IHE LANCASHIRE REl’ORiMATORY AT AVIiALLEY.


4 ? The Yeomen Inebrhites’ Reformatory at. ■5


YMialley was opened on April 14th, with ac­ commodation for 120 inmates. During the ])ast ten weeks, it has received from the numerous police courts within the county palatine exactly seven cases. Yet, one would tliink, there must daily be cases, from among a population of such density, suitable for treatment at the Y'halley Re­ formatory. The ])opulation of Lancashire at the last census was only one hundred thousand less than that of London. But wliile the London Inebriate Reformatory at I'armfield. in Surrey, was filled to over- fiowing within two months of its opening, the Lancashire Reformatory, after an inter­ val of ten weeks, remains almost einjity. Here (says a writer in the “Manchester Guardian’ ) is a discrepancy which needs some explanation. IVhy has ;£84,ooo been spent at IVhalley. if magistrates are still to persist in the ineffective and unreforming jienalty of three or six months’ hard labotir?


THE INSTITUTIO.N. 'I he Reforniatorv is controlled bv an Ine­ 1 mtm Ilf*]


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briates Board” upon which the re|)resL-nta- tives of the County Council sit side by side with the representatives of the county boroughs. .All the county boroughs, with the exception of Oldham, have contribtited towards the cost of the Reformatory, and each p.ays its share of the annutil mainten­ ance charges. Thus during the present >eai .Manchester is calleil upon to provide £ i ,62j as its jiroportion of the total prece|)t ol ;£^io,875. l.iverpool pays ;^2.04i, Sal- iord .;^44m Bolton jc.48.1, Blackburn j^'265. Rochdale .^£^20.1, and so on. With the ex­ ception of l.iverpool ani.1 Manchester, none of these great boroughs has yet taken ad- \.intage of the facilities offered bv the Re- loimatory. Of the seven cases now iiiuler treatment, three come from Liverpool, one from iManchester— this case was admitteil at the end of last week l.iut one— and three Irom .Seaforth. For the 'maintenance of the inmates themselves a jiaynient of los. 61I. ]ier week each is made by the <'onnty or the county borough coni’erned. Thus, be­ sides its contribution of j£i.6:6 for the liresent year. Manchester is pa_\ing at the rate of ^2y 6s. annually for its sole repre­ sentative at the Reformaton', and it will pay at the same rate for any future cases that mav be sent to IVhalley. When one comes to think of it, .^^26 a year is not a heavy sacrifice to make for the removal of some poor woman from the temptations which she IS unable to resist, and her treatment on sane and rational lines in happier surround­ ings. 'J he Brockhall estaie. which was jiurchased


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bv the Inebriates’ Board for the.ptirpose of biiililing a reformatory, is in one of the most picturesque corners of l.ancashire, on the southerly bank of the Ribble. not far Iroin the highway wliii'li leails from Rib- chester to Whalley, and in the heart of a district rich in historical associations. There are 726 acres of land, and they cost 7,000 while ujion the reformatory biiiklings J^6 i,ooo more was spent.


'I’he btiildings ?U j)i f'


■ ire arranged in separate blocks (on the p.ivilion system) round a quadrangle. 'I'herc are twelve separate ‘'homes,'' each providing accommodation for ten inmates. In these little communities every member has her own bedroom. Init the dayroom. the .sculler\ the lavatory, the bath, and store and boot rooms are held in common. Each home is 111 charge of a female attendant. There is a large dining hall, which will seat 200 per­ sons. There Is a laundry, in which the w.ishing for the establishment— and for sotne ol the public too, it is hoped— may be iloiie; there is also an electrical iilaiu' for the generation of the electricity with which the buildings are lighted.^ On t’liesouih side of the_quadrangle is a pretty little chaiiel 111 which services can be conducted b\ Church of I'higland and Roman Catholic i.h.ipiains. The administrative building and the “homes'’ are connected by covered corridors ; they are also linked together bv an elaborate system of telephones. J.astiv, the Reformatory has its own farm, from winch a considerable portion of the food reipiired is derived.


I, OF THE IN.MA'l'ES. 1 he most striking feature about the life V ’ ’


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ol the Reformatory is the seeming absence ol .ill restraint. 1 here are no prison war­ ders here, and although, of course, the women are kept well under observation, the ollieers are tactful and considerate. The indoor stafi, by the way, with the e.xception ol the director (Dr. IL'a . Gill) is composed enlnely of women. 'J’here is no danger of the inmates abusing their freedom, if thev would, for the iron boundary rails are high, and the gales are carefully locked. Their tasks are of various kinds. It is intended, lor instance, to enipl’oy some of the women in kitchen gardening and fruit culture.


Ground is available for these purposes. Then an effort will also be made to utilise the ex­ cellent laundry to the full. Other inmates will be employed in sewing and clothes- makmg; their own clothes, and those of the ofitcers. are all to be made within the Re- lormalory walls. With an interval of an hour for dinner, between 12-30 and 1-30, work goes on from eight o’clock until five, and aflerwardsMor three hours, the inmates are at liberty to devote themselves to “exer­ cise and recreation.” At nine o’clock the little community retires to rest. “.All lights out at 9-30” is the official order.


THE DIETARY. 0 r'i? t » ■ J


'I’liu inmates of the Reformatory have no reason to complain of the fare provided for


them— unless, iiiflecd, they should prove re­ fractory, and earti as putiishment what is- known as “Dietary No. 3.” But apart from No. 3, the dietaries are decidedly good. If at the end of three months, an inmate’s be­ haviour has been “in all respects without re­ proach,’’ she IS given the advantage of a slightly' superior diet. She may receive te.i instead of cocoa at breakfast j and she may take marmalade or jam instead of blitter, either at breakfast or at tea., Then also the soup, the pork, and the bacon disappear from the dinner table, and there is always beef or mutton or “meat pie,” as the reward of virtue, while there is more variety in the puddings. If, on the other hand, her con­ duct has not been exemplary, she is intro­ duced to tlie rigours of “ Dietary No. 3.’ This dietary is designed to bring ill-con­ ducted or idle inmates to their senses. It is as follows;— ^


ounces. Dinner: One pint porridge, con “Breakfast: Bre.ad, eight


taining three ounces oatmeal, with salt; potatoes , eight ounces. Supper: Bread, eight ounces.” This punitive diet may be continued for eight days, but after every third day the ordinary diet is interposed for


one dav. ■ Although the ^Vet gives magistrates the . ,


iiower of committing a iirisoner to the Ke- formatorv for three years, it is only under exceptional circumstances that the full term would be served. The latter part of the sentence may, in fact, be .spent under licensed stipemsion ; that is to say, the sub­ ject mav lie placed in the care of friends who tindertake to look after her, and to


report upon her condition from time to time. This plan has been lound to answer satisfactorilv elsewhere, for it allows an in­ terval of modified restraint to intervene be­ tween strict discipline and absolute liberty.


CHARAC'l'ERTSTIC. Boor Tom Robins was a very dejected


figure indeed as he sat in the cells below the court awaiting the arrival of tho van which w.as to bear him away to prison. It was the first lime he had ever been convict cd, and the thought of the weary six menths before him made him very mi.serablo in­ deed.


“Cheer up!’’ said the kiiid-he.arted warder.


“.After all. it isn’t so bad if von behave votir- sclf.’’


■‘.Vo?’’ s.aid the prisoner. Then, after a


mcmcivt of dejected silenoe: “ I suppose I shall lose my character over this job?” •‘Well, yes, J .siqipose you will.” said the


warder. “C.an’t come here without domg that, you know.”


“t.)h, well, 1 don’t mind so much!” re-


joiiii-ed Tom. “ It w.as one cf tho worst in the neighbourheed!”


.-V Dutch jjhysician, Dr. .Steiner, is said to


have discovered a new method of producing anaesthesia practi.-ijtl among the J.'ivaiic'sc. It is by compression of the carotid artery: and the same plan seems to be- known among Indians of .Ala.ska.


MacEarlaiv .Moore. <.f .New A'ork, is ba.s).-d on tubes lllleil with va])Otirs tlucugh which the electric ctirrent is passed to make them himinotis. It is said that in order to ])rolect the .systiem over a hundred patents have be-en taken out.


The .system of electric lighting of -Mr. D.. .A reputation is m trifle. Years must be


tlv- price ]iaid for it, though it may be lo.st in a diiy. .A good reputation is better th.an a bank accounr.


Simple, every-day honesty with otirselve.v


and with the world, in ihoiighi. siieech, and conduct', is one of the greatest forces th.al nnike lor the noble-character.


\Lti feel in some f.amilies a.s if you were


living between the glasses of a microscope. -Manner, accent, expression, all that goes to make up your “|.\irsoiiality.’’ all th.ar you do or L'ave imdctie. is commeiuetl ti|xm and fciin 1 fault with.


“What would liaijpen if yoti swallow-


piece of raillum ?’’ 'I’his query is suggested liy an incident, which took place at a Ian tern lecture on the subject of radium. The boy had been the recijiiem of suiidiT choco­ late chunks, which his female friends had handed to him at int-erval.s. Then the .small sqtiare containing the raditim was jiassed to him- .xird in the gloom ho imagined that aiv'-ther piece of chocolate Iiad ceme his way, ami into his mouth it went., .-V shriek from a female of the party and an agonised apjieal for him to take it out of his month startled the .sed.atct audience. Luckily, he hatl not .swallowed it, but the lecturer's ra­ ditim had liad a vei-y nam.w escajK*.


--V corresjxmdent of the '‘.Spect.aior’’ des- scribes a boxing mnich between two crai'jes,


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