Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-02
EDITED BY A N A
Interesting Newspaper Brought Back
by DIR. John PuntOn ON His
Last Foreign Trip.

A newspaper edited and printed by a
crazy man was one of the curiOsities which
DE-. John Punton brought from Europe On
his last trip. II is The Morningsld- Mir
ror.' a little eiGht-page sheet ABOUT four
by seven inches IN dimensions. 1t Is neatly
gotten up, printed in clear type, and, what
IS most remarkable about II. Is iuil of
good, straight sense without an absurdity
OF any kind.
The editor of this singular paper is an
inmate of the Royal M~orningsioe asylum,
insane.
The first article in the paper is entitled.
Our New Villa and is a clever descrip-
ton OF a. new annex to the asylum. The
following passages will serve as illustra-
lions:
The architectural style is French renais-
features. On approaching the front door
by a balustraded courtyard. the first OBJ
1ects that meet the eye are TWO towers. one
at each corner of the gable. On entering
the house. one steps into a handsome nall
like an ordinary room, with an ornamental
fireplace on one side. and with an arcaded
on the other. Immediately opening rom
this hall are two large public rooms. the
drawing room and the library, and farther
along the passage is the dining room. Each
of these rooms has some pleasing distinc-
tive feature of its own. The library is done
in pale blue and cream color. and con-
tains some old oak furniture"
After 4 minute description of the interior
of these apartments, something about the
sanitary ARRANGEMENTS of the house. and a
paragraph on the plumbing and manner OF
heating 1t. the writer continues:
The villa is placed on one of the Lest
sites on Craig hill. commanding a fine
view of the Pentlands. a magnificent view
between the Blackboard hill and the Braids
to North Berwick-law. and the whole pan
Drama Of Edinburgh and its castle. with a
background of the Firth of Forth and the
kingdom of Fife on 4 fine day"
me paper contains also an article on
n "a fQCrr fln nf sbThA ~
Game, and some verses of poetry entitled:
The Curriers' Song" beginning:
Give me a bout
With foemen stout
A curler asks nc more:
Nor hopes to greet
A sound more sweet
Than his stones exciting roar"
The inmates of the asylum had evidently
been taking exercise at this Scotch game.
t II dsSae OF p sns gaPs is is s s,Ssn nfser s an in
Among games We think curling ought to
rank about first. combining. as it does SO
with the mild excitement arising from the
varying fortunes of the game. Again. we
must not overlook the benefit to the lungs
that is. roaring fashion. The man who
does not give very audible expression to
his feelings of satisfaction, when he sees
a particularly good shot played by one
Of his WI side. is a bit of a pris or very
far out of sorts. and has no right to ex-
pect that reward of all good curriers'. a NUT
DR.. T. S. Clonston. superintendent of the
asylum and an eminent authority on ner-
vOus diseases. says of this man:
when he arrived he was indignant and
made out that his friends had ruined his
prospects by placing him in a madhouse.
But his Indignation was transient and skin
deep. He soon entered into the life of the
place. He was an admirable and interest
ing talker. a copious and sparkling author
in the Morningside Mirror. a hearty if rot
an elegant dancer. a great walker. a scien-
list and a devoted admirer of all the fair
sex: making love in~discriminately to lady
pers. And yet he could PROFOUND maxims
as wise as Soiomon's proverbs. and he was
a stern and sarcastic censor of morals in
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