Telegram-herald., 1890-09-20
FEMALE ooNyIcTS
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iAs female rstoFfa@1ory is eae ~ tie
NEST important ~n2 hsss cona G.tea IN
situations IA lie stzse. states he In-
oiansPolls Sentinel. an3 tnat is saving
great deal. Tor 20 other safe ia fte
Union IS better equipped in tass respeet
than Indiana TITS lz1y xAe worked
the bill through TIE Legislature, saper-
yiscd the erection u the bualaing and
managed the institution Wills she lived
Vas pupil Of Mrs- Page. q Eagl&aa,
who first conceived The idea, ard Who
importeaed George ~. until he started
-n insrltetlon on her plan. which is 2
lasting monument 20 her for the
grand work she aid for Der sex, - is
every other female reformAtery ia the
world And the millions Of woElen no
through this means vill De saved and
make useful and valuable wives and
mothers Will rise up and bless Mrs
Anne Page through ages yet unborn.
2 his IS prison and reforuatory com-
b.ned. or rather beth under one roof
though eseh IS - separate and distinct
as II they were miles apart. TIE girls
donot even see tho prisoners.
There are ia the reformatory 100 and
in tho prison ffty-six. Eleven of the
ff.y-six arc offers" being in for mur-
der. Ten Of them murdered their hcs-
bands. and one was the most inhuman
or most insane, for she took the lives OF
her two little children.
Very few people In the State have any
idea how much is required 10 feed
la-Ye family. The average housewife.
with a family OF from 70 IS can calcu-
late very closely the amount OF provis-
ions needed 10 keep the wolf from the
door for given time. but sho would be
lost were The numbersaddenly increased
TO 240, and yet IL Is easy when YOU Get
used 20 II. At the reformatory they have
iuSt about that many mouths 20 feed,
and they know just as well how much 20
cook as does the housewife. AS ar IL
lustration, without going into details:
Five barrels OF -four and half as many
bushels of meal, are each wco6 taxed
into bread. This makes 1900 ioaves,
baked in f We patches. on as many days,
and ESQ loaves in batch Besides this
soda biscuits are given az breakfast, two
/ or three mornings each week, and 900
/ of them arc required each morning, or
J anaverage of four biscuits 70 each per-
son. Then, in addition to all this, a
modicurl of corn bread, sufficient 70 cx-
haust three bushels of meal, is added
each day.
/ And, while speaking of bread, the
woman who bakes 1t for the prisoners IS
Mrs Smith. who killed her husband
and is in for life. But any ono who Will
see and taste her bread viii know that
that never killed him, for no baker in
the city excels her. She manufactures
her own yeast from hops, so that none
could be more pure and healthful.
But 1t Is a mooted question yet
whether Mrs. Smith was justidable in
killing this member of the Smith fam
ily or not There are hundreds Of hus-
bands who ought to be killed, and Mrs.
Richards, who showed tho reporter
through, said that Smith was one OF
them, but she didn't think his wife
ought TO have dene IL.
The methods used to incite good con-
duct and correct department among the
girls is certainly very commcndable.
Those who are unruly and persistently
break the rules eat their meals at sep
arate table until they promise 70 obey
This is called "thc disgrace table" and
has been found more effective than any
physical punishment could be. Again
those whose conduct meets with the en-
/ a.. & - rrf~ 1c- at Q
separate table, known as "the merit ta
bic" No difference in the food is made
Those at the disgrace table, get the
same in quality and quantity as do those
at the merit table," but the moral ef
feet is wonderful. The most hardened
girl in the 100 viii break down wher
put at the disgrace table"
All the girls are taught to work, anC
20 do all kinds of work incident TO house
keeping, so that whom they leave the in
stitution they are competent to take
charge of house and do all tho dif
ferent kinds OF work, even To cutting
and making plain clothes. This is ef
fected upon system that faTmc
would call rotation OF crops" A Ger
tain detail Of girls viii wash halliday
then iron clothes, then sow, then scrub
then cook. etc. though the entire list o
a woman's manitoba duties. In addition
they are taught 70 weave cane-scnte'
chair bottoms. II girl shows particu
lar liking and aptitude for any one clss
Of work. she is given greater advantage
in that line. BY this ,ocsns frst-clas
tailers and cooks have been turned out
I who are now making more than living
at their respective csllings One. sine
she graduated, has learned telegraphy
and two are shorthand reporters an
fvpewriters All these have good situ'
tionS