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[page 29] By Dr. Harlow: Q. I would like to ask Miss. Sawyer a few questions. You have lived in another hospital I believe? A. I have been in other hospitals. Q. What hospital have you been in? A. Providence, Rhode Island, Butler Hospital. Q. That was a private hospital? A. Yes, sir. Q. How long were you there? A. I was there some years ago about eleven months. Q. You have had considerable experience in taking care of the insane in hospitals? A. Yes, sir, I have had some experience. I was there as a spare hand, a sort of nurse. Q. Spare nurse? A. Yes, sir. Q. From your observation of this institution how does it compare with the one you were in there? A. Very well; very well indeed. Q. About the living, how does that compare- food and living? A. Your food is much better than it was in the private hospital in Providence R.I.; it is better and of a better quality, and as a general thing, better cooked. Q. From your observation about the halls do you find, or have you noticed that the attendants were off duty? A. Since I came to the house I think they have been, as far as I know, on