The Sunday Oregonian., October 21, 1906, PART FOUR, Page 52, Image 52

THE SUNDAY OREGXXIA PORTLAND, OCTOBER 21, 1906-
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Work of Florence Crittenton Home
FUNDS NEEDED TO COMPLETE NEW BUILD
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THE MANAGERS of the Florence
Crittenton Home have been com
pelled to appeal to their friends
and to the public generally for money
to enable tbem to finish the building at
Bast Thirty-first and Gllsan streets, be
gun come months ago. That a new home
is urgently needed Is amply proven by
the conditions which have existed during
the past Summer. So unsanitary and so
badly ventilated is the building used at
present mat. by tne advice or tne at
tending physicians, the many ailing
babies of the home were housed in a
tent for better ventilation. Only when
cooler weather arrived were they again
taken Indoors, already much benefited by
the superior conditions under which they
had spent the Summer.
Something of the effect which the un
healthy condition of the home has on Its
occupants can be guessed from the fact
that early in the Summer there were 20
cases of measles. Later IS out of 23
babies in the home were 111 with Summer
complaint.
A temporary remedy for this condition
of affairs was found in the tent life. But
tent life, with children, Is not possible
the year around And the managers of
the home point out, what they had long
since reailzed, that new quarters are im
perative. Work Under Difficulties.
To do what he or she could under the
circumstances, each person connected
with the institution has lent untiring ef
fort. While continually urging the ne
cessity of other quarters, the physicians
on the staff have given unremitting care
and efficient service. The matron. Miss
Mary L. Mullen, even went so far as to
give up her room to provide more space.
Since early in the Summer she has been
living in a tent. So untiring have been
her . efforts that she has almost suc
cumbed to nervous prostration. The
nurse, too. Miss Elba Griffith, is just re
covering from an illness. Every one does
what he or she can. but each feels that
a new home should be completed at
once.
The present crowded condition of the
home render all classes of its work un
satisfactory. The average number of girls
in the home the past two years has been
from 1U to 24. and the number of babies
from in to 23 The Increase In applica
tions this year has more than taxed the
capacity of the institution. Many of
these girls are destitute, and without any
training or knowledge to enable them to
be self-supporting. Others are feeble
minded and require constant protection.
Under proper conditions these could be
taught household crafts that would en
able them to help pay for their care. In
the present cramped quarters, however,
there are no facilities for properly teach
ing these girls who are able to assist in
household duties such branches of work
as would enable them to help the home
and to take care of themselves after leav
ing its protection
Under the first contract the basement
has been completed, the building inclosed,
with doors and windows In and the
porches finished. The structure is ready
for the plumbing contract. There still
remains $2500 unpaid on the first con
tract. A determined effort Is being made
to raise this amount, to make the final
payment, and to let the second contract
as soon as possible, since the need of
finishing this building is imperative.
What Homes Do.
There are now 6-4 Florence Crittenton
Homes In this country and a number in
foreign countries, besides hundfeds of cir
cles which do this work through their
tats for the National Home The na
ture of the work Is well understood in
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USS MILLEN MATRON, WITH OXK OF HOME'S BAB EES.
Oregon, and it has grown so rapidly the
past year that there can be no doubt of
the great good being accomplished through
its medium.
Determine to Build.
Keenly realizing the needs of this work,
and the impossibility of accomplishing
satisfactory results in the present en
vironment, the board of managers decided
to erect a building that would meet the
requirements. It was estimated the cost
of such a building would be from S17.000
to $20,000. The managers determined not
L to borrow money, but to build by separate
contracts, and to pay for each part of the
work as it was completed.
The first requirement of all Crittenton
homes is that all girls requesting admis
sion must consent to remain In the home
six months. As a result of this rule, their
affections are enlisted in the new condi
tion Into which they have entered; a
moral influence Is established, and they
are kept from straying into vicious ways.
The 13 marriages in this home in the past
two years show the wisdom of this ruling.
Roosevelt Indorses.
President Kooseveit has given his writ
ten indorsement of these homes in these
words :
"I wish you all possible success with
your work. I have long felt that there
was a peculiar claim for philanthropic
work on behalf of the very people whom
you are striving to aid. Under our social
system they pay so heavy a penalty for
wrongdoing and the road to reform and
rehabilitation is made so difficult that I
can conceive of no more worthy work
than that of Institutions such as the one
under your management.
"With all good wishes, sincerely yours,
(Signed.) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
The managing board and the staff of
physicians give ail their services entirely
free of charge. The officers and board
are:
The Workers.
President. Mrs. C. M. Wood; first vice
president. Mrs. R. R. Steele; treasurer.
Charles E. Ladd; secretary. Mrs. Cleve
land Rockwell; directors: A. B. Manley,
W. L. Johnston. Mrs R. E Brlstow, Mrs.
G O. Bailey. Mrs. J. D. Lee; matron. Miss
Mary L. Mullen; nurse, Miss Elba Grif
fith. Staff of physicians Dr. Esther C. Fohl.
chairman; Dr. Mae H. Cardwell. Dr. C
Gertrude French; Dr. Edna D. Timms,
Dr. Amilia Zeigler. Dr. Sarah Whitesldes,
Dr. Kittle P. Gray.
Told in Popular Lilies.
A One-Time Democrat in New York Mail.
There was Hearst, waiting for the vote.
watting for the vote, wafting for the
vote :
Murpny was there toldlng Hearatle'a hand.
A few of tne people and a bis brass band.
Then came the voters, each "neld a little
note.
Here's the very note, this is what they
wrote:
"Can't get away to vote for you today.
My conscience won't let me."
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OBADIAH OLDWAY TALKS OF SCHOOL REFORM
The Hoaxville Philosopher Demands of the Xext Legislature More Protection for the Taxpayer.
HOAXVILLB, Or.. Oct.. 16. Mr. Ed
itor: Do you know of anybody
that's a-goin' to be in the next Leg
islature who I can go to for some good
honest law makin'? The men I voted for
didn't get elected, neither of 'em, bo I
don't know who I can depend on when it
comes time for them to meet. Something
has got to be did. and that pretty soon,
or this state will go plumb to perdition
as far as laws Is concerned The people
ain't a-goin' to ,stand it always Shake
speare says It's a long road thai has no
turnln". and I shouldn't wonder If the
time Is comln" when Mr. Taft or some
other big gun will be sent out here to
take the Government In hands. Then it
will be found that Obadiah Oldway was
a true prophet when he foretold the out
come of the present system of tyranny. I
refer particularly to the school laws. I
went down to school meetin' last June
right In hayin' time, because I thought it
was my bounden duty to go and stand up
for the rights ,of the taxpayer.- Abrams
and his outfit was in for votin' a tax and
runnln' school pretty nigh the year round.
I got up and made a speech, and says I,
"Gentlemen, ain't we got money enough
as it is to run Ave months in the year.
as we've been a-doin'? Ain't that more'n
me and you got to go In the same length
of time? 'Well, then, why should we tax
ourselves for more school money when It
ain't needed? It would be better to put
it into the missionary box for the be
nighted heathen in foreign lands than to
spend it for luxuries for our children and
train them up to despise , the ways of
their forefathers, as is beln' done all over
this broad land."
Several others got up and made speeches,
too. but most of "em was on Abrams' side.
He'd been around the neighborhood talk
in' the matter up beforehand. I surmised
that one day when I was a tryin' to find
out how the people stood on the subject.
so's I'd know what to depend on at school
meetin'. It was a mean advantage for
him to take. Why didn't he let 'em come
up to the meetin" and then tell 'em what
he thought about It? But that's him.
He'll do anything under the sun to get
his own way.
The upshot of it was that the derned
fools was all so carried away with his
Ideas and the hafalutin' notions of that
Xormal school dude as was there a-chip-pln'
in whenever he got a chance, that
they voted a one-mill tax on all the
property In the distriot. with only two
dissentin' votes; them was me and Elder
Jones.
It seemed as if this Normal School fel
ler was the new teacher, and Abrams had
got him to come down and meet the peo
ple and help plan out the workin's of the
school for the next year. Well, he had a
sight of good things to say If you only
wanted to build atrcastles, but when it
comes right down to good hard work in
anything but school, I don't think he'd
be worth his salt. From what I hear,
them Normal Schools ain't adoin much
but make teachers out of everybody as
goes to 'em, and sendin' 'em out to af
flict the people and holler "for better
schools for the children, and makin' 'em
dissatisfied with what their parents has
always had.
Just before the meeUn" was over,
Abrams. He said as how we'd have to
have a janitor this year, and asked if we
knew of anybody as would do the work.
"Janitor." says I. "what's it?"
"Why." says he. "somebody to look after
the fires and sweep the schoolhouse."
"Sufferin' Moses!" says I, "cazi't the
teacher do that as they've always done?"
"The law says we must have a janitor,"
says Abrams as cool as a cucumber and
a lookin' over at that derned walkin"
Normal School with a grin. "It ain't a
teacher's place to do such work. We
don't hire him for that purpose. We hire
him to teach our children, and if we
want them to get the full benefit of his
teachln' we must treat him accordingly.
Our children will respect him more if they
see that we who are older consider him
worthy of his position, and not a Jack-of-all-trades
put here to be their servant.
Besides, he can't keep himself neat and
clean as we expect him to when he has
to sweep and dust the schoolroom every
day. You know that, Mr. Oldway."
'.'I don't know any such a thing." says
L "A teacher don't have to go around
lookin' like a fashion plate all the time,
and a little dust ain't agoln' to hurt
him. Besides, his wages are so high he
can afford to dress better than us poor
farmers."
Here the dude put inhls Hp. and says
he: "I don't want youto think. genUe
men, that I feel above doln' such work.
I believe that any honest work is honora
ble, but if you will stop to think about
it you will see that it isn't a teacher's
place to do it. "While I may be able to do
so. some other teacher might find It a
hardship to come to a cold building,
make a fire and stay in the cold room
until it warms. Tou don't want your
children to do it. and if It i6n't right for
them, it isn't for the teacher."
"Well." says I. "the teacher has al
ways done it, and I don't see as It ever
hurt 'em none."
"No," says Abrams. "Miss Rogers
didn't take cold comin' here through the
mud and rain to a cold house last Win
ter, did she? The doctor said she came
near goln' into consumption, and she
hasn't been able to do a thing since. If
we had done as the law says, and had
some one to look after buildln' the fire
before she came, she'd be here teaehin'
ag'ln this year. Her case has been a
lesson to me. and it will cost us only a
dollar a month to have the work done,
and we are going to comply with the
law."
"Dern such a law!" says I. "They'll
have a law to provide a nigger servant
to comb the teacher's hair next thing.
I for one am opposed to any such extrav
agance as payin' a dollar for that work.
If you are bound and determined to hire
some one. 50 cents a month is plenty.
Anyone ought to be glad to take it for
that."
"All right," says Mr. Abrams. "Mr.
Oldway. -we'll hire you for Janitor at 50
cents a month. You are to sweep and
lock the building every night, and make
the fire and bring in the day's wood
every morning."
Of course, all of his disciples laughed
at that, and he thought he'd said some
thing smart, but I wasn't to be bluffed,
so I took the Job. Hanner. she scolded
when I got home, and aid. says she:
"Obadiah. you've went and made anoth
er fool of yourself. There's one thing
sure, you'll get mighty sick of your bar
gain, and it will serve you right, too."
"We need every cent we can get," say
I. "I've hired for three months, and a
dollar and a half don't grow on every
bush."
If the teacher would look after things
a little better it wouldn't be o bad. but
as it is I'm havin' a awful time.
I went over the Sunday before school
was to begin and swept up real good and
brought in a lot of wood. I filled - the
wood box plumb full and piled a lot more
on the floor behind the door. I calcu
lated that by doln' that every Sunday I
wouldn't have to carry wood but once
a week. Well, the next day I was on
hand as soon as school let out, to do my
sweepin'. That dude teacher was await
in' for me. and says he: "Mr. Oldway,
we had to move that wood out to the
shed today. We needed the space be
hind the door for the lunch basket
bench."
"The dickens you did!" says I. "I
packed that wood in there so's there'd
be enough to last all week, and here
you've had to go and interfere with my
plans."
"But.", saye he, "the children had to
have some place for their lunches, and
they say they have always kept them In
that corner, and I don't see where else
we could put that bench."
"When I went to school." says I. "each
feller put his dinner bucket under his
own seat, and there ain't nothln' to hin
der the young 'uns from doln' the -same
now."
"Times have changed." Bays he.
"Well." says I, "they have, and for
the worse, too." We parleyed for soma
time, and it was plumb dark before I
got my chores done that night. The next
mornln' I got a crick in my back a-pack-ln'
In wood for that gol-dasted echool
house fire, and I ain't got over it yet.
Things has come to a pretty pass when
a old man like me has to walk a quarter
of a mile every mornln' through the damp
dew to be a regular Gibeontte for a lot
of children as is a-growln' up to walk
the broad way that leads to destruction,
and when a man who has been one of the
foremost citizens of his community has
to sweep up the filth brought in on the
feet of them whose immediate ancestors
is his Inferiors.
Think of a old gray-headed man who
ain't long for this world, a-stoopln' and
a-reachin' under them seats a-tryin' to
get the dirt out, and every one of his
J'ints achin' with the rheumatiz and
toil of the day.
But no one has any sympathy for me.
They think I can stand all they can pile
on. They've got the law to back 'em.
and so that teacher goes on usln' more
chalk every day on purpose to make a
dust for me to clean up, and a-throwln"
out wood so's I'll have to pack it in
ag'ln.
I've got catarrh of the head pretty
bad. and that sweepin' has made it a
sight worse. I can't stand the dust, and
I told Hanner it was a-killln' of me, but
she Just said: "Obadiah. you've mads
your bed. and now you can lay In it."
I've looked after the affairs of this
district for nearly two weeks now, and
I've got something over ten weeks
more. I've been to the trustees and
tried to get 'em to see how I was sit
uated, but they won't let me off. so I
suppose I'll have to keep on doln' the.
work for that dude till I die in the
harness. It's 4 o'clock now and I'll
have to go at it ag in, so.
Yours truly,
OBADIAH EVERAT OLDWAY.
V. S. My back is worse tonight. If
anything should happen to me, have
Eider Jones preach, and have 'em sing
"Beckonln1 Hands." Tell 'em to sing
all the verses of it; maybe It will have
a good effect on my family. O. E. O.