New-York tribune., 1884-11-26
ONE or yEw.YoRns oREAr CHARITIES.
ANIMAL nrronr or THE CHiLDREN's AID SOCIETY
A POWERFUL AGENT oF PHILANTHROPY
,.,nnlin.r Of thn Chillrrns AID

ANNUAL REPORT or THE CniLpREN's AID SOCIETY
A POWERFUL AGE\r oF PHILANTHROPY
The annual meeting of the Cbldrens Ala
soc,ev was held Yesterday at No l2s Broadway. The
great and constantly increasing results "f the hoo'e
charity which began many years ago in simple ana
fashion, and has since extended It's DEMENT'S
and pcrfected organization until has become one oil
the most powerful of charitable agencies were recount
ed TO the persons who now carry on the ""rh'
statistics and records and comparisons cannot ade-
auatcy these results. Dut such rs liey aie
these figures tell an eloquent story.
Reports were offered by George Coe, treasurer Of the
society and by Charles Loring Brace secretary Inc
latter included extracts from the reports OF Charles H.
Fry the Western agent; e. OConnor superintendent OF
the Newsboys Lodging House; +. ;. Hurley, maron OF
the Girls Lodging House, NJ Dupuy, superintendent OF
the Eleventh Ward Lodging House. W J. Gully, super
intcndent of the West side Lodging House George Cal
der superntcndent Of the East Side Lodging House, H.
Matthew'S superintendent OF the East Ihrly
nth street Lodging House; W. skinner. superhtehu-
ent OF the industrial schools OF women volunteers ana
M workers i'm the Italian schools the Sick Chldrens
Mission the Flower Mission, the summer homes SANTA
RUINS night schools and kindcrgartens
The receipts and expenditures OF the society Tor the
Last wear were the largest in its history. There have
been many large and generous gifts from wealthy New
yorkers who perceive in this well equipped ana hShy
organized society worthy and saie o.gcc' Vi
honc,oc,on But large share OF the
and clothing. As the work has become more ramiheu
and has nushed into more and difficult fields. an
range of possibilities has opened before H.
and the demands OF the society are SIN uiIch III NV
c W3is oi c' from The bondage Of ignorance poverty
and vice and the picOns appeals O the children or res
enc from the suffering which these entail hc scy oi
hc CIV and the welfare of the Nation, all unite In com
pdi;r the abors of TN, society to the generous con
eEaon ana T%pppTI in %es G s' Xnohcr building
extremely needed for the Thirty-iflh street Lodging
House The twenty day and fourteen ngnl lh14s @
trial schools all need increased accomnodatlons Inc
annual expenses Of the society VIII De lhcr,t'eu soic
$4,000 to supply the summer demands "i the h,In III
ifnu All The socetys property IL free from dent or
ncnmbrance. The receipts for the year were S-So''
The secretary In his report assumes tone of trlVph
in referring the work already done " ihd II nol p'f t
,nr tho reforming insrmenalitics which we shall ne
| .cribe this swarm OF dangerous youth, as they
| Srcw up, would have made life ana pFopcriyy
hve even more degraded the moral and political char
actcr OF the city by their influence ana Nnes th ,ey
hve already done lie describes the work OF the indus
trial schools in detail telling how the ttachrr eahrr'
her ragged little girls, teaches them To De oieah anu @ ."
simple industry, provides them "A pain meal AT noon
gradually clothes them rs they deserve II oy gppu com
ct hears their little histories and draws ont then sym
nnthcs and awakcus in them new ld al oi putN ai'
| honesty aud deccncy In another hiSii SCHOOL tn'
,erhcr has formed her working girls into cub Tor nut
nal aid and brings them together Tor Innocent s3eInp
OF music hle each evening they are advanced III p"c
| In appealing for something invaluable to the society
and far harder to get tnnn money ot mic & rnw ~,
w nanhood enjoying all the blessings OF life in such
city IA this crowded with misfortune aud Cursed WIN
crime and not feel it his solemn duty TO do his best
lessen these evils, IA something ineomprchensnio'
Great numbers Of young ladies aud mothers OF faie
| have taught as volunteers. 6enlelhcn young hnu gu
have aided in our Boys Lodging House ana SUNDAY
As a test Of results he says: In the lodgn'
houses of this society. during thirty years, more th
$50 boys aud girls have been sheltered ana par
fed and instructed. In the industrial schools probab
over roo 900 poor little girls have been taught ana %
these l. not known that even score nave entered ol
| erin
| bcggnrs, though four lfths were children of drunk
| ards" - . .,, Y
night schools last year 1i -, being about Sl2 e'
than the each child In the public schools In,
average cost for each o he 2-Jj boys aud girls led
| wear was only sil 20. whereas the average an
| nual cost for each prisoner III ihe rom mo'
Is SlO7 10 The total number placed out 10y thc society
lasi year chiefly In Western homes, 31J9, tue aver
ae cost being 50 Yet any one of these children, PLACED
in asylum or poorhousc would have cost undoubtedly
| nearly $40 ,. 4, .,t
Perhaps attractive feature OF the work Is th
last mentioned one. placing out II means l"rminYn'
rescue. The statistics this subject are powerful ou
hcir testimony u feeble compared with the sNtIi1 =
from the reports of who aaye Investigated the MS
homes and have struck Dut Tor themselves ree from W.
ented misery and crime ol their paenla5e 'Au lVlno
street.-The. .o,.o
In concluding his repcrt Nc Brace says IL IA some
thing De able TO say that since work opened Ju
veniIe crime and vagancy nave steadily diiiiseu u
that today poor child IN New YORK need be hoh'es
ON the street, bog steal Tor u living or want Tor
meal n he Will work for It, or be without school wer
he get both industrial and book training ana pan
food or wait long FOR place Of work aud home IL
still able TO point Ia over 10000 hohleless
destitute children placed In good homes III the couht
during thirty years, where large proportion nav
| done we'll" ,, =,
The following trustee we're elected: William II
Booth. q. Cabot Ward. r.oDert j. Livingston, d. WIN
| James and Lucius Iuckerman