The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-05

which we are under to pr, Hall, who has gain, as in years past, given his valuable services for the bodily vel fare of the inmates; to ldiss Grifing, who continues her hs lpfHl work in the weekly Bible class, ana to those who conehct the Sunday services at the Honhe. We thank tbe daily papers of the city, whose columns are so freely opened to us, and all those who con tribute to make Donation day @ sue c ess.
 We close the year free from debt, ow- Ing to the usual generosity of our friends. A legtacy of $1 LOGO from the 1 estate of MT. James Woodward Thomp- | son has been added to our permanent 1 fund.
 A year agg we felt that new brick | building in the place of the present | wooden one was a necessity which must | be compassed in the near future, but even the most sanguine members of our board were far from confident that pru- dence would allow us at that time to commit ourselves to this enterprise. To- day, With fresh courage, we thank the | friends who have headed the subscrip- l ton for a new building. Mrs. w. w. Boardman Mrs. Henry Farnam, Miss ] Elizabeth $. Hotchkiss 'alnd Miss Susan 1 V. Hotchkiss have each subscribed St,- | 900 for this purpose With so encourag- | ing a beginning we are justified in the hope that sufficient sum may be | guaranteed by spying to enable us to { begin work with, the warm weather l This year has seen great changes in our board of ma nagers. At the last an- nual meeting Mrs, l.. l.. Camp was with 1 us-that was the last meeting of the board which she attended-a member of our board. of managers for seventeen years, serv ing fourteen years of that time on the executive committee-we had learned to rely on her good judg- ment for advice in emergencies, and her death was a great loss to the l home.
 Mrs. NT. W. Merwin had been mem Der of the board since 1877, and in her death we were deprived of another mana ger who had given to the home many years of loyal service.
 | Ms Alexander McAlister resigned l frcJWi the board in September, after twenty six years of service as a man.
 Ager part of the time on the executive { committee. We are glad to say that her name is still connected with our work
 as an honorary manager.
 One of our vice presidents, Mrs Jus
 tus s. Hotchkiss, has resigned that off,
 flee and in connection with the ending
 of Mrs. Hotchkiss' long term of active
 service it is fitting to recall the deep 1 af, tho
 the Friendless owes to her Mrs. Hotch- kiss was the first secretary of the home
 and held that office uninterruptedly for
 twenty-five years. We who now find
 our work prepared to our hand can
 hardly realize what that statement
 means The home as it stands to-day.
 contrasted with the struggling, feeble
 cause which Mrs. Hotchkiss enthusias-
 tically championed in it's infancy, is the
 best testimony to the wisdom of the lit-
 tie group of women who labored so
 brave1y for the institution in its begin
 ming.
 Mrs. Hillhouse has resigned the pres ! idency of our society. We are very
 thankful, however that we are not al-
 together to lose her counsel, and the
 sympathy she has given to the home
 ever since it's establishment, for she has
 consented to remain on our executive
 force as vice president.
 It is with feeling of deep regret at these inevitable changes that we close our year For the new year we can only hope that workers, and funds to do the work with, will be found ready
 when they are needed.