The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-19
ST. ELIZABETH HOME
Held Its Thirteen Annual Meeting
Today.
A Fair Attendance and Great Interest
Manifested i'm Reports.

There Yves mir attendance at the an
nual meeti g OF the corporation OF the st.
Elizabeth Home in Grace Church Chapel,
this noon, and considerable interest was
eyinced in the reports presented. Key.
Floyd W. Tomkins presided in the ab-
sence Of the president, KIT. Rev. Thomas
NJ. Clark, who is i'll.
Rev. Mr.. Tomkins, in his remarks OF
welcome, dwelt upon the advis-
ability OF recogniz no % import
ance of the corpoT tion meetir /,
and the fact that Inc c. ,vration nu
support the board OF managersein orc
that this worthy work may be carried on
to more successful i'sue.
The secretary, Mrs. James III. Cogges-
hall, was absent and Miss A. s. Knight,
sec retery, pro tenn, read the thir-
toSph anpS@ RS i report psSd0 b. Of bs1s the
are % patients in the home, among the
permanent inmates being four new
oomers, and five patients died during the
year.
Thanks were extended to those who had
-cheerea the monotony of the patients by
corps for their care and pa
tence; to the clergymen, whose
kindness is appreciated; to the
old ard young friends who swelled the
contribution by sales and fairs; to the
churches which rendered the proceeds of
harye concerts; 70 the la6oring
men who worked around The buildings
and grounds without pay, and To the Hop
kins transfer Company for Transporting
contributions free of expense.
Twenty-Five parishes, less than one
half OF thoye in the diocese, contributed to
the support of the home and this indif-
ference on the part of the remainder was
scored. IL was suggested that all rectors
be requested to call attention to the needs
of tic home once q year, at least, in the
hopes that many will be induced TO lend
q helping hand.
The treasurer, Miss Nancy A. Green,
reported that the total receipts of the home
for he year were S7645.So, and the total ex-
-f7af4d Stre-4- 80 4 leaving balance
*zl3 . ia The treasury. The total receipts
for q he - Omss NJ. Clark ward amounted
TO l5,78563; total expenditures, s13,S77.-
90; ol4ance, s19OI.67. The ward is without
d bt.
generally OF his course during The year
and announced that he hour for holy
communion each fourth Sunday in the
month had been changed to a. M, and
the afternoon service on other "a bbaths
is held at $50 o'clock.
While the committee on nominations,
comprising DR.. Henshaw, Rev. Mr.. Will
liams and Mrs. Smith, were out the fol-
lowing new members were admitted to
the corporations:
Rev. Francis q. Williams, Rev. Theodore
r. Foster, Rev. A. p. Wickes, Rev.
William Pressey, Rev. George w.
West, Rev. James p. Chalmers, Rev.
f. 3. Whitcome, Rev. r. B. Taylor, Rev.
w. A. Wasson. Mrs. f. w. Tomkins, Mrs.
james +. Brown, Mrs II. II. jerks, Mrs.
George Bridge, Mrs. IA. A. DuN Willard, Mrs.
Read and Miss l.. Foster.
Officers for tine ensuing year were chosen
as follows; President, Bishop L. M.
Clark; acting vice presidents, Rev. i. w.
Tomkins, Rev. Henry Bassett and Mrs. j.
Il. -Campbe.l;- honorary vice president,
Rev. ID. II. Greer, Il. D.; treasurer, Miss n.
a. Greene; secretary, Mrs. j. II. Coggeshall.
The Old board OF managers was reelected,
as were the associate managers with the
exception OF Mrs. &. IA. Babcock, whose
place was filed by Mrs. Charles Read.
Addresses were then in order and Mr..
Ames OF the finance committee said it was
shameful that out of AZ parishes there has
TO be continue begging by few ladies TO
obtain contributions.
Rev. Mr.. Tomkins thought thore ought
TO be canon for enforcing a collection
once a year. He thought, too, that all
should contradict the impression that the
home is a Providence institution, because
e is purely a diocesan affair, and that
there ought to be more contributions
pledged by the envelope system than at
present.
Mr.. Bassett dwelt on the aid chsldren
could give and suggested plan OF "dime
helpers"
IL was finally agreed that the effort
should be made TO have a canon made at
the next convention, and that some other
plan shall be evolved as soon as possible.
The board OF managers went into exec
utive session to organize and the meet
ing adjourned.