New Britain herald., 1915-10-30
Multi Millionaire Builds Town to
 Help Widows With Families to Raise
Charles Page of Oklahoma Also Establishes Orphans Home on His Farm-Helps Deserving Mothers to
 Get Work and Tides Them Over Rough Places.

Sand Springs, Smelter, car ractory, washing machine factory, two or three laundries, the electric light plant broom factory, an army leg ging factory a stove foundry, and banks, stores, restaurants, hotels-all the accompaniments of thriving city-and all to provide work for the widows and their children.
 Employs Resident Physician.
 A resident physician resides there, and MT. Page employs him part of the day to make regular rounds to see that the babies are kept we'll Eyes, ears, noses and throats are carefully looked after. If there are any serious operative cases they are sent to a hos pital at Tulsa, where Mir. Page main tains several fifteen-dolla a-week rooms for his large family if they need special medical attention"
 He is always willing to take chance on human nature, and turns a listening ear to any widow who writes of her needs. His mail is tre- mendous, but no widow who wants to come to the Widows Town is refused. She must pay her own fare, but MT. Page will look out for her once she is there.
 Encourages Callers.
 MT. Page encourages callers in Widows Row, provided they can as- sure him that they are honest, indus trious and having serious intentions. He believes in good home for mothers with good husbands to provide for them, and already there have been romances that are none the less touch ing because they come late. He does not believe in rules; he likes to ap- peal to a sense of fair play and jus tice.
 II believe in the home" he insists. II would be glad to see any of these widows marry good men,"
 If a mother prefers to live in Sand Springs or Tulsa and pay her own rent, she is free to do SO To give charity is not his design, he only wants to help them to help themselves. He provides work in plenty for all of them and makes his benevolences SUD- port themselves on a business basis He has made ample provisions for the maintenance of this philanthropic pro- feet in his will and in case of his death the widows would be amply provided for. His wife is in hearty sympathy with him in this work, and every Sunday evening is spent by the Pages at the Widows Row and at the simple Sunday evening devotions held in the sitting room at the Orphans Home, where all the children congre- gate to sing and to listen to Bible reading.
 Population More Than $I,OOO. The population of Sand Springs which is only two or three years old reached 2,000 the first year and has more than doubled since. A fourth oi | this figure is made up of widows earning a good living and educating l their children. MT. Page takes an ac. | tive interest in the town schools and sees that they are kept at creditablt | standard. The boys and girls at the Home are given their choice of a profession and chance for a training when they fin. ish the grade sch hools. There will be doctors, dentists, nurses, stenographers and teachers trained from here. When the girls marry they are given the same outfitting that any girl would re ceive and pretty wedding at the Home.