St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-26
A LEADING CHARITY.
Success and Prosperity At
tending the Home for
the FriendIess.
An Eleemosynary Institution
Ranking Second to No
Other.
fhe Social Events Of Yester-
day and Some Personal
Chats.
Variety Of Matters Of Interest
to All Woman
kind.

AMONG lIlC ulOSU uSGl III anu SuCCCooIu VI
If all the eleemosynary institutions Of
The city, the Home for the Frieudless
ranks with the first. Its annual meeting
was held yesterday, and the reports
submitted exploited the success and
prosperity of the home from every
Itandpolnt. Seventeen ladies took part
IN the meeting at Relief hall and listened
20 the reports, the following being a
synopsis of the secretary, Mrs. William
T. Graves:
Our records show that the American,
irish, Swedish, German, Danish, Eng
ish. Scotch, Canadian, and even Arab
IN nationaities have been represented
lnder our roof During the year we
have sheltered those whose homes were
burned; a pennilesS widow searching
i0r q lost daughter: large number of
women deserted by their husbands:
women and children forced into the
Jtreets through intemperance of huS-
bands and fathers; people from the city
hospital, cured, yet TOO weak to work;
travellers who have been in st. Paul
without money or friends, and many
other cases of like nature. Our home
is for all women and children who are
suffering and in need of a home. We
40 not admit boys over seven years old
except in special cases.
I'VE have had 213 different persons
IN our care during the year. The family
was largest in March. when it numbered
seVpnty-four. The average has been
ifly-one per month. FIfty-seYen chill
1ren who nave been cared for during
he year a. the home have been adopted,
mostly through the efforts of the Chill
dren;S Aid society.
'ln May Mrs Winter, for three years
matrOn, left us on account of her health,
Mrs. Z. w. Mead taking her place until
Aug. ID, when she went to OWatonna.
Since then Mrs N. A. Bunker has been
matrom. These changes have made our
work difficult. but under all three adj
minlstrations our building and inmates
have been well cared for. and if from
time to time the managers have found
their personal work necessary it has
been given cheerfuly.
GOOD Work Appreciated.
"Nevcr in the history of the institu-
ton has public interest in the home been
more widespread than during the past
year. This has been especially shown
in our contributions of food, clothing,
etc, and in voluntary assistance from
various people. The $50 garments
which we received from the needle
work guild we're much appreciated by
those to whom perfectly new garment
was an almost forgotten luxury. We
were in sore need Of table linen, towels,
ETC., which were supplied by this most
admirable organization.
"Early in the year, through the kindly
interest and suggestion Of Mrs. Lane X.
Stone. a very successful series of read
ings were given for our benefit by Miss
Evelyne Hilliard of Buffalo. Mrs. II.
7. Upman and two Of our managers do
mated their homes for the purpose. The
sum of S20S was realized. which enabled
us to indulge in long wished for and
much needed porch. This porch and a
small amount of papering, painting and
kalsomining constitute the improve
ments that have been made this year.
The reception room was made very in
viting by the generosity of friends,
MeSsrs Paul and Walter Merrill donat-
ing the papering and Mrs. Auerbach a
rp't.
-Four deaths have occurred during
the year, and a German girl who had
been with us for over three years was
taken to the st. Peter insane asylum.
Religious services were held during the
year at the home. The holiday dinners
were bountifuI and much enjoyed. Each
person was remembered with a sub
stantial gift at Christmas. Drs. Poole,
SAWYER, Ancker, Wheaton and Din
WoOdie have rendered us valuable serv-
ice during the year, for which we wish
to publicly express our appreciation
and give our thanks.
I'VE trust that to the results obtained
and the means by which they have been
accomplished in this our twenty-sixth
year or friends can give their hearty
approval and substantial help. We
thank you, each and all, in the name of
the 2l3 persons whose lives have been
made somewhat brighter because of
you"
The New Managers.
The following ladies were appointed
rs the board of managers for the ensu-
Ing year: Mesdames Pascal Smith, Ii.
S. Fairchild, J. A. Sabin, J. F. IIoyt, NJ.
F. McClurg, G. +. FurneSS, Kenneth
Clarke, Fred Weyerhauser, NJ. f. Bra
don, MyrOn Brown, c. II. Worthen,
Maurice Auerbach, William F. Graves,
Ada Murphy, c. c. Andrews, Russell
Dorr, c. W. Kibbee, Theodore De Witt,
a. Guthrie, c. &. Koltf, Ed Hopper, d.
A. Curtss. Ed b. Smith, E. c. Becker,
S. ID. Flagg. j. Owens and f. E. Bird.
The report of the treasurer submitted