The Greeley tribune., 1909-01-27
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH IT.

This is to be little PLAIN taiR
about the Tisdel memorial fund. Inc
; t;me-worn recipe for cooking rap
hit was First catch your raopit'
We have the rabbit, in the shape o.
hetween four and five hundred DOL
lars. donated by more than thous-
and persons, for the purpose OF rear
ing some sort OF monument, OF stone
or otherwise, to the memory OF good
Father Tisdel, whose last years were
given to the work of aiding the poor
and suffering. His friends have 1eit
that a life so worthy in many ways
as his. and so productive OF practical
charity. should not be allowed TO
be forgotten by the younger genera
tion. This fund has been raised with
that end in view. How shali 1t be
spent?
The writer confesses that an or
phanage does not appeal to him. 1n
his humble opinion, borne ont by his
knowledge of several, there are just
two sorts of orphanages that are
really worth while, with q very Few
exceptions. One is an orphanaee
under the management Of some Cath =
olic sisters order, the other an in
stitution directly under the control
of. and supported by. the state. MOST
of the other institutions of this char
,;oI,
contact, have been simply vehicles
for the support of some broken-down
impractical person. who WAS con-
stantly begging for aid to bolster up
very inefficient institution. which
was always on the verge OF collapse
and its inmates very little better on
than the street waits. TIL is sad.
but true as gospel.
A day nursery. where WORKING
mothers may leave their Children to
be cared for, while the mothers go
out to work, paying for their keep
few cents per day, may be prac-
tical. Such institutions exist In ev-
cry large city. and some OF the
smaller ones. There is far less OF
expense attached to their matnten-
ance. and the labor Of successful
management is much less than for =
regular orphanage. Or the gtvers
Of the Tisdel fund last Saturday.
those who expressed Themselves IA
yored something of this sort.
Whether there exists real need
for this institution in Greeley 10 =
question. Many think not. Father
Tisdel said YES" It IL possible
that a day nursery even now would
fnd its work ready for It ON mod
est scale. In order that q practical
test of this need may be made. the
Tribune suggests this plan: With
a part of the money on hand let q
suitable cottage be rented. conven'
lent to that part Of the city where
the working mothers are most APT to
reside. Let this cottage be put in
charge of some capable married
woman, and for her services pay hei
a small salary in addition to free
rent for herself and husband. Let
working mothers with small chill
dren leave them at the cottage dur
ing the day. and take them home
nights. Try this plan for say three
months. The expense would not Dc
large. If practical, and proving
real help to any considerable mum
her of mothers, steps could then b'
taken toward something permanent
Funds could easily be had to carr!
on a work Of this kind by an annua
tag day for this particular purpose
and IL it could be shown by actua
experience that the day nurser.
vas accomplishing real good. ther'
would be no trouble whatever i,
realizing $1,000 from an annua
tagging" II, on the other hand
It was found after fair trial tina
day nursery was not needed here
there would be enough left OF tn
fund now on hand to buy simple
monument for Father Tisdefs las
resting place, under which he woul'
! sleep as peacefully as though 1t wer'
} a granite shaft costing Thousands.
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