The daily gazette., 1879-04-25
SECOND EDITION
The Children ef.the Home.
THEIR ANNIVERSARY ExERCIsEs-RE-
PohT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS

THEIR ANNIt hhbAhI
PohT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERs-
PLEASANT OCCASION.
The anniversary meeting of the Home
for Friendless and Destitute Children, at
Grace NJ. Il. Church, last evening, was
an exceedingly pleasant affair, and was
an occasion of real surprise to most OF
those present. VIM. Candy, President
of the Board of Trustees, presided over
the exercises.
The children Of the Home occupied
seats in the pulpit recess. There were
about forty or them, all neatly dressed,
with happy faces, and bearing evidence
in their general appearance Of the kind
treatment they receive at the Home.
For about an hour these children de-
lighted the audience with a choice sslec-
ton of songs, hymns, recitations and dia-
logues. All were rendered in an excel
lent manner, and with a completeness
that would have b zen commendable in
children possessing far more advantages
than these lit le ones enjoy. Everybody
was delighted, and the admiration of the
audience found vent in audible express
sions of applause.
A portion of the programme was the
report of the Managers, which reads as
follows:
The Managers of the Home for Friend
less and Destitute Children again return
their thanks for the help extended to
support the Institution, and present to
their friends and contributors their Six
teenth Annual Report.
During the year 36 children have been
admitted to the Home, IA returned to
parents or friends, % indentured or
placed en- trial, 6 absconded, and died.
OF those who absconded 2 had been in
the Home but an hour, and the others
but day or two. The whole number
who have been under our charge is 586.
Number at present in the Home 81. Un-
til very recently 1t amounted to 20.
Many of those returned to parents or
friends have been placed temporarily un-
der our care as boarders, to be reclaimed
whenever their natural guardians are
able to provide for them but even when
children are legally committed to our
care, we are always ready to return them
whenever we are convinced that it may
be done without prejudice to their best
interests.
About 30 children are capable of re-
ceivlng some instruction in the school,
which has for several years been under
the care Of Miss Florence Morgey, whose
faithful and patient labors are rewarded
with all the success that can be hoped for
under the circumstances.
During the past season the house has
been painted and put into good order,
and many repairs and improvements
have been accomplished, SO that now it
is in better condition, and better adapted
I'd the comfort and convenience Of our
large family, than at any time since we
have occupied 1t. We owe these much
needed improvements to the means fur
nished by the Delaware Horticultural
Exhibition, and to the friends who sup
Piled our Home table with useful and
fancy articles, from the sale of which we
realized about $4,000, while the whole
receipt of the exhibition amounted to
s975.31, larger sum than we have re-
ceived for some years past, and we desire
to express, as warmly as possible, our
grateful ackno owledgments to the friends
whose exertions helped to secure to US
this substantial benefit.
The only addition to the Endowment
Fund during tho year, has been a legacy
of $500 90 from the estate of Mrs. Amy
Y. Tatum. She felt warm interest In
the establishment of the Home ,and aided
in its organization by her counsel and
experience, and was one of our earliest
and most valued managers.
While our Endowment Fund Is grad
ually increasing from year to year, by the
remembrance of those who wish the good
they do to live after them, We do no
gain enough to make up for the loss of
Lne COutTlouUOTS WHICH every year Jake
from us, and we must continue to appeal
to our friends for the help and kindness
on which the prosperity of our institu-
ton depends, and which SO far has never
failed us.
The Investments of the Home are as
follows. Stock: 80 shares P. w. & b. r.
Il. Co.; shares First National Bank,
Wilmington, % shares Farmers and
Mechanics National Bank of Philadel-
phia, % shares Delaware Railroad Co.,
10 shares Penn. X. r. Co., and 26 shares
Lehigh Valley r. r. Co., $1,000 bond of
P.W. & B. r. Co., and S11 ,630.22 mort
cages on real estate.
Rev. L. Marks, pastor of Hanover
Presbyterian Church, made a brief ad-
dress, in which he compllmented the
managers of the Home for their faithful
management of its affairs, and extended
hisbest wishes for the success of this and
all other charitable associations.
A collection was taken up, TO which
the audience responded quite literally,
and after "Good Night" hymn by the
children the exercises closed with the
doxology and benediction by Rev. 7. f.
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