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Show fliolKuilLU People of Kansas An. Sending Their Aged to Insane Asyiums, Topeka, Kan., Sept G -Kansas is j no place for "grandma." At least, In the opinion of H. C. Bowman, chali- man of tho state board of control, ii Is a bad place for the aged person to I live, for Kansas is sondlng her aged persons to tho slate insane hospital I And other states are just as bad, says Mr. Bowman Time was when "grandma" sat around the fire and dozed or knitted stocking6, while her every whim was humored. But those days are gone. Mr Bowman, who has been In a position posi-tion to observe the batter for six years, declares the aged ones are being be-ing sent to the asylums to get rid of them. "In most cases," says Mr. Bowman, "the mother or grandmother Is no more,lifsane than the relatives who send them away But they soon become be-come of unsound mind after a short tlmo spent among so mauy insane patients " "What's to be done with grandma Is Indeed a problem and a serious one," says Mr. Bowman. v |