The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-28
A GRAND INSTITUTION
Freeholders Inspect the State
Hospital at Morris
Plains.

Observing the usual custom, the mem
bers of the Board of Chosen Freehold
ers made their annual visit yesterday
to the New Jersey State Hospital, at
Morris Plains. This will probably be
the last visit officially from the Free
holders of this county, because next
year the new Lunatic Asylum at
Hill will be ready, and the eighty-nine
insane, now at Morris Plains from this
county, will be taken care of here.
When this takes place it will be a
yearly saving to the county of many
thousands of dollars.
The ~Freeholders started yesterday in
a binding, pelting sleet storm, but when
the car rolled up to the door of the
Asylum the sun was shining, and moth
ing could have been more enjoyable n
bracing han the weather.
At the entrance to the sombre pile
of grey stone buildings stood Warden
Everitt and the Medical Director, DR..
B. Evans, who escorted the party
through the Asylum.
COMFORT FOR THE AFFLICTED.
The most critical captious individual
could not find anything to condemn
either in the appearance of the insti-
tuition or the name in which it is be-
ing conducted. The wards are comfort
ably. indeed luxuriously and elegantly
furnished, the sleeping rooms fitted with
everything requisite to the inmates com
fort, and the day rooms and parlors are
models of what a well ordered place
should be. All this is the result of the
excellent dual management of Warden
Everitt and DR.. Evans.
So far as the care of the insane is
concerned, the Medical Director has ac-
complished wonders by his sound sys-
tenn of training the attendants in prac-
teal anatomy and laws of hygiene. The
survival of the ittest is the law oper-
ating upon the attendants, and neither
pull nor prayers have any effect on
The Director where incompetency is dis
covered. You lave got to get. The re-
suit of such practice is shown in the
fact that New Jersey has without any
doubt the finest State Hospital in this
broad land.
CARE OF THE INSANE.
The Freeholders narrowly observed
everything and put the officials through
a sort of Goff-LeXow examination which
however, did not result in any sensations.
They commended the appearance of the
inmates and the care bestowed on them.
Only the mild cases were inspected, the
medical director wisely refraining from
taking a large party to the wards where
exciteable patients were.
AS the party walked through the wards
they were approached by a grave, refined
looking patient who begged the director
to present the visitors to him.
81 am Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States and 1 am
glad to meet you,' he replied, with a low
bow to each guest introduced by DR..
over again witnessed in his manner to-
wards those unfortunates whose reason
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
Another person, this was a lady, also
desired a presentation, and the party was
mony to Her Majesty the Queen of the
United States and granddaughter of
Christopher Columbus" TIL Empress of
Germany, Queen of England, Gar of
ers for the first time had the honor of
being presented at court, a proceeding
infinitely more agreeable than being pre-
scented by the Grand Jury.
Prior to the inspection Warden Everitt
entertained his visitors with gracious
hospitality and speeches were made by
Director VIM. Heller, DR.. Geo. w. King,
ex-Sherif Heintze, late of the Board Of
Managers of the State Hospital; the
Warden and DR.. Evans, and not forget
ting two humorous addresses from Mr..
Simon Kelly and Mr.. John Boyd.
In the evening dinner was served in
Morristown, and there were more
speeches, concerning which Mumm is the