The New York herald., 1879-03-02
CHARITY'.S NOBLE WORK.

TwENrY-FrrTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NURSERY
ING YEsrEnDAY-HEsuLT OF YEARS WORK
The twcnty-fifth anniversary of the establishment
of the Nursery aud Child's Hospital celebrated
yesterday at the institution. Fifty first street.
of Lexington avenue. The annual meeting held
at noon and there large attendance of tho
patrons and managers. Rev. DIR. Courtcnay. assist
ant rector of st. Thomas Protestant Episcopal
Church. presided Rev. DR.. Tiffany and Mr.. Erastus
Brooks delivered appropriate addresses E.
Mrs. Du Bois, the first dircctrcss. read tho report
OF the directors. which stated that the six schools
OF the institution were progressing satisfactorily
but the number of children had increased rapidly
that II had been necessary to send OF the chill
dren to the West. During the last month
twelve Of the elder girls had been placed in private
families they had been well trained and educated;
they earned their own board and 81 so per
month. Their places filed by hungry and neg
lccted cbikiren. The records of the institution
showed that threefourths of the children admitted
paupers because of their parents vices which
for the most part took the form of drunkenness.
Poor children inherited love of liquor and the love
was actually encouraged by their parents. The re-
port asked, How long shall drunken parents he
allowed to present unlimited power of extending
this vice." IL was recommended that the mother
who proved to be drunkard should have the
child taken from her after IL was woancd and that 1t
should be- placed in some public institution until the
mother had reformed.
The report of the Secretary. Miss Hunter, con-
graduated the patrons that the institution. estsb
lishcd in 1854. had been permitted to its twenty
NTH anniversary, and that it's first directress Mrs.
Du Bois had been permitted to the result of her
labors of over n quarter of u century. IL also
fcrrcd to the necessity of the addition of quaran-
tine building and reception ward to ihe present
building the house income had been much less
than in former years, though the expenses not
any less Legaccs OF $1,000 by Mr. Cleveland. OF
been left the institution during the past year. Two
thousand and children hal been cared for dur
ing the year; of these g0J in the city nursery
aud Liza NJ the country branch.
The Trcasurcrs report was read by Mrs. william
NJ. kingslsnd and showed that the expenses of the
city branch Si2,yU9 of the country branch. at
Staten Island. s59.Ai, and that there had been
pended in building and repairs, Si.35J Tho net
receipts were s125.g5s, of which si02,OOJ were re-
ccivcd from the city government. The balance in
hand xl5, ,643 but this will be absorbed in pay
ing for repairs and additions to the present build
ings. The receipts from the profits on the Charity
Ball will amount TO about xlO,5OO, which is about
$4,000 more than last year.
oRTHoPHDrC DrspENsARy AND HOSPITAL.
Tho orthoprdic Dispcnsary and Hospital for
children afflicted with spine and hip diseases has
published its eleventh annual report, CIV
ing q good record of its work within the
ganizcd. nm act OF incorporation being passed
lent and cont Portable building ut No. 126 East Fifty
ninth street The work of this charity is al
most exclusively among children. During the
year 1875 the number Of patients who
visited the hospital for treatment was
G.l74, while its physicians visited 2,2s1
invads at their homes. There are now sixteen
commodated; but, though not in debt the trustees
In nocd of additional funds for current expenses