The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-14
THEY HAVE A new HOME.
KEELEYITEs AT ASHLAND OCCUPY
ONE OF THEPRErTIEsr HOUSES.
Capabilities ofths Institute Very Much I'm
proved--A Glimpse In tho New Build
ing-Cuisins Arrangements.
The Kelley Institute at Ashland during

The Kelley Institute at Ashland during
last week moved into It's new establish
ment at the corner OF College and Taylor
streets, and the management will In a
short time have an Institute that will
compare most favorably with any now
in the country. The new house was built
but a few years ago. and Is thoroughly
capable of fulfilling the demands OF an
institution requiring 1onsulting offices,
reading and writing rooms, and sleeping
apartments. 1t is admirably situated,
being but a short walk from the depot.
and surrounded by lawns which add to the
delightfulness OF summer. and which give
to all Of the apartments the pure, fresh
air waited from the oaks and pines OF
Hanover county.
No more desirable piece OF property
could have been purchased by the man.
agement, and there was much truth In
the remark OF one OF the patients, who
said that the original owner must have
known that in days then yet 10 come a
Kelley Institute would be situated within
It's walls.
Leaving the depot on the main avenue,
and passing by the beautiful campus of
the Randolph Macon College. there are
but two blocks TO travel before one
reaches the offspring OF the institution
at Dwight.
1t is a three-story structure. with
piazza Of graceful proportions surround
ing the northern and eastern ends of
the building, while a mansard roof gives
the establishment dignity not observable
among it's fellows. There is withal a
home-lik~ appearance. and after the hum
drum OF this busy world. with its suffer-
ings and wretchedness; with It's cares and
disappontnlents with It's blasted hopes
a nd fsafcn l.l xfufn hn
] student halls such a place as his Mecca,
and is most ready TO lay down the bur
| dens he has incurred by inebriety or other
causes. and free himself from the shackles
| that bind him.
On the first floor after passing into
the spacious Railways are situated the
Offices and day rooms OF the students.
| To the left is club-room, where one can
answer the letters from home. read the
magazines Of the day. or spend the time
| In other pleasant occupations This room
Is spacious, and windows opening upon
the piazza give plenty OF air and light.
ON the other side Of the hall are the Of
noes OF the physician in charge, DR.. ].
l. wade, and his assistants. The upper
stories OF the house are devoted TO sleep
| ing rooms, and on the third floor is an
admirable bath arrangement, etc.
Ihere are fourteen rooms In the estab-
lishment and every one OF them are
apartments OF generous proportions. All
ere finished in m; liner superior TO the
| usual house OF a town like Ashland
and taken as n whole, the building is a
| pretty, substantial, and most pleasing
| structure inside and out
Within fifty feet Of the building is a
large cottage, which is reached by a
trip across the pretty lawns In the cot
tage is the dning-room and kitchen of
| the institute, and the residence Of the
| steward. Mr.. j. II. Ingram. He is a man
OF many years experience in the hotel
business, and uses every effort to provide
his table with menu composed of The
choicest viands and not few of the deli
| cacies of the Richmond markets
| The tonic of fresh air, a change Of
scene, and the life-giving properties Of
the Kelley medicines soon give 10 the
student a surprising and gratifying appe-
tite. and Mr.. Ingram, a Kelley graduate
| appreciating this fact, provides his table
| with wholesome and most pleasing fare
| In the cottage are also several splendid
sleeping apartments, which are to be
used by students, as occasion demands
DR.. Wade has had several years ex-
| perience in Kelley Institutes, and has
| become thoroughly familiar with the
| treatment of inebriates morphine or
| opium takers, and those who suffer from
| cocaine, tobacco or other such habits
He is a student Of men and medical vol
umes' and brings TO bear in his practice
| the advanced ideas which have been found
| by scientific medical men of this day TO
| be correct. Science has accepted IL as q
truth that the habit of drinking" is
not habit, but a disease, and as such
the Kelley Institute at Ashland throws
| open its hospitable doors to the thousands
| In Virginia who should take advantage
! of the Incompatible benefits offered them
To declare to a man who drinks lntoxi-
| cants. either habitually or occa sionally
| that he is suffering with a disease. is
| TO him statement that he hut slowly
| comprehends, and yet effort after effort
10 stop proves that his will power has
| gone, and there exists a craving that
| must be satisfied. The oratory OF the
| temperance orator then goes unheeded
| and the church only reaches down to
| take the drunkard from the gutter. Both
are potent factors. but injured nerves
| crave stimulants, and the craving must
be satisfied. ITO persuade men TO he
manly" said recent writer on this sub
| iect. lis a vlrtuous undertaking. but how
foolish would IT be for an orator TO so
! into a hospital and preach morality as a
| cure 10 patients who need the surgeons
| knife"
Nearly 10000 men have graduated from
| Kelley institutes, and only per cent.
| have returned 10 their old habits. OF that
small per cent. the major portion were
| boys who were drinking for fun, and old
! men, too old to appreciate or exert the
will-power necessary to keep in the path
| OF soberness. Figures like these need no
comment and should commend them
selves TO the man who drinks.
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