Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-07
HOME FOR THE FRIENDLEss.

!
 Macbeth of Trinity Church-Treas-
 urer,s and Secretary's Reports.
 The annual meeting of the board of man sgers of the Home for the Friendlees was held at Trinity parish house on Temple street at o'clock yesterday afternoon and was attended by about fifty ladies. Rev. Mr. Henry Macbeth of Trinity church pre- sided at the public meeting and made the annual address. He saidi
 "The name given to this institution was happy inspiration. It Is essentially home in which the residents are surround ed with as many of the comforts and pleas I ant influences as is possible outside of their l own homes. Love is the motive by which ! the work Is carried on, and no other mo- tive could carry on this work so success- fully. Other motives might provide for the material wants of the needy, but an impression can only be made on the spirit ual condition of people by labor of love. When n the peoples heart is In such work as this it brings success. It wss the Mas te1's way to work through love. Such work Is its own best tt ttstlmony in Chris
 
 once to the hearts and pockets of all the people in a community. It is not gen erally known among the people ot the town what an extensive work is being carried on by this institution. The Christian activity which Is manifested l in this work through all the different de- nominations in ths city Is an excellent tes- | timony to the worthiness and success of | the work done"
 After MT. Macbeth had finished his sd- | dress he called for the treasure1's report, ! which was read by Mrs. Thomas B. Os-
 borne, tho treasurer of the home. From | this report 1t appears that the running ex- pensss of the home for the past year had
 been under $5, 900, and they close the year out of debt and with almost $500 in the l treasury. As most of the subscriptions are payable in the fall, it will bs next fall | before much money comes in. So the
 management will have to depend upon 8 l generous public for any contributions that
 may be needed between now and then. THE sECRETARY's REPORT.
 The report of the secretary, Mrs. Thomas
 accomplished during the past year. It Is | as followsi
 During the year now ended we have
 sheltered and cared for eighty persons.
 Twenty-Five of this number have been wo-
 men over sixty years of age, and In connec-
 tion with this department of the home 1t
 may bs we'll to repsat again fact which l many, even among the contributors to our
 work, do not fully realizs-that our ins:i
 tion maintains the only free, non-secta:tan home for women in this state. None of the T old women now free inmates in the Home for the Friendless can be admitted to any
 other old women's home in Connecticut. If ws did not care for them they must either
 remain i'll treated and suffering, with only
 the uncertain resource of individual end spasmodic charity, or else pasa their last days in the almshouse.
 We have also some boarders among the } old women, those whose way is paid eithel wholly or in part, who are happy in theil ) home and appreciating the kindly care 7 with which they are surrounded, say: ''1 is real home; we could not be as happy l anywhere else."
 These old people form the permanent } element in the household. Their cheer ful content and blameIess lives ably sec 7 ond the efforts of our matron to create , helpful Christian influence in the home } which all who enter soon feel and art } guided by.
 3 We have received thirty two caildrer } during this year. These, as opportunity presented, have bsen placed in permanen 7 homes, as 1t Is not the purpose of our in stitution to provide more than temporar,
 care of children. We take only such ohildrer : as are ineligible for admission to the orphan l l asylums and csn find, for the time, nt r l other home, and we return them to thei
 parents or guardians as soon as these latte, } gre able to again properly care for them In cases where parents or guardians ar' ! Co Ior he l, of children, we fiud good homes for tn l little ones.
 Many of the children who come to u are pitiful little objects, dirty, half fed . showing the effeete of continued i'll treat 1 nent, and knowing little gave the evils O
 the streets, in which their few years havt been passed, but the baby innocence O heart is there, and in short time they sr' clean and hearty and all their past life ii } crowded out of mind by the happy present , with its regular training of mind and bod! 3 and, most of all, of soul.
 Fifteen women have. during this pas } year, been admitted to the home upon thei 3 professed desire to reform. Eleven O.
 these, all young and with many years be 3 fore them in which to work either good ol 3 ] evil in the community, have gone out iron 1 the home, and in situations of our provid ] ing, are HOW earning their living oy tn, | Sc@oSo) ) how to do while in the home
 Of only two need we say that We have } failed in the work of reclamation, as th. , I one still needed to complete the list WAS } poor woman whom from the first we hai scarcely hoped to help. Her will ant I mind had been so affected by tee lquol and the drugs which she begged us te keep her from, that, after some weeks o ) apparent improvement and contentment ! she became unwilling and possibly un able to bear longer restraint, and having ! no power to detain her against her vii we were forced to abandon further efforts in her case.
 Besides these three classes of people VI ) have helped many others 1nvslids, who's. ) money was exhausted, have been given ths ) rest they needed before they could go baet } to work. Women with little children l whose destitution was only temporary ) have been cared for during few weekl
 until the husband and father could gel work and again assume the support of hil
 family. One young woman is now in the
 home with her three little children, the
 youngest only few weeks old. Her bus .l band has deserted her aud, feeble as she now ia, she hopes soon to be equal to the
 care and support of her little family.
 We are glad to bs able to report that the l wishes of the managers have never been
 carried out as the home with more tact
 and discretion. nor with more economy, than l at present. The food of the inmates is
 nouriships and we'll cooked, the house is
 neat and orderly, the large family is we'll l regulated and each member of it seems de-
 sirous to do her share.
 Of the finances cur treasurer will speak
 more in detail. The generous remem
 brance of our needs on donation day was
 very gratifying and lifted 8 load of care off
 from our hearts, for owing to the fiuar clal
 depression everywhere felt our subscrip-
 tions were falling far short of the usual
 amount the board of some inmates was in
 arrears and consequently we were largely ] in debt Thanks to our liberal friends, We
 close the year fres from debt, and we shall
 take up the work of the coming year in
 confidence that the means for carrying it
 on will be provided.
 What we hope for is largely increased
 number of regular subscribers, whose sub
 scriptions shall be payable in the spring.
 A great burden would thus be lifted off
 from our treasurer, who is now often com
 pelled to make bricks without straw.
 We are poor in money. We have hard
 work to make both ends meet and keep out
 of debt without refusing aid to some of
 those who need our help; but we are rich
 in opportunity, we are blest In the visible
 results of our work, and we are, above all.
 blest and encouraged by the generosity and kindly appreciation shown to our institu-
 tion on all sides.
 We desire to express our thanks for the
 help which we receive from so many sources, for the valuable instruction which