The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-01-30
HOME POR PRlBNDLESS WOMEN.
The Third Animal Rrport-Inersass of Fa'
oiIitss Needed.

otllties Neodeds
The third annual report Of the West
Virginia Home for Aged and Friendless
Women has been submitted to the man
ayers and Board Of Directors by the
President, Mrs. D. A. Cunningham.
The success Of the institution is shown
by the number Of women who have been
admitted 10 It's shelter during the three
years Of It's existence and by the build
ing that has been purchased on the cor
ner Of Thirteenth and Jacob streets and
Witch hss heea utilized to accommodate
the constantly increasing calls for admls'
sion from needy and worthy women;
The number admitted since April hrst,
1880, Is filty.one. OF these eight were
Roman Catholics; three Protestant
Episcopalians; fourteen Methodist Epis'
COP alians; Eve PresbYterians;. three
United Presbyterians; five Lutherans;
two Christians or Disciples; three bap'
tists: two Spiritualists and one Mormon,
besides 1--WE who claimed no church con-
nection. -.
The household numbers at present
eleven. several Of " hom are aged women,
who have found permanent home Tor
lie, OF the number OF aged women, one
ia helpless invalid, another makes her
self useful Asa nurse to the stilicted one.
Among those who have sought q tempo
rary home are several who by the limit
I'd resources at their command are able
to earn sufficient TO pay small weekly
or monthly board.
By far the greater number who apply
for shelter al the Home are women OF
respectability-among them women oil
refinement, from rural districts, who,
finding themselves without means or
employment, among strangers, apply 10
the Home for shelter and protection:
Several Of this class have had homes and
employment provided by the managers
In some instances the managers have
furnished the means from their OWE
private purses to pay the railroad fare
and send the poor woman back to hel
friends. But the Home is nov 80 tille(
with permanent inmates that the ladiei
find themselves greatly curtailed and
not little embarrassed in their efforts Il
meet the demands Of those for whom the
charity is provided.
To meet the pressing necessities tbaI
are continually arising, the managers
must appeal to generous public tc
assist them, by contributing the meant
10 enlarge the building. The lot upon
which the property stands is large
enough to admit OF an additional build
ing that could accommodate from one tc
two hundred persons. The managers
are continually devising the best ways
and means to meet the emergencies al
they arise. The Home is provided, attel
many discouragements and some dis
appointments, with a matron who ii
proving herself to be blessing to the
Home and to the individuals who CONT
within her motherly influence.
The liberality OF the public added tC
regular subscriptions and the noble gtttt
Of the friends who are interested in the
enterprise have enabled the managers
and directors to undertake the purchase
OF the property occupied by the Home
and to make the first payment upon 1t
The treasury has recently been aug
mented by q gilt OF one hundred dollars
from the estate OF Col. Jacob Hornbrook,
4 which was generously forwarded by bis
daughter, Mrs. India Kelley, Of Cali
fornia. Indeed, among those who have
shown practical interest in the Home
are number Of friends whose homes
and personal interests lie in commune
ties entirely remote, but who, feeling q
common interest in humanity, have re-
cogpized their "neighbor" in The West
Virginia Home for Aged aud Fdendlese
Women, and have eheerfaily forwarded
substantial aid. Contributions may be
sent to the President, Mrs. D. A. Gun.
bingham, or to the Treasurer, Mr.. 10.
seph Bell, at the Logan Drug Company's,
Main street.