The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-20

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aown.-somc don't want II and some do.
O. Now, IN serving the butter. rice.
syrup etc, do sou consult ths patient
as to what he wants?
A. Yes. sir
O. Now. about that syrup-is II put
upon the plates. and the butter and rice
and other things put into IT.
A. No sir: the syrup is put on the
plates. and the butter on the plates OF
those that want It, and nearly all Of
them want H.
Q. Yosi mean that g done before the
patients come in7
A. Yes. sir, for supper.
Q. Now, for instance, for the supper,
you nut it on the table before they are
called in7
A. Part Of Il only. II the syrup is on
the plate they don't want anything else.
as very few people want syrup mixed
with other things, and we then see what
they want afterwards
@. Now about dlnner-for instance,
If they have potatoes AID beans for din
ner--
a. One Of them IS put on first. and
when they come down. the defendants
find those that want the other and help
them to It,
Q. Where? On the same plate7
a. Yes, sir beans and potatoes on
the same plate.
@. Now. suppose you had some kind
OF meat and potatoes on the plate. and
then you had soup. how do you handle
them2
A. We put the soup in the bowls
large galvanized bowls.
@. You do not put that on the plate
with the other vlctuals?
A. No.
Q. say for ins,4nce. that you had
kraut and potatoes ana soup; where do
you put the soup?
a. In the bowl
O. Did you bring any other papers7
A. That was all
Q. You were instructed we're you not.
to bring the bills showing the purchase
OF stun there?
A. No. sir. this was an. understood
that Miss N1aloney was coming yesterday
evening and she had the other stun all
wrapped up to bring. and the train was
o'ciOcls
ny Apihhtnf9
Q. DO you mean to say that the su-
pervisor takes his orders from the super
intendent or physician as TO what shall
be fed the patients2
A. Yes. sir.
Q. How does he remember what each
patient Is to have?
A. II Is not for each one; Il Is a gem
eral rule thst they all go 10 the table
a . Il
order OF the physician Is for the sick
inmates. Dr. Griffin gives him a spe-
clal order FOR the sick ones.
Q. Now. is It possible for each OF
these patients to have as they like--tea.
coffee or milk: do they ask them what
they want2
A. II is my understanding that the
attendants so around and find out this
from their patients in each ward. He
looks after that; and the supervisor goes
around and generally sees that all Of
them are getting what they want.
Q. DO these patients generally have
intelligence enough to give an order from
a bill OF fare; tell what they want?
A. No. 1 do not think they all do.
Q. Then how do you determine what
they should have7
A. ! guess they have to give them
what they think they ike best; for in
stance, II a patient has had cup Of tea
for one meal and has not drank g. he
80 tried on milk and coffee and It is
found out what he likes.
Q. Who attends on these patients?
A. The attendants from the wards
@. Now. do these inmates from the
wards discriminate between what differ
ent patients should have? Now. what
mean is this; DO you say that these
walters. who are inmates. know what
they gave to a certain patient yester-
day2
A. Well, II is not the inmates that
wait on them; 1t is the hired people. the
attendants that walt on them.
Q. How many walters have you In
the dining room that are not inmates,
hired walters?
A. There are two or three attendants
from each ward. And when there are
but two, they both come down: and
where there are three. two come down
and the other stays In the ward,
Q. How many have you in each ward?
A. / think the ward having the few
est is twenty-five; there are some
higher. They range froA twenty-five to
sixty.
Q. Now. these sixty-how do these
attendants remember what they were fed
The evening beforg DO they keep rec
ord of itY
A. No.
Q, How IS q kept?
4. by the supervisor. and the cooks
arrange these things, YOU know. And,
OF Course thcy nave freuuaDtfv had in
structionH from the doctor
Q. How do they keep these records?
A. As soon as the supper or dinner
Is over. he goes to the bookkeeoer and
tells her what they had FOR supper or
dinner. and she keeps a record Of it.
have seen and heard her 20 and ask
him when he did not come right away,
so that there could be no mistake
about f.
O. Now when the tables are spread,
how many can be seated at once at each
table?
A. We have tables there that seat
good many tables. but I do not know
the length OF them now; I would say
about eighteen TO each table
@. How many tables are there?
A. I do not remember. We have
long row OF tables on the south side and
part Of the north, extending down one
half Of the way guess there are four
running north and south
Q. About how many DO you feed in
there az time?
A. we fe.a an OF the people at two
sittings. and, OF course there are a
good many not able "a come
o NoW when the tables ara sef xotf