Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-09-09
HOW TO SAVE THE
GIRLS WHO BECOME BAD
CONTRAST BETWEEN PRISON NE.
Thoo or HARsHNEss AND
BRUTALITY. WHICH DESTROYS,
AND The HUMANE. moTHERLY
METHOD, WHICH SAVES.

AND TIE HUMANE. moTHERLY
METHOD. WHICH SAVES.
The Denver papers toll about a
great scandal In the Girls Industrial
home Of Colorado. The institution IL
IN a doplorablo condition. Tho girls
are brutality whipped and badly treat.
ca. Anarchy prevails An lnvcsiga.
ton has been made By the humane 80.
ciety concerning recent outbreak ln
this so.c2l ed home. aud the report re-.
voaiH many failures and abuHus OF
management
Il is shown by this report that there
ia a continuous strike" going on in
Che home The girls revolt on account
of the cruel methods These strikes
are put down by force Whipp,ng and
combining the girls In dark cells are
ihc principal methods of punishment
Tho whipping Nv done with rubber
[ hose half an Inch ln dlamcter aud
I doubled. so az 10 make n hurt
! worse az one NJ the officials said
Zach delinquent gets from twenty-five
lashos upward Tho regular punish
moni .s givon just after praygrai
To tha "rcformaiory school" there
I are no rewards FOR falthminosa or
neatness or good behavior Tho girls
are not tnnght 10 work Thoy arc
forced io labor There are no amuae-
ments; there q no recreation what
can be expected o. these poor girls.
who have nothing 10 look forward 10.
70 work for 10 hone FOR 90 enioyg
There rs no challenge 10 personal
pride and no aBpca 10 self respect.
The young women are treated Ike
driven cattle. There ~ mo fun In he.
ing good" There is every lndncemonf
for n girl 10 throw herself away
And tust here Us place for eulogy or
one ~ the wisost. rcniiost men nf his
times; Five years ago lowa'a Indus.
trial School for Girls was IN the con.
dillon ~ the Colorado Institution.
STRIKES" and runaways. punished BY
boatings and confinement. were al
ways occurring. The elimination took
plac2 in general revolt that included
The entire school. Real battles were
fought between the girls and the ten
cRcrs. The girls ran away in bunchos
and half the police aud detective
force OF Des Molnes were employed
In search % them a man by the name
OF Miller. who was 40 the head OF tho
school IA political appointed was
hated by every girl The proceedings
were the shame OF che state.
Then came man his name 10
Fitzgerald he has brains and q heart
tie has the sympathetic touch. tie
knows that girls, however bad, have
affection and good Impulses. Ho knows
that their hearts are hungry for appre.
citation he knows that they need
praise. sunshine, kinducss. ne has
patience aGd pity f0F their wrong-do
Ing sorrow instead OF beatlngs. lie
bnniahed the lash and preaehmonts.
lie employed good will ne pat the
girls on their honor He gave them
something 10 do and rewarded them
with ludlcious praise.
When this man took charge al The
windows Of the institution had prison
bars over Thorn. lie tore out every
bar He cauHed the state % build cot
tagos for the girls aud gave them real
homes. Hc provided klnd women tea. |
chefs, who were mothers In these f.
mllies. Instead OF seedlings aud whip |
plngs and threats ho provided flowers !
and music. To-day they cannot tell |
TINS FefOrmatory Institution from a
Wen regulated girls boarding school |
The result In five years no girl |
mas run away And girls who have |
finished the course and gone out have 4
nesked 10 come back hOmet Mr
fltagerald believes Us The refining Ia. /
tluenee OF music Every girl 81 taught /
music Of some sort The great or
chesifa gives concerto al Che state |
iAlf ana elsewhere. OporetSas aud /
pubic entertainments are frequent |
During the fOrenOons class reeigafiope |
are maze. In the afternoons the glrls
are provided the salvation Oh work /
about the home Tor a couple urs ar 4
so Then ay, recreation. Whom not
az Wofk they are too busy having a /
good time 90 think Of mischief And !
let any girl who dares take advantage 1
OF Mr Fiizgarald's Kindness. SIZE viii /
he nuycoiiel hy tho entire school
Colorado a not the on'y state that
mas serious trouble Wi,h Ice ref0rma
tory school FOR girls. Mr. Fitzrerald
1aYs 90 iar ns be knows every other
state eiQpoya the Ola prison idea
IT'S work stands ont o. an exception.
ana yer h fact that girls are
more easily reformed than boys II
me girls case "a considered hopeless
u u because we have made d So. Va
XIII ~ wholly bad WHAT she needs a
a chance. She needs an 4he liberty /
consistent with her Osn good. sho
needs What every other human being
needs that which makes lie tolera.
pie She needs 30 learn that useful
ness ana happiness go together. She
needs 90 learn that d pays 10 be,rood.
And y she has tastes and talents fhelr
Development VIII help her 10 be good.
Above All che wRyHard Riri needs the
warmth Of human kindness Xxx.
mango