The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-11-10

are provided with cOngen "a
occupation and pleasant
recreation. work and play intended 10
improve their condition, or az least %
prevent a worse condition. wher pos
sible. the insane wards Of the Terri
tory OF Hawaii have neither lcenpa
uun, congenial or otherwise. or recre-
alton o. any Kind.
IL seems a cruel fate that condemns
q man. because he Is mentally af-
firted. to what In Honolulu's institu-
ton. Is practically Imprisonment at
enforced fdleness. Here he has moth
ing 10 employ his mind OF his body.
nothing 20 keep his healthy blood in
healthy circulation or 10 keep his
mind. whatever Of mind be may have,
In operation No work makes him
lazy. languid. morbid and more IN
sane No play makes him dull, s1ipia.
melancholy and more mad.
His spirit. as near as his fe'ihle
mind may know il. must needs hover
with the birds over the waving
branches Of the palm trees, so TO
sneak. FOR there is no action provided
by which he Is helped 10 idedtitr ii2
being with the world In which his
body lives
His mind. what there Is Of Il. mus
needs recoil upon itself. for there Is
nothing In the way OF live action
furnished 70 help it manifest.
His body must needs. simply exist
on what poor fare is served. for there
ls naught TO do which will encourage
the slothfui blood 10 leap alive
through his physical being 20 stlmU
So 49,. r,.wa rfrtr hrnfu
Here is pathos, Nothing to do but,
handicapped. wait for death.
Such Is the picture presented at the
Territorial Insane Asylum; a picture
calculated TO arouse the sympathy %
the most hardened. a picture VII Oh
does arouse all those who permit their
eyes 20 gaze thereon.
Here Is another picture!
The New York Herald OF Sunday
October l3. OF this year. devotes |
mage splendidly illustrated. to what |
il is pleased 10 term "Lunatic Attn |
letics" showing the physical culture |
treatment for insanity" as 1t is applied |
ON Wards Island. New York. The IL |
mstrations show the women engaged |
In potato.race. playing basketball. |
exercising with the dumb-bells. play
ing tennis having a tug-ofwar. and |
tho men engaged in foOt-races and
climbing the creased pole. and 50
forth None OF these healthfui occu-
nations are 20 be had at the Honolulu
Institution.
The Herald article is as follows;
Enlightened Science.
Mans inhumanity TO man may pos
sihIv make countless thousands
monrn as the poet sadly afiirms. but
thanks to more enlightened science,
fewer thousands are mourning every
wear. Particularly Is this so in t1s
case of tho insane What man lives
That has not az some time or other
shuddered NJ the recital OF some tale
of actual suffering and cruelty In the
so-called "asylums.' where ignorance
and cruelty have abounded-the pro
vince Of the straitiacket and the pad
ded cell OF drugs and terrorism
A few years ago the world was
shocked upon learning that in the
search for an antitoxin against vel
low fever. no less than one thousand
inmates OF the insane Institutions OF
South America were sacrificed upon
the altar OF science. But what CT
itg" the celebrated practitioner asked
"Of what use are the crazy wretehes.
anyway" This was the extenuation
and defense. II he had his way. ail
the asvlums would be cleaned out ny
his process Of humane removal
An Era Of Humanity.
Thanks TO more enlightened read
ing OF the law Of mans duty TO his fell
low beings the insane are being re
garded from a pathological rather
than n criminal standpoint. The era
OF the whip and the strapping upon a
board is past. Il is the aim OF modern
alienists TO cure rather than to In
carcerate. 70 place the mentally de-
ranged amid such surroundings as
shall have the effect Of restoring the
mind 20 harmony and the body to sus-
tanned health. II Is the broad and
aspect OF one Of the
most vital problems OF civilization.
Nowhere In America is this hui
manltarian view entertained and act
cd upon as IN Manhattan State Hos.
nitai. on WARTS Island. Note that it
is not called the Manhattan State In
sane Asylum. but hospital. that Il is
! place where people are treated as
SICK in mind and body and not as
criminals or oranks that need only
% be shut behind thick walls.
"The trouble is that people wait too
ong before sending their afflicted to !
as" said superintendent DR.. f. c.
Dent. IN an interview for the Herald.
II win take many years to rid the !.
public mind Of the illusion that the
insane are treated with cruelty and
iarshness and that even sane men
Ind women are thrown in contact
With the most hopeless maniacs. after
time becoming themselves insane
System Tested.
The very thought Of an insane ssy-
um brings a shudder OF repulsion TO Y
be common mind Particularly the Z
,oorer classes OF a great and ignorant :
its cannot bring themselves to re- {
ard an institution for the treatment I
( those mentally ailing SIS ANYTHING q
iore or less than living sepulchres. I
md yet. lock about here. There is a
nnshine and cleanliness. good food {
nd plenty OF II, clothing and medi /
lnes-everythlng for the comfort Of !
be poorest. without money or price I
very human expedient Is avaiied Of {
order 10 meet each individual re- d
uirement. The result is that the per I
pntage OF cured and discharged pa