The herald., 1897-06-26
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ferred to the whole question Is again
opened up as to whether the property
owners along the proposed sewers should
pay for the mains or whether the city
should pay for them. as in the past. and
doubtless there will be lively fight should
the council try to make the property own
ers along the line pay fer them.
MEDICos' MEETING
At the meeting of the Pasadena Medical
society last evening in the office Of DR..
Briggs, DR.. John w. Givens of Los An
geles read an interesting paper on "Insan-
ity and the Treatment of the Insane"
DR.. Givens has had fifteen years expert
ence in the treatment Of cases of insanity,
and is we'll qualified to speak on the sub
ject. He stated that insanity has until re-
Gently been on the increase, there being
now about one insane person to every 500
sane people. insanity is difficult to define,
and 1t is hard to draw the line between
sanity and insanity. DR.. Givens considers
the mind as an entity apart from the body,
vet dependant upon 1t, and that insanity is
an illusion, hallucination or false belief,
which cannot be changed by any argument
.or persuasion. OF the various kinds Of in
sanity there Is thai of sight taste and
hearing, Of which the latter is the most
dangerous. A drawing of the brain cells
was made. showing their condition in
mania, dementia and melancholia, and the
theory given that insanity results from a
disturbance Of these cells, which comes
from toxines that exist in the blood from
various causes. DR.. Givens thought that
II physician is to treat insanity success
fully he should be given entire charge of
the patient, who should be kept at home If
possible. If not. he should be sent to a
sanitarium for the insane where he should
have healthful surroundings, plenty of
good nourishing food, containing fat. milk.
butter, plenty of fruit and other wholesome
food. He would avoid hypnotic treatment.
relying upon natural methods in the treat
ment.
Drs Bridge. Hull. Amsden and others
followed with suggestions on this subject.
There were present: Drs. Amsden. Hull
Bridge. Briggs. Black. Rowland. James,
Tying. Hagadorn, Chaplin. Givens. Hayden
King. Page, Praiger Roberts, Van Slyck
and Wier.
THAT DREADFUL PUNCH
Somebody informed the Good Templars
lodge that the fruit punch" served to the
graduates of the high school and their
friends at the recent receptions at the
Carlton was made largely of claret, where
upon committee of the lodge promptly
passed a set of resolutions censuring the
class and faculty of the high school and
everybody that had anything to do with
the reception for the disgrace to the com.
munity." 1t now turns out that there was
no claret or any other liquor in the punch
the caterer having made affidavit to that
effect. SO it now remains for the lodge tc
explain the hasty action taken with nc
evidence to base it upon. Zeal is good
thing, and most commendable in its place
but Davy, Crocketts advice still holds
good. he vn1'ro RIGHT fhop or
ahead"
SOCIAL NOTES
Mrs. Valette gave a delightful reception
to large number of lady friends yester-
day afternoon at her handsome home on
East Colorado street. The house was
beautifully decorated, deep red cannas be.
ing used in the halls. pale pink blossoms in
the dining room and pink Duchess roses
on the tables. Mrs. Vallette was assisted
in receiving her guests by her daughter
Miss Airline Valette, and Miss Theresa
Cluod
Rev. and Mrs. Clark Crawford enter.
| tained last evening a large number OF
guests, most Of whom were members of the
congregation. and many of them com.
parative new comers to Pasadena, so tha
the affair served as a means of their get
ting better acquainted with one another
Mrs.. Hazard entertained the guests Will
a couple of recitations. "Asleep at the
Switch and "How Tom Sawyer White.
washed the Fence" which added much tc
| the pleasure of the evening. A punch
bowl containing delicious fruit was in evi.
dence and later in the evening more sub.
stantial refreshments were served.
Mrs. Crawford was assisted in receiving
| by Mrs. s. F. Johnson, Mrs. Peatfield and
Miss Decker. Misses Peabody, Lou
Stevens. Ella Briggs and Peck assisted ir
the dining room. Miss Alice Briggs served
| the fruitade.
At the first open meeting of the Monday
Evening Musical club held last evening a,
the home of Mrs. H. M. Gabriel, Nortl
Raymond avenue. there were present ovel
hundred guests. The occasion was In
honor of Miss Harriet Sawyer and the
| program was made up entirely Of music
by this gifted composer.
DR.. and Mrs. Up de Graft of Columbia
street entertained few of their young
friends last evening, the evening being
spent in listening to the phonograph, into
which very, great variety of selections
and sentiments had been injected by al
sorts and conditions of men and children
from violin solos to cat calls and from
opera to the latest gossip.
TT-CHAMBERLAIN
Miss Blanche Turbett of this city and Mr.
Walter Chamberlain of Los Angeles were
married last evening at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Tur
bett, on Lincoln avenue, Rev. Mr.. Mashel
performing the ceremony, in the presence
of only few relatives and friends. The
house was decorated for the occasion ant
a delicious wedding supper was served
| after which the young couple left for theil
new home on West Eighth street, Los An.
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