The Portland daily press., 1884-05-15
THE TEMPORARY HOME,
Annual Meeting Yesterday and 0Hicial
Reports.

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Reports.
The annual meeting of the Temporary Home
for Women and Children was held yesterday
and the reports presented and accepted. The
building committee reported through Mrs.
Emily s. Gerrish as follows:
BUILDING REPORT.
The nature of our charity makes our needs
peculiar In some respects, and we early De-
came convinced that to build was the only way
we could have house so suited to our WORK
as 10 accomplish tine greatest amount OF good
WITH no fund. and limited hold on the
public on account of the regency of our or
ganization this seemed in the far-off future,
until we received a gift of land from Mr..
Phlllp Henry Brown and Gen. John Marshall
Brown, accompanied with the condition OF our
building within five years.
So generous contribution to start with
lessened the apparent difficulty OF raising the
needed sum. and with the sanction of our adj
visory board, our managers voted to begin to
build in May, if by that time we had raised
one-half OF the amount estimated as enough to
cover all our expenses The utmost limit
named was $4,000, and the majority Thought
that less would cover the necessary outlay.
Through the sympathy and generosity of the
pubic we now have something over $4,000
pledged, and while we thus feel justified in
beginning upon our much-needed bnilding,
We mean to spare no labor to complete our
fund, that in September we NAV enter upon
our new Home free from debt.
Our lot is In the rear of the Deering school
house. which ia on the county road between
Stroudwater and the city, and is about mile
and half from the latter. 1t was originally
l00 feet square, but on learning that We
thought OF buying something additional, to
increase the distance between the schoolhouss
and our building, the donors most literally
gave us another lot, the same depth as the
hrst, extending 40 feet on the street. Thus
we can have our house well removed from
other buildings, and shall keep GA feet
OF land on the sunny side, where
vegetables growing. Oar house is to have
frontage of So feet and will be so feet long
Owing 10 the wet character of the land the
cellar VIII be dug only two feet deep and the
foundation wall is to extend six feet above
ground. With the abundant light and air,
thus made possible, there is no objection to a
basement laundry, and we expect to save two
or three hundred dollars by carrying out this
plan, instead of our original thought of lauu-
dry az an addition to the main building.
Our first floor has six rooms and hall run
ming through the center. The sewing room,
matron's room, and nursery occupy the sunny
side OF the house, and on the other are the
managers room, dining room and kitchen.
The second floor is divided into ton single
rooms 7x1a, and t"o others, 13xl5, known as
the hospital and matronS room. Here too
we have free circulation of air. by a window
at each end OF the hall. In the attic there will
be four finished chambers, besides plenty of
room for storage. Across the back end of the
house piazza eight feet wide will afford an
opportunity for our children to be much out of
doors, and for the other inmates 10 take air
and exercise when the ground is not suitable
for walking. Our aim, in all these arrange
ments, has been to have what is necessary for
the health and we'll being of those in the
Home, and to do without everything which
could reasonably be considered luxury only
On this ground blinds were not included
in the estimate although there vas a
leaning to the view that they are necessity,
at least in some rooms. Mr. S. II. Jose made
the only satisfactory bid for our contract and
we know that his willingness to aid in our
charity influenced him to put il as low as
$500.
In addition to this consideration, he has
kindly added several details of finishing not
included in the contract, without charge.
Outside OF this sum are the bills fer drain
age, plumbing, cement cellar floor, Sebago,
and heating apparatus, which will probably
increase the total to $4,000; and if for this, or
even for $1,000, we can be permanently estab-
lished In house thoroughly adapted to our
needs, and the perfect carrying out of onr
work, we feel that we do not make an extrava-
CANT plea to the benevolent people of the State
in asking help to this extent.
To Mr.. +. FL. Fassett we are indebted for
plans, elaborated and complete, and for time
and counsel most kindly given.
Mr.. e Q, Jordan has also laid us under
great obligations, not only by valuable advice
in the line of his profession, but he has given
us the benefit of bis skill by actual labor in
the necessary surveying and preparation for
drainage.
TREAsURER's ACCOUNT.
Miss M. T. Jersey reported receipts S., 1893;
expenses, $1.387; balance to new account,
$2511.17.
sEcRETARY's REPORT.
From the Secretary, Miss Maria Gouli's re.
port. we get the following statistics:
On May 18th, 1884 there were at the Home
women and children; number of women admitted
during the year, "a number of children admitted
during the year, 10, total number of new inmates
40; number of inmates at last annual meeting, ID;
est number Of inmates at ons TIM Tine
number 8. Of the women, sent to places IA; sent
to friends, 81 Sent to hospital, 2; sent to insane
asylum, 1; returned to their husbands, q left
without leave Q; given into the care of the station
committee, 2.
Since the Home was opened, in May, 1882, forty
five women have been received. Of these 16 have
remained under our care going from place to place.
as sent by our committee on homes. Six others are
known to be living in families servants, and
far as We know, are doing we'll although they
not under our care. Five returned to their hus-
Home, then went to New York, where she was lost
sight Of Two others have been again deserted, and
are supporting themselves reputably A lack of
work has led to temporary separation in the
fourth case, while it is hoped that in the fifth the
union will be permanent.
Three have been sent to the hospital not being
considered suitable cases for the home. q
One has been sent to the insane asylum; two
were returned to friends.
Two were cases taken from the station committee
and given again to their case. Three have been
lost sight of. Of these, two were elderly women
vagrants who stayed at the Home but short time
and could hardly be said to have come under its in
huence; the third young gill who left us to go
to place in the country but soon after disappeared
and has not been heard from since.
This case is the only since the Home was
opened of a woman who has been actually under
our care and who has passed entirely out of our
knowledge
OF the children: Sent with mother, 10; sent to
other institutions, 2; boarded at the Home 6;
adopted from the Home, 2; died, l.
OF the hfty-three persons who have been inmates
of the Home this year the nationality is as follows
American, So; Irish-American, 81 English. /:
Scotch, 1; from the provinces, 10.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Managers Mrs Bion Bradbury Mrs. j. E.
Blabon, Mrs. Philip Henry Brown, Mrs. j. W.
Bashford Miss d. M. Beckett Mrs. j. w. D. Car
ter, Mrs. Cullen Chapman, Miss Mary Clapp, Mrs.
Richard o. Conant, Miss Lucy Day. Miss Harriet
L. Fox, Miss M. d. Could Mrs. Frederic Henry
Gerrish. Miss NJ. T. Hersey, Mrs. w. T. King Mrs.
Alexander w. Longfellow, Miss Margaretta Libby
Mrs. Margaret Merrill, Mrs. Mcdonald Mrs
Weston Milliken, Miss Celia M. Patten, Miss Almira
Quimby, Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, Mrs. Hiram Talbot
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