The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-11
Millinery Department.
THEIR HOME A MODEL.
Wisconsin Officials Pride Them
selves on the Waupaca Home.


selves on the Waupaca Home.
A. j. Smith, Of Amherst, and o. F.
Chase, of Oshkosh, Wis, members of
the board of trustees of the Wisconsin
Veterans home, are registered at the
Ryan, coming here to attend the
fourth annual convention of the North
western States Saldiers Home asso-
citation, which will be held today. This
association is made up of the trustees
and commandments of the soldiers
homes in Minnesota, Kansas, Nebras-
ka, South Dakota, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. 1t was
organized at a meeting held in Wiscon-
sin three years ago, and is for the pur-
pose of bringing out the best ideas
concerning the management and opera
ton Of these institutions. In speaking
of the Wisconsin home, Mr.. Smith said:
I'VE take g. pardonable pride in the
fact that ours is acknowledged to be
the model soldiers home in the coun-
try, and delegates from similar insti-
tutions have been sent to inspect It,
Three years ago, when Indiana built
her nome, 1t sent an architect to spend
several days and draw his plans from
our place. Ours was the first home to
admit women-the wives and widows
Of veterans.
Our place is located three miles from
Waupaca. We have a farm of about
forty acres to raise vegetables for the
table. Our present population is over
400, including 100 women. We are not
allowed to take single men If they can
be accommodated at the national home
In Milwaukee. Besides the main build
1ngs there are forty-three cottages, the
latter for the use of soldiers and their
wives, There are three dining rooms,
the main one seating 300 persons The
others-Fairchild hall and Rusk hall
are Tor the accommodation of those
who are unable to go to the main hail.
we are now putting up new building
to accommodate 108 people-married
couples and widows. Then we have
three buildings for men and q widows
hall with accommodations for about
fifty. a..
Last year it cost $14470 per capita
to maintain our home. The state pays
us So per week for each inmate The
non pensioners are provided with cloth
ing and tobacco, but the pensioners are
Obliged to surrender all except So per
month of their pension If single men,
and $12 if married; If they have any
one else dependent upon them, how
ever, they keep their entire pension
This pension money does not go to-
wards the maintenance of the institu-
ton, however, but into an amusement
fund. We have the band out from town
tions.
1.-THE management of the home is in
the hands of a board of six trustees,
elected by the state department of the
Ct. A. R.; the department commander
is also member Of the board, ex-offi-
clio. The land was purchased by the
G. A. r., and decided to the state,
which erectS all necessary buildings
The board elects the commandant of
the home. ]. c. Ellis is the present
commandant and took the office the
first of this month. His predecessor,
c. Colwell, held the Office for ten years,
his wife acting as matron of the in
Stitution."
A P Swineford, of Alaska, ex-gov-
ernor of that territory, registered at the
Windsor yesterday. Gov. Swineford
says that the sufferings Of some of the
Klondike miners will be terrible this
winter; they can have no idea of the
terrible cold there. And the summers
are almost as bad with their intense
heat, while the mosquitoes and deer
flies are something terrible. There is
no fever there, as in most gold mining
countries, but the miners are subject
to a nervous proStration, which will
wreck them physically, if they stay
there a few years, and from the effects
Of which it takes a long time to re-
cover. Wnlle ne was not at klOndlke
himself, Gov. Swineford says that to
his personal knowledge the wealth of
that new Ell Dorado has not been eX-
aggerated
A. G. Boyer, wife and two children
of Kobe, Japan, registered at the Wind
SCR yesterday.
L. Coleman, Of Milwaukee, is at the Ryan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Goodman, of Aber-
deem, S. D., stopping at the Ryan.
Rev. P 1. Kissane of Saltwater, is a guest
of the Clarendon.
H. Walter Van Dyke, of Mortified, is
Clarendon guest.
Theo. Weiland. OF Shakopee, is stopping at
the Clarendon.
Merchants guest yesterday was George a.
Soule, Of Harvey, N. D.
Senator Henry Kellar, of Sank Center, is
at the Merchants.
Pierson Haviand. Of Mankato, is a Mer-
chants guest.
George A. Du Toit, of Chaska, inscribed
his name on the Merchants register yesterday.
F. J. Mclean, of Menomonie, Wis, is at
the Merchants.
Rev. FIR. E. ]. Conaty, OF Grand Forks, is
stopping at the Ryan.
Ryan guest yesterday was A. W. Bing-
ham, of New Ulm.
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