The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-01
CORNISH HOME
SAME YEAR AGO
PRESENT CONDITION NOT TEN
PORARY RESULT OF PRESS
OF OUTSIDE WORK.
ANOTHER STATEMENT
Mrs. Paul Moehmann Of Ardmore Wis.
tied the Home About Year Ago aho
Found Conditions as They No" Are
Described.

With the intent to show that the
present condition at the Cornish Or
nhars Home is not the temporary r''
suit Of farm, gardening and other out
side work but that the uncleanly con
diuous of the children and other e|I-
dcuces of their neglect have for a year
or more. been, perhaps, the rule rlin-
or than the exception, The Arimor'
tie today prints another statement
obout the home Mrs. Paul Moehl
mann. % II b street southwest some.
thing like a year ago, went to the
Cornish home with the intention OF
adopting a baby. Mrs Moehlmann in
sists that she found conditions just
the same as they were noted by Mrs.
julius Kahn and Miss Daisy Nichols
who went to the institution Thursday
at the request OF w 5. Wolyerton,
chairman of the board Of directors,
and investigated its condition.
Mrs Moehmann would welcome
tbe opportunity to minister to these
unfortunate children. She says she
would feel it her duty and that 1t
would give her great pleasure TO Vlslt
the home and try to supply with the
aid of a host Of other women oi Ard
more the motherly influence now lack
ing.
The Ardmoreite submits that the
home, If it is to depend upon the peo-
ple of Ardmore, largely, for support,
should be located in this city, or at
least so near It that It would be pos,
sible for those willing women to ald
Mr.. Harris in Ms supervision.
Mr.. Harris requested the Ardmore-
ite TO print a communication from him
regarding the homes aims and its ac-
complishments. This The Ardmoreite
gladly does. As stated before, this
paper has no quarrel with the aims
intentions or rules of the institution;
IL will praise highly its accomplish
ments but It is insistent in the con
tention that at present there is not
competent management
The statement of Mrs. Moehlmann
follows:
after reading the several state
ments made in Thursdays paper rela'
tive to conditions at the Orphans
Home at Cornish, wish to say that
upon my visit to that place something
more than a year ago, conditions were
Just such as were stated by both Mrs
Kahn and Miss Daisy Nichols. ! went
there for the purpose of adopting a
child. and was desirous of securing
one there, inasmuch as Ardmore mad
contributed so literally to the home
Upon reaching the place ! found the
house in q dreadful state of unclean
liness. | do not mean the house wac
topsy-Wryy, as all homes are at times
but / mean that there was dirt, whlcl
had accumulated, apparently for years
The yard was dirty and the children
were am poorly clothed afflicted Will
sore eyes and weak irail and sickl
looking. with The exception OF one
child. whom ! said ] would consider
taking. She was clean looked To "a.
I'm "a healthy condition, had ribbons OF
her hair. and seemed To- have been wei
cared for but was told by the woman
I'm charge that this child was her own
/ suppose everyone On draw from tln
the same conclusion that ! did, that
Judging from this child's condition
the wourTn had proven that she coull
care for children. She had been pu
there to care for all the children, bu
through neglect, none but her owl
child had received attention.
since ! did not go there for th'
purpose of investigating the home,
did not go through the house, hu
from casual observation saw enough
to make me shudder at the fate o
these small children, without mothe
or father, without home or love. ON
baby seventeen months old, trying 4
learn TO walk, was wearing dres
that would have been suitable for
child ten years old. The little tot wa
pallid. and while do not know of foo
conditions. none of the children locke
as though they received good, Who'll,
some food.
81 have since adopted a child fror
an orphans home In Oklahoma city
and In this home found condition
very different. and believe, and woul
heartily recommend, that II the HON
is continued that It should be brough
TO Ardmore, where those who are il
terested and would see to the manag,
ment of the home could have bette
access to H. |, for one. am intcreste
in the welfare Of these unfortunat
children. would consider It my dut
and pleasure to minister TO them an
sincerely hope that the home will b
brought closer TO Ardmore In ord,
that The good people here may tab
an active interest IN its purpose