The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-06
TOME FOR rnE rRIEypLEss.

The annual meeting of the officers and managers of the Home for the Friendless was held at Trinity parish house at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and was attended by quite large num- Der of ladies. Mrs. William Hillhouse, the president. presided at the meeting. The following officers were reelected: President, Mrs. William Hilihouse; vice presidents. Mrs. Charles E. Graves. Mrs. Justus S. Hotchkiss; treasurer, Mrs. Timothy Cowles; secretary. Mrs. Thomas B. Osborne. There were sev- eral slight changes in the board of managers.
 Rev. E. s. Lines was present and made some very interesting remarks. Mr. Lines has taken deep interest In the home and has visited 1t several times. He spoke of the great work 1t Is doing and expressed himself as much pleased at the undenominational char acter of the institution. He compli- mented its cleanliness and the economy shown in its management. He said that endowment funds would be the best thing for the home in finan- cial way. as then there would be no anxiety about meeting the monthly bills as at present. He also said that the sick received the best of care, and spoke of the need of a new building in place of the old one.
 THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
 The report of the secretary. Mrs. Thomas B. Osborne. was as follows:
 The home has sheltered eighty-five persons during the last twelve months There are now forty-five inmates, ,nine- teen of whom are over seventy years of age. We have three children under two years, and sixteen over that age
 We have admitted during the year thirteen young women, hoping that in each case the influences of Christian home, and careful training in domestic duties might help an erring girl to gain strength to resist future tempta- tion and form habits of industry which would fit her to earn her living in com petition with other workers In nearly every case this hope has been realized. We feel that we have accomplished a substantial work not only for these in- dividuals, but for society as well.
 The large proportion of aged women in the home is due to two, and perhaps to three causes. First, ours is the only non-sectarian home for old women in this vicinity; second, many of these women have grown old in the home and the third reason is that we find it very hard to say no to woman who has supported herself, and often others dependent on her, for many years, and who turns to us for aid when she is past work and has no friends left to care for her.
 The children are temporary inmates. AS soon as possible we either give them back to the friends who have become again able to support them, or place them in other institutions which they could not enter at the time we took them. The number of children who are always in the Home for the Friendless because there is no other place open for them, shows that there are many cases of suffering and neglect not reached by the institutions devoted exclusively to the care of children and that our help is necessary to supplement their work.
 | We have been especially fortunate in that the domestic arrangements of the home have remained unaltered during the year. The great economy with which this large family has been main- tained is only possible through the CO., operation of such devoted assistants as we possess in our present matron and housekeeper and the harmonious and industrious life of the household is very largely due to the influence of those who direct its daily routine.
 We thoroughly appreciate the kind ness and skill of Dr. Hall, who has, as in several years past, cared for the l health of the inmates. There has been no serious illness during the year.
 The services held at the home each Sunday have been a source of profit and enjoyment to the little congrega- tion. These services and Miss Griffing's weekly Bible class are important 1 factors in our work, being often the first systematic teachings of such sub jects ever received by the listeners, who gladly avail themselves of these oppor- tunities for instruction.
 The daily papers of the city have again, as in past years, gratuitously inserted sl1ch notices as WA froro tin,o to time have sent them. This has been a great help to us.
 The home has been crowded through out the year, and the fact that our in come has never suff1ced to support as large a family as our buildings will shelter has given much anxiety to those responsible for the management. The question has been repeatedly asked, "Are there any here who can in any way be cared for elsewhere?" those. now in the home to be fully worthy of our aid. But we cannot go on in this way indefinitely, and if our l income be not permanently increased, we soon must retrench our expenditures and limit the number we will aid, not by the capacity of the rooms in our building, but by our ability to feed those whom we receive. since we only dispense the gifts of others and certain ly ought not to take the responsibility of giving what we have no reasonable expectation of receiving again.
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