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��occasionally glides a pleasure - boat, the appointments are perfectly adapted while in winter the boys and girls of for their intended uses. The apart- the city skate on its frozen surface, ments are light and cheerful, and the The asylum is a monument of " man's unhappy condition of the inmates is as humanity to man," fostered for many far alleviated as possible, years by the generosity of the State, and endowed by private benevolence. Under the management of Dr. Jesse P. Bancroft, it has attained a nationa reputation. The structure is built in accordance with the most advanced ideas, and is maintained at the high-

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��est standard of excellence. From its chapel, adorned by the portraits of its benefactors, and occasionally converted into a theatre or an opera auditorium, through every hall, ward, and office of the institution, to the spacious base- ment where the ventilation and heat- ing by indirect radiation are controlled.

��Opposite the asylum grounds is an institution which does credit to the citizens of the city and State. The old Dodge mansion (once the home of George Kent the poet), on its generous lot, has been converted into the Cen- tennial Home for the Aged. It has already received a liberal endowment^

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