New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-28
HELP FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
WORK OF THE CHILDREN,S AID SOCIETY
REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY AND TREASURER


The regular annual meeting OF the Chlldren's Aid
Society was held on Tuesday afternoon at the Amer
can Exchange National Bank No. 1913 Broadway. Tho
venerable president, William A. Booth, presided, and
c. LOrng Brace, was secretary. Others present were
A. B. Stone, Robert ]. Livingston, d. Willis James,
Charles f. Whitehead, and G. S. Coe. These trustees
elected Robert Hoe, jr., Howard Potter, Z. P.
Tabor, W. Bayard Cutting and A. B. Stone
The thirty seventh annual report OF the society was
then read by the secretary, and received made
and adopted. 1t shows that remarkable success has
crowned the efforts Of the society and that in all the
numerous ways In which 1t aims TO better the lives
OF physically and morally Impoverished children 1t
has achieved most encouraging results The report
says:
great idea ~ the Childrens Aid Society has been
to help children help themselves The principle
laid down from first year that for outcast
homeless orphan child, tainted with bad habits,
the best possible place Of shelter and education, better
than any prison public institution, the farmers
home. Seventy thousand children thus been placed
in good homes.
great branch in the process Of teaching heheip
planting various parts the city of kind OF
"chdren's hotel" boys and girls lodging houses
The experiment carried these thrty-seven years
a gigantic scale, reaching pobaby 100000 boys
and GIRLS has been an unmingled blessing to this
class
The third great branch teaching the children Of the
poor to help themselves the industrial day and
night schools These have trained hundreds Of thousands
children of the enement-houses in various hand
Industries and some branches Of machine work
We say with great satisfaction that there
is no need at this day any child In city Of New
York be homeless beyond certain short period that
boy girl need suffer long for want OF work or
place child need be driven crime for support,
and that poorest child, in whatever filth or rags,
be excluded from education and careful train
ing in school,
In speaking Of its new buildings the report declares
that the children have been materially affected by their
new surroundings, that their faces brighter and
healthier. 1t then goes
This has been especially the in the Mott Street
Building, erected by Mr. Astor in which quarter
Miss Stevens these poor children in the
dngest OF for than twenty years. and in the
beautiful house put up for in FortyfOurh-st by Mr.
Jesup.
Three others are in process Of erection in East
beyond Firstave, the ZONES Memorial
School, building which is be hNproof and to have
the singular advantage for children OF playground
The this considering the future possible needs
society, has generously offered endow it with
sum which would its Another Is
I'm East Sixths near c, designed 70 accommodate
the children Industrial School and of the
ueighborhood founder Of this generously fur
nshed the lots. The third. the Henrietta Industrial
School is In East Twenty between Second and
Third ayes. will reach large population of poor
children on the Side. fourth building, the noble
Gift with land of two ladies who have been aborng
for the poor in society for than twenty years
!
and will be commenced very speedily 1t will probably be
erected in East Eghty-echth-st., near Frst-ave.
Among the works Of the society in need of aid are
mentioned especially the West Side Italian school, at
No. "a Sulvanst., the cost OF which Will be $4,000,
and the dcsrablity of another building at the Coney
Island Health Home The police statistics quoted In
the report show that the commitments OF girls for
vaarancv fell off from $3.50 in 1860, 10 1864 in 1885
Male pettv thieves have fallen of some 700 during
twenty-five years.
The annual expense OF the twenty lone industrial
schools and twelve night schools was SlOl,ooO IA
1913 boys and girls were fed sheltered and taught
during the year at an additional expense of 1855 $50 90
The total number placed in Eastern and Western homes
was 3551 the expense being S3l $50 70. The net
eypensc of the summer Home ISL "A for 4,54O
benedclares The Coney Island Health Home harbored
during the summer $3.50 mothers and babies at cost
of - 1877 10. The report adds:
There were during past year. in SIX lodging
houses IL 1913 boys and girls; 264 391 meals
and 900 lois lodgings supplied In the twentyone
dov and twelve evening schools 1881 children who
were taught and partly fed and partly clothed 697OSO
meals being supplied g. 551 sent to homes and en-
poymen restored to friends in both the East and the
West 43o were aided with food medicine, etc. through
tho Sick Childrens Mission $40 enjoyed the bene
ets Of the Summer Home. Bath. L. l. averaging
about 300 per week. $3.50 mothers and sick infants were
sent to the Health Home at Coney Island 1l6 girls
have been instructed the OF the sewing machine in
the Girls Lodging House and the Industrial Schools
and 30 were taught typewriing s1O700 "A have been
depostcd in the penny savings banks. Total number
under charge OF society during the year, 3S,s53
Treasurer George S Coe reported the financial con-
diton as follows
The bolance In the treasury Of the society at the
bernnng Of the current year 81 l14 80
AnI IN leS'''0N ........ 80 $50 10
poroycd during the $4,000 81
s3So074 90
sDee'a IDsnIi rcreintS ~ ~ ~ .. 30 900 90
,r,ai ,oce>,,s bv the Treasurer o. 974 80
n,r,Uon,s d,rfng the wear 400 sol 60
leaving balance .......... SLAP SO