St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-25

Twenty-First Annual Meeting of
the As5ociatioi Held at Home
of Mrs. George F.. Skinner
Full New Board of Officers
Elected Most Flourishins
Work of Charity in the City.
The twenty-frSt annual meeting of
the st. Paul Bethel association was held
last night at the residence of Mrs.
George E. Skinner, the vice president
OF the womdn's auxiliary board. Re
ports of the different officers were read,
officers for the ensuing year elected and
the general work for the coming year
discussed. The election of officers re-
suited az follows:
President, Kenneth Clark; vice pres
ident, II. l.. Moss; treasurer. Mr.. Funk;
secretary, Frank ID. Willis.
The treasurer's report showed the
total receipts from the coffee house dur
ing the past nine months to be So. 744S0;
total Indebtedness of the association on
boat at date, SS75.O2. The rebuilding of
boat cost 81, 065.73. Total receipts from
Friendly Inn for wood, 81. 463 30; paid
Out for wood, work and teaning. 81, 353;
leaving a profit to the association of
$1,000. The bath house receipts for
the year were S56j9S; expenses, $500;
leaving profit OF $50 IS for the associa-
ton.
On the whole. the year has been a
amount of labor and capital invested
the results are simply astonishing:
greater than those from the same in
vestme mt of labor in any other charity
that can be thought of.
The report from the Sunday school
work is gratifying. The attendance
from May l, 1898, to May 1. 1894. was.
Scholars enrolled, CT; average attend
ance, 45l. There have been ~ distriUu-
tions and 1925 tickets redeemed, an
average of 254 per Sunday.
The officers of tie Sunday school are
r. E. YerXa, superintendent; II. A.
Campbell. assistant superintendent;
Mrs. q. w. Leonard, superintendent of
infant class; Gorge F. Engel. secretary :;
U. q. Moore and Howard BarkalUo,
assistant secretaries; Miss Maggie
Mckenzie, treasurer.
The mothers afternoon teas. over
which Mrs. Higbee presides, are con-
tinual source of help to the mothers
The boys brigade work must not be
overlooked. and the Friendly inn has
during the past winter earned the right
to be made permanent institution.
The good works of the woman'S aux
wide-reaching character that it is inl-
possible to deal with ii in so briet a
report. Daring the past year the board
has lost from its number six members:
Mrs. G. 3. Thurston. who resigned
owing to the pressure of work else
where; Mrs. NJ. B. Stephenson. Miss
Weyernaeuser and Mrs. e. A. Sever
ance by removal from the city; and Mrs.
X. Ii. Stanton and Mrs. Jenny Nj. Peake
by death.
The officers and board of managers of
PRESIDENT; Mrs. Geurge T.. Skinner.
nrst vice president; Mrs. Charles
Nichols. second vice president; Mrs.
Henry b. Willis, secretary; Mrs. j. q.
Earhutf, treasurer. Board or managers,
Mrs. j. Q. Adams, Mrs. J. w. B shop.
Mrs. u. II. Bridgeman. Mrs. j. Ii. Da-
wilson. Mrs. +. B. Doran, Mrs. j. q.
Earnotf. Mrs. L. j. Funk. Mrs. q.
&. Gilbert, Mrs. F. ID. lager.
Mrs. Henry Hazenwinkle, Mrs. z. q.
uigbee, Mrs. w. Z. ]ewett, Mrs. II. A.
kirk, Mrs. ID. Il. Noon. Mrs. ii. l..
Moss, Mrs. r. Nj. Newport. Mrs.
Charles Nichols. Mrs. NJ. A. Reaney.
Mrs. Edmund Rice. Mrs. E. u. Rogers,
Mrs. &. E. Skinuer, Mrs. j. H. Skin
her, Mrs. G. d. Smith. Mrs. ~. j. Stone,
Mrs. Arthur Sweeney, Mrs. A. E. We
mott, Mrs. FL. b. Willis, Mrs. f. p.
Wright.
The coffee house is in a particularly
fiouriShing condition. and the sleeping
accom- odations or the boat are tested
every night.
After a comp Iete discussion of ways
anu means Tor the coming year the
meeting adjourned. and a special meet
ing is called for July 10.