The Glenwood post., 1905-09-30
WOMEN OF COLORADO AT WORK
DISCUSS STATE INSTITUTIONS

state, county and city institutions said
in part;
"Of the educational institutions, from
the State University 10 the School for
the Deaf and Blind, we have only
words of praise and appreciation Next
year there will be specific things 10 do
SO far the one recommendation that
can be made now is to work for con
stitutional amendment permitting the
university to hold its medical school in
this city-which is done in almost all
the states where the university is not
located in the principal city. ! trust
the day vii come when the state VIII
see that there is no reason for placing
the blind and the dumb in one sciro0i.
save our poverty and their misfor
tunes. There is every reason why
| they should be separated and none why
they should be put in one school, save
| lack of funds.
In the case of the retormatory and
! the penitentiary, we feel that The war
dens are doing all that they can,
cramped for room and lack OF means.
There are crying needs at The peni-
| tentiary, but we must wait for The con
vening of the Legislature TO answer
most of them. In the meantime, there
Is one lnlnS we can 40. me Sld't
| furnishes a discharged man with plain
clothes and small sum of II oney. 1t
does nothing for a paroled man, and
! there are men in prison who haven't
the garments or the means TO come out
if their paroles were given them. The
Society for the Friendless. of winch
Judge II. V. Johnson is the president.
and Rev William Collett is the secre-
| toll of two ,,rh. .,B
will touch your hearts, and if You are
willing to help they can make use Of
your efforts for these unhappy men.
outcasts, but still fellow creatures
I'VE must have an asylum for the
criminal insane, and if the prisoners
are to come out better men than they
went in, they must have employment
Al the insane asylum they need
amusement and employment The
| long, bare corridors are as clean as
| possible: the bare little rooms are
| spotlcSs, but The dull, intcrmiuaole
days, with nothing to do, and only a
very meager little library TO browse
over, are enough to drive any one
melancholy mad
The institution whose needs have
received the most generous response
so far is the Soldiers Home There
are gathered there 175 men, nearly all
of them old. many of them feeble and
without relatives TO assist them. To
them we owe a debt we can never
pay, AM if we would show apprscia-
| tion. we must do it soon. In few
years this institution will be vacant.
Speaking of Christmas, do Try and
| remember the man who has the haa-
West Santa Claus task in the state
There are enough discarded toys aud
dolls that would pay for redressine w
ing about in this state to give The chill
dren at the home for dependent little
folks IA gorgeous Christmas and Su-
perintendent Cowan win be he most
grateful man that ever wondered what
he was going to put into 60 empty 1T
lie stockings. They need books and
pictures.
1t is not necessary 20 speak a;
length of the work of Mr. Argo super
| lntendent Paddleford or Mr.. White
mead. They have spoken for them.
selves, and their work speaks far more
loudly for them. Learn more at out st,
talk about it in your clubs, and lend, a
hand, especially to the bureau for child
and animal protection.
OF the Girls Industrial School
there is an honest difference of opin-
ION in regard to its present condition
Not in this committee. but among
many other people quite as intelligent
! and as earnestly devoted to the wei-
fare of the school
Your committee therefore recon-
mends that this federation notify the
governor that it is in favor of the rec
concentrations adopted by the joint
meeting over which he presided; that
we lndorse his position. and trust that
he will take such action as may he
necessary to bring about the desired
change in the administration of the
] school.