New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-28
GOOD WORK CHEAPLY DONE.
ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE CHILDREN'S
AID SOCIETY.
sayy BOYS AND GIRLS TAUGHT. FED AND
Observation-Disclosures OF CRIME-NEED OF

.,yy BoYs AND GIRLS TAUGHT FED AND
BovsEp-DECREAsE OF CRIME-NEED OF
THE SUMMER HEALTH HOME.
The trustees and officers Of the Children's Aid
Society Of the City of New-Yorl met yesterday
a2 D m in the American Exchange Bank at No.
ls Broadway 1t was the forty second annual
meeting Of the society. u. Wills James presided
sal Charles Loring Brace was secretary. These
officers were reelected: ID. Willis James. presi-
dent; Charles f. Whitehead. vce-president; George
: Coe treasurer Five trustees were then re-
eec,ed to serve until 1897. They William
Church Osborn. No Il Wall-st: George s Coe.
American Exchange Bank; Charles T. Whitehead,
No i Waist. j. Kennedy Tod. No. A Wal-si.,
and James r. Roosevelt Hyde Park.>N. Y.
rne report submitted by the trustees is exhaus-
tive The introduction says that the society bore
TO small part in the burden of relieving the terri
lie distress Of the needy in the last year Of CONNER
ciai depression 1, asks its friends 10 come again
10 its ala at Christmas and help II to give one day
OF happiness to the children OF the poor
In the year 1897 children attended the society's
school. the daily average having been s2e "a large
increase any previous year One of the most
gratifying incidents OF the year was the establish
r3ent in the Fifty-third-st. school. the Breasey
League Industrial Evening School. maintained and
o-canized by the graduates Of the Breasley School
In the society's buildings there are twelve evening
schools which largely supported by friends who
recognize the value Of this work
Through tho benevolence OF a friend OF the So
c,etv a farm school has been stabshed near
Kersico in Westchoster County. 1t consists OF
i25 acres and the buildings ample for the pur
rose The school is under the SUPPLEMENTARY Of
A r. Lewis who has in his care thirty boys. In
the last year these boys have done all the work of
the farm FED the stock and MIXED the COWS.
Tho lodginc-houses for homeless boys and girls
were owing to the hard times. patronized ex-
tonsively Many Of the boys were taught farming
Coz in fbo
and South. Others were sent South TO work in the
orange groves.
In the year 6,34s boys were cared for at the
lodging houses OF these 725 were placed in homes
and got employment, and 2is others were returned
to their friends.
Through the generosity Of Mrs. Elizabeth Fogc
another lodging house situated in Fifty-third-st.
near Eleventh-ave., will soon be opened. with Miss
Bishop in charge. Instead Of sending homeless
children 10 asylums. the society has thought IL
far better 10 send them to the different States 10
grow up as good citizens. In the year 2,226 wards
were placed. including about 400 adults since the
formation Of the sociey in 1853, homes and employ
ment have been found for 10l.9H persons
The summer charities OF the past season were
particularly important. The Health Home LOT
mothers and sick children. at Coney lsiahd' ana
the summer home for boys and girls at Bath
Beach. were crowded TO their utmost capacity
The weak and destitute were made happy by the
summer excursions and outings.
corps Of fifteen physicians attended 1919 niue
children. and a proof OF the good results the
society calls attention to the decreased deathrate
a. reported by the Board Of Health.
another gratifying condition Is the decrease IN
juvenile crime. AS an instance Of this. the rec
ords show that the commitments of girl thieves
nave fallen off from every 743 in 1865 to one
70 every $3.50 In 1893. The same remarkable pro-
portion is apparent upon the records Of boys
The total annual expense OF conducting the TWEEN
Vtwo Industrial schools has also decreased. me
a., Mst year required only an expenditure OF Ni os
c Tor each child. This in addition to the expense OF
e eos the raised the he fosai
msE different boys and girls were cared for Io'1,s
schools, 1891 children were taught and partly sup
pIsd with food and clothing ,,a, {, s,,,o
.. all the work done. there is balance OF ssSy6
me expenditures amounted to sSsS.S81 II says IN
The great distress which prevailed among work
"s people during the last winter gave occasion lor
immediate relief. which. under most trying circuin-
response Was d me, BY Su ah the esrnes APP
yeais TO this society for It's assistance througn inc
have received such marked attention from the en-
to during the Whole be .Sasd Of
Directors They can only estimate the practical
value o. their own service by the appreciation ex
ana self-denial as they have so cordially received
the FIT Ha By Mrs sePGsa M Whe Of & for the
rpamasS and maintenance OF farm scn aSS bat
s.soous 10 the city j am happy 10" 70 A'An ui.
Irs White has increased her bountiful giit by
d dne ADDITION OF $1,000 mere 20 be expended iSr sa
uetonal buildings upon the property. ana that
Vice ~ " - '
g. ne most pressing wants Of the society now are;
.so'ne enlargement OF the Health Home at Corey !
.Masnd where during the last season $500 mothers
WIN moro than 500 children enjoyed the health
is.GE breczes and temporary refreshments OF mat
socoity. The buildings are In need OF some re- !
r..is and they require enlargement to meet the
necessities OF their earlier construction.
The German Industrial School. East Second-st. !
near Avenue G. s enc OF the oldest schools !
Of the society and is doing it's silent work Of re-
mel nsf and instruction among the German population
OF that crowded quarter OF the city. IL now oc- !
.cnpes only hired rooms of limited capacity. and
rs usefulness would be much augmented II u |
could be In possession OF Its own permanent and |
appropriate building"