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

range is only half in use The
chimney is too small. When dinner
is cooked, one side and one oven is
only in use. Smoke poufs on, and half
Smothers the cooks, The girls have
become proficient in cooking They
bake their bread, cake and pie and
cook ali the meals, They run the
engine for the waterworks system,
stoke the coal for the steam heating
plant. drive all nails Snd screws for
ordinary repairs and drive the state
motor truck into the city for every
morSel OF food
NO we cannot get delivery here,
No one will come out. During the
blizzard near the holidays" said Miss
Flaherty, "our motor truck was stuck
in the mud down in the gully We had
made trip to town for canned food,
bologna and other cooked foods, for
our water system was out OF order.
We could not cook for three days.
When the water system was running
again the truck was stuck and we were
forced to kill our turkeys for emer-
geney food"
Two turkey; escaped ihe suillo,ne.
Twenty hens. q pen OF rabbits and one
tiny pig comprise the state industrial
school farm" One egg was laid yes,
,erday and the event made it day
OF rejoicing. Permission was given
to the hens owner, for they are all
private property, TO gather grass IN
the gully outside the s,ockade. a
truSty opened the gate. the children
gathered dried grass for hens nest
and the first "instalment" OF poultry
raising begun.
"Dlshwa'hIng has caused more run
aways," said Miss Flahcrty, than any
other thing. We are forced to dump
our sewerage far down the lane near
the gully During the short days,
supper dIShwaShers were forced Ia
make this trip after dark They
dumped the dishwater, put down their
tubs and climbed the barbed wire
fence. When they did not return we
instituted search"
A bit OF blue ohambry on the sharp
barbs gave the clue Yesterday bit
OF blue chambray on the fence was
reported by a truS,y. A search was
in progress during the afternoon. II
was not officially announced, how
ever. that all inmate had escaped.
New inmates are closely guarded
TRUSTEES afe always near at hand
They learn to study human nature
They learn to know the far.away look
IN the eye, the startled outcry when
suddenly approached
What are you thinking of" is their
usual query 4 sudden start, flam-
ing cheek-iright-and the watch /,
doubled.
No Sunday Services.
4 senator asked some OF the in
mates yesterday whether they hat
Sunday services.
"Oh, we sing 'Dixieland' or 'Ol,
Black Joe, and a girl reads a chapte
in the Bible" said she
Miss Flaherty said II was impoS
SIble TO get minister OF any denom
nation to give free service They vii
not come out here" she said.
Yesterday, with a continual s,rear
of visitors and officials and watr
trouble, no service was held at al
| Girls danced, washed their dirt
clothing, wandered abou, the grounds
played voley ball or read quietly.
was not Sabbath day, so lar as on
could see.
Three employees are caring for al
needs, Miss WlnnI'red Flaher,y
Mrs A. II Oldham and Mrs n
Bolton They assert tina, employe
refuse to stay. The salary for teach
ers is $50 a month, says Miss Fla
her,y Mrs. Oldham, whose husban
is in France in the service Of III
| Knights OF Columbus, was formerl
county superintendent OF schools G
| Canadian county. Mrs II. Bol,or