The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-29
The Faces on Dead Souls
And Other Faces Made Strange by Souls All Vanity
Which Are Sadder?

In big railroad station going one way-toward
the cyand going the other way-toward the living
death of the insane asylum-passed one another
Look first insane with souls disordered dead
behind sad, heart-breaking faces.
These women were moving from the big city, the temporary
home Of the insane to lifelong prison in the country
dreadful look upon the hopeless processlonhe
eyes, pathetic hopeless wandering OF the minds SO
weak gone
These women going their sad journey seemed to ascinate
going in the other direction 1t was not so ucn
the faces void of speculation dressOR RATHER THE
ABSENCE OF THE DRESS DEA-that fixed the 'sane
women's attention.
Insanity affects the human being strangely All things
affect strangely.
In that procession of women some were heavy with
animal faces Others thin, almost skeletonike with
looks of intense, dready anxiety.
shuffed along nervOuy midy ashamed; and Others
with pride modify their suffering held their heads
erect and stared around in mad arrogance
But all DRESSED alike The dresses were of plain
blue and white stuvery much like the material used in
covering mattresses.
All of the women had their parted evenly the middle
and drawn away simply across forehead The hair
arranged behind in braid and those baids at the ends
tied with ordinary pieces Of twne such grocers use
HOW KEENLY, WITH WHAT ABATEMENT, THE
WOMEN GOING TOWARD THE CITY FIXED THEIR
EYES AT FIRST UPON THOSE PLAINLY DRESSED
WOMEN AND THOSE SIMPLE BITS OF TWINE AT THE
ENDS OF THEIR BRAIDs OF HAIR!
After glance changed to pity and fear when
the mental condition of the poor understood But
clear upon the minds of the SANE facing
them GREATER IMPRESSION HAD BEEN CREATED
BY THE DRESSING OF THE HAIR AND THOSE LITTLE
BITS OF STRING THAN BY THE MANIAC FACES, FREE
OF THOUGHT AND VOID OF HAPPINESS
Of those poor insane women each in the of
nurse usually woman detailed to watch the journey
few-the happiest of the unhappy creatures-were sm
Ing laughing in insane merriment.
The pful kept their eyes and
glanced uvey from side to side out of the of the
eyes Each of them had either side, gently holding
the by the but ready for violent outbreak of
maniacal anger
ALI and all passed this sad process
stopped and gaze each expressing sympathy according
his her with signs and explanations others
shuddering.
How many of those who watched the insane thought
with them of the going the opposite
direction?
train that brought passengers toward the city
from fashionable part Of the suburbs. In the
crowd Of walking free and sane of those
that get their the newspapers and their pictures in
the fashion papers, with incidental inroductions royalty
abroad and receptions by bogus nobility at home.
To from another world ordinary, sensible
Of this world these women of fashion really looked
insane outwardly than the crazy who
ing to their home in the asylum.
There among the mad nervous dreadful1y
agtated young girl walking with keepers holding her
Her face look of fear and suspicion But at
the first glance she looked insane than young
woman, at liberty, who walked toward her.
The second young woman-typcal of her kind in this
Wor0-ooked all world as though mad escaped
from asylum and had unlimited money
dulge her lunacy in the way Of dress.
Her hat wild curiosity. Turned up at side it
certainly looked like the dream of poor diseased mind
Her dress combination Of general preposterousness
At the end of string she had wretched little dog har
messed up though he had been tiger held in leash In
place Of boots she had foolish pointed pnchng alright slip
pers with high heels She had insane VEIL crazy walk
silly sef-complacency
The poor crazed looked her vaguely and aim
essy She might well have said her and other women
in the crowd Madam going asylum
Shall keep place there for you? You evidently insane
in your way, in mine"
Some of wonder why, with millions upon millions of
human beings this earth, so LITTLE PROGRESS IS
MADE, so LITTLE REAL INDIVIDUALITY SHOWN.
That partly explained by the fact that wealth. WHICH