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Show Snlrlile ltnam In Aajlnm. 9h5 In some of tho asylums for tho In- flB sane thero aro certain apartments !faB known as "suicide rooms." These art 'musll set asldo na harbors ot rcfugo for thosi FjK patients who manifest n strong desire ' mfA to end their lives, llverythlng In these fl rooms Is round. There aro no knobs , JB or posts to tho beds, for the manlae 'psM would tie ft sheet around any such pro. Iflrfi tectlon and hang himself. For tho tWn samo reason thero are no goa fixtures ?nu4 and no Inside ahutters, Thero are not 'TwbJ even door knobs, whlto tho doors them- JIhH selves aro msdo to open outward. US When tho men undress their clothe IBeJ aro carefully removed from tho room, qQEA so that the may not be iwed for Bj straugllng their owners. All the edges aell ot bureaus, the backs ot chairs, etc, gH are carefully rounded, so that thero H may bo no points upon which tho In- H mates might beat tbelr heads. No H canes or sticks aro allowed In tho H rooms, Tbo door aro left open at H night, and a keeper parades Incessantly H up and down beforo them. H A measure which haa attracted wide- gal spread attention was Introduced In tho H Ohio leglslaturo Wednesday. It pro- H vldea a very good solution for that Ir- H rltatlng social problem, "What to do H with a man who won't support his H family " Wlfo deserters and fathors H who nbandon their children to tho ten- H dor merries of charity aro to occupy H a new relation to tho victims ot their H heartlessnesa It tho proposed measuro H becomes n law. Instead ot being t'so- H less members ot society whllo confined H In tho penitentiary they aro to contrl- H bute to tho support of those depending H upon them with the proceeds ot their H labors during Imprisonment Hrery H man arrested on tho charges referred H to will be placed at some kind ot work M during his Incarceration, providing he M has not learned a trade, and a certified M sum, the result of his enforced work, H will be paid at stated Interval to his M wlfo or family. Tho pasaage ot tho bill H will be advocated by some ot tho most H prominent phllanthroplo organization M In Ohio, I The bill la without a parallel In tho l history of leglslstlon against desertion I H and abandonment In thla country. In I H one or two nuropenn countries n slmt- M lar law la In force, but no attempt ever H has been made before. In tho Unltodi H States to provide relief for tho victims ot this form ot crime while punishment " uH Is being Inflicted upou tho guilty hus- , jB bands and fathers. Ifgi |