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Lounging room for men in new shack.

said Of drug addiction look for
about 10 per cent. Of cures among
drug addcts If they can be kept long
enough. You can't cure drug cases in
a short time. This work Is OF the
greatest Importance and one cannot
do too much to further It.
There Is no specific for alcoholism
Such cases can only be dealt with as
individuals studied and treated ac
Cording to individual needs. The
farm is not a place to straichten up
drunken men. Such cases will still
go to the hospitals. our patients will
he kept under observation for three
Quire. and incurahe alcoholic cases
will be dropped from the farm and
left TO the city and themselves
Il feel that this farm plan IL the
right way to go about the problem OF
inchricty; II Is the most rational line.
and when we have our city depart
ment in operation we can accomplish
some great results. That will be the
most important branch Of the work
II will do a lot for the inebriate, and
Its tendency will he to get him UP
on his feet again. believe that the
probation work in the city will have
an inhibitory effect upon alcoholism
; A good many may Se treated success.
fully here without ever going to the
farm.
Another class Of cases will be bene.
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whereon II ia intended TO carry on,
intensive gardening. The idea IL 20
allot each patient a small portion OF
ground IN which he may exercise for
his own benefit and that OF the in
stitution.
The colony ia nf,y-eight miles from
New York, in the township OF War
wick, and cost the city $4,000. II
happens that several small parcels OF
land encroach upon Its boundaries and
the city plans to purchase these at
some suturc Zine and incorporate
them in the farm.
Our total capacity" said Mr.. Sam
son. will, be AT least a thousand
patients. but we will begin with $50
In the first section to be constructed
This thing OF treating inebriates
as sick men and not as they have
hitherto been generally regarded is
nothing new. As early as the second
century OF the Christian era ulpian
the Roman jur!st. declared that II was
the duty OF the state to provide places
where drunkards could be housed and
treated as sick. and that such per-
sons were mentally affected and could
be restored. That Ia what We plan
10 do.
The several groups Of buildings will
he located 70 the best advantage from
an admi illustrative standpoint. keeping
in mind tho peculiar purpose Of each.
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his "iconoclasm- Don't you think
the architecture Is the finest ever seen
at Il worlds fairs" queried Secretary
Martin, who 10 an enthusiast over
the effects at the San Francisco ex-
hibition.
NO" returned the veteran inventor.
Chicago IN 1898 was the best Of all"
From this subject Edison turned
naturally 10 that Of outdoor lighting
generally. especially streets. and had
some Characteristic views 10 ofrer. 81
believe" he said. that ultimately the
authorities OF cities and central sta
ton companies viii settle down TO
street lighting entirely by incandescent
lamps The whole tendency. as
study It. seems TO be that way. Big
arc lamps were first in the field and
had their way, but you will note that
none OF the great electrical inventors
who stood behind them have any
thing more TO say or do IN that field
"In the incandescent lamp field the
march OF progress Is energetically
maintained. and some OF the latest
tungsten lamps with nitrogen filled
bulbs would light baseball game
easily.
The bad thing with the arc lights
Is that they are too widely separated
and TOO intense at the spot. The only
way. In my opinion. to get proper and
even distribution Ia to space your
lamps In smaller units more fire.
Quently and get uniform distribution
over every foot Of street. 1t will take
time and money 10 make the change
but II Is coming. tried II out years
ago under adverse conditions. but now
In all tho larger cities tho circum-
| stances are favorable for more uni
form and efficient street lighting"
Mr.. Edison was positive that the
day OF tho "Jitney'' auto would be
brief and that street railways had
little cause for fear
"But when you come to the electric
vehicle for general use. and more
particularly the electric truck, zee
no end to their future" said Edison
very emphatically The horse is @
very poor motor, Its '.o.d IS nigher
priced than ever. he Is risky property
and nobody now wants him In tn,
city. As to tho gasolene truck. | dc
not think II can compete with thu
electric. whose motor has only on,
moving part, while the gas motor ha
400 with all the consequent deprecia
ton. You can't md gas truck
guess. rhar Is rlve years OLD Inc cleo
trio truck Ia going to come into It's owl
soon and electrical men should hel,
act the ball rolling. II takes time t.
Introduce such things
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YORK CITY'S FARM FOR INEBRIATES AND DRUG ADDICT
Crowding of Hospitals
by New Drug Law
fastened Starting Of
Plan Before Buildings
Were Ready

a..a 49,, .o.~ al. no. -
o,.,t .yorc,.. ard oro,,rs -, 80 'uu'-
o,,n,, h,,, M, tax ,,ar, p. We
cd .rn,,.o,ron. az, =. a. "'i'"
s,rob,. ana thar. q. a .n,onS's ue
a,hio,,, ao,d ava an,,h,,L ''N'''
the ground. frat Ia H. ""
Tor games P'"'"
FOR a nervous inehr,,,o a.,
door ufe Ia thu thing ,orott,. ,n,a,
sone useful occupat,on 1udc,,',
must be used not IN ovord, -.
amount Of occupation bu, 70 RAM
the work TO the capecitv NJ o,ch So.
Constructive work Ia n therans,,..
measure. and efforts will be d,rec,o.
toward the building and upkean,,,
of the farm. After the start i, sho,,,l
be self sustaining. and there viii ~,
all classes Of men to make II So
1T Is a question whether Il would
not be wise to take man from hs
usual vocation and occupy his mn.
with something different. To take
bookkeeper and set him 10 keeping
books, for instance. would he absurd
Our plan is TO build System =
cottages and erect q segment NJ a hos
pital for the detention and classInca
ton OF patients. After the cases have
been studied here, physically and men.
tally and the course Of treatmon, hos
for them determined upon, they WI
be passed on to dormitory cottage
where they will be still further under
observation. II IS planned 70 have
from twelve to sixteen men in co...
,,,t, O.
which he will care for himself.
1--WE plan TO have central kitchen
but each cottage will have its sep
arate dining room. At the same time
/ We want every cottage to he an indie
! pendent unit. 40 that should It happen
TO he showed in. for instance, It cou.i
Lconduct its own housekeeping.
Then II IL proposed to have a
recreation building, with a reading
| room and gymnasium. We want the
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NEWLY DISCOVERED TREATMENT

ness rom several difrerent points 40
course. the cure OF the addicts .'..
measuiably important, but pe..H
the regulation OF the illeg!t!matc 'r-.
fic in tn. drugs Ia still more go. t.r.
preventive instead Of restorative
I'm this direction the work that aas
been done by the Police Departures.
and the District Attorneys Office r..
Gently has been really splendid J.
was not long ago that the cry was
full Of men. women and boys wHo
made living by peddl!ns me Stu"
here and there and everywhere on
the streets and even in the suhwsy
Introducing II TO new victims and sA'-
Ing Il 20 those who already had 20
habit, Now you can hardy art or.
OF these pedlers even II you know
how to look for them
Then the smaller drug rores q"
which the illegitimate sale was car
r!ed on boldly have been 50 thoroughly
and convictions that they 70 longer
sell dope TO any eScerting % 'h0se n
whom they have great confidence
Probably they continue TO SCI, hu' the
are very secre, abol. e Ard one ~
two OF tho larger stores Were hey
were formerly careless have been
brought IN line Il has been a rrea'
work. and the new laws on the s.a'ec'
have undoubtedly done great good
There Is ono result 81 me plF'a
suppression Of the business, howeye'
which Is by no means good 'N- any
body except few daring !rd'"faa'
who defy the law and take he rH
The price OF the drugs has GOO p
enormously. and OF course their 1roh's
as long az they are not cauEN' AsPs
grown correspondent.
HERON, for example, which re'
10 be sold for 81 An ounce. now hTnE'
az much az IS when Il can ~ nous :
at all. And cocaine. formerly 20
had for - an ounce. has gore UP
TO sls or $40. I know OF on" ca'- ~
which . victim paid t5 for e s'ne@
blow Of II. and a blow - Ve'2
small quantity.
Then there 10 the danger ~ VIZ
ecr,,pulous persons eStahtsN'ng h'Fh
santtariums where, under ~ rrN.'
of curing the habit, thew can So" -
drug IN any quantities ~" pa 'n.
may desire. charging any pT''- Wr
IKE. Of course. THIS may -'.aa ~
a fancttul suppos,tton, but - IN p W.
have already had a conviction ~ ON"
suoh case and the proprietor O. WI"
was called a Rn!tarurl WAS s"n' ''
tho penitentiary for a yesr
ut has been claimed that re nam
in this city has been p-e''A"'
stamped out and as sa'' y
true that splendid work has '"''' a,''
by Lieut.. Sehrouh or ire fo,..N ."
partment drug squad, w"'.h Pc
way, was Bcckers old sQt'' '.'
other officials. hut don't u'.''''
self that II IL anywncrS near "
stamped out, The traill' IS 600 .'.'
tive and n bold business man '''
engaged In II Is not going 90 go vi.
his business because he Is pN' M
cell. He'll take his business Nh ~"
Ono OF our keepers reported IN y
not long ago that n prisoner hHo
to induce him to undertake. -" IN
of drugs IN the prison, shH"t''
now by investing ti6 he cm'.' NAM
a. much az 5000.
Nevertheless, the work is We ~
gun, and It is going on
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HOPE FOR VICTIMS OF DRUG F1A

by reflex action. has become the cause
OF the addiction and that while that
cause exists no substitute for the
drug can be found nor can any re-
duction Of the dosage he accomplished
without needless suffering or with
any great hope Of success. Both OF
these physicians admit freely that
cures have been effected in individual
cases by substitution or by reduction.
but they question the permanence OF
such cures and point TO the frequent
lapses Of the patients afterward as
evidence that the demand OF the sys-
tenn for the drug has not been ellmi-
mated.
DR.. Pettey has written regarding
this: Narcotic drug addiction Is es-
sentially not a nuros!s. a psychosis
or a vice, but Is systemic disease,
functional II may be. true. but a dis
ease nevertheless, one which yields
promptly and completely TO rational
treatment based upon we'll estab-
| lished physiological laws without the
/ Intervention Of any so-called specific
/ Of any kind.
! The fact that Or. Bishop. who as
resident physician to the psychopathic
ward Of Bellevue Hospital personally
studied and analysed thousands OF
narcotic cases under conditions OF
continuous day and night observation
and arrived Independently at conclu-
sions identical with my own. Is ev-
dence OF the correctness OF our rea-
sonng. No progress Was made either
In his work or mine until the erro-
' -
ings was recognized and an indepen-
dent and unbiasse clinical study OF
the drug addict as sick man was be-
gun. Then and only then did the
truth begin TO be apparent"
As we'll as may be told in lay terms
the theory Is that continued use o.
such drugs causes the body to set w
natural antidote poison az a pro
lection against the effects Of the drut
itself. Tho symptoms in morphin,
poisoning are more spectacular an,
more clearly defined than with othe
drugs, but the principle appears to b.
the same
And this natural sntidote. continu
ing TO be set up by the system az tn
use Of the drug continues, comes to h.
a provoking cause Of increased us
, and constitutes the real disease whicl
IL amenable to treatment and whicl
must be cured before the actual phya
cal necessity for the drug can be re
moved.
The object Of tho treatment 10 TO re
!. rid Of the antitoxin referred to- A
, layman might express II. nature in II
= struggle to withstand the assaults O
the drug sets up seesaw action he
D tween the drug itself and the anti
toxin. and so long as this Is not inter
q fered with the only relief possibl
n from the evil effects Of either one n
Y these poisons IL to be obtained from
h rhe action Of the other.
n The system alternates between tn
= exc,tation OF the one and the depres
= sion and danger OF the other. But tn
Y obvious and time honored sxpedien
a of gradually reducing the dosage G
n the drug does not M n rule meet wit
z immediate response from nature
O many cases there is no such respons,
4 The body forms habit Of provtdin
v the antidots and continues to produc
y IT az a guard against the attack II ha
learned to expect from tho drug an
n. tho evil of the action Of tho ant
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RCt addlcts as well as IN
ebriates will be treated at
- the farm colony when New
York CITY mas estaoiisheo IN
WARWICK orange county. ror 'ne
use OF tne VictiHs Oh drugs is
planned 10 MAINTAIN Ten o,s tehis anu
large oihlhs inurquee. WIN hl'cn."
attachea on plateau ove,'ooklns .ne
iake' hese 'e"'' s'ou'o "'''''''''''
GATE loo PATIENTS
Tne city mas appropriated ss,ooo
ror TINS tent colony. the estanhsh.
ment OF wh>ch follows 'he opening OF
the new oormitories, lot whicn S'vVV
was sran'eu' r"cn uo' "'''o'S 'aS
room 'or twenty.eisnt men anu III
connec'ion WIN tne rernoue,Ieu lar,n-
house VIII iurr'sn ACCOMMODATIONS '''
lVo pa'ients'
win the competitor OF ths new
puiIo'ng tne rarm was reauy Ior tne
reception or cases. Inc nrst man 10
ne committed went 10 "ar"ick ior
term oil three years Az the farm ne
met man VINO nau prcceueu nm, -.
ease vi No'ui'os 'o,''''i.,
"an - ""' 'e '"
va NV az '"e ~
III n,te ,o' 'eo'' nc ''"''' "
'''e "e"'o'e'' =.
you've got nothih on me re'ur'e"
the new man III up LOT 'iree'
Inc new uirector assumed 'ne au-
mlnistrahon OF 'ne larn VI 'anuars
WORK on inc per"'aheh. ouIiui.ss VI
concrete VIII DC pusneu ioi "au 81
that 'noy may oe o'eup'eu !" '"e
autumn.
Inc iar"' mas a''eau maui
ts or"h "iaN'ns n. az
ere,e pa'"' na,e .a"s "'
Trans WV ". ',
nave oee" 'u''' ~
iarm'''ou'e, = u,
me zen. .u''ns t., h.,,,siuas as
vi '''''e '.'' 49,. sa,,,.
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..0 HAT looks good to me-" ejacu-
lated Thomas A. Edison one
bright morning last week
-. b> rnachAH hia Rreat

WIN HAT looks good TO me. eJacu-
lated Thomas A. Edison one ;
bright morning last week !
a. he reached his great
works at tho 6oot of the Orange
Mountain. New Jersey. The veteran
inventor was gazing complacently at
the towering white buildings that had
already replaced tho acres Of old ones
swept away by the great fre OF the
spring. Now 7 can concentrate on
the benzol problem. or even talk q
little 20 people"
1t Ia needless to say that In the
midst OF his interest in benzol Mr..
electrical development.
This fact was wildly brought out
recently when President Holton II.
Scott Of the National Electric Light
Association went to West Orange TO
invite Mr.. Edison TO attend the
annual convention at San Francisco
the first week In June. Tho tempta-
ton for Edison 10 20 was strong. but
could not overcome the pull Of all the
new works. Of benEol. Of the question
OF aniline dyes and other aspects Of
the problem Of making the United
States self -sufYicient 20 that no cut
ting of Of foreign supplies could
break down It's industries.
On this aspect Of protection MI.
Edison insisted very strongly: Where
would the country have been electri-
cally II buying abroad its supplies OF
dynamos, motors. arc and incan-
descent lamps A country which per
capita spends more for electricity than
for daily broad would have been re-
duced to electrical starvation for . Ions
period until factories could be started,
Now the war makes absolutely no dif-
ference to IN. and We ship n least
S25,O00,000 Of electrical apparatus
abroad every year. with moro TO follow.
No one can deny this aspect Of q pro-
tective tariff"
Narrowing from tho general down
to the particular, Mr.. Edison gave
some interesting and novel opinions
on electrical subjects. President Scott
and Secretary Martin Of the National
Electric Light Association submitted
to him photographs of the electric
lighting OF both tho San Francisco
and the San Diego expeditions.
There has been universal ad-
m!ration of the Mood" illumination
OF the Panama Pacific Exposition,
where all the buildings have ligh,
thrown on them from exterior sources
flooding them like sunlight. At Fan
Diego the older. moro widely known
method In that Of outlining tho build.
ings with incandescent lamps, tho pin
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attemp, Is made 10 interfere directly
with the use OF the drug. on the con-
trary, the patient continues 10 use It
as he ,s accustomed 20 do until the
demand OF the system for & Is re-
moved and the craving disappears,
The cure OF the habit Is then COM
ple,e. though the patients condition
depends on how great the ravages OF
disease have been. Continued medical
treatment INDY he necesstated by that
condition. Generally Il ,s. and a con-
siderable time may elapse before he
becomes again normal, but his future
use OF the drug will depend entirely
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The predominating group Will be tho
hospital buildings Here all patients
will be received and accommodated
in separate rooms 10 permit OF class
fcat!op and individual treatment.
From the hospital patients will be
assigned TO cottages, the various
groups OF which Will differ in size,
construction and management. accord
Ing TO the needs and power OF self
control OF the inmates.
Every requirement for individual
treatment and for differentiation and
egregat!on-essential factors in the
treatment OF inebr!ates-wtll be pro-
vided The inmates will not be treated
alike. but Will receive individual at
ten,ion according 10 their condition
and requirements, and patients Will
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antitoxin which 10 frst attempted,
and this is sough, by means which
vary according TO the constitution and
condition Of the patient The symp-
toms are studied exactly AZ they are
IN me case Of any other disease, and
these are found TO be similar IN all
cases
The details OF the treatment vary
according 10 the individual treated.
There IL no specific formula employed
II IL simply medical treatment OF the
symptoms that appear and follows the
ordinary course OF treatment OF SINH
lar symptoms IN any other case. No
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or from a daredevil kind OF curiosity.
the craving Is not set up again. This
Is regarded as peculiarly significant in
view OF what Is alleged as a fact
namely. that in all cases OF cures by
any other treatment the habit returns
after any subsequent use OF the drug
And generally II has been found that
recurrence OF the hahi, will place
the victim In a worse condition than
ne was before being cured.
There In no doubt in my mind"
said Deputy Commissioner Lewis Of
the Department OF Correction, "of the
success that has attended tho new
treatmen, thus far. though II Is still
too soon 20 give out any reliable sta
tistics. report will soon be made
on the results Of the first year. for II
was only last June when tho DEPART
ment really began 10 have Il applied
10 the patients in our charge and so
far as know II IA not practised else
where OF course presume Dr.
Bishop and DR.. Pe.tey both use II In
their private practice and there may
be other physicians who DO. but do
not know OF them
We did not .naugurate the use Of
II III We induced Or. Pettey to como
here and look over our hospital on
Blackwelrs Island with DR.. Bishop.
Then. as say, we began in June.
"We have separate accommodate tons
for forty-flve addtcts in the women's
hospital and for about the same num-
her for men. and these quarters are
always full. Besides that We have
many addicts who cannot be placed
In these isolated wards and who can
not therefore be watched so closely,
for there Is always the possibility OF
drugs being smuggled in and they
cannot be screened as carefully as the
patients In these two wards are.
I'VE had $3.50 patients committed
to our charge last year. about one
third OF whom were sent 10 the ". rk-
house. OF these some 400 or 500 were
treated for drug addiction. but OF
these again fully two-thirds remained
under our care for too short time
to give the new system a fair chance.
The doctors in the department, I be-
lieve. all agree that for the good of
the people who are sent TO us they
should all be sent for at least a year
"Of course they are talking profess
sionally. for a large majority OF those
who are committed are really sick
They haven't had a fair chance in the
world and they suffer nom all sorts
OF causes. But with perhaps 20C
! patients II has been possible TO give
! the new treatment a fair trial and Il
has been actually successful In FULLY
/ half OF these cases.
zone interesting and perfectly
natural result of this has been thai
as the news OF what We are doinl
has been spread around there have
been great numbers of application
for the treatment, Fmm what Il
called the underworld there have
come a great many who tell us frankl!
that they have committed some offenc,
against the law for the purpose o
being sent 10 the Island in the hop
that they may he treated for thet
drug habit, and We have had severa
applications from victims among tn
more reputable divisions az the com
munity, nut or course we have &C
commodations for only a limited mum
Der and can do no moro than we ar
doing.
I'VE have to look al this drug bus