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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
Bur This Stare NotC
Spends Deer II of Its
Income on tie Insane.

Should irresponsible, insane persons have
the same freedom as their rational neigh
bors? Should those who cannot distinguish
between right and wrong be allowed TO
come and go as they please? Especially
since they cannot be punished for any crime
they may commit, as are those able to
make moral distinctions. Is 81 not q menace
TO TIE community TO allow tnbeciles, luna
tics and the feeble minded to be at large?
Need society be exposed TO the dangers
resulting from the freedom OF such per
sons? They have been known TO murder
without apparent motive innocent and I'M
offending citizens. Should such things be
possible
These are some Of the questions and pro-
tests that have been coming to the press
from irate citizens ever since the Denntson
case was brought 10 trial in New York.
q month or so ago. The facts tn this case,
Il will be remembered. are briefly these:
Early in January Herbert Jerome Dennison,
onetirne stage magician, shot, IL is alleged.
q man unknown to him on the tracks Of
the New York Central Railroad in Park
avenue and was accused OF Staying a few
days later two little boys playing IN High
Bridge Park. In the court investigation it
was brought 10 light that this man had
shown indications of homicidal mania at
intervals fr the course OF the last ten years.
In this time he had been shifted from one
private institution for the insane to an
other. whenever he or his mother thought
a change desirable. At no time did they
have any recourse TO legal authority or
was the patient in any way restricted by
the managers OF the asylums
Dennison was permitted ct large without
any qualified surveillance in the interim,
and in one case was even allowed 10 in
dulee in target practice unguarded- The
medical superintendent at the Middletown
institution. from which he was dismissed
In 1905 testified on the stand that the
patient left there without any order OF
court and without a physicians certificate.
What is more, he was discharged as unin-
proved and not cured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
NO MUTUAL ADMIRATION CLUB.

HIS name was r. E. Berry. The people
who read his news reports did not know that
no correspondents name is ever signed to
an Associated Press dispatch. No credit is
ever given except by some newspapers
which print the line BY Associated Press"
at the head of such news. This is a news
service, not mutual admiration club" is
the way the correspondents put II, and they
are content. They are the men who pay
that item Of unreckoned cost in gathering
the news. and good, loyal work. in the face
Of any danger or any discomfort, is what
they expect to give. with only the pay and
the stanch loyalty OF the service for their
reward. The work they do is the work of
The Associated Press: that is all, and the
correspondents name never appears.
There is a story of how an exception was
once made TO that rule. The battle of Lao
Yang had ragged for two days. In the ST.
Petersburg office the dispatches were COM
ing in with painful slowness. The wires
were only leaking the news scraps from
which the listeners struggled to piece out
the story OF the most stupendous battle OF
modern times.
Suddenly the wire found a new lease Of
life, and the first sheet came from the
typewriter those present saw that II was
the beginning Of a very vivid account. in
Russian, of the work Of the day. 1t told
OF the terrific cannonade which for hours
had swept the whole Russian line, of the
early losses and the answering fire
Then the thread of the story broke. De-
tached sentences told of great japanese
charge on the Russian centre, which was
repulsed after long fighting with great loss.
The men had recognized the dispatch as
coming from NJ. Kirilof, one of The Asso-
ciated Press men in the field. The tele-
graph stopped suddenly and they gath
cred TO read the last sheet. The distointed
account ended thus:
81 am a soldier and no writer Kiriloff
who was an enthusiast In his work, had re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
TOO LAVISH.

Mrs Dobbs was trying to find out the
likes and dislikes of her new boarder' anu
all she learned increased her satisfaction
DO you want pie for breakfast she
asked.
NO. 1 thank you" said the new boarder.
with smile pie for breakfast seems
That's Just the way l look at it,. said
Mrs Dobbs heartily. Il say pie for dinner
is necessity. and pie for supper gives a
kind o. finishing touch to the day; put PIE
for breakfast Is what | call putting on
airs youths Companion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
THE CHIEF CRIME.

The minister's class at the MI .srv Ct
termorv had been reading the s. s'nissr
Joseph and his brethren. and tne ssf liins .
was asking the boys teW, 1sse aGcA
review. Their replies had al
concise and correct, sGen a.. 80 sons
What great crime dld 'As
s'They sold their brother Jcsepnn,ueh ~
quite correct And for no"
they sell him. :,
Twenty pieces of silver. ,r,,slty sn
And what added To the =. - pauss.
wickedness OF these brothers. AN nacf'
What made their treacherS -
detestatle and hetnous .-,.,sr stretch"
Then bright little hlshla
out an eager hand. A.
We'll. my man. - .u,sr chG1pS
Please. sir. they self niin V"'
The Housekeeper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
DEATH Often Faced REQ
fufeiY Rather Tbon
"A dmf Failure.

THE Americans greeted Colonel Rooss.
welt with a song the refrain Of which runs
In this manner:
Who the deuce is that?
That's Roosevelt
What's wrong with him.
Nothing; he's Roosevelt
cisco when earthquake and fire nsarly
wiped il out is told in a report that Paul
CovIes. the superintendent In charge, sen.
in answer TO an order from the New Yors
office II is dated ten days after the earth
quake Any one who has ever forced him
self to write rapidly for a long time viii
recognize tn the nervous. heaGlong styI,
I'm which Il Is written the work Of man
whose strength is worn almost 70 the
breaking point The report says:
when the earthquake came. at SIS On
the morning Of Wednesday. April g John
Finlay. night editor and Operator Ben
McInerney were on duty in the Office Tn.
building did not fall. but plaster and chan
deIiers came down with a crash Instantly
all communicate ton with the outside world
was lost.
The two men did not leave the building.
FInlay wrote bulletin telling Of the earth
quake. and McInerney rushed upstairs 70
the Western Union Office 70 get il OF 70
New York The telegraph operating room
was a wreck. end there were no wires
FinIay was at his desk. turning out copy
We moved TO the Postal Telegraph Build
ing. but about II O'Clock we had 70 move
back. as the fire was close by.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
AMID BARCELoNA'S TERRoRs.

That was all. and that was the last the
CORRESPONDENT heard from his wife ard child
for TWO weeks while he went about through
the blood and ruins and flying bullets OF
Barcelona and interviewed rebels and
photographed firing squads End struggled
with the censor 10 pass through to the out
side ", rid the few facts II learned about
the horrors there. There he stayed through
the long reign of terror, knowing that
every word Of the frightful truth that he
might get out OF the country would mean
a stab Of anxiety to the young wife who
was waiting in Berlin.
All the month OF August he stuck to his
post. At last he was relieved. He reached
his home in Berlin, a little before noon, on
the second dag Of September. Then he saw
the bright, kicking baby girl and his wife,
still in bed looking worn and very frail.
snd-a blue cable message that was waiting
for him At nightfaIl he had said goodbys
once more-tvo eoodbys, this time. instead
Of one-had caught a northbound train, and
was on his way TO Copenhagen. The world
had forgotten about the Barcelona blood
shed now and only wanted TO hear from
certain modest Brooklyn doctor who said
he had gone 10 the North Pole.
Those four days Of frenzy in Copenhagen
made magnificent news event.; few men
.n their lifetime see anything like the
wild welcome the Danes gave to DR.. Fred
erick A Cook. But when on the first day
the news came that Commander Peary had
battered his way TO the pole at last, and
when his wireless messages followed, chal-
longing Cooks claims and denouncing the
Copenhagen idol a. ''faker," then the
world realized that the doings Of those
two men had become the great news oc-
currence of that year and OF many other
years
a scraWled line OF two was all the cor
respondent could get of to Berlin during
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
HIS REVISED VERSION.

That was something new TO the captain
quite remarkable; in fact, most extraor-
binary. One hears nothing of that sort In
T ondon. When he had retired to solitude
and his typewriter he made up his mind to
use it In his dispatch. He did. exactly as
II had stuck in his memory Only 1t was
the memory of loya; British subject, and
so this is the way 1t came from over the
cable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
ST RA1EGY.

The conductor put his head through the
doorway. ,,o,,
Cant you move up to the front little?''
he pathetically inquired
..Imnossible,'' clear voice called back.
There's a fat man wedged in the aisle
Whereupcn a hasty move up the aisle en-
sued and the situation was promptly re-
Neved.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

those dizzy days As be stood on the iaho-
ing to sse the Oscar II sail for New YORK
with Cook on board q boy came with an
other blue message.
The ship was sailing already. He thrust
his notes into the hands Of another cor
respondent and dashed aboard He did not
have q hairbrush by way OF baggage or
a spare collar. 1t was we'll on toward MID
night before he could find a dull moment
in the ships wireless service and get on a
message of his own to Berlin That was
the wife's first news that her husband had
been ordered across the ocean.
The result justified The Associated Press
as to the prudence of sending him. however.
Day after day gusts. of angry language
came over the wireless from Battle Haroor,
Labrador. where Peary was cleaning ship,
and every outburst was fed over the wire
less TO the correspondent on the oscar III
In midocean. Each brought forth a new
statement from Cook that he had surely
been the first TO reach the pole. phrased In
words of such courteous moderation as
won him the sympathy Of half the world
before the controversy had gore beyond the
first stages. All this came back by wire
less from the ship. supplying the explorer
at Battle Harbor with fresh texts for irri-
tation and the reading public with exactly
the sort Of bloodless flsticufs ii loves best
for breakfast time reading.
For six weeks the correspondent followed
Cook about the United States. watching
his glory crumble and go TO pieces, forbid
den TO write a word based on his own feel
ings Oh the controversy that split the coun-
try. Cooks claim had been almost rgener-'
ally discredited when at last the CORE
spondent was released. He reached his
home in Berlin in the last days Of Novem-
Der, FIVE months from the time when he
was ordered to Spain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
THE REToRT COURTEOUS.

a Young woman had fallen upon the ice
covered pavement, and a man stepped for
ward TO offer his services
"Ailow me- he began but his feet
s,nnad and he fell fiat upon his back
''Certainly," responded the young woman
grayely -LAppincott's.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
THE FAMILY'S ATTITUDE.

Usually. you know, the family is moro
interested than any one else that the
lunatic with which II may be burdened
should not do anything wrong, and so 1t
will that he is well confined IL he is
dangerous. But when the relatives do make
UP their minds to get man out Of an
asylum IL seems that they have no great
difficulty in doing II, Judging from the in
stances that have come to our notice re-
Gently.
What can you 60 about II? You might
fine the family, perhaps. but much better
idea, to my mind-since you can't lock up
all the queer people-is to scare them into
good behavior with threats of punishment.
As II is, most of them know that they are
queer and are cunning enough 10 realize
that they will not be dealt with in the same
way for committing a wrong act as will
those who are not queer We are over
sensitive in the matter of INJECTING punish
ment on the insane. We should not be.
The subrational require more careful dis
cipline than the normal The rational may
be managed by sweet reasonings; not so
the Irrational They approach the animal
in their lessened power to resist impulses,
and they must be treated in the same way.
Instead OF being less rigid with them In the
matter Of melting out punishment for things
they do that are harmful to others We
must be even more strict with them. Other
wise We will have TO take the bitter conse-
quences OF our own foolishness.
What is more II does not make so much
difference IL the thoroughly rational indi-
Vidual occasionally escapes punishment for
something done. but whenever the sub
rational escapes he IS encouraged TO do il
again So far as possible, punishment must
inevitably follow crime in the world, In
order 10 impress the subrational and deter
them from yielding to impulses When they
Know that they can do things without being
severely punished for them they will al
ways abuse that state of affairs. The thor
oushly rational man ma y he depended upon
TO do his duty as a rule without the need
OF punishment hanging over him. Not so
the others-hence the greater increase In
crime and. above all, in murder. which has
made human life cheaper in this than in
any other country in the world. the di-
rect consequence of recent abuses in our
penal system"
Miss Elizabeth Farrell who has charge
of the classes for deficient children in the
public schools OF this city. sees in the free
dom of irrational persons q farreaching
danger to the state.
Some Of. these backward children, OF
course. outgrow their mental arrangement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
IN THE PARK.

THAT early robin. remarked Yorick
Hamm struts about like popular actor.
"Iie has a right TO be chesty," declared
Hamlett Fatt He gets plenty OF press
notices. Louisville Courier-Journal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
|pecfac1xlar Honeymo0nS
ret in DiUorce C0urfs

developed that all over the ship cards had
been distributed which read They are on
their honeymoon You are earnestly re-
quested to visit Mr. and Mrs Newlywed
Gaynor in the bridal suite.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
NO WASTE OF ENERGY.

Hubby-Don't you forget what your
mother told you-you can't do too n1ucn tor
a good husband
Wife, don't mean 20 Try, old Gear
Illustrated Bits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

>should be regulated" said DR.. James T.
Walsh, one Of the members Of the commits
sion. to Tribune reporter. DR.. Walsh is
dean Of the homeopathic department in
Fordham University School of Medicine.
But just how it should be regulated" he
continued. II cannot say. II is easy enough
TO say provide Institutions but have you
ever thought how many institutions there
are now TO care for the insane? There are
enough attendants and officials in the New
York State asylums to make city in
themselves. Doesn't that seem like hor-
rible waste OF good brains and vitality?
Moreover. look at the expense. State Con-
troller Williams recently reported that more
than one-seventh Of the entire revenue Of
New York State is spent in maintaining in
situations for the insane. In the last ten
years this outlay exceeded 100000"
When he was asked whether he did not
think that a mans family had too much
power in regard to the detention of an
atypical member DR.. Walsh said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

The Americans greeted Colonel Roos..
Welt with a song the refrain OF which run.
In this manner:
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-01-06

Inn gk at perra.b.n. @ber Sts bad,
ten gar ni9t Oaran, bab i9 lie per.
baften iafen ipiiroe, uno bpfften. oah
mein offenbarss unsei9id Sbnen
@erdnIafuns seben tDnnte, MIDI aua
benz 0ienit, mo i9 Sbnen sefGbrli9
mar, gu entlaFen. SD psiB, bab
Sic t6r @mt benuBten, nm LIBERAL
als Sebler au oienen unb fih felbit
gu berei9ern. Wsnn t9 piibte, oae
ettpas bon benz getoblenen Gut pies
Der gu erlansen tpGre, tpiiroe ih Sic
ni6t laufen lafen. Mber, ipie bic
8erbdltniFe lissen. min ih Sbnen sis
men @ori6lag MAIDEN: sic perlaFen
gnslanb urnersiislid. unb i9 peros
biefe Saf9e nit ibrem Snbalt nebs
men unb ibn Der @rGfin BON 9esforo
suriidgeben. Wenn sic erit. auBerz
balb 6.s 2anbes iinb, boffe id, OaB
Wlrs. @arsbalton pieber auf ben
re6ten Weg tommt - nit meiner
Silfe. sic itnb nit oieIem @ors
fhlag einberitdnben9"
Der Gbef brummte tuum b0rbar
etpas 3uitimmenbes.
nSebt bsrfhpinbe i9 biermit" /,
fagte SempsIt, in bem er bic brdune
Saf9e an ii9 nabm. Limb penn ih
suriidtomme, In elmer Stunbe ober
70, boffe ib, bon Sbrem 4bfdeib gu
bOren. Wenn sic aber bis oabtn ni9t
perf6punoen iinb, t6nnen sic .auf
Die Solgen gefabt" f,in, Wtr. Barter
= unb oas peroen Idblimmere Sol
gen fein, als ih fie nd6 Sbrer Mei=
nung gu gepdrtisen battle!
Den 3eitunssberidten 5ufolge tpurs
ben bic Suipelen Der @rGfin 9esforb
gefunoen; uber Der Sieb mar auf Der
gansen @rbe ni9t au entbeden; uno
tein Weni9 bra6te bi.fes 9ebeimnib
tn @erbinbuna nit Der bal6 bdrauf
srfolgenoen So6Seit Ri9ar6 Sems
peits, bes neuen Chefs oes 9eteftips
Snitituts, nit Mrs. SDlbia Garsbals
ton in Wfdpfair ober NIT benz plObz
liden @erT6pin6en b.s friiberen
Gbefs Mr. NspilIe Barrier.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-01-06
Nadabmuns bon @erbredjen.

Sas 8eiteben bes Nadabmnngs'
triebes uno feline Dirtung auf bic
Waiie tennt man i9on lange; man
bat ibn an Sbisrsn, &inosrn, 5rauen
uno Mdnnern itubirt unb ot.ien
Srieb als cine @runoerI9sinuns bes
cSntellefts unb als Die einaise Wlogs
iidhteit allies 2ernens ertannt. Spds
ter bat man aud feline 8irtuns auf
0olfsmaTen beObd9tet. DAB Der
S.lbItmorb .anitedt", ipeiB man; Aes
maa bier nur an bic Selbitmoroe
burb 2pfpI erinnert perben. Seoem
WG6ter zines 9lusiibtstburmes, ..
9. oes Giffeltburmes in parts, 1T
betannt, baB, iObalO elmer iid betun'
teritiirst, anosrs folsen. Wiertpiirotg
1T aud bic Sbatia9e, bab ii9 Sslbit|
m6roer serne an 8Gumen erbdngen,
an benen iib idon einmal elmer auf'
sebGnst bat.
@benip bGufis 1T aud bas Btes
berbol,n BON @erbre6en, ipenn etrls
nal zines in elmer beIonoeren Irt
periibt poroen 1T, uno bd tommt bes
Ionbers Der Sinbesmoro in 8etradt;
bat cine Srau ibr SinO erpiirst, 10
MAIDEN es aebn anoere auh; bat eine
fid auf bas Neugeborene oaraufges
Iebt o6er es babur9 eritidt, oab ite
ss feft an bic 8ruit oriidte - gefpib
finoen ii9 anoere, bic es ebenfo mas
den.
gBie bic 5rage Der gladabmuns
triminalzpolitii9 Su perlperthen TT,
OBJ unb inpieipeit sttpas Gntf4ulois
aenoes oarin Iiegt, fpenn bic Smiths
fion ben erDbten She'll oss @ntriebes
uusmadt = bas iinb Srasen, bic
nod Ianse ni9t seIOit ftnb. glber
fpmptomatiI9en unb biagnoitii4en
@ertb bab.n lie in berporrdgenoem
Wabe. 3um minbeiten miro man9s
nal Die sinsiss W0sIidteit elmer gr'
tIdrung fir elm 8erbre9en ober fir
bic &rt, fpie es periibt tpuroe. gsfunz
ben iperben f0nnsn, fpenn man odrauf
d6tet, BON tpober cine Inrtgung gu
elmer Ra9abmuns s.tommen iein
lam; beIonb.rs BEL iusenoliden pers
Ionen unb bel Srauen fpirb man oft
elm 8orbilo finben. Selbit cine Spur
b.s SbGters tdnn untsr llmitdnotn
aefunoen fperben, ipenn man oas
8orbilb fennt unb odnn tpeiterforf6t.
per na9 oi.itm 9orbiIbe sebanoeIt
bdben fDnnte.
Wlertipiirbig 1T aud bas 8erbalten
Der Maife bel sroBen llnsliidsfdllen
"a. 9. Sbeaterbrdnoen), mo fat ies
Der eina.lne nidt BLOB iinnIos. ions
bern, obi.ttiD ssnomm.n. aud per-
brs6.rifd sssen bic anoeren bano.lt,
inbem ;r bieIe i.iner eis.nen Rettung
Opf.rt, Obns ii4 in pubr.m ROtbftauS
gu befinoen.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-01-06

runs 5u ipiberftebeH. Seite aber be-
beutete iie ibm ia bic Rsttung aus ben
f4redIi9ften RDtben. unb er ertIdrte
odber 10 feurig feline 8ereitpiIIigteit,
oaB iiber 5rdulein @liis Dangen sum
5lpeiten MaIe iene feline RDtbe buIdte,
bic iie 10 rei3enb tIeibete.
sic fiibrte ibn in Elm freunbIi6ss
gDobnaimner. beFen ansen.bme Wdrs
me ben bulb erfrorenen @liebmasen
oes armen 9ottors iiberaus tppbltbut.
unO iie bat ibn, iid einen 2lus.n6Iid
gu 9eouloen, pGbrenb iie ibren SnteI
bend9ri6tigte. gtber nit Der nieb,rs
i9metternben 8oti6aft tebrte iie gus
riid, oab sr aussssansen iei, = unb
DAB e. nt9t binterlufen babe, mann
er 5uriidtsbren poIlte.
elfi Meprins Bat ibn spar, biefe
Hudtebr gu eriparten; unb nenn iie
pobl aud baIbpsss erpartet baben
mo9te, baB er ibrer 9lufforberuna
nt4t na9fam, 70 Iieb fis ss ibn bod
ntht entgsIten, dls er ibre @rpartunq
tdui9te. Gr blieb, unb er bemiibte
tt9 trampfbaft, iie gut 5u untsrbaIten.
4ber er tonnte feline 8erleaenbeit unb
feline beitdnOig tpa9Ienbe llnrube bod
ntdt pDllig perbersen, unb feline 8es
fdngenbeit fhien enbli6 audi frdu.
lein Gliie an5uiteden. Die ltnterbal.
tung ipurbe INNER einfilbiaer unb
ttodenoer, unb als beindbe aipei
Stunoen psrfloFen tparen, obne baB
Der Sntel auf Der 9ilbfld6e erfbien,
bd ertdnnte Der bebauernspertbe Sot.
tor, baB er nt9t IGnger iparten biirfte.
Iber es bate ia serabesu einen
Selbitmorb bebeutet, tpenn er fi9
pbne bic ungliidieligen spei Sbaler
entfernte. limb nd9 pieberbolten
RGufpern fasts .r nit elmer Stimme,
bic bod nod INNER beIegt Hang:
rSrGulein @lii - i6 - i9 babe
Sbn.n Elm @eitdnbniB gu MAIDEN"
sic tpurbe msrtfpiirbig blaB unb
fab por fih nieOer, fudbrenb iie bic
Sdnoe I'M S1ooB tdltete. uno nit
bem Sobesmutbe Der @erspeifluns
fubr Der 0ottor fort: sd = i9
babe feinsn Pfsnnig @elb -.
9a iab iis auf. unb ibr Bid pers
tpirrte ibn 70, buB ibm bu9fdbli9
bas @ort i'm Salie iteden bleib. sic
aber faste gang leiie - unb ibre 8ers
iptrrung fatsn nidt g.rinser als bic
feline: v0ana9 fpiirbe ih setpiB ni9t
fragsn. 9srr 9ottor!"
gr itarrte Iis ein.naussnbIid an
pis cine iiberirbiiae @rf9einung.
Damn erit begriff er.
Der Sntel fanb elm gliidli4es
8ruutpaar, als er enbli9 na9 Saus
lam. unb als ibm Dottor 2ubpig
Srautner in feiner llnterrsbung untsr
bier 9lusen feline @erhdltniiie barge
I.st bate. ba bate er audi ni9ts 9s'
aen bic 8trlobung ein5utpenben -
Obtpobl es ben S9luB bieIer llnterre.
bung bilbete, baB Der iunge arat it4
spei Sbalsr bon ibm borgte.