Second “Secretary of the American Embassy at Toklo, who ac- companied her ami the other passen- gers for the President Grant, boarded the tender Holland last night within the harbor’ works of Boulogne, Very heavy ‘seas. were running oytside, ‘and thls delayed the departyre of the ten- der, but. at 1.3) o'clock this morning, it suposed that the President Grant alongside. Soon after leaving it was discovered that (be President Grant had not come heavy seas. A giant wave broke her rudder and ,tlie small tender drifted e-piessly in the darkness. She was) tUaseg about on the waves like a cork, and rolied almost on her beam ends There was danger of capsizing or of being dashed on to the rocks, The pas- sengers were thrown about in every direction, : Mra, Taft and Mre. Wheeler were crouching in the captain's cabin when some fixtures above them came down | with a crash Fortunately they were not injured. Near the lighthouse the Holiand managed to get a grip with an anchor, and this improved the altu-| ation. Repairs were hurriedly made. | che’ President Grant came in at 3 o'clock and the passengers from the tender were transferred without further Incident The experience on board the Holland | mich discomfort and some danger. Mrs, | aft and Mrs, Wheeler arrived on the! Houlbgne Sunday at noon They were| met at the railroad station by United States Consul Milner. In the afternoon the ladies went shopping, and as they were coming out of a store a large glass window waa broken by the fore | wind and crashed down to the sury. The trip out on the tender Holland a terrifying éxperience. There was en were almost in panic, aa every one) hought that the tender would be driyon | nat the rocks and all Dands lort. When the Holland firat threw her an- chor it woukl not hola, and the waves! Jill) broke over the tender as she dragged to|herheok. Another anchor was thrown! « his} ally one of them caught and The crow then to fix the rud- While Mrs, Taft and Mra. Wheel denced the gre: The President Grant finally moved tn! 4 the breakwater and the passen-| The Preaident anchor during owns most dan- the narrowness nannel, a [eee | CENSUS BUREAU COTTON | REPORT SHOWS Loss; | | WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The Census | Durcau to-day Issued a bulletin sow- | Jing that the total cotton crop of this hy 1 Dec. 1 Was 8,358,664 | MS dales nd 4,G8d,- | tion nam are counted as half bales. New Year ys How much kindly feel- ing and good will these greetings convey... ! Be lavish with them, | Talk them, write them, Telephone them. new Yorn TELEPWORE 00., and Wednesday, 34th Street JAMES McGREERY & CO. 23rd Sireet 34th Street TOILET DEP’TS, In Both Stores. On Tuesday, December the roth, Sale off500 pair Imported Militaire Brushes, Made of Real Ebony, Turtle bony, Foxwood and Olive wood, solid acks. Genuine bristles. 1.75‘per pair [ value 2.7S ~A large assortment of Imported Celluloid Hair Brushes, Mirrors and Manicure Pieces, aes ‘LADIES’ SUITS. In Both Stores, Velveteen Walking Suits. Various models and colors, 28.50, 39.50 and 50.00 y former prices 45.00 to 85.00 A variety of Costumes, Evening Gowns and Wraps, at greatly reduced prices. eS SHIRTWAISTS. Jn Both Stores, A large variety of Messaline, all- over Lace, Taffetas and Chiffon Taffetas Waists. Elaborately designed. On Tuesday, December the roth, 5so0o dozen Lingerie Waists, Daintily trimmed with laces and em- broideries. The latést models. Ranging in prices from 95¢ to 7.75 unusual values. i SS TS HANDKERCHIEF DEP’TS, In Both Stores. Holiday Suggestions, Women’s, Children’s and Men’s Handkerchiefs, including a complete. assortment in the latest styles. and novelties. Men’s French Linen andverchiets ai in the new tape and citoss-bar weaves, Women’s Madeira and French Hand-embroidered linen, glove novelties and real lace Handkerchiefs, _ Children’s Initial Handkerchiefs with white or colored border. © ; On Tuesday, December the roth, Men’s Linen Handkerchiefs, 1% or % inch hem. 2.75 per doz, value 4.00 Women's Sheer “Handkerchiefe, with hand-embroidered initial. Various designs. 1.7§ per box 34 doz, vatue 2.50 Women's Glove Handkerchiefa, with hand embroidered design and initial. . 1.00 per box 34 doz, CORSETS. In Both Stores. : a : All Corsets carefully fitted, C. B. ala Spirite Corsets. New mod- els for every type of figure. Front and side supporters attached. 1.50 C. B. a la Spirite Corsets, High bust and extra long hip for well-de veloped and average figures. Front and side supporters, 2.00 C, B.'a la Spirite Corsets. High or medium bust, long hip and back, slender waist lines. Supporters attached, 2.50 C. B. ala Spirite Corsets, Models designed for well-developed, slender and average figures, unusually well propor- tioned, giving graceful, ‘slender lines, : 3.00 4 8.00 JAMES McGREERY & CO. 23rd Street 34th Street Always Funny and Always ons The Sunday World’s Funny ” Side. \