The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-14
LAKE co.
HELPS WITH
ITS SUPPORT
Children Appear HaIf-Starved
and Have No Ambition
For Play.
(RuLLErIN.)

CAoWN POINT, Ind, JAW 49,
coFo1ng to the June report OF n. ssem-
" commissioners there are 81 chf1drsr
from Lake county at this home. TIRE,
are not all orphans, however. son,a 80
tnem being dennqpents The CONNIE
Comnts ssioners viii tnvesttra+s +bor
ousnly the charges that have been n,a6e
That indescribable conditions ~
ist at the Julia Work home. To-
Gated near Plymouth, where Lake
county is paying for the care of a
number of orphaned children from
o'nerent parts of the county is al
legged IN shocking revelation made
by Jasper county officials.
W. Ward of Hammond. Who r..
Gently removed his grandson from the
nome says that guardians Of children
there ought to be warned of the t-ea+
ment given the unfortunate boys ana
girls.
OFFICIALS VISIT HOME.
Sheriff Woodwork of JASPER county
brought to Rensselaer, a story ~ 80
visit to the Work home in company with
County Probation Officer Sands.
Upon arrival at the home they found
Mrs. Work absent and the home ~
charge of female attendants. They ask
ed 10 be shown the home and were cer-
talnly shocked at the conditions they
found there. which much resemhIe,i
some of the conditions found in the
tales of Charles Dickens Upon their
request to see the inmates they were
taken 10 large room where the bows
were located.
LOOKED HUNGRY AND EMACYArrD.
II was almost the noon hour. but The
boys were still locked in They were
sitting in chairs and seemed TO have
lost all ambition. They looked ernacfa+-
ed. pale. and appeared half-starved and
when the boys from Jsper county were
called by name they did not seem ~
have enough strength to arise and kept
their seats
NO AMBITION TO PLAY.
When the attendant was asked If thev
were kept in all the time she said that
they were allowed TO exercise on The
play ground and before dinner thew were
released and allowed on the play ground
for not 70 exceed twenty minutes. but
not more than two or three OF the bows
had ambition enough 70 try to play. IL
reply to a question. the attendant said
that there was no drinking water On
the grounds for the boys but that at
certain hours they could procure water
inside the building
FOOD SKILLED BADLY
They visited the kitchen, where din
ner was being prepared and one look at
he haf-
was enough TO make the visitors sick at
the stomach Some kim of ilI-lookinE
and iN-smelling soup was being prepar-
ed and this, with some dry bread, con-
stituted the dinner Of the inmates IT
can only be imagined what the break
fasts and suppers consist Of. There are
over ninety boys in the school and =
number of girls and the mess that was
being prepared for dinner was not suf-
fieient to sustain life. even II it had been
palatable. for half rhe number Of in
mates found in the home
BEDROOMS BADLY VENTILATED.
The sleeping quarters were over
crowded and badly ventilated and un-
helthy.
When the visitors attempted 10 ques-
tion the boys they would not answer.
evidently being afraid Of the conse-
quences If they complained Of their
treatment at the home.
Upon their return to Plymouth the
visitors made INJURIES and no one was
found to speak a good word for the
school
COUNTIES PAY FOR BOARD.
The Julia Work home is supposed 10
be a home for orphans and for those
whose home surroundings are such as
ported by the state to some extent. the
counties paying from fifty to sixty
cents per day board for each child sent
there depending on their ages. Jasper
county at present has three children
there and pays $50 per day for their
care If the proprietor of this institu-
ton can keep the children alive for
few cents day. the difference between
fifty or sixty cents a day for each child
and the amount spent 70 maintain life.
is her profit.
Mr.. Sands is intending to call the at
tention of the authorities to the condi-
tions found there in hopes that some
way can be found to stamp out this hell
hole which is a disgrace to the state Of
Indiana If there is no other way 70
get the boys from Jasper county releas-
cad or transferred to some other institu-
ton the county commissions should re-
fuse to pay the home for the support
of the boys from here, which would
probably result in their being discharg-
ed. The matter viii! be called 10 the
attention of Judge Hanley, who commit
ted the boys from Jasper TO the home.
says the Rensselaer, Republican.
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