The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-10
A NOBLE CHARITY.
FULLER ACCOUNT OF ITS MAN
AGEMENT.

Edmund walls Lcgscy-fir-t Fair
Ever Held In EIchmond-Old Family
servants.
lcOSTISCFD FROM LAST SUNDAY.
We left the newIy-formed humane
association Just entering upon its career
in Its contracted home at the old house
on Broad street. The reports made by
its officers show that it had continued
to afford relief to the INDECENT during
many next succeeding years. But Of
these we fad no record until the year
1915. On the 1st of February Of that
year a review Of what had meantime
heen done was given. The institution
had been made a corporate body by &C
OF Assembly of January. 1917. This
fact gives good assurance that the
work had been successfully car
RED on up to that dale. H.
deed. the report Of its managers
made at that meeting states how they
had received generous aid from the
inhabitants of Richmond and from the
Common Hall OF the city, by which
their efforts TO be useful had been
greatly facilitated. DeemiDg 1t proper
to render an account Of how this benlfi-
cence had been dispensed. they
show how they had been the joyfnl
agents Of consolation tn suffering hui
manity. They mad afforded bread to
the hungry. pillow to the sick. prop
TO the imbecii;ies Of age, and.
most Of all, they had been
enabled to open an asylum to
helpless innocence. so that upwards
of fifty destitute children had from time
to time been supp)rteI and instructed
by them. For the three years from
1872 to 1915 inclusive, nearly ten thou
sand dollars had been realized and dis
bursed. leaving in their treasury bal
ance of Ss23.90. Out of this fund a
school house and an asylum had been
built upon the land given by Major
William Duval, at a cost Of S2,497 "a
Meantime the board of managers must
have sold to the city one-half of the
square gwen by Major Duval, be
cause we find that by an ordi
nance Of the city, two lots. num-
bered respectively No. 81 aud No.
50. were transferred 10 the Female
Humane Association on February 18th,
1911. and 1t was upon this spot the new
buildings were erected, Ia this same
report is found list of the coDtribu-
tors the fund thus used. They amount
to several hundred chiefly ladies'.
among whom are the following we'll
known rames: Anderson. Adams,
Amber. Barcklay, Bonn. Baker. Bo-
hanan, Beck, Brown, Blair, Brocken-
brough. Cardoza. Crnmp, Clarke, Car
riugton. Camp, COPELAND. Currie. Nc
Craw. Carter, Crignan. Duval, Drew,
Dabney. Dogs, Enders, Ellis. Fisher
Htzwhylson, Foushee, Gillies, Gam
BILE. Gibson. Gwatbmey, George.
Greenhow, Grantland. Harvie. Hax-
all. Hayes, Howard, Harris.
Jones. Johnson. James. Jacobs.
Judah. King. Lawton. Lucke. Lyons,
Mutter. Mosby. Mitchell, Moncure. Mar
snail, Mcxurdo. Myers. Marx, Mayo. |
Nunford, Mordecai. Nelson, Nekervis, |
Nicholas, Pulllam. Price. Page, Prosser.
Peasants. Pickett, Portiaux. Pollard,
Richardson, Rose. Rutherford, Ran |
dolph, Richie, Robinson. Roots, Rl-
phasl. Rawlings, Roane. Shepherd. Sell |
den. SiZer, Stevenson. Thomas. Tay lor,
Trueheart. Trent, White, Williams.
Wilson. Watt. Wood. Warwick, Wick |
ham. Writ, Warrell. Young. Valentine.
No record of any subsequent report |
appears until May 18th, 1927. when the
board Of managers had a meeting, re-
affirmed the original constitution and
certain regulation adopted at meeting
held in January. 1908. They again make
mention of the kindness Of Major Du-
val. and acknowledge the liberallty OF
the Common Hall, in adding sixty
dollars to their annual contribution OF
$40. Then follows short review Of
the operations Of the Association during
the past four years. which may be bet
ter appreciated by quoting the language
of the report itself: In each OF these.
the bitter cup of adversely has
been sweetened at least in
some degree to many distressed
females. and in each of them many chill
dren have been maintained and IN
structed, and put into respectable
way of living, which might and would
else have been wre.chcd themselves and
nuisances to the town. In the report Of
1915, it was stated that upwards o! fifty
destitute children had been supported
and instructed by them. And since
thai time at least fifty more have re-
ceived she same benefits. OF these we
must notice one whose name we sup
press out of regard TO her own m0desty.
who now lives in this city, and no, with
filtal piety contributes well to make this
institution. which may be called her
mother. the instrument of the same
IT t.I .,AaI to. ~ har-
of " hitch she owes the enjoyment to it.
Is not this contemplation that may
make the philanthToplst 5 heart swell
with delightyN Ii seems this season Of
prosperity did notcontinue, in as much
as the same report expresses regret
that the power Of the association 'of
doing good" had been of late steadily
declining. Following these remarks is
a financial statement which goes far to
corrOoOrate the apprehension thus
expressed. but adds that the institution
at that time owned twenty two shares
OF bank stock. IL appears from this re.
port that in the past year six girls had
been taken from the Asylum school and
settled IN respectable families. Four
teen children had been maintained
and instructed by the nation.
An impression having prevailed
that the institution was secta
rian, the managers correct this error by
declaring that their work is work o.
charity and benevolence embracing
every object that seems most TO need it,
and TO be of fit age for our school. no
matter OF whom born, so it be in this
city. And the children are not. cannot
be made proselytes to any denomination
of Christians. The matron of the school
is directed to take them on Sunday to
the various places of worship, and 1t
home they are instructed only in the
fundamental truths, wherein ali Chris
tians are agreed
At the close OF this report is list of
subscribers upon which are many new
Dames in addition TO those already
given. whereby it may be seen what
efforts were made to keep up the Asso
citation. Amongst these are Allen,
Abbott. Bell. Barnes, Boudar, Briggs.
Bullock, Burfort Burwell, Claiborne.
Cochran. Chubb, CLAYTON. Carr Che
valhe, Call, Crozet. Dunlop, French
Glbbon. Giiiat. GOOch, Hubbard. Ham,