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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY, MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1908. CURE li!Sili!E PEOPLMjl Cottage Plan Proves Its Excellence -f Scatters Pa tients and Gives Them Outdoors,-! Amusements, Tasks and -Sleep. V: By FREDERIC J. HASKIN. (Copyright. 1908, by Frederic i. Hsikln.) Ttflecjo, Ohio, Dec. 6. Here In Toledo 4 1. i I 41 i HIV v-ULmgo U( liuuniuff HIV HA- sane was first adopted in the United fctateo. When first suggested 25 years go It was sneered at, derided, and because of its unpopularity had In numerable obstacles thrown in Its way .by uniformed politicians. The plan was called by some "Brlnkerhoffe Folly," by some "Foster's Folly," and one Ohio worker in like institutions likened It unto a cattle ranch. But Governor Foster and General Brlnker hoff knew the success that had fol lowed such plans abroad, -and calmly surmounted their difficulties until the ' novel institutional plan was complete, and in 1885 the Toledo hospital was opened and several hundred patients placed there. Public opinion has changed a great deal in this quarter of a century. The ability to change the point of view is eald to be a mark of progress. This very plan that was ridiculed when in augurated has become the model on which every new hospital for the in sane Is being built in this country. They are yet more of the older plan of one large building, but the newer ones follow this. The Idea calls for a big central office building, as the one here, a great brick structure where the superintendent lives and where the official business of the place la dis charged; one or two large community dining halls, a hospital for men, a hos pital for women, and then all about these on a campus of several hundred acres, fireproof brick cottages for the unfortunates. Outdoor Ufe. There ere 26 cottages here, each ac commodating 40 men or women with two or three --nurses In attendance. Each Is made as near like a home as possible, with comfortable sleeping quarters and living rooms, and every incentive to normal living nd normal occupations. The patients treated here, an annual average of 1800, are from the 24 porthwestern counties of the state of Ohio. Of these -15 per cent are cured, If this percentage ig cured here, it follows that were the same means used in all other public and private hospitals for the Insane, there would be over 23,600 persons released in a reasonable time from to 328 public and private institutions named in the last special census. The first principle of the cure prac ticed here is to always consider the patient as a normal being, and keep him or her outdoors as much as possible. The slogan, "back to nature," is sounded tore as clearly ss by pny fol lower of some new outdoor cult, but it has a more practical application. Every man capable of being trusted with a tool Is given work on the farm. In the garden or on the lawn, or if he cannot work he is kept outdoors much of the time anyway. Two hundred do successful outdoor work, and most cures are made among these. The women patients are given housework with plenty of outdoor exercise, if they are not too afflicted to do the simple tasks, and If they are they are sent outdoors under charge of attend ant Here, as In reformatories, schools and homes for other defectives, it is found wisest ana oest to Keep me hands employed. Amusements All the Tune. When a patient is suffering from a hallucination one of the six physicians here, who are continually making; their rounds, calls several times a day on such patient, and step by step tries to develop the reasoning faculties and then shows the absurdity of the Idea. Of those who suffer from fixed de lusions, two thirds are deemed incur able. They are taught to doubt the existence of the delusion, often with flood results. All the while the patient kept from disturbing Influences, is given plenty of wholesome food, and all possible outdoor life. The more violent ones receive constant attention, and are more ant to Improve than the ones suffering from melancholia. Amusements are constantly provided. .. 4 a an Amtmement tin.11 TiAre. and from the first of September until the last of July there is a weekly dance for the patients. In summer there are outdoor amusements. The employes of the institution have organised a band which furnishes good music that Is a source of great pleasure to the in mates, and they are entertained by baseball and athletio contests by these - untiring wardens. In the chapel, services are held fot them, and the idea of simple, normal living la ex emplifled at every turn. In many re spects the institution here at Toledo Is not so up to date as many of the ones that have been patterned after It. but the prestige it established for itself a quarter of a century ago in the face of opposition still remains. sTo Mora Straight Jacket. The wide charity of the national mind toward the unfortunate and the depend ent of the nation finds proof In the care of the Insane as In the car of the blind, tha Immigrant, tha little children and the delinquents. The harsh measures of the old "straight jacket" days are passing with awakened Intelligence. Of course the violent pa tients must be restrained In some fashion and be under constant surveil lance. Her a queerly sleeved Jacket is used that holds the restless arms down at the sides for awhile, and causes no pain the wearer, and the remoteness of cottages from one another allows the cries and calls to carry less far --d produoe less excit ing influence iffther patients than when they are T"".ed in the same big building in adjoining cells, - Oinp MW m www mm Every two or three hours each of these violent ones is taken for an -outdoor airing and the telling effect of the air and sunshine is found in the long night's sleep that follows. - In addition to the "blind sleeves" there are "re straining sheets", by means of which the patient is comfortably tucked In bed, and while he can turn about and stretch the limbs at ease, he cannot thresh about and either injure himself. or wear out his pnyaicai endurance as he would unrestrained. The new Ideas developed by modern philanthropy are making even restraint comfortable, wholesome and a step toward a cure, where, under the old regime, it became a punishment, a menace to health and a detriment to cure. - - Heredity leads among the causes or Insanity, Environment is listed among other causes.- The largest percentage of the Insane in the United States is drawn from the class known to census anumer- tnra ci a lnhnnM- An4-Mrvftltti, TbHt constitute 41.6 per cent of all the in mates of hospitals for the Insane.- The people engaged In agriculture. In trans- rortation and in other outdoor callings umish 12.5 per cent and the manufac turing and mechanical Industries. 1 per cent. The largest percentage of women ratients In the nation's hospitals is from he farms the monotony of the remote rural existence-, the nettv cares that op press the dwellers in the slums of the' country being often too much for them, iialtnutrition, coupled with a eak- constitution, has caused an exceptionally large number of case of diseased minds and a gcattfyingly large number ot these have been cured by nature's sim plest process wholesome food, oatdoor life, food sleep, and freedom from noise and worry, 'A great number of women have gone insane at childbirth and oth ers as a result of disease. It has been found In the hospital here, as elsewhere, that an operation performed by a skilled surgeon has Invariably resulted In the restored physical health of the patient and very often, in- consequence, the mental health has been wholly or par tially restoreo.. - preventable Insanity. The number of preventable cases of Insanity in this country may be reck oned as 10 per cent of tha entire num ber or nearly 15.000 in all.- For this percentage represents the number of pa tients In the nation's hospitals for the insane and in private homes who have gone Insane through the effects of al cohol. Some of these patients have lost their minds through too frequent pota tions on their own account, others are there from no fault of their own. They are the victims of a erlme of the most crimson hue, for their parents have transmitted mental diseases to mem as a -result of Intemperate lives. - One of the most pathetic cases here In the Toledo hosnltal is that of a. vounar epU leptio girl whose' father was a eon- nrmea arunuara una wno iramramra this disease to her, so that she came into the world a hopeless mental wreck, a disappointment ' to her people and a care on the state. In this Instance, as in many others of a like nature, the parents appear Indifferent to tha faot that the fault Is theirs, they only mur mur that tha hand of providence is heavy. A Temperance Reason. It is claimed by students of the men tally defective that the first born in nearly every French peasant's home Is an Imbecile, or mentally unfit In some way, and the cause-Is found In the fact that the first few weeks of Its parents' early married life had been - spent in a continual bout of feasting and merry makine. always drinking more wine than was good for them. Such children were born of the spirit of intemperance and became unwitting charges on the state. This is one of tho biggest' arguments for a general liquor legislation. It will not only protect the Innocent, but save to this nation alone about 16,000 men and women that in all probability would make goo and upright citizens. From a financial' point of view, the saving would be something worth considering, since the annual expenditure for tha Insane of this country Is $21,000,000 in the public institutions alone. Of the feeble minded who are not classed In the census of the insane, there 'are about 16.000 In the United States, and a great percentage of these may be traced to the liquor cause, and added to the needlessly lost cltliens. Safety Appliances. It was a former superintendent of fhe Toledo hospital who Invented a bath tub for the use of Insane patients to prevent the many serious accidents that nave .caused deaths fromy scalds and burns, when patients meddled with the wrong faucets. This invention was so arranged that when the water reached a certain . temperature an automatic de vice prevented the entrance of more hot water. He also perfected a device for preventing the escape of gas when in vestigating patients tampered with the fixtures. These were characteristic achlevenatnts of tho Toledo hospital and of the men who made it the model of Its kind one of the nation's biggest Inspirations in-uplift work among defectives. Britons Read Solid Books. From Progress. The borrowing of novels is declining 1 over England, being not more than 16 per cent of the work done, by public libraries. In the public. libraries of the United Kingdom there are 4,000,000 ref erence and 8,000,000 lending books; 11, 000,000 reference books are consulted every year, according to the records, and at least an equal number are taken from the shelves and consulted without be ing recorded. Every year (0,000,000 books are lent for home readlnar. div ing further detail the Investigator states mat -tne taste xor nistory, biography and travel is on the wane; readers are all for science and sociology, and new books on socialism are always in demand." BLAKE TELLS OF PLOT TO BRIBE Says Kucfs Han Had $5000 -to $6000 for Kelly If Jury Was Close., (Unites fMas Leases' Wire.) San Francisco, -Dec 6. A 'carefully laid plot to bribe John Martin Kelly, a prospective Buef Juror,, to vote for the caulttal of the former city boss was falleged today by E. A. 8. Blake, who Is relied upon oy tne prosecution iut testimony that will convict Buef s at torney, Frank J. Murphy, of participa tion in tha crime. Blake, underthe nuMtlnnfna- nf District -Attorney Wll- 'ilam U T.nnvinn riulraut that MtimhV. Attorney A. a. rxewDurgn, who jo accused of the same crime, and himself were In conrerence over tne proposed bribing of Kelly. - - iW "We are working hard for our client." Rink a mm Murnhv told him "and we want to win out. We've got $1000 that we are willing to give your xrtena iveny If ha will vote to acquit our client. Kuef." u Rlaka aald he becamaacaualnted with Newburgh during the early part of the year, as DOtn naa ornces in tne same outlaing. iiiaxe was introaucea to juur nhv bv Nfewbureh. At that time. Mur phy showed him a list of Ruef jurors and learned that Blake knew Kelly well. Blake said that on August 17 Murphy made tha offer. At that time, Blake testified. Murphy said: "If it is a case of ten to two or eleven to one, wa wouldn't mind making It five times as much." - - Blake told of a subsequent meeting with. Newburgh in which the latter ex pressed the .fear that Kelly had sauealed" to the district attorney. Rlnb. than recounted his own confession to the district attorney, which followed his trial and conviction for attempted bribery.- . ' -- . . ' ., Blake testified that Murphy had paid him $80 a week when he waa being tried for- attempted bribery, and had also Informed him that tho case was full of loopholes, and a higher court would set him free if ne was conviciea. PRESIDENT IN FIGHT i ON SMELTER POISONS (United Ptm Lraied WirO m nraekiMa'rnn TUn R A t tr An nnnri conference this afternoon on the ques tion whether Montana, smelters must be with rns rnnfliimArii PrMMnr Roosevelt directed the department of Justice to dexer tne oomempiaiea in junction proceedings against the Ana conda Copper company until he. could send experts to lnveaiigaiw u upora- uuu "1 -. - c - now in use at the copper smelters of DucKtown, 'ienn. The president expressed his conviction some method of neutralising the gases. To Old Mexico Tha resular midwinter excursion to Old Mexico will leave Portland Decem ber itth and 18th. joining the Southern raoiftd solid ' Pullman excursion train oat of San Francisco Tuesday, Decem- Oer XDin. iuw imum a,, wi uanu w i ... mill V.n llAi. t1 rV a t a h.oh jniTjLIl'U V.. 1 V J " . v , v. ... ' -.- Ing a limit of two months, with stops turn trip. Passengers will be given the choice of the Southern Pacific or the ganta Fa returning between El Paso and San Francisco. Coming west over the tSAnta rl you wn iuukb n. biuq trip miu the Grand Canyon for $6.60. Ask for i lull h,w,lrlt ,tnpv An this charming and historic country. Tick ets, rpservHiioiiH anu iio-i uvuii i Third and Washington streets. CHRISTMAS SAL1L FINE, ART W ARE AT ONE-HALF REGULAR PRICES High-Gradc Potteries, Artware, Imported China and Brasses All at One-Half Price We are absolutely closing out all the wares now carried on the third floor. This im mense space abounds with appropriate sug gestions for Christmas gifts, and we now put all these goods-on sale, which will en able those seeking presents of lasting merit . to secure them at prices never offered before. In fact, we have never presented a better opportunity to purchase the FINEST PRODUCTS OF THE OLD AND NEW WORLD. This sale includes every article on the third floor, which includes the following new, handsome and well assorted lines: mm Cloisonne Wares Imported Amphora Royal Doulton n Delia Robia Stouffer's Hand Painted China Imported Hand Painted China Hand Hammered Brasses Japanese Bronzes Imported German Steins Japanese Dinner Gongs Bombay. Reed Baskets Royal Vienna Ware Hanging Baskets Royal Bonn Ware- Austrian Ware Teplitz Ware Bavarian Vases Tiffany Ware Rozane Candlesticks 100 shapes Imported Bonaparte Ware Japanese Kouchi Ware Cedar Chests Imported Waste Baskets Great Chance to Get Two or Three Pieces of FINE ART WARE at the Price You Usually Pay for One THXBD nOOm TAKZ ZSITATOI ) ' PERFUME, ATOMIZERS A splendid display in China, Bo hemian and Venetian Glass, beau tifully decorated, extra good rub ber bulbs, covered with silk net. EXCEPTIONAL VALUES FROM 5ty TO $3.00 GILLETTE, ; Safety Razors Just the correct and most useful present, for any man. Standard Gillette set, containing hand lie, 12 blades, in moroccoj grain case, violet plush lined, 95. Fancy sets, $5T.50f $9, ?12, 15, $22.50. Buy "Her" a Glove Certificate x - I: r i SOLE AGENTS CELEBRATED DUNLAP HATS i If anybody asked you what kind of clothes you wanted, you'd say: "Good' clothes, and noth ing else." ' Thats your rule for clothes 'isn't it? It's ours, as sellers. We make a specialty of Stein Bloch Co. Smart Clothes, because they are better than any other we know most perfectly fit our 'ideas as here expressed. They are nothing else than good clothes as profitable to you to buy as to us to sell. We show a most complete stock of these fine clothes. From the smart Business Suit to the extreme Evening Clothes, including ; h Overcoats and Raincoats $20 to $50 A complete assortment of Holi day Furnishing Goods. This in cludes everything for 'men. If you are undecided, give him a Merchandise Order and let him choose for himself. Robinson & Go. WASHINGTON AT FIFTH Perkins Hotel Building . Buy 'Him" a Gillette Razor J t ! 1 if GAS Retiring from the Sale of APPLIANC Our Entire Stock of Gas Ranges, Water Heaters, Fixtures, Gas Burners, Glassware . - i ' ' Must Be Sold By January 1st, 199 After That Date We Will Confine Ourselves Exclusively to the Sale and Manufacture of Gas Commencing (tomorrow) Monday we will inaugurate a special sale: and all goods will be offered at ONE HALF THEIR VALUE. All : prospective builders should take advantage of this sale as GOODS MUST AND WILL BE SOLD. No reasonable offer refused SALESROOM OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 P.M. PORTLAND GAS- COMPANY "i ,i. -.-V- FIFTH AND YAMHILL STREETS
