The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-20
Tulsa COunfyS
Old Folk Home
Best in State

BE it over sn humble. there's mo-
place like homo.
out on tho urpRru Arrow road
thcrc is % long. low lying brick
building that u.s. home tu more than
thirty people who are EuIuE down
their HES niu toward tnu euusct.
within ita wallis lv UI tnlt is leU
uf thoir tialm ON the world and 800
happiness. over 30 preside. u NuW.
au who cmbudlcs fur tncu howo-
iolksHehc be- AN the Nth aud Nu
they have. ThW Boz Mrs Elizabeth
llundloy superintendent OF the Tulsa
county homo.
Tho other evening fhr sfuod near
the dining room door aa the old poo.
pie were goinE iu to their Wup,r
with love shining in their faded
eyes, old ladies touched her CHroS.
ingly AZ they passed and a few of
them clipped fragile old arms about
her. Tho men spoke tp her warmly
Mrs lIundlcy as shU explained iu
answer 10 comment made upun JhIH
demonstration % affection tries
above all things else TO- make OF tho
county farm "a real hume.-tu create
thCro an atmosphere ~ homo for
those old folks Who have gathered
there BY reason of grim necessity
There Is none OF the stark barren
ness aud gloom cut There that dis
tingpsh many places of It's Kind.
In'tho first place, the fundamental
iucR OF the architecture ut the
building is comfort and convenience.
There iH only one story. The build
Ing is spread out over a good deal
nf ground in order that the inmates
may be spared the necessity OF
climbing stairs A courtyard 10 en-
closed ON three sideg by wings Of the
building and tho verandh A on a
level with II. Anyone confined Go "A
wheel chair may roll his or her
chair from the vcranda into the yard
without hclp. Tho view beyond Ia
Of low hills mlsted by distRnce and
purple woudS
The rooms arc as simple and ~
hum"iikr as 10 IN possible to mako
them There ~ running water, o.cc-
uric lights "A laundry everything
that makes for comfort ana Cuuven-
icncc. Mrs. llundley has the assist -
ancc IN running the place of cook,
a nurse and "a JHnitur. Win "A ca
/ racIty OF 80 people, there arc az
present 30 there; 70 Of these are
women. the rest, mon,
Tho place les run on an average
cost OF S61B per capita. Three
meals a day are served -brcaktaA
dinner and supper with dinner the
big meal TNon the old folks have
meat two vegetables, fruit, two
/ Kinds Of bread, coffee and milk
/ There are no two meals oXactiy the
same. ". ID. Matthews. state com
missioner OF corrections and chart
ties. made the statement after he
had visited the Tulsa county home
that in his estimation II was the best
managed institution Of its kind n
the state.
There are doubtless many TulH,
people who would Ike 10 see TIM
home and to go through II. 4 few
people saw II while II was In M
process OF construction, before II wa
opened and its inmates established
July 81. In order that everyone
may have the opportunity Ia do this
Mrs. Huudlcy IL going 10 keep opei
house Thanksgiving afternoon, and
. thereafter every sunday and
/ Wednesday afternoon of each week
Tho homo IN eight miles out on tho
Broken Arrow road and those vino
have not cars can go out ON tho
white buses Btarting from Third and
Boulder,
/ A home for negroes that viii ac-
comodato about twenty-five people
/ win be opened about Thhnk ksgivinE,
| This building II little distance fium
the main one and viii be run In con
junction with the big establish mcnt
Presided over by a negro Whtr"ni II
will accommodate about twenty-five
negroes. A blind woman and a
paralytiC have already applied for
plsces there. among uthcrs. Food
will he cooked ia the main kitchen
for both homes and sent over 10 The
negro homo,