The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1910-12-02
The Missouri
Colony.
A Big Institution with
Noble Purpose

dent invited US 20 take a Stroll
through the buildings and see how
things are run.
AS we had been through on sew
eral occasions in years gone by
and our time was limited we made
only a short visit, but were GER
tainly agreeably surprised at the
improved conditions over our Wis
1t of four years ago-since which
time the buildi gs have been much
improved as we'll as the methods
OF conducting the ms tuition and
the number Of inmates increased
AS We entered the boys ward A
we found Harry Cross of Gillian
in charge and he seemed quite at
home. In his ward we were shown
Leo Gambetti the unfortunate son
of Gen odeon Guitar of civil war
fame and still favorably known by
many of our readers.
Stepping out of here we ran
across j. B. Simms, formerly of
Miami, who has charge OF ward c.
Mr.. Simms is no stranger to us
and he handed us his renewal and
greeted us. Being Republican is
no drawback to the gentleman now
as it was a year ago.
We found B ward for boys in
charge OF w. c. Higginbotham OF
Nelson. We don't know Mr.. Hig-
ginbotham's poll les but were pleas
ed to find a number of our Demo-
cratic friends holding forth wi
out trembling for fear OF losing
their jobs.
DR.. Quigg then led us to the
mattress factory in charge OF
Chas. F. Debo of Fulton. This is
new but very useful department.
All the mattresses used by the
institution are made here by the
inmates under Mr.. Debo's direction
and they seem well made too.
Miss Emile G.. Quantrell of
Grand Ledge, Mich, is in charge
oil, the industrial work. While
Miss Quantrell's name is an un-
pleasant reminder to many Mis-
sourians, she is far from dangerous
but is a charming young lady. Her
department too was new to us. A
large number of inmates were here
busy making woven baskets, pen
nants, crocheting lace, doing fancy
work ETC., under her direction.
In another room we were shown
a new loom just arrived which will
be used in converting all the old
rags into carpets for the Colony's
use.
Miss Birdie F. Bright has charge
of physical culture and outdoor ex
ercises. We found her ward very
attractive one.
Henry Lauer is still doing faith
full duty as head baker. Likewise
John Grant, col, as head cook.
Both are fixtures" of the instisu-
ton.
We also found John Lauer at
tending faithfully to the duties O:
fireman.
We were surprised at the splen-
did equipment in the laundry, to
see which alone, would be worth
visit to any of our people. Thomas
Marshall is in charge. G. w.
Thomas, head engineer, was also
fou d here and is taking good care
of the expensive machinery neces-
sary around the place.
Mrs. r. M. Bowser, Of this city,
is still in charge of the sewing
room where a good many inmates
were hard at work looking after
the needs of the institution in this
line.
In girls ward g we found Miss
May Fahey assisted by Miss Matte
Bentley in charge. The latter is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F.
Bentley OF this city. Both are very
pleasant young ladies.
Miss Gertrude Baysinger of Full
ton and Miss Dora Irvine of Tenn
essee were in charge of girls cot
tage F. the incest ward in the
colony.
Miss Mae Wood has charge of
girls ward e.
There are altogether 410 patients
now, the largest number actually
present at any time since the es-
tablishment OF the colony.
One of the striking things about
the place is the courtesy shown
visitors by those in charge, the
pleasing personel OF the attendants
and the splendid system OF man
agement. Everything is nice and
clean, no confusion, dissension or
ciashing of orders. A visit here
is an hour well spent, although it
leaves one with faeIin0 of sad