The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-14
result OF YEARS WORK
Report Of Mrs. Kennedy, Secretary Of
Managers Home for fricndlcss.
NUMBER INMATES CARED FOX
The Children Received at the Home In.
dcnturcd to Familics-FOur Deaths
During the Ycar-Donations That
We're Made to the Institution.

henIieuy, SecTeldTy Oh tHe DOdTu VI
managers of the Home for the Friend
less, for the year just closed:
Again. at the beginning of a New
Year we come before the friends of the
Home to review the work of the past
twelve months.
In many respects it has been q hard
year, for both rich and poor. The pro-
fits of capital have been meagre and
hundreds of willing hands have gone
unemployed. 1t is with grateful hearts
that we can report today that our work
has been well sustained.
Since the beginning of the hard
times" charity has been 50 systema-
ti2ed that few of the really deserving
poor have been in positive need. Or
ganlzation has tended to weed out the
undeserving and benefit those in dis
tress, and best of all it has kept many
families from being separated.
During the past year there have been
admitted to the home 80 boys, 81 girls
and 6 women, which does not exceed
the usual number received. Many of
these came through the application of
friends OF acquaintances, others were
sent by the poor board or chief of po-
lice, and quite a number through the
Associated Charities. They have ranged
in age from a feeble old lady of So years
to baby a few weeks old.
Eleven of the infants were under
seven weeks old, and twelve others be-
tween that age and three years.
OF the children admitted to the home
In 1894, eight have been indentured to
us: ten indentured by the home to fam
lilies, and one sent to the Girls Refuge
in Philadelphia. Many visits were paid
the homes of these and other inden-
tured children by the home visitors.
month alaVpn u c
Many of the reports were most inter-
es,ting and nearly all were encourage
ing.
Wayne county has large number of
our 'rdentured children, some of them
grown to manhood and womanhood.
ATypical Case.
A lady came before the executive
boaru one Thursday morning. desiring
to take a child. She had years ago
taken a little girl from the home, who
had grown into lovely young woman
of 10, and now she wished to take an
other. At the time we had none of
the age desired.
IL! September court granted adoption
papers for a little girl indentured by us
to a family ten years ago. The health of
the home family during the year has
been unusually good. There have been
~ ,.s. ~ iiie ~ Gnu "iiuGopS
contagious diseases.
-Four deaths have occurred. The first
February "a, was the little 4-year-old
So 10y 9Ta Shari,, u3 S M & oh,,d y, "a" "a Soer
most inhumanly treated by some per-
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credit fnr a very successfnI excursion
10 Binghamton. The net receipts were
S6S5.25. -.
The tuei committee, as usual nave
kept the pin wei stocked WIN coal, me
companies having resPoHueu hoeraiis
10 Iiieir sollcitatiohs.
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ished For the sunday dinner, a little In .
hnr of love much Valued The hoard
annreciates tbe ard,Ious faithful SER
vices of the chief mana ger and matron.
Great credit should be given them for
the harmonious. pleasant atmosphere
that has prevailed at the home during
the year 1t has been like one great
family.
The cash receipts donation day were
$55315-somewhat less than for several
years past. However, the home man
ayers nave no reason 10 complain
There We're large donations, besides the
cash contributions. The merchants and
business men were very liberal: There
were ntteeh parreis ol iiour aiiu Two oi
sugar and large quantities OF general
supplies.
Generosity Of Scholars.
p,o ,oho,o,, from, ,orious soboo,s n,
sn,aiI o,fts from eacb child sant ter
n'''ha, oe notatoos two ,b.rrels n,
pus' , ,,sI,aI -, .u,aat natatoos
"ppu "na h1,drad heads of cabbage and CON.
sidarahie canned fruit The Amin,
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ha, ',,s"s 20 'asts for fbe ola ia dies
r,o,', 1ar,iIton tho ,Rusv Rees" " 9
,ond 20 aIavan Iittia Girls tbe oIdest
p'',i =. w., 70 ,,o,,n.ast Z ve.rs of oga sent .
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tH'eiy iIn ely, yhose two vo,,pger hrotbers nv,
st,,t M T., thn Rome
'''i tbo !, OF hoard Meeting the treas
,,rar anLnow,edred the receint of Aft,
to'cent nieces from two little sisters a.
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