Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-02-14

The peaks or the spurs or the Cat- skills are all round the plateau on which stands the asylum, with it's tall red tow CTS and pointed gables, to remind Thaw of the Alps. And he will find Alpine grandeur in the scared sides of Mount Beacon, from which the sunlight is flashed on the windows, and away be- yond, where the eye catches glimpses of the Hudson among the crags, the grand old Storm King gets his shoulders against the sky. The building may be castle, palace or mansion, but never prison.
 There is nothing in this institution in which so many criminal insane are confined to indicate that it is really a prison, and in the portion set apart for the class in which Harry Thaw will be put there is nothing to suggest anything but some country house or an elegant family hotel. The inmates friends, wife or mother, or sisters, or other rel. at,ves, may sit with him hours at a time in handsomely decorated loggia, with floor of little reddish-colored tiles, painted walls, and carved ceiling of southern pine, in light oak finish. From the curtained windows they may feast their eyes on all the rugged grandeur of this section of Dutchess county.
 When not with his friends in the loggia. where he can imagine himself quite at home, or walking abroad over the green lawns in the summer or the covered courts when the storms rage through the mountain gaps, the inmate may sit and read or play cards in a ward or day room with others of his class.
 This word "class" has no social sig nifcance, but has to do rather with the classification of prisoners according to- their conduct and mental condition.
 The day room is officially Ward No. North, ' but how inappropriate some how is the word "ward," for here IS quite superb sitting or lounging room, with it's oak ceiling and supporting pillars and polished floors, and divans and walls covered with pictures and windows filled with potted plants and trailing vines. This picture surely does not agree with what one usually con iures up at the mention of the term that usually sends chills through the spine.
 Here the inmate may play whist or any other game to his fancy, and he will find men willing to devote the en- Ire day to cards. There IS no hint of the prison or public institution of any kind to the asylum-no keeper m sight. or if he is, he is not to be dis- t'nguished, and every man wears his own clothes and dresses to suit his fancy.
 One man. indeed changes his clothes every hour, and persists in wearing silk hat and gloves and carrying a cane while he walks up and down, as if he were on Fifth avenue.
 Among the men whom Thaw VII find around him is Quimbo Appo, an old Chinaman, the father of George Alp DO. and who takes delight in declaring that he is a great general with an army of 75.00O,000 men camped at Newberg and 45,000,00O at New York ready to destroy the world because of its lack of wisdom. Oliver Curtis Perry, the train robber. is another of the distin- guished inmates, and still another IS , George Roth, who tried to kill the late Rev. Dr. John Hall.
 One comfort only is denied the loungers in "Ward No. l North, and that is smoking. Chewing tobacco is 1 suppliea. but even the first class men will not be trusted with matches or any other thing by which fire might be | started
 l The inmates take their meals in refeetory, looking much as one might | find in some college, with some 5OO pa tients or prisoners seated at 24 tables, on which are plates, bowls and spoons, but neither knives nor forks. These are allowed only to few, to whose number, however, Harry Thaw may be added
 1 If the inmate wishes for time to lead the simple life he may breakfast on oatmeal, bread, butter and coffee; dine on roast or boiled beef, bread, DO tatoes and vegetables and he may have for supper bread and butter and tea and fruit. On the other hand, however, he may indulge in all the luxuries his | r,oroy aan nurp hnSp
 Wines? Not under the regular rules of the establishment, but doctor s prescription will. enable him to have the choicest vintage.
 When he retires for the night a man may rest on mattresses as comfortable as desired in these scientific days, and his bedstead will be of iron painted white. He may sleep in the big dor. mitorv off the "Ward No. l North / or he may sleep alone in a small bed room of the hallroom type and size.
 Nine clock is the hour for retlr. ing, when all lights are put out, and at six clock each morning the bells call the sleepers to breakfast, which IS served half an hour later And as bath rooms fitted with everything modern, are plenty, the inmate may have his cold plunpe. or shower, with as little