The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-27

ankle deep on the floor. No chairs,
knives or forks or window screens
were provided until September The
children were rebclllous and ran
away a, every opportunity. They JUS,
flew out the windows like birds We
had 10 do something TO restrain
them
Then she declared hat slc ,Nackle
and straight Jacket treatment was
suggested to her by the board OF
management
IL do not believe in corporal pun.
ishment or hl ting the girls" she
said. II sat up one night in M Of
lice adjoining the hall where those
eight girls were tied together, and
during the time was watching them,
four otl ets made their escape. We
60, two of them later. One is now
imprisoned IN government Stockade.
What would you, as mother,
have done when those girls were
jumping out the second story win.
dows2 Every morning expected 10
find the dead body OF some girl out
side one OF the windows. Even the
little tots jumped down. Something
had TO be done to restrain them
and there were no screens
Closet room is still at a premium.
\ bullt.in makeShiit in the interior
layatory OF the Supcrintcndents pri-
ya,e apartment, IS the only linen
closet Piled high TO ceiling and
packed on floors, lie the girls per
sonal belongings In the bosoms OF
plain blue chambray glnghamS, their
only outfits, are Secreted IN. remnants
OF combs, tiny pieces OF toilet soap,
scraps OF paper. possibly the only link
between them and the outside world,
constitute the chldrcn's personal be
loneingS Or, perhaps tiny box,
pitiiul in sire. borne under the arm,
day after day holds a blurred moth
er's photograph, bit OF faded RIB
bon, a toothleSs comb and broken
ring. and is damp from the tears OF
the bearer.
Have you noticed these little girls
carrying boxes" asked Mrs Bolton
That is the only way they have OF
hanging on to their personal effects
Stealing is common. They all steal
from one another Some time age
the state issued a comb and cake OF
toilet soap 10 each girl. Soon the
teeth were Knocked out, the toilet soap
worn away Then bold inmates began
stealing from the timd Now they
even arise III the night and creep tc
the bedside OF others and steal their
tiny belongings from under their pill
lows We can DO nothing. We have
no lockers, no room 70 keep their
things"
Sin little girl, ranging in ages iron
9 to II years. bore SIX battered dolls
to and fro all day yesterday. They
sat tightly hudllcd together IN a
school room, swapping fairy tales o.
their doll kingdom a fey scraps o.
blue chambray, the only color in thu
institution. formed the materials fol
the sewing circle
I'VE got these dolls on the Christ
mas tree" said one.
Miss Flahcrty later said she ownet
the piano. She had purchased it will
her own funds, as the institution hell
nothing TO cheer the uniortunates Th
piano is going all the time Girl
seasoned IN all the immortality imag
Unable have instructed their little sis
tcrs in dancing Not all the girls see
this diversion. but all have to sit in tn
one room with the piano during tn
recreation honr Some read, other
sit with heads bowed Tears strean
when the pianist plays Break tn
News to Mo,her," "or The Most Won
derful Mother in the World"
"Oh, on, mother don't know wher
| am" said a new inmate yesterday
1T would kill her, know wis
they wouldn't play those sad song
They make me cry and she sobbe
aloud.
Chimney Too Small.
| Down IN the kitchen the mammo,