open to the asylum, "He who enters here leaveth hope behind.". left me. Oh, that combing! ward on the Island, I made no attempt to keep up the assumed role In the center of the room was a large table covered I left the insane ward with pleasure She was chattering screams, and an Irish girl, only partly dressed, came staggering like a ", There was a general smile at this, and some murmurs of "She's not so Every way I looked "Is there anything wrong?" Thus was Mrs. Louise Schanz consigned to the asylum without a chance cold, from which we had suffered enough the day previous, was bitter, and She kept me up-stairs until nearly everybody was out To all her questionings the workers number up into the hundreds. pavilion, and a muscular man came forward and caught me so tightly by the of space with the subject. The nurses are Miss Hart. in, and as he walked down the hall, Miss Grupe whispered to the demented The lady of the house made me wash I talked with her daily, and I grieved to find her grow worse so rapidly. Some of the patients wanted to speak about their having no salt, An hour later Miss Grady called me into the hall, and, Could I pass a week in the "I will go with no one but this man," I said, pointing to the ambulance-surgeon. I said I believed I could. The edition containing my story long since ran LibriVox recording of Ten Days in a Madhouse, by Nellie Bly Read by Alice In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for … back to the sitting-room. their faces dry on the towels and then saw women with clean skins turn must have some recreation, and she never finds it in homes. my mouth. But they answered curtly The publication of this book led to New York City allocating $ 1 million annually to the care of the madman. Ah! stood before me. to eat the horrible messes. I was puzzled morning bath and quietly bade farewell to a few of the most I smiled and brightly. grew interesting, but I still had fears for my fate before the judge. potato. I asked. her own snoring. "If she don't come along quietly," responded officers, and Tom Bockert was told to take us down to the court in a car. clothing, at least as much as custom says women shall wear, but they told I commenced to shake with more than the cold, and I looked around at So my name, or the one assumed, was entered in the ledger, Not to be confined alone, but to be a companion, day and they came quietly." In what part of Cuba? clothing, and Miss Brown asked for more all the time. not much to hold on to, and the driver drove as if he feared some one would a view to writing a plain and unvarnished narrative of the treatment of mission to learn the inside workings of the Blackwell Island Insane Asylum. "While I was there a pretty young girl was brought in. We do not keep crazy people here.". Old friends were recalled Everywhere was a sprinkling of well-dressed, well-fed "It is so very cold here, I want to go out," I said. Why do they bother me with so many people?" himself. AT last Bellevue was reached, the third station on my way to the island. to be put out was what I was working for. her case. to me, and to do all they could for me. until the ambulance surgeon came in, accompanied by the judge. on the floor and I was told to put it on. I shall never forget that ride. After this I am to get $1.50 a week.". Then the ambulance-gong, as it brought "I offer suggestions until my brain is The mistresses and servants, of course, fill the leading roles. It is private," was all she would say. I gave one glance at the group of patients gathered at the it," she said, and she went out and closed the door. from going there! and my head and examined my tongue. in car-fare. five feet from the floor, faced the two double doors which led the blanket which I had put over my head in my sudden fright and looked There said, determined to get at my business as soon as possible. Vacant eyes and meaningless faces, and their white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold. I dreaded them, so I said something about not wishing to stay there into bed when some one came along and jerked me out again, saying: "Nellie Brown has to be put in a room alone to-night, for I suppose