New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-27

ITS ANNUAL. MEETING-REPORTs or THE TREAS,
I'RER AND sECRETARY-VAR1OUS FORMS
HELP rOR THOUSANDS.

ITS ANNUAL MEETING-REPORTS OF THE TREAS
rRER AND sECRETARY-vAR1OUs FORMS
OF HELP FOR THOUSANDS.
The annual meeting Of the Childrens Aid Society
held at the American Exchange National
Bank No l2s Broadway yesterday afternoon at
o'clock.
The officers. u. Willis James, president; Charles
i. Whitehead vice-presdent; George s. Coe. treas
urer; Charles Loring Brace. secretary. and the
trustees Henry L. Hawey. Howard Potter. Henry
Marquand F. Delano Weekes and A. b. Stone. to
until 1898. reelected.
The annual reports of the treasurer and secretary
presented Here are extracts from them:
The last year has impressed the officers Of the
great need Of additional schools in The tenement
districts Children are thronging our industrial
space. The Chldren's AID Society is, doing ali it
can TO meet the emergency Every school o BUILDING
additional funds to pay rents and alter old houses
room o as more lsw
In our twenty-one industrial schools over thirteen
ee~ed nsracSion and care The indSdua aten-
ton and personal interest, the school meals; the
school attract children who would Otherwise not
less OF our people must be cared for in this manner
or they NH grow up as ignorant as their parents
An important and interesting feature OF the years
work INC effort IN behalf Of The street boys Of our
The gilt Of benevolent lady Of this city has given
claim these lads The emigration or placlng-out de-
partment Of our work has received a grea; impetus
during the last year because OF the assistance given
BY The Farm school in preparing Boys FOR homes
IN me West Many unruly ads have been trained
During the year the society has placed in homes
and employment: Boys. 1913: girls. ZIG; men, jog;
The lodging houses for homeless BOYS and girls are
more efficient Than ever in meeting the needs of The
Necessary. Five thousand seven hundred and one
boys and sirs nave been sheltered in these lodging
houses a9iing the year; the nightly average is tGl.
VI thess ey- have been placed in homes and employ
msnt and @' others returned 10 friends.
No one can realize the amount OF happiness
plought 70 me poor ana unfortunate through
Al the summer home at Bath Beach over 5oco
Ehidren rom the sitting lenemcnts had week of
Island 1900 mothers ana sick or ai:ng infants had
., Week ana Wien necessary several weeks OF tho
iprng ocean breeze IN which 70 regain health and
Our stan Of fifteen physicians. employed to visit
the 'eheiaents in the hot weather to seek out ana
care for the sick children. victims Of ignorance and
megect nave done noble work during the sim-
The total annual expense Of our twenty-one IN
uIs,ila. scnoois ana Twelve night schools4 Tor
In cur lodg!nghouses 57ol boys and girls were sed.
pense OF $3.50 o. ''"' ''' '"' a. " '''"i 'A-
At the Farm School ISL boys were trained and
paced IN MONIES; the net running expense for the
There we're during the last year, in our six lodg-
meals and 1913 lodgings were supplied. III the
@ eren w S"T we're TsS ans pTS a ans
parity clothed. @',9E meals being supplied; 20,9
10 friends in both the East and the West: ASS
Wef aided with fooi. medicine: etc, through the
the benefits Of the Summer Hcme' at Bath. Long
island averaging about 81 per week. 6l5 mothers
Coney Island; sixteen girls have been instructed
L, IN the Use Of the sewing,machine in the Girls
tended Farm seSoo & a"q have Seen S &C.
under charge of the society during the year, 1879.