The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-02-26

Hefty at Stowe Cottage. Fifteen
girls received three hours instruc-
ton in each of the four classes, in
stead of each cottage giving this IN
struction, as heretofore. Sewing ma
chimes, dress forms, sewing tables,
and we'll supplied stock room make
up the main parts of the equipment
for this department, and the girls are
taught to do both machine and hand
sewing.
Originally the girls wore a bunga-
low apron type of dress on the school
grounds but this has been dispensed
with and now girl may select any
style she desires or may even design
her own dress as long as it is in good
taste. A varied selection of materi-
ais are carried in the stock room,
among these being certain patterns
designated as "Going-Out Material
which is never used for dresses co be
/ worn on the grounds but from which
dresses are made which the girls wear
when they are released from The IN
stitution. Ratines, serges, and toile
du nords are among the fabrics used
for "Going-Out" frocks.
r.
Last year each cottage canned its
own fruits and vegetables, Stowe
Cottage, leading with over one thous-
and quarts, many putting up eight
and nine hundred quarts and no cot
tage less than six hundred. Stowe
cottage also is particularly active in
the musical line, having ten piece
orchestra made up of the following
instruments: piano, cornet, from
bone, two violins, banjo, ukelele:
blow accordian, saxophone, and
drums. This orchestra is the means
of much enjoyment; short time ag'
Stowe cottage invited Alcott cottage
officers, and girls, over for an eve
ning's entertainment and the orches'
ira played for a dance.
Every girl at the institution does
her own washing and ironing ane
takes care of her own room beside:
doing her regular cottage detail anc
must be finished and ready for schoo
by 900 a. m. School sessions leave
off at 1900 and do not begin agar
J until 200 p. M, so that the girls car
do their work at the cottages.
Each girl has separate room, fur
nished with a single bed, chiffoiner
, and chair. New white shades, white
scrim curtains, mirrors and rugs hav'
recently been supplied for every room
and every bed in the institution ha
) white bed spread.
At Fairview cottage Number On
f is used as nursery. Here babe
, from a month to three years old ar
, taken care of by six girls who ar
r taking nursemaid training under tn
: instructions of trained nurse. Cot
: tage Two does all of the laundr
J, work; Cottage Three, cooking TO
: the Fairview unit, Cottage Four, tn
: baking and sewing; and Cottage Fiv
r is used for school purposes.
A new addition to the hospits
> building has just been completed an
, moved into. Two new wings hav
+ been added so that the building
, now in the shape of a letter "H
The east wing will be used for be
patients. Mothers and babies will b
q taken care of in this wing since tn
d nursery and the head nurses roor
+ are in this end of the building, a
are also the rooms for the two girl
taking instruction as nurse maids
: At the south end of this wing is
e large salarium or sun porch. At tn
h north end of this same wing are tn
e offices, waiting rooms and stoc
: rooms of the dentist, and the eye
a ear, nose and throat specialist!
S one set of offices on each side of tn
o hall.
/ DR.. Bernadine Dolan is the DENTS
: and spends every other month at tn
g school here. The rest of the time sh
f is at the Owatonna State institution
l. DIR. Harold Goss, eye, ear, nose an
f throat specialist, of Minneapolis
e makes visits to the institution at res
: ular intervals. Since starting tn
v kind of medical attention it has bee
: found that the work done by the CIR
y in school has been greatly improve
II as many of them were suffering frol
e eye trouble and others from impaire
n hearing.
d Upon admission to the school ever
d girl is given thorough medical inspe'
d ton. The old part Of the building
used for newly admitted girls. I'll
west wing is one large sun porch
g Miss Johanna Dayle is the nurse
charge of the hospital.
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u After being released from the he
81 pital all girls are first assigned
% Cottage Number Fourteen whel
= Mrs. Olson is in charge. They must a
=, tain a certain grade in cottage wol
- II before they are allowed to after
e school, and are than assigned
" other cottages. Twenty girls al
: housed in Cottage Fourteen at pre-
ent. An idea of what these girls a
complish can be gained from the ia
u that they faced 80 Turkish towe
u with tape, washed the beauty parl'
q linen, and the hospital linen, bake
$ twenty loaves of bread, made OF
n princess slip, painted fifteen chair
= and got their outdoor exercise by ha
ing a hilarious time out in the sno
for forty-fve minutes. All this w
r accomplished between the hours
W 900 to 1900, and 200 and 600
% The regular work of getting mea
L and cleaning the cottage is dol
q, at other hours. The time after su
Z per is devoted to various forr
" of enjoyment. Cottage Fourteen h
n been the Banner" cottage for Il
v, past two months and the hospital d
S "Honor" cottage. These awards a
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