New-York tribune., 1871-01-21
THE WOMAN'S INSTITUTE.

AT the annual meeting of the WOman's In
stitute held at No CA Madsonave Thursday afternoon
letters were read from President Grant,
Colfax Gov. Hoffman, Gen. John A. Dix, Horace Gree
ley william Cullen Bryant, Richard B. Connolly, and
Others accepting positions the Advisory Board of the
Dispensary. The following officers elected for the
ensuing year: President, Mrs. Anna Densmore NJ. d..
Vice Presidents, DR.. Mary +. Greene and DR.. Sarah A.
Coon: Recording Secretary, Miss ]. +. Hayand Core
spending Secretary, Miss Josephine Pollard Treasurer
Mrs H. NJ jacobs Executive Commute; ii,, ms, Emma nd
Miss Mary f. Moore; Committee on Schools, Miss sarah
G0n9r with to aSPon Ps two Sppeon S1s WITH
power to appoint twelve others Commttee on Mssl9n
fsy wo other Others comee on Reports of Bispcnsary Work
Mrs. VI. G. Hepburn with power Ia appoint TWO oheis'
one hundred and fifty visits have been made TO ar
ferent hospitals mostly Obsetca Ward OF Belle
Hospital so visits have been made 10 the pubic
schools % lectures have been delivered before the l
stitutc and % To the woman city missionaries minor
institute has been established in jersey ty ana oih Is
to be established in Brooklyn dlspehsar! mas
also been organized, and charter Is ii & ~ & ~
opened Dec % 1870. AT No i59 sXthaEe anu Shce
that time l25 prescriptions have been lssned % ds a is
to relieve class Of sufferers NOT othetw teu t & hU,
such teachers in the lower departments Oh tlc pubic
schools, sewing and sales-woneh' ieae tI ,t anu
women reduced through reVeIses: uo' I'LL I -
will open within week. Hosts ot glris ana women
aneng the class which the dspensay tries 70 Ieach nd
itimpOssblc Ia the preservation o tne u,th hd
the managers hope by this department ASSIST s cIss
Of sufferers. Those VINO are able VIII De required 10 pay
material used, while those more destitute VIII bc
aided gratuitousy. Within two weeks an eye anu ear
infrmary will also be opened. and AT lhef period VIII
follow the hospital designed for the same classes oil
Mrs William f. Dodge, jr., Mrs. Thomas Stakes. jr.,
and Mrs. James L. Graham, were on THURSDAY added 70
tine Advisory Board, by whom slips oi admission are
given o the women city Missionaries ana Bible Readers
pointed: For school Teachers Miss lydia + Wadlegh
~ the Normal College, Miss sarah r. WOODWARD OF the
ST. Grammar school. Miss Amelia kiersted Of
tho Forty-seventhst Grammar School and Miss Malinda
Clark of the Nnth 81. Grammar school for Women Ar
tisis Mrs sophe g. Tolls for seamstresses aud Sales
wo,ncn Madame DeInorest. Clergymen Of all denOmi-
nations principles of schools ana employers OF women.
moi Included in the above classification, admission slips
can be obtained Mrs. L. A. Appleton at the dispen-
surv II IL by law the constitution that physician
nonrgeon in charge shall receive any compensation. The
institution is supported entf1y y contributions, when,
a com. ~ of ten lectures will be- delivered
.nlly aud the lectures To the women city missionaries
will be continued.
The Rev. ID. Vail made an address. in which he said
that although there were two great influences in the
Church. the foies of Fashion and the folly of Woman's
Rights operating " draw the female mind from Christ