The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-10
THE GREATEST ONE.
The Work ofthe Charity Organization Society
Election of Officers.

The forty-seventh annual meeting Of the Indi-
annapolis Benevolent Society was held in Ply
mouth Church building. The reports of the
president and treasurer were received, and the
following officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
President-Oscar c. McCulloch.
Viee-presidents-Myron W. Reed, Chaplin c.
Foster, Mrs L. W. Moses, Mrs. Paulina Merritt
Treasurer-Ingram Fletcher.
Secretary--Henry d. Stevens.
Executive COmmttee-George Merritt, Frank
lin Taylor, Mrs Julia H. Goodhart, Mrs. Emma
L. Elan.
Finance Committee-Cyrus G.. Hines, Thomas
ID. Sharpe.
The treasurers statement shows as total re-
allied from subscriptions, $3,24O.O5. The
amount expended was $4,OS5.29. deficit of
80, due Fletcher & Sharpe's, is carried over.
The Friendly Inn and woodward are both pay
ing profit. The debt of the Inn, $4,000. has
been paid. There are uncolected subscriptions
to the amount of 1858 So There has been help
of all who have shown worthy need, and there
has been the closest cooperation with the Flower
Mission, with the Maternity Society, and other
relieving agencies. The amount of money ex-
pended in relief has been $2,296.24, which in
cludes the care of the strangers, sick, women and
children temporarily out of a home, at the
Friendly Inn, paid out of the general fund of the
society. or such there have been 1S9 men, ia
Fomen, and 20 children
rhe Inn has furnished S,203 meals and 4,199
lC rings. These have mostly been worked out
in the woodward. The Inn stands credited with
$5l59 over its expenses, thus being selfsustain-
ing In August it was found the woodward had
made $500. Sales for the year, $5.31o.6O. Two
thousand, seven hundred and twenty-five per-
sons were employed, who have received ST.
SO in wages.
The total plant at the Inn and woodward is now
$3,592.13. The woodward has, to a degree, re-
lieved the city of tramps. If the public would
refuse to give any outdoor relief or money for
lodgings or food they would be saved trouble.
The Employment Agency for the year ending
Oct. 81, 1888, shows: Number OF employers ap-
pllcatlons, 305; number of employees appica-
lions, 267; amount of fees received, $50. 25;
amount expended for postage $685.. The ap-
picatiOns referred to the Friendly Inn and the
Benevolent Society are not included in the fore
going. The registrations for domestic work in
four years number 2,136.
In addition to regular work, 1t is hoped,
through the friendly visitors, to take up some
phase OF industrial education. The charity kim
dergartens, on West and McCarty streets and on
west Market street, are doing good work with
the littlest ones They gather them In from the
streets, teach them, interest them, feed them.
The influence upon the families by the teachers
Is to lift up the homes. Such schools should be
multiplied. They anticipate, by their positive
instruction, much of the evil picked up in idle
this direction that the subject of an industrial
school has come before the society, and it is
hoped to start school in some neglected neigh
borhood, where sewing, housekeeping, kitchen
garden work shall be added to the regular kim
dergarten instruction
We need for the year, S., 900, including in this
estimate the payment of the deficiency, and we
commend and commit the sustaining Of this
work to those whom God has blessed with COM
fort and with wealth Contributors who desire
a donation to be used for a special purpose can
designate the object.