Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-20

The report of Comptroller Sw ia,
among other things, shows that IN tn
management Of our public Institutions
there is deciied tendency among the
heads Of the various departments TO
take up the refrain OF little Oliver
Twist, that 30 much startled the in.
dignaDt and pempous Beadles, and
demands that the state shall Give them
''moTe" 1t is likely that the natural
increase Of the state necessitates a
larger expenditure in some branches
OF the government, but this united cry
for larger appropriations must include
some that are already receiving quite
enough, If not too mach. The deaf
aud dumb institute, for instance,
wants money to pay thirty.eight
teachers, or one teacher for e, cry two
children, and fr ,ction. This institu-
ton wants also $50 600 for groceries to
prevent the spect'T OF gaunt famine
from stalking around the door or lay
ing IL wait for any OF these children
Now It may take thirty-eight teachers
to manage these deaf mutes. THE
GAZETTE Is not an expert on this pc
culiar style OF education, and it is will
ing to say nothing about two and a
half deaf mutes requiring a
teacher set apart for tn EN- by the
state. Perhaps the teaching Of these
children Is such q treRdmill business
that fresh relay OF teachers is re
quired every hour or so, WITH list
on the extra roll to take hold on all
Sundays aud holidays OF obligation (;
bat The GAZETTE Is not aware that
those infirmlties which place children
in the institute, operate in any man
ner on their appetites or cause them
10 make up at the breakfast table
what they lack In hearing and speech
Admitting that they are all
healthy, robust children, with ex.
cellent appetites aud good digestion.
still It is not clear that they can stow
away an average OF $3.50 worth Of
groceries 10 year, which would be q
fraction over s44.l6 per month This
sum is asked for groceries, plain so
without cooking them or even pulling
the Jackets off the Irish potatoes, which
form a part Of this supply. II II $4i Il
moutn for the raw material, as Il
were, for each child, purchased al
; wholesale prices. 1t is not too much
TO say that even In Austin--spongy
absorbing Austin - these children
could be furnished, not only with
groceries, but with board, washing anC
lodging for $3.50 per annum each. 1 Il
only stating fact TO say that II is /
physical imposs Utility for what gro
cerles child can consume to COS
these figures. And how Is the none,
spent? Possibly the stewards VIII
dish up the fancy vlauds for the Off
cial tables could answer; TIRE GA
zErrE eonfesses its inability to furnish
!, the necessary Information. The none!
is being spent at any rate, aud If 1t i
I disbursed for the benefit OF the chill
: dren, they must live like fighting
cocks surely. This is only one in
/. stance, and that wild, weird and mys
o tloal veil which covers the cause o
! such extraordinary gormsndizing il
I, this institution applies with equa
!, force to the others. The lunaii
i asylum, the most modest OF all
for instance wants, $3.50, 900 for gro
/, eeries, provisions, fuel, gas ant
water.n The last item costs SOM
8 $4,000. How todiyide thesum between
= the other items Is a problem not easily
solved. There are some 600 patient
and perhaps seventy attendants. !
they have 30 good al appetite as hay'
e the children In the deaf and dumb ~
i atitute, they doubtless eat the ''grocer
$ iea and provisions" as knick-knacks an'
/, Ill out the loose corners OF their stom
! achs on the fuel. gas and water
/. However they do II, they ar
: expected, every mothers 500 0
them, 70 make away viii