The Portland daily press., 1888-10-31
HOME FOR AGED WOMEN.
The Annual Re ports and Election Of
Officers.

The annual meeting of the Home for Aged
Women was held yesterday afternoon at 8
o'clock. The annual report of the managers
was presented, and is as follows:
MANAGERS REPORT.
October, 1888, closes the thirty-fourth year
OF the Home. Since the annual report one
death has occurred and two admissions, and
every room in the house is now occupied.
The health OF the inmates is generally good
the only case of serious illness being one of
long standing. brought on by untiring devo-
ton to sick friend, and borne with pa
thence that has gained the hearty sympathy
OF all: The chief variation in the establish
ed order of the house is caused by the resig-
nation of the matron who has been in charge
for sixteen years. and the family finds itself
in that condition OF mingled agitation and
suspense which is wont to attend such
change. The new matron is ready for her
duties, and farewell and welcome" must
be said in the same breath ~
The permanent fund of heissfitution
grows slowly, and the treasurer must still
depend largely ON donations and subscrip-
lions to meet the current expenses In this
connection the friends of the Home may be
Interested to hear of bequest made years
ago. 1t will be remembered, by the late Rob-
ert |. Robinson. 1t consisted of certain
sum, the use of which was left to his wife
during her lifetime. The principal was at
last to revert to the Home, and was source
OF much litigation, ending finally in favor of
the latter. In July last the proposal was
made by Mrs. Robinson to place the proper
ty-valued at about S5000-in the hands of
the board, receiving in return $500 per an
mum for Its use, and ensuring the ultimate
possession of the whole to the Home. The
offer was accepted, and the trust duly placed
in the care of the treasurer.
The managers record with sorrow the
death of three of their number during the
past year. that Of Mrs. Fogg, who had been
with them for IL years, aud Mrs. Mcclellan
and Mrs Hart, who shared the struggles of
the early days of the society, the one %, the
other 25 years age. Mrs. Harris resignation
il July last, was followed few weeks after
by her death, before she had ceased to be
Identified with the board. Two other famil-
of officers, that Of Mrs. Spring, enc of the
vice presidents, who has been manager for
80 years, and that of Miss Greedy, who for 20
years has given her faithful services, first as
secretary and afterwards as treasurer. Their
co-workers feel that no wever gladly newer
and younger members are welcomed yet
none can take the place of those who have
"toied and wrought and thought" with
them.
The decision of the president to decline a
reelection is mentioned with reluctance.
The board will miss the presence of one who
for rs years has guided its meetings with a
care that showed the interest of the Home to
be very near the heart. The books of the as.
S0clatlon bear full testimony 10 her faithful
ness, but the hearts Of its men,
bers alone can fifty speak
of her unwearied services performed
with scruplous exactness suggestive of up
right Puritan ancestors, united with gentle
courtesy peculiarly her own. She will bear
with her as she leaves the earnest desire
that the. comfort belonging to rest and
freedom from care may never be wanting to
her,
1t is pleasant duty to reiterate, year after
year, thanks for donations from kind friends,
and the managers now, as before, gratefully
acknowledge gifts of fruit. flowers, milk,
meat, ice, vegetables, articles of clothing and
of household furniture, dainties for Thanks
giving and Christmas, the welcome luxury
OF the daily and weekly papers, and the un-
stinted aid of physicians. lawyers ard
clergymen. The value Of other favors, too,
which the Home knows well, eau hardly be
reckoned by the aid Of mathmatics. A
friendly visit, an hours reading aloud, an in
teresting book, bright greeting from
child's lips, have often brought a thrill of
pleasure of which the donor was quite I'M
conscious, and have made an apt Illustration
OF the injunction of our most kindly of poets:
Give what you have. To some 1t may be
better than you dare to think"
In behalf of the managers,
HARRIET 5. McCoBB, Sec.
TREAsURER's REPORT.
The treasurer, Miss Julia Greeley, made
the following report: