Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
cHILDkKN,s HONE.

At the annual meeting of the directors
of the Children's Home Mrs. j. j. Slower,
the secretary, submitted the following:
MIS-. President, Members OF the Board and Friends
At the close of the firsG years it becomes
my pleasant duty, as secretary, to report
to you the progress of the year and the
present condition of the Children's Home.
The board of directors. consisting Of
twenty ladies from the different churches,
has held its meetings at the Home the first
Thursday in each month, endeayorlng 20
systemise the work and plan for the best
use OF the means furnished US by chart
table public. To this end, and as an as
sistance to our faithful and efficient
matron, two members of the board have
each month acted as visiting committee
for the month, visiting the Home twice
or more each week, and caring
for its needs, making report to the board
of the work done by them during the
month. The organization consists OF
members who pay one dollar annually.
Vacancies occurring on the board are filled
from their number We have at present
IS active members and % honorary mem
bers.
The object Of this home is to relieve
from want TO provide for the physical
comfort. moral elevation and intellectual
improvement of destitute and frierdless
children under IA years of age. No de-
nominational preferences or sectarian re-
lations are permitted to govern any acts or
OPT rations of this society.
Parents or friends of a child, IN
less it is indentured to the home, are
expected TO pay somewhat towards the
support of tha child, the sum to be
regulated according to the means of the
parent and the judgment of the board.
The whole number of children rece .Yed
into the home since May II, 1855. the date
of its organization, is eighty. Number Of
children placed in homes or taken by par
ents or relatives, forty-nine. Number in
the home at this date, twenry-six. of
whom twelve are under 6 years of age
The family at present consists Of the mat
ron. Mrs. H. w. Craig; nurse, Amanda
Hays; one servant in the kitchen, Mary
Purcell, and one boy. Robert Wallace,
who attends school and works for his
board nights and mornings. The older
children are employed out Of school
hours in such domestic work in
the family as they may be competent
to do. Thirteen children attend the pub
lie school. and the teachers tell US that
our girls and boys compare favorably
with those who have been blest with
greater advantages. The younger children
are taught by the matron in kindergarten
work.
The children have plenty to eat of plain,
wholesome food, and are well cared for
and happy.
We have had very little sickness during
the year. for so large a family. Two
children have been treated at the city hos
pital. Friday of each week is visitors
day, when every body is welcome to visit
the home, from 8 a. N. to p. N. On Oc-
tober u, 1888, annual donation day was
inaugurated by the board. 1t was very
generously responded to by the cit
zens and friends of the home.
and Christmas were red
letter dsys" with the children, through |
the generous donations of many friends. |
Although we have before expressed our
gratitude to the people, we would again |
extend our heartfelt thanks to all donors I
for their timely aid. for it is largely I
through them and the superior manage I
nent OF our matron we have been enabled .
10 meet the expenses of the Home without I
lebt.
On the whole much progress has been i
made in the year just past, and our hearts !
90 out in gratitude to Him who first put +
it into the hearts of few of the Christian /
women Of Wichita to establish place of I
refuge for the destitute little ones in our +
midst.
The financial secretary, Mrs. A. Basiey,
submitted the following:
Received from former financial
SECRETARY from donations and