The herald., 1895-06-15
ORPHANS HOME SOCIETY
The Fifteenth Annual Meeting Occurred
Yesterday
The Various Reports Show the Home to Be in
nost FIourishing Condition.
Officers Elected

The fifteenth annual meeting of the
Los Angeles Orphans Home society was
held yesterday afternoon at the home,
corner of Yale and Alpine streets, for the
purpose OF transacting annual business.
The reports of officers and committees
were received and acted upon, and off,
GERS elected for the ensuing year. The la
dy managers who organized this benef-
cent charity and have it in charge are
among the most active and tireless work
ers IN all matters of charity, and by dill
gence and laborious care they have erect.
ed monument in the form of a large
and handsome brick building. completely
equipped for the purposes designed, and
capable of accommodating four hundred
inmates when fully finished. 1t is man.
aged carefully and economically, while
establishing an enviable reputation for
itself.
The large dining room had been pre-
pared for the meeting, and besides the
children in the home. accommodated an
audience of about two hundred people.
The meeting was openend by prayer
by Rev. b. +. Coulter, followed by sing
ing by the children Of the. home under the
leadership of Miss Jennie Hagan. The
children acquitted themselves exceeding
ly WE'LL as indeed they did on each occa-
sion when it came their time on the
programme. Miss Hagan's services in
teaching the children one day each week
is gratuitously given. The minutes of the
annual meeting held June, 1894, were read
oy Mrs. A. Il. Pomeroy. secretary. The
reports OF officers and standing commit
ees followed in their order, ana they all
showed satisfactory progress.
The reports of the treasurer and the
financial secretary followed, with itemiz-
ed statements of the financial transactions
of the society for the year. These reports
showed that SD, 9S6.66 had been received
and warrants amounting to $11, 100.9S had
been drawn, or little less than $1,000 per
month for running expenses. The audit
ing committee found the financial matters
correct. The report of the admissions
and discharges committee showed the
cosmopolitan character of the home.
Since the home was organized. in 1880,
1923 children had been received, distrib-
uted as to nationality as follows: Ameri-
can, BAL; English, 73; Irish. 10; Scotch,
Y; German. 50; Spanish, "A, Swedish,
tian, 2: Australian. 2; French. 13; Swiss,
8; Italian, 4 Dane, 6; India, 2; Holland,
.. There are now 154 inmates of tho
home.
A Sunday school has been regularly
conducted in the home for number of
years by Mr. Soales and is doing good
work. Christian principles are inculcat
The audience was evidently pleased to
see the little tots OF 3 to 5 years old go
through their kindergarten exercises and
singing under the instruction of Miss Ada
BiXby.
Mrs. d. G. Stephens made very able
and entertaining address. which conclud.
ell the exercises. The lady made some
practical observations in regard to the
care and control of the children, based on
facts from her experience.
She commented with great force on
some of the neglects of families and So
ciety in caring for the young. Mrs.
Stephens warned the lady managers that
the coming year would be laborious one
owing to the contemplated change of
the home into an industrial school. 1t
is designed to teach the children cooking,
tailoring. dress making, together with
manual training; to cultivate the hands
as well as the intellect. This involves
vast amount of additional work for the
board of managers and will increase the
running expenses materially.
The officers and board of managers
elected for the ensuing year are as fol.
lows: President, Mrs. ID. G. Stephens;
first vIce-president, Mrs. VIM. Ferguson:
second vice president, Mrs. ]. S. Chap
man; recording secretary, Mrs. A. Il.
Pomeroy; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
G. b. .Woodhead; financial secretary, Mrs
r. II. Hewitt; treasurer, Rev. b +.
Coulter; board of managers. Mines. Brus.
seau, PARCELS, Baker. Hagan, Fitch,
Forester, Barnard. Kerckhoff, Stowel,
Teal. Lindley, Goss. Henderson, Huber,
McMaInis, Steckel, Wills, Coulter
physicians, E. r. Smith, Bradley, Lash.
er and Darling.