The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-17

Lave consented to their application only 10
limited extent. A shoemsker's shop is in ope-
Tston, and here the weak.minded cobblers OF
the Asylum can be seen every day in the week,
pegging away with evident satisfaction. During
the year 1865 their labors resulted as tollows;-
l51 pairs Mems Shoes made.
1 pair Mems Long Boots made
la pairs Women's shoes maze
i pair Women's Long Boots made.
.104} pairs soled and heoled.
AZ pairs reDahed.
A sewing department is likewise in operation,
In which from twenty to City women, besides
number of men, find constant employment.
During the same year the amount of work done
was as follows:-
Forty.one garments were made, and 1920 re-
paired by the men; SO dresses and III other gar
,lcnts were made by the women, and 42O4 re-
paired. In addition TO this, 55 articles of bed
clothing were made andl514 repaired.
Gardening Department, on small scale, Is
elso in operation anording employment for ten
or fifteen men. Dnrlng the past year, the pro-
dl cts of their labor realized the sum of
81 ,4s647.
In all his schemes for the employment of the
patients, Dr. Butler has had the hearty co-ope-
ration of the Committee of the Board OF Guar
dams on the Insane Department, and they are
entitled to the credit of having furthered his
views to the full extent of their power.
Dr. Butler has also urged the necessity for
otpcr kinds Of employment on the part.of the
y. u, as not all of them are shoenakers and
I lors but in this respect his views have not
! It with support on the part of the Board
g., Guardians. He has particularly urged
q removal Of the Insane Department of the
4, IN q rad Ino yIor
fal titles for employing the men in agriculture
mt be enjoyed. This would entail no addi-
t lal expense upon the city, as it has long been
~ contemplation to erect House of Correction.
en- institution which is sadly needed here. For
q Is purpose the present insane asylum is ad-
4a'rnby adapted. 1t is, in truth, veritable
prson-bouse, and would answer such purposes
1Duch better than the one for which it is at
yresent employed.
But all these, and many other schemes of a
Ike charitable charac :er, are at an end unless
the new management should make an effort to
carry them out. This, of course, Is as feasible
under one mans direction as well as under an
others. But DR.. Butler, by his thorough acquaint-
ance with the necessities of the institution and
Lis solid requirements as physician for the
insane, is eminently qualified to inaugurate and
perfect them. Such being the case, we can see
10 good result as likely to follow his removal.
The New Superintendent
Dc, David ID. Richardson, has had no special
Qualifications, by experience, for the position.
Tie was, for a time, Resident Physician at the
flmshouse; and in that capacity he was accus-
toned to take look at the Insane Wards in his
regular round with the other physicians But
i. was utterly impossible for him TO acquire a
thorough knowledge of the treatment of the
insane from such meagre experience.
This change in the management Of the instl-
tuition we consider sufficient reason for calling
the attention of the public to the subject at the
present time. In this connection, the following
tables, which illustrate the workings of the
Asylum for the past six years, become of in
terest:-
Table of Admissions