Some recent cases have led to strong criticism of our mo thods of dealing with—prisoners declared to ° be insane. ticism has passed over to the minal Lunatic Asylum at Broad-moor say unfairly because a fi Teeent visit has convinced me that the eficiency and. humanity with sich th institution is conducted fre up, to an astonishingly level. "The striking. ya the cases with which the staff has deal, and vith which the pub ie"oughit to be acquainted. were impressed. on my mind during recent visit.
Passing along one of the corridors, I was attracted by the figure of a tall young fellow, wh 7 as sure 1 recognized as one of Tie ost_diseusaed. cages recently tent to. Drotdmoor, naturally Became, interested in him, "and Watched him closely as he chatted clubly and pleasantly oan. at-fondant. "He" was dréased in' Fancy woollen "vest, light cord trouters, and wore a limp ecliar, fastened inthe front with safety pin," He bad boon employ-painting (the whole interior ST the place ts being. repainted), tha tigre were plabon of ai pon tis ves cyeowinrge brown eyes—impressed tne mort, for they" were the eyes of mat the had not a care in the word, have past, was unsullied, whose Ina us bright a prising. Very remarkable, Il thought. And silt think "it. To the Iminotogist there is'no end to the Fiddles' of the human mind The patients usually dine in association in the several. blocks at Broadmoor, baton. ths. sca: sion of my notable absent seated lone, a tall and, stately, indi dual." He has a "batman" to attend him. T sav him again later on. I was loaving the building Shen T'saw a detachment of the nie. inmates. moving slowly slong the private Broadmoor Tandy on their way to the farm. What's. crowd it) was! of all Kinds and conditions of men. 'Tt moved with 2 gliding motion, out-Hanked by uniformed ation da Tu' the middle of it, allow it ad domtneting lefty, upright figure, almost eloped inva eapactous, black mi
thythmie, military' precsio ary lanky atridiog along jo working on the farm, Ho beld his head loft and himeelf aloof:
was with his companions, but not of them, Like many" others fo. this grim house of shadows, he was self-absorbed, facing anit Undoubtedly the most painful part of Broadmoor, both "on the Malo and the female side, are the Tefractory. wards, wherein the Wworst cases "are housed. I. saw There a. redheaded, pale-faced, parently of Foundings.. Thi hile dull" who so cruelly: mur-ered that poor old warder at Borstal with's brash, in an effort to escape.
another room, seated at 2 table with a. newspaper. spread a before Ri, rant man wth Spacious, bald head. He was the big, honey-looking face anda
nod actor who murdered William Tories many years ago. Strange:
enough, 1 thought 1 could de-tet in his voice a-note or two of the voice of Irving, a8 though he were mimicking his.
"These are but a few of the many strange snd. perplexing problems Thich, beset "the - authorities Brondmoor. The public that does hot -kiiow' of the difiealties
such different types may criticize cating ith men and women of tae those who know realize the Sdmirable way in which the stof, from the. highest to. the lowest. conduct one of the most diMiculé Sutice in the State little imperial "disguises 2 dis-tine tive chin, a beauty spot or expert use of lip-stick alters the appearance of a well-known mouth.
Unfamiliar rings, or bangles, or a borrowed wrist, watch, or unusual perfume often deceive a husband as to his wife's identity.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.