Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-22

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Des Moines. June 2e-The next great
institution that Iowa must provide for
the care of unfortunates is a colony
for epileptics,' said DR.. r. NJ. Powell,
of Glenwood. superintendent OF the
hospital for the feeble minded. Dr..
Powell has been studying the subject
OF epilepsy. its cause and its treatment
for many years. and he has had excep-
tional opportunities for observation.
He is called upon frequently to give
addresses before medical and other
scientific associations upon his spe-
cialty, for he is regarded as one of the
best authorities in the United States
upon the subject OF epilepsy He has
slong been an advocate of the colony
plan of caring for these unfortunates..
'.This colony" said DR.. Powell, Should
/ be located near Des Moines, SO as to be
1 easy of access from all parts of the
4 state, and 1t will need a large tract of.
Hand that can be used for farming and
4 garden purposes and for light manu-
4 featuring. The cottage plan should be
adopted and no large buildings erected
for the accommodation of the patients.
In fact 1 believe this plan is better for
an institution like ours and for hos
i ,Iipitals for the insane. / believe the
A patients would have better chance of
sl3recovery If they We're not kept in these
A sllong corridors, so many of them see
ing each other and being depressed
j thereby.
i I'm many respects the epi1eptics are
A the most unfortunate class we have to
4 deal with. because they feel their con-
dition more than any other of the de-
= fective classes. and the physical ma
! 5Iture of their disease is very hard to
q SEendure They never know when an att
II tack-is coming on and are liable to be
q taken down at any moment in any
Il place. AT present they are in the inst
#lftute for the feeble minded at Glenwood.
.sIin the state hospitals for the insane and
8 in the poor houses and county insane
: slasylums all over the state. Many are
i receiving no care whatever except thai
f given them at home, and are a constant
], source of anxiety and embarrassment
,isto their relatives and friends. When
81 the state establishes an &pileptic col
!. ony. as it must soon do. the other state
3 institutions will be relieved of the care
"a of these persons and they will be res
! cued from their miserable surrounds
4 ings in the counties. OF course every
Z / one knows that the hospital for the IN
ii sane is a Very poor place for persor
) afflicted with epilepsy. 1t is bad fol
Z 1.-the epileptic and bad for the insane
e persons
THE colony plan has been tried ii
Massachusetts New York, New Jerse.
= and one or two other states and ha!
L proved Very satisfactory. altho 1t ha:
g been on trial only a few years. fee
:. sure that all the states will come to i
in time
> State Librarian Brigham has re
: turned from the meeting of the Inter
national Library Association, whicl
. was held in Toronto. Can. The interes
taken in the library commission wa
: beyond the expectation of everyone
a round table was given to this sub
n ject and was one of the best attende,
n sessions connected With the meeting
/. $of the association. Next year it is t
a be advanced to the dignity of a section
and more attention will be given 10 tn
r. lsubject The Iowa library commission
a will begin its work in a few weeks. tn
III first meeting being called for July
y The choice of a secretary is still ope
S and some exceptionally desirable ne,
< candidates are being considered.
u, q =
is The conflict between harmony an
;e melody always results in favor of tn
yE simple melody when the question
e. submitted to popular audience. Th
d has been shown on many occasions
Is but never more so than in the Wednes
d day evening concert of the Mus
le8 Teachers Association. The numbe
1t (which met with the best appreciatio
is tfof the audience was a contralto son
lg by Mrs. j. w. Whiteman. of Denve
lie Col. Mrs. W'llitenlan was obliged 4,
" respond TO the encore for her simp
to old Welsh melody a lullaby familiar 4
&c many. thru which runs the refrai
ht ..All Thru the Night" The music
ir critics We're able to find some flaws
re this beautiful contralto song, but II
is audience, the people. found nothing
ne criticise, but everything to praise. TT
or program Of the music teachers col
ly certs was of course arranged f,
Id musical experts. II consists almo
exclusively of high grade music, e,
Z. trenlely difficult of performance al
vastly more difficult of comprehensio
80 1t pleases the ear trained to an appr
an citation of the skill required to produ
4. it, but to the average person, who
ly moved "by the concord of swe
10 sounds, this music and this skill a
"a almost altogether wasted. People m.
re clap their hands. as they sometimes
q on other occasions when they do n
=. understand, simply because they thil
a. it is the thing and should receive e
thusiastic approval.
es The fact that some people seem
ay have believed the absurd charge tn
ng DIR. w. NJ. Beardshear, of the Agl
:, NJ cultural College, was guilty OF pIa
=, iarism only shows how eager EeoI
go are to believe evil where they shou
" know better. 1t ought to be, In t
opinion of DIR. Beardshear's friends,
complete answer to this charge that
an read this paraphrase Of Whitman.to
Nj company ~ ,yv!.!.:::e :. ex nertssssI II "
no not taken from an old or out Of pr
book. but from the latest compl'