The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-02

. letter have received FROM tho
women mjl Mr. Ford They
/ thank mo for my help BOO Tho matter
and tDu mc they have been enabled
. to have better homes They are given
. 70 chance go live. no speak iu business
! terms there have boon dividends OF
/ 100 per cent Zoo family health and
. happiness.
~ mover visit tho families or my
. husbands employees They are his
partners ln every sense Of the word
and vr do not want them 10 fcel or
/ fancy the slightest hint uf patrons
age. I would not visit their homes
unless WIS invited
Another and lesser reason ls that
] ana very busy vita other work that
ruuIrcs uy personal presence and Of
f"rl 1m ON Ubolrd of managers
off r. working girls hotel ana I am
deeply interested iu home tor
Younger girls little first offenders
who IIyu appeared Cor the first time
.u uhIIIrrna court also do per-
/ wual visiting among the needy Of our
,.ty."
Do This connection 10 is well known
/ hero That Nua Ford is ono OF The
/ most ardent of workers TOR social
reforms Shr Sos personal visitor at
+ the rilN's detention homes and often
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/ house of correction. and ahU De- rou-
. sautlN In consultation with women
/ police WuukrrH She also employs n
. number uf agents who investigate
/ charity oasos for h0r ana make re-
/ ports ON which she acts Some she
| Visits personally others her agents
arc instructed Le care Tor. Mrs Ford
/ ig also constantly IN consultation
| with charity organizations.
\ short distance beyond tho Ford
estate is Dearborn Valley farm,
which Mrs. Ford owns and operates
/ I'm conjunction with tho Dunbar
/ Memorial hospital IN Detroit. tho OBJ
| feet of which ls welfare work for
/ ronvalcscinE patients. While 70 IL 1T
| Tic known, n has become one OF tho
| most important links in the welfare
| chain which ls gradually being
/ woven about the city Many girls are
] 'cnt thoro ana they all leave thank-
| ing their benofactrcas for the help
/ thov have been given,
Mrs Ford's attitude on tho ques-
/ tion pr crrlng young girls Is that thoy
/ should he given all tho help possible
/ TO return tn normal way ~ living.
/ The two months training ~ her farm
/ in hygiene needed parental care aud
| household care often, II Is said alter
/ a girls entire attitude toward life.
/ Exports only nrc employed there.
Some uf Her GIFTS.
Nra Ford ls an ardent supporter
/ OF the family garden and has organ
lzod at least one club for this pur~
pose. She herself has raised many
flowers on the Dearborn estate. She
IN also musician. and concert
plano adorns hor living room, while
I'm the library Is pipe organ. The
library " stacked with hooks.
Among her gifts Is q public library
site 10 Dearborn. Sho built and gave
10 the Episcopal church there q large
rpctorv. She gave $4,000 recently
toward n home FOR wHywnrd girls IN
Detroit. which has been named after
| Blshop Williams OF the Episcopal
/ diocese. This home IL used IN caring
| for girls who have been arrested but
| are known rs "flrst offenders" and
who police matrons say. should not
| he lncarcoratod with tho hardened
prisoners az tho women's detention
house.
Mrs FORD ls well read and has
travelled much. She has visited near
ly cvcry country In the world. But
the Fords own no homo outside Of
Wayne county. Michigan, with the
exception or Il small place I'm Florida.
During tho world war Mrs Ford
/ hNNNAlltu anu lhllANlllh anu IlhAN~
taincd "a home for Belgian refugees
IN England and taught them how TO
care Tor thmeselvoH. The homo was
used only temporarily for these
youngsters. A. they wero adopted In
TO other families, and constant flow
was maintained throughout the eu-
tire war period. Al the end ot the
war the place was closed and the
| furniture sold, the proceeds going 10
"A Belgian relief society
Short Courtshlp.
Mrs. Ford likes to remember the
| days when she and hor husband
/ were poor and Henry tried farming
/ to make a living.
when asked n no gives her credit
| for his success she smiles and says
Yes" and her mind goes back TO
/ the days when they lived In Green
field; but she denies they were ever
really poor" She says that Mr
| Ford was the son OF u woll-to-do
/ farmer uud was given considerable
land 10 start married life with,
She denies that theirs was "a case
OF love at first sight" ana SAYS IT
was keen interest that soon develr
opCd into more romantic sentiment
We became engaged after H short
c0urtshlp, but the engagement was
not long ono. We we're married
. when Dc was twcntv-thrgo and
. twenty ] IUmombor when we had
been married twenty-five years we
. thought of celebrating tho gnulscr-
gurv but wn decided just 20 take y
/ llltlo trip by ourselves We moiorcd
OUT to our farm just by ourselves,
. tor guirt honeymoon uftor quar-
. tor OF a. century of married liie.'
Mira Ford ls believer iu the great
outdoors and delights lu walking or
motoring. but she has only one real
passion In NE, ana that Is for her
snn, Edsol Ford, who lives nearly
fifteen miles away in Crosse Point.
She also, OF course, adores his two
babies--thc eldest named Henry and
the second named Edsel.
"All wives" said Mrs. Ford.
should encourage their husbands.
Never be dampcr upon their busi-
ness spirits or handicap in their
race for success but urge them on
hy appreciation
Partner la Business.
II Is said that Mrs. Ford owns out
right a one-third interest ia her hus-
bands factories the world over, and