The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-07

a talk with them collectively, ia which he en-
d,avors to present their true condition and
point out the way to higher and better life.
Two evenings in each week temperance meet
ines are held In tho chapel, on which occasions
the speeches all made by graduates OF tho
Home-men who have reformed and Iractised
total abstinence all the way from one to nine-
teen years. And at all times the physical condl-
ton OF the patient IL carefully watched, and
whatever medical treatment Is necessary he 70.
ceivcs.
AS an impression prevails extensively that in-
ebriate asylums are usually failures, while tho
success Of the washingtonian Home has been
unquestioned from any source, the writer re-
quested gentleman who has had experience az
patient in several asylums. and likewise In the
Home, to say wherein the treatment In the lat
tor differed from that In less successful iustitu-
tons. The following is his reply:
DEAN SIR: In compliance with your request, TAX.
plea IN stating wherein the at the Wash.
ingtouian Home urrs from some others; and to mia
To convince you as 10 NV actu knowledge Ia regard
e lhs relative merits Of igeorAte asy um ie. me STATE
tuition OF this xind mot a. piien during winch Tine
treatment pursued ~ ohers through rcsoe and o,e
LUCENT gentlemen VINO had 0een patients at dmerent
A. to the wssnnetonian Home, ! speak from what
cnay differs IRON some Others In the proper admnis-
irauon Of med me oy a competent pn,slclan. whose
professional xnONedRr IN 50 extended that IL 10 not
confined 70 ;he use o. bromide" in cases assuming
poison tue system of the patent WITH such de Oily
a.ent. as gconlte nux mica, tails CHI or / ,net
without beins Weighed Or mersursd mere CUES WORK.
Although medicine viii never effect cure there
many cases Of pnsscu debility produced b. excessive
drinking where 1t T. AN absolute necessity refer YOU
my situation woula nave been hopeless T.,
wasninetonian noie as compared vita that OF other
asyuns Is In the means tascn to inspire confidence
slider himself as YET man and As such responsible FOE
% sn a W. n VII ,
Is wuOly ignored IN some asyiums. aud In offers tho
i6v that thsy have opposite Eject Practice nsKes
perfect aud r Days lrivaned exner,ence ~ the care
be obtained oy no other rspn wIthOut ike expo
xonderf1 eve aud Me ses tho nedcine he del,yers
bat IN OF Ov ruuse II acODte Or Op should
be douOtful about the blessing
Inc dn rece IN treatment begins upon the nrst en-
az possible s,nine.s ever al, ~ "a oe,nH in9sn nun
TO look upon tue institution as acme In every sense %
be is poor miserable lrlnSlrl. and should Oe
imprsoned y pu shed as AZ some other asy lum II
pact NE fore MIN Or to oe re ninilas Tin OF q,
The W shiss,o%,sn Home dasrs from other, of tho
where those accustomed { Guy lfe soon become as
eohteHed het Is !. .neo go uy az ,sDs isn1e
wthho inH .snce- by elevaunE Inelr moral nstufe
bars are sad cases Of SresElag iitn by
lug agss on tue sS are not 80 common as At Vtaer
answer your question briefly. iii only necessary
been op ri1n, the attending Us en ana
the i,c mt Il ne never ?s c"se Iy death TN,
u you ~iisn can ,inentlon many other points Nnero
!ai las .goa oe' i5y ,. sq4 na' superior ndy-n
BosroS. J@n 3. 1877.
Giving all credit to DIR. Day for his attachments
and experience, 1t IL possible that the greatest
instonian Home lies In the fact that from tue
first It has had the sympathy aud assstaucs Of
men who had themselv, . Suffered the pen,Ities
Of an uncomfortable appetite for liaIor When
It was estao sned there were my old WASH
ioetonians IN Boston-men who bad shown by
their lives that drunkenness could be overcome
and OF course these felt a lively interest IN the
success OF the undertaking. Among those who
have experienced tue b snents VI the institution
there Is always found n strong affection for 1t,
and many OF It's graduates are frequent visitors.
some for the purpose of strengthening their
own good resolutions, while others 20 there to
leud helriog hand to those who as vet are un-
able to stand alone. THIS intercourse Of re =
formed men with the patients Is OF incslc ulable
advantage t. the latter. Another thing In favor
Of tue institution is that It is called II ONE, and
not an inebnAte as lum. while there Is nothing
IN the appearance OF the establishment sugges-
tive either Of the hospital or prison. IL IL simuly
an institution for medicai treatment where gen.
temen Can Snd do obtain board and necessary
care, without experiencing any feeling OF degta-
dalton from the fact OF being there.
The history OF the Washing oman Home
shows what great good an be effected at COM
pardtiyely small outlay by judicious man ee-
ment, and 1t would be well II every city in the
country IA ID an institution like It.