The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-02-09

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4 We close our present remarks on In
stitutions fol and Treatment Of he In
sane by quoting the following prief edi
! torial from the Banner Of Light of June
18th 1870:
Music AND Madness. The visit OF
Clara Louise Kellogg, the distinguished
I songstress, to the crazy women confined
in the Utica Asylum, which she made I'M
accompanied except by the matron, and
one or two other ladies, is striking
illustration of the power of music over
the diseased mind. The little lady
! showed herself brave enough to go and
trust her safety in the hands Of a class Of
beings who might, in sudden and unac
countable paroxysm, have torn her in
] pieces. Her first point obviously was to
4 produce silence in the crowd of unfortu-
mates, perfect and profound 1t was ne
cessary to bind them by a spell THIS
4 was easily, though mysteriOusy, effected
by singing, Who can describe the mys
EterY ofsuch 9. p wer She had with her
only Der guitar and, accompanying her
fine voice with that, she fairly entranced
every one OF her listeners They came
and gathered about her IKE children.
/ They gaZed in her eyes; watched eagerly
the motions of her lips touched her gar
nents; examined her from head to foot
and called her, over and over again an
angel. They even kissed her, and she
did not hesitate to return every kiss
| They were, for the time, her creatures.
She held them completely in her power
Is there not in this hint for the treat
/ mcnt Of the insane? k M#
The Committee recommend appropri-
ate legislation to clothe the Governor
with power to appoint proper and
suitable person to act as guardian of the
Soldiers Orphans and to find good and
suitable homes for them after they leave
the Home, where they can have employ
ment.and learn business and acquire a
knowledge of the industrial persuits of
life in accordance with their tastes, ac-
qnirements and capacities By all means
let the recommendations of the Commit
tee be carried into execution by the Leg
islature, the Governor and Guardian yet
to be, in accordance with the fun mean
ing and spirit of the recommendation.
81 The Committee were happily disap
pointed with the Reform School. None
of them had fully realized that kind
ness home influence and family ties were
the main incentives to reform used in the
institution, and. they wish that every
tax payer in the State could and would
visit it and know its worth" Tt NAV be
we'll to change the name of the Institu-
ton from State Reform School " to
Wisconsin Industrial School Cor Bows"
And it would seem that the boys of this
School world need, and if they need are
entitled to receive the guardian care of
some one appointed by the State to look
TO their Interest and welfare before and
for time after leaving the institution, as
well as the Soldiers Orphans
The Commute speak favorably Of the
attemptto teach mutes to speak and say
"the success attained in this institution
is amply sufficient to justify all pains
and expenses necessary to accomplish so
desirable and benefcent result" It is
found that congenital mutes learn to talk
though perhaps not quite as readily as
those who were not congenital mutes.
The idea of learning mutes to talk is not
recent. The sign language for mutes got
the start of the lip language, hut the
latter was never lost sight of, and re-
Gently it Is becoming greatly in favor
We are glad it has been introduced into
the Institution for the Education of the
Deaf and Dumb at Delavan and that the
committee speak so favorably of it.
We agree with all that is said in the
report in relation to the State
Prison at Waupun. We think the
report defective in not saying all it
should. The Committee did not loose
sight fthe State Prison being reform
atory as well as a penal institution, for
they say I" The question which presents
itself to your Committee is, how can the
inmates of our prison be most proftably
employed. and at the same time accom-
plish its purpose of penal and reformatory
institution ?" The failure of the Commit
tee is, in not recommending something
for reformatory purposes. Do not the
inmates of the State Prison need a guar.
dian to look to their interest and well.
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