The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-28
WILLARD HOME IN
NEED OF $4,000
Saturday Is Tag Day for
Institution Depending
Upon Gratuities
WOULD ADD NEW UNIT
Quarters Are Not Adequate
for Demands Now Made
Upon Institution

From % tort " ono roou vI.hoa.
q ron. 1ud lu which eight peopu
slept ana ate and uycd ana vhc..
no ono cared what became of Ih,
"h'g fellow 10 bcauIfl hom,
with ,h"crv living ana dining room.
ana largo airy bedrooms. vucr,
tn,' was n,E.b..t'td I,a,..
mother to care and tu teach LrI
u"v 10 u,r was tine experience ol
ono fiG in paruruia. az 'hc France
D.. Willard homo ul Ilvh'h 1.pr
ana quincy avenue and very wu,h
lt" me experiences of u dozen
u.hor girls there.
Tho Frances willard home WHICH
Was established by ib, N G. o. o.
~ TYlsH a littc l,sa Than four yoar.
1gu, has hdd ntduf improvements
md now has 60 giris loo luo home
Misc Coiinno taNcr. q Nclhouls.
doaconess was thu fH supcriu-
'rudcnt ~ the homo Tho prraruJ
rupcrintcudeut MrH " T.. wilson
has been there tWn yodIH
Ihis is truly a''oU homo tor girIs
80 home whore rir's can learn to
IiNo..to be surrounded with lh"
necessary environments Io bccomr
vhoIcsumc. refined vomany Wu.
men, tp learn how io ,ooh and to-
SOW, aud receive vocational training
~ they may SO pul INTO tho Worlu
and make honest liyiugs Nh is tho
Frances Willard homr
Great Change ia Girls
Tho change tina ukCs place in
mo girls after they have been Doe
he home q few months Ia marvellous
The most ot them are brought thrrc
hy officers from the lluhlcst ot
hoy"ls iu HE slums of Tulsa. from
places whore their fathers aud
mothers are living in tn. Whh
dirty races. matted hair. nud clothcd
in hgs, having the appearance Of
llule wild animals, these girls are
brought to the homo and for the
nrsi time IN thrir lives get - bath.
have thcir hair combcd. and sIccp
with their windows open,
Mrs Wilson says 10 ~ hard to lac
licN, that thtrc nrc pcrapn~ LIVING
who are afraid Of water. bul she
has To work hard 60 goj some ~ the
girls 10 bathc. wash thcir tcc,h. aud
sleep with their windows open pa
ticnty and tcndcrly Mrs Wisor
teaches them aud lcuds them ana
although some OF them never learn
much because ~ hcrodlty the ma
jorlty of the girls como from the
home after u YEAR or more oi train
ing INTO iho city and occupy good,
rcspouslblo positions At hish
salaries.
Arts and sclcncc- Taught.
Mrp Wilson teaches domestic art
and domestic science, The girla
make an OF their own Clothes aud
they take turns IN DONG Tho cook
Ing and G'sh washing. They do
their own laundry work, with the
exception Of the flat work, which
has hccu done free ~ charge bN
he Right Way laundry for the past
tour wears.
\ school room is locatcd in the
homo aud all grades, up 10 The sev.
cnth arc taught, Mlw EQic shell is
the teacher. Shc H. u teacher IN tho
Lougfellow school, whore she teaches
mornings. she teaches In the homc
i'm the afternoons Mlss shell alSo
lives iu the homo aud assists Ia the
management there. Two of the girls
arc sophomurcs In high school. and
one h. Ia tho seventh grade at the
l.ongtcllow school
Airs, G. T.. StruuVcllc. u musician
of Tulsa, goes 10 the homo twice a
week and gives the giria piano los.
sons. giving her 'crviccs to the homc.
Mise Gertrude Ncat, a piano teacher
pf tho city, also gives her services to
Tho home.
Tho homo has four large bed
rooms on the second floor. one cou-
tains - ainglc hcdR and has ten
windows which hrc opened 80 the
top every night Tho school girls
live IN there, Another room with
three ainglc beds IL for the high
school girls, ana another with four
beds rs for the small children. \
room with three beds IN It N used
for delinquent girls.
Need Enlarged Quarters,
Tho Frances willard homo board
Is making arrangements for 4 tag
llay SATURDAY, Aprjl 30, to raire
money "a build another unit for the
home. It has been found that Il is
uot wise TO keep the delinquent and
homeless girls in he same huildirr,
Plans are being made for th new
amt, which viii he bu3t B, cost !ot
$500, and in which he homeless
girls may live.
The purpose OF Tho tag dav Satur-
'Jal ~ tu raise $4,000, $500 OF this
viii bc used for the running Expenses
uf the homo, aud the rc'aalGlug
$500 for the now home \ rrcs-
emit the homo is being run uu SlUU
% month, of which $2OO comes IN
every month from private subscrip.