Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-29
REV. DIR. sMYTHT LKs

REV. DIR. SMITH TALKS At the Fifth Annual Meeting of the
 Young WOmenss Christian AssOcia-
 tion Held at North Church Chapel
 Yesterday.
 About one hundred ladies and half dozen ministers attended the annual meeting of the Young Womens Christian association held at North church chapel yesterday afternoon. The first report was read by the president, Mrs. H. B. Bigelow, who presided, followed by the report of the secretary, Miss L. R. Bliss, which shows that the institution is making very gratifying progress. Since January 1, 1885, the number of pupils in the different classes has been 5S5. There are now in attendance 235. There are classes ill arithmetic, geography, grammar, penman- ship, bookkeeping, literature, photography, history, crayon drawing, calisthenics, dress making,a children's sewing class and young women's sewing class.
 The reading room has been supplied with magazines and periodicals heretofore. The number of calls during the year from work ing women seeking assistance or advice or to spend social hour has been sos, young girls who come to the reading room 2,016, number of books taken out 2,732, number drawing books 282 an increase ever the rec ord of 1884, where 1,505 books were taken out by 194 ticket holders.
 The boarding department has been carried on more successfully this year than ever be- fore.
 Dr. Adelaide Lambert has offered her ser vices as physician at the Home to any who may need her services, and will also begin course of health talks.
 There have been two important additions to the comfort of the establishment, and still a third for it's safety. The dining room has been enlarged and storm doors put up in front The fire escape ordered by the fire marshal has been put up also, and these ex- penses were met by the money contributions at the pound party.
 We have land enough to enlarge our build in gas our needs increase, if we can free our selves from the debt already incurred. Mrs. w. w Boardman has offered $1, 900 towards this sum, the sum to be paid when the re- maining $1 ,000 is secured. We greatly wish other friends could be found who would sup plement this offered sum until the debt of SS, 900 is cancelled.
 The report of Mrs. E. M. Reed, the treas urer, shows that the total receipts during the year were $2, 321 and the expenditures S2,- 319, leaving balance of $951 in the treas ury including the balance carried over from 1884.
 Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth of Center church made an address at the meeting in which he congratulated the association on its contin- ued growth and constant increase of useful ness. The Home was now well established. That the institution was needed and occu- pied an important field of usefulness was apparent and self-evident. My interest in it arose from personal visit made to the Home and it has steadily increased. The problem is now how to further enlarge your useful work. There is large class of young women in the community to whom such an institution may prove an inestimable blessing and boon. It teaches the discouraged that the world has something good in store for them and shows them the way to be lifted up to higher and purer influences. It teaches the beauty also of the Christian life. The speaker offered suggestions as to the methods of reaching and benefitting the large class of shop girls who are exposed to evil and whose pride would not accept help in the form of charity. They must be benefited and made in terested and hold thus obtained upon their interest. The association's work merited and would receive the hearty cooperation of Christian ladies and generous financial sup port. Go down Chapel street any Saturday night and the work and field of labor of the association is at once apparent. You ought to easily raise the $S, 900 debt on your Home. What you should do is to meet and make up a subscription paper with your aim printed at the head and go round individually be- sieging the rich men of this city. It should be done at once as it is high time that our citizens should know that New Haven is no longer a Puritan village college town, but large manufacturing and wicked city.
 Short addresses were also made by Rev. n s-,1r a,,I TO1rr Butrick.
 Officers as follows were elected:
 President, Mrs H B. Bigelow.
 Vice h PresIdeRts T W Mrs tis J Rrs Ddna TFs Fox Nr s. Fisher, Mrs. W. D. Whitney
 Treasurer Mrs. E. NJ. Reed.
 Recording secretary, Miss L. R. Bliss.
 Auditor, MT. G. W Curtis.
 Matron, Miss Helena Wilcox.
 Superintendent, Miss Helen Hull. TT FEsteesIRey Noah Porter dL D. Hon3rabe F. Day, Andrew M. DeForest, Herman B. Allen,
 First NJ. E: church-Miss Louise A. Butler, Mrs. H. H. Benedict.
 Third M E.-AIrs J. T Leighton, Mrs. J. S. Mil
 College chapel-ATrs. D. Dana, Mrs. ". D. College street--Srs H. ". Benedict, Mrs. A. G. Smith, Mrs. R s. Pickett, Mrs; D; Steele; TIT
 United church-Mrs E H Maynard, Mrs L. E.
  H. D. Hume
 Dwight Place-NTrs L. L. Camp, Mrs. Mary Thompson, Mrs Sarah Hartwell, Mrs. Mary Bron- son.
 Davenport-Mrs. E. B. Root, Mrs. J. H. Foy, Mrs. Homer Peck.
 Howard avenue-Mrs. N. H. Hoyt, Mrs. ". Le- wis
 Church of the Redeemer-Mrs. H. B. Biselow, Mrs W. J. Atwater Miss Darrow, Mrs. H. B. sowe, Mrs. w. w. Converse.
 Trinity-Mrs. B. H. Cheney, Mrs c. B. Bowers,
 St. Paql,se Mrs E. L. Cutler, Mrs. W. W. Low. Mrs. W. H. Russell.
 St. Thomas'-Mrs. E. N. Reed.
 Christ-Mrs. H. A. Knight, Mrs A. B. Todd
 First Baptist-Mrs. Francis Wayland, Mrs. Geo. Durham.
 Calvary Baptist-aIrs. F. R. Bliss, Mrs. s. M. Whiting, Miss L. R. Bliss, Mrs. K. M. Jerome.
 First church-Mrs. c. S. Bushnell Mrs. J. H. Far ren.
 Second church-DIrs Herbert Barnes, Mrs. John Hemingway.
 East Pearl street Methodist-Mrs. E. C. Hill Mrs. J. J. Green.
 St John street Methodst-Mrs. c. Finken.
 East Haven church-Nrs. A. 3. Dodge.
 St. Johns Episcopal-Niss A. Lambert, M. D.