The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-25

sOLDIERs HOME
i Dctcripiion Of the Home by
. Rapid City Visitor.
Commissioner Thomas Fitch,
AZ the Soldiers Home board,
hands us the following report OF
: visit to that institution by a
Rapid City writer, and as it may
be of interest to old soldiers and
others in this vicinity we here
with publish it:
a Journal reporter visited the Sol
diers' Home at Hot Springs the first OF
he week, and found many changes
hsd taken place since the last visit was
made there about twelve years ago.
Many improvements have been made
there this year, and it has kept every
ching In q muss all summer, but no
c,a seems to mind it because they
realize how nice it will be when every
thing is done.
The main building has been replas-
tered throughout, the parlors have
been remodeled into q chapel, and two
smaller rooms have been made into
parlor and sitting room. Cottages
have been built for veterans whose
wives are with them, and the hospital
has been improved. There are q num-
ber OF other improvements that have
been made this year, which makes the
home better than ever.
The trees have grown to be fine look
ing, and shade the walks beautifully.
beautiful flower beds show the care OF
intelligent hands. The old system OF
detailing the inmates for dishwashing,
cleaning, gardening and the like has
heen done away with, and all who
wish are given work and paid for it's
performsnce. During the past summer
t,,ere has been SO much doing around
the Home that there has been consider
able work for all who we're able to do
&.
The comm andant, Col. T. M. God
dard, is we'll liked at the Home, and
he certsinly has the welfare OF the
institution at heart. Mrs. Goddard is
spleasant, motherly, womanly woman,
who takes great pains to make the old
vetsrans as happy as they can be
under the circumstances. The young
ueople Of the Goddard family are
brieht and pleasant and oil are fine
musicians, ard they use their talents
for the pleasure Of the inmates OF the
Home @ we'll % for themselves and
11hefr visitors.
Ousrtermaster and Mrs. William
Rad are very we'll liked, and they
should be, for they do their best to
make the place home in reality Tor
those Who are compelled by force o.
circumstances to live in such an insti'
tuition.
The food IL excellent and we'll pre-
pared. which can be vouched for by
he writer, for she ate three meale
there. Everything is prepared In the
Home kitchen, and after the old sol
disrs sre seated and waited on, ther
portions OF tho same are dished ou
and cent to the family dining room OF
! dumb waiter TO the floor above. Th'
u,enu consisted Of meat, potatoes
eorn. bread and butter, relishes, tea
oofYee. sauce, breakfast foods, cookies
sugar and milk. and salt and pepper
.smixed.,, OF course oil OF these dit
mot appear at each meal. They wer'
served ia the usual order according 4
Marion Harland or some other cater
sr,s long established usage. At eacl
nDal there were couple OF kinds Q
solt todd, mush and milk, rice, oat
nal, hominy, grape nuts and others
Is that II ones tools for masticatio1
vsre not In good trim there was Away
sounsthing nourishing and eatabi
anywsy.
The writer met several she ha
Known Ia vermillion IN her younge
days, and I'll expressed themselves :
V01t o0D10U90 " AVA VAsOAs osAA
~. ard Mrs. wyrick are nicely loca
q in : cottage, but they take the
neals q the Home.
It takes something 70 get meal
~ Home, too. When they have bi
euit ~ book makes i've hundred, 90
uhen baked potatoes are served Il
tabls man prepares i've hundre
80, ana other things IN proportion
~ holding shout ten people go'
o1 tcun four Or i've times day,
- ~ inmates 4 the Home have =
! @ - stunity . ride whenever tne
u W1Ile q ~ -.
Nv wifh ~ these comforts the @
@ - j @ re ~ lQusly and days sse
1lhey - showing their =
nfko hair md fesble footstsI
So 2l'~ -. Essry year the rank