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[page 660] the remark to Mrs. Whidden that I never saw the hospital so quiet in my life as it was then. She asked me why I thought so. I told her I thought they were using them blindly. Q. And that you believed in yourself? A. Yes, that the attendants now there are using those patients kindly. Q. When was this time you were in there that you speak of? A. Within a month. Q. How long had it been before that since you had been in there? A. I had been down there occasionally since I left the hospital, a dozen times. I was down there this fall and past summer. Q. Things seem about the same to you now? A. I think there has been a change for the better ever since I left. Q. Been improving all the time? A. Yes, sir. Q. And this improvement that has been going on took place before any investigation was begun did it not? A. I think so. Q. While you were there even were not the patients, as a rule, treated well and kindly? A. Generally they were. I made that statement before the trustees. I was asked