The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-03

who was interviewed by the News-Dero-
crat representative left Wednesday 10
return TO her home In Nova Scotia, she
was accompanied to the station by lust
twenty Of the women patients, nurses
and the matron. and the assistant superin-
tendent. One would have readily mis-
taken the gathering at the station for a
party of boarding school girls.
one patient. who was interviewed be-
yond the hearing OF DIR. Barnes. the su-
perintendent. and who with her daughter
had been in the institution four months,
said:
II spent 10 months at Pine Ridge, and
was never SO happy or contented any
where as here. i could not have had bet
ter treatment. My daughter and 1 are
perfectly satisfied. Most OF US have very
little respect for the kickers.
81 am one OF the free patients. but
would not hesitate 10 say what thought
II things were not being conducted prop
erly In my view"
David Barry OF Pawtucket said: "I
have been here FL weeks and have gained
22 pounds. I now weigh ls6. which is
more than I ever weighed before. I
haven't any fault 10 find"
Walter Il. Wilson OF this city. speaking
IN the presence OF Dr. Barnes. said: 1.-THE
only fault 1 have found was with the
beef 1t was somewhat fierce: but that
The waiter might have not been up %
snuff, not getting n choice cut for my
table, or the meat might not have been
properly cut.
II found a worm In my soup once. but
paid little attention to IL because the
same thing might happen with cereals
anywhere In the summer time"
Here DIR. Barnes interrupted TO say that
he had investigated this case and found
no frapa of buUG or worms m tha Ia rroI
OF cereals from which the cereal used In
the soup was taken that day. He had
also seen 10 the beef. Discussing the
foods furnished. DR.. Barnes said:
Patients receive from to 2ts quarts
OF milk each per day. The milk Is rich.
and up 10 the standard required. and
comes from cattle and barns that have
been inspected by the state cattle In
spectors and by me.
"The menus are made out by the
matron and approved by me: and when
anything is needed l make requisition on
the purchasing agent, Mr. Whitford. who
Is secretary and treasurer OF the institu-
ton.
"If a bed patient is III and asks for
] something extra that his condition will
allow. we gave IT, We have to diet
them, OF course; but IL is not true that
any patient Ill In bed would receive baked
beans and corn beef and cabbage, as sone
| OF the persons interviewed last week
stated. -srfa +
From my eight years experience in
other sanatoriums. I am prepared to say
| that the patients here have done about
| as we'll as I have ever seen them do, and
are about as good set Of patients.
"Since the institution was opened last
| November. there have been 1s6 patients.
| OF this number only one has died here,
| many have been discharged as cured and
| some have left OF their own volition; but
| not all or even large part OF them,
| ment.
How could they be? They have fine
| ly appointed group of buildings here, two
| physicians, two trained nurses during
| the day and one at night, and certainly
as good care as patients could have under
| the circumstances. They pay, or many OF
| them do, 81 per week. Some. i would not
| say how many are free patients; but no
| distinction is made in their treatment,
and they get along as well as rule, as
| the others.
| THE menu today is fairly representa-
| tive OF the menus since 1 took charge.
| You will find IL in the book where all
the menus have been preserved since last
| November. They are made out for a week
at the time. beginning with Sunday and
| varying from day to day. Here Is tho
| menu for today:
"Breakfast-Cream OF wheat. steak. fried
| potatoes, raised biscuit, coffee. cocoa.
| milk.
"Dnner-Pura OF split pea, stuffed breast
OF veal. string beans. mashed potatoes,
| watermelon on ice cake, tea, cocoa milk
"Supper-Radishes, cold meats. lyonaise
| potatoes. sauce cake, tea, cocoa, milk"
Dr. Barnes refused to be interviewed
on the degree of control he Is permitted
| by the trustees to exercise; but Purchas-
ing Agent George f. Whitford, who was
| not so reticent, said:
THE trustees give me a free hand TO
buy where l think best. I'm or the mar
| ket all the time and not welded to any
body. l don't buy i'm very large quanti-
ties, because we lack cold storage facili-
] ties here.
1--WE use several kinds OF cereals. and
| OF one or two kinds ! have bought a bar
rel of each They are liable to get damp.
then heated and possibly wormy, though
there has been but one complaint OF that
| kind made to me. since have been here.
| I'VE have had three or four different
| cooks. Along about the time that Mckee
| kicked, our chef was III with pneumonia !:
| and as the matron was called out of the
state by the death OF her father, we had
| TO get along tho best we could
| There was complaint about the bread
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count for that Why. only this morning
| got a telephone message saying the
bread was sour. and had to buy bread
! from bakery down I'm Pascoag. The
| trouble may have been due 10 the yeast I
| don't know what II was. Once the bread
was bad for quite a SPELL and we dis
| charged the cook who was responsible
I for IT,
| There Is no truth I'm the yarn about
~ hnx nj. 4.
the expenditures for months. You can
see that they range from something like
$1,000 To nearly $4,000 per month. and that
the bulk OF the expenditures Is for beef,
milk and eggs.
| II buy fresh country eggs here in town
and pay for them one cent dozen more
than l could buy them for In Providence:
| but have FIVE cents a case. since 7 have
! 10 pay no freight on them.
"You see there for one month meat.
principally beef and mutton, cost $500.
milk $500 and eggs 5000 That Is about
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