The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-20
OPEN LETTER TELLS
Of MANAGEMENT OF
CONFEDERATE HOME
(Communicated.)

Confederate Home, Ardmore, Aug. 10.
In order that the many Ardmoreite
readers, both in Ardmore and other
communities, who feel friendly toward
the Oklahoma Confederate Home, may
have a proper conception of the great
work accomplished by the state, through
this institution for the Boys and Girls
Of the Sixties" who are now cared for
the home, which is under the man
igement of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Box,
as superintendent and matron. respect
vely, l am addressing this letter to the
general public.
With this brief preface / will, in my
own way, attempt to sketch some of
the most important points of the work
being done. To go into elaborate detail
and dwell upon all the minor parts,
would not only take too much space.
out would tax the patience of the read
ers of this estimable and loyal-to Okla
homa newspaper.
As is known to all readers of the
daily Oklahoma papers, the home is di-
yided into two separate and distinct de-
Dartments-the hospital. of which, in a
former article. I submitted a brief his,
tory and description, and the home
proper.
In the two departments, jointly, there
are now over one hundred inmates. In
the home proper, of which this letter
treats, there are SO survivors of the
cause of the southland. These are most
comfortably situated, domicled in nice,
clean, well ventilated room4 These
rooms are kept in absolutely sanitary
condition through the tireless efforts Of
Mrs. Laura Graves and her assistants,
who give the rooms their personal at
tention and care each day.
OF course many of the inmates are
able to, and through pride do keep their
own rooms neat and tidy at all times.
The rooms, the lavatory, the stairways
and the halls are swept and busted
daily in an effort to keep everything
sanitary and healthful
Another great item to be considered,
and which is carefully attended to, is
to keep the inmates from ever feeling
the remotest pangs of hunger Mr..
Box attends to this duty, and in this
himself equal to the occasion. He
makes daily trips to the downtown
markets. and takes particular pains to
see to it that nothing is left out of
the days menu which may appeal to
and satisfy the appetites of the inmates,
who deserve and get the very best OF
everything in the food line.
The provisions, whenever he can OBJ
tain that kind, are such that can be
stored in the store rooms from which
they are drawn and used by Mrs. Efrie
Faulkner, assistant cook. who upon
orders from Mrs. Laura Bridges, head
cook, carries to the kitchen such as is
needed for the meals. And I might
remark right here, that It is wonderfully
remarkable and remarkably wonderful
to note the precision with which the
large quantities of foodstuffs are issued
for so many with SO small a percentage
of waste. 1t IS also most surprising to
note the short time required by these
two ladies' to prepare and serve the
meals for the IS hungry veterans. So
quietly do these ladies pursue their avo-
cation that one unacquainted with them
and their mode Of procedure. would
think that they were each both deaf
and dumb.
And then the manner in which the
meals are served deserves particular
words of praise and commendation for
the young ladies who accomplish this
important feat. These young ladies',
Miss Allie Faulkner and Miss Ruth
Sharp, deserve and get the greatest
credit for the. attentive manner in
which they wait upon the old people
when they assemble about the table
three times daily.
1t would not be amiss to state here
that the matron and Mrs. Maude Hol-
man have had $50 half gallon Jars OF
fruit canned this season and stored
away for use. Mrs. Holman, through
her winning ways, enlisted the help OF
the old men who willingly stayed with
her through the fruit campaign and
now they are looking forward to the
time when the jars of appetizing fruits
will be opened for their gastronomic
pleasure.
In closing I desire to say that 1t is
my honest opinion that the executives
of the Confederate Home might have
sought over the entire state of Oklaho-
ma, without finding two persons who
could try harder to please, and at the
same time discharge their duties, than
Mr. and Mrs. Box. 1t is true that they
have made mistakes, as who among
us have not, but the balance sheet to-
tails heavily in their favor.
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