The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-11-13
ANNUAL DONATION DAF

For the Home for the Friendless To-mor-
row--The Home and It's Work-A Glance
at the Instltution--The Imperative Needs
of This Noble PhilanthroplC Institution.
The work of the Home for the Friend
less appeals strongly to the hearts and
sympathies of all who care for souls, of
all who care for the relief of sorrow
and distress, of all who feel for the
aged and the friendless. The name of
the institution was we'll chosen, as 1T
signifies the object Of the work done
at this eminently useful, practical and
noble charity. AT the home to-day there
are no less than twenty aged women OF
a very worthy class, none of whom is
less than three score and ten years OF
age, and the oldest of whom is within
two years of her ninetieth birthday.
The pathway to the tomb of these old
ladies, WHO have seen better days and
who but for the home would spend
their declining years in poorhouse, Is
cheered and frightened. and their
thankful hearts and spirit tell of the
noble work the Home for the Friend
less does for them. These are quarter
ed in the new brick building, which is
warm and light and mos tcomfortable
for the aged. Then in the old building
there are mothers and their helpless
| families. They are deserted mothers
and families, left helpless and distress
| ed, These the home shelters, feeds and
| warns until the mothers can be pro-
vided with self-supporting employment
and saved from distress, dishonor and
ruin. The home shelters also many
young girls, one only fifteen years of
age, who are at the home for reforma-
tion and cared for and given home
until they can be put in a place where
they can honorably earn their way and
| thus there escape a life worse than
death. A look about the home and visit
to the inmates speaks of the comfort of
| the inmates and their thankful spirit,
and tells that they have been lifted
from despair to hope and imbued with
| the feeling that the Christian church is
vitality alive to save and to bless These
are some of the benefits of the home
To fully realize the noble work 1t does
one must visit the home and see the
practical work it does. The home is all
ways open to visitors interested in char
| table or religious work. The homes
annual donation day occurs tomorrow,
| and liberal contributions are bespoken
for this noble institution. 1t sadly
needs all that generous public can
bestow, both in money and goods in
/ furniture groceries, clothing-all that
| is needed in a household. The home
has forty-seven inmates. 1t is import
ant, essential, that it should receive a
handsome lift tomorrow, as the funds
of the institution are low and the noble
ladies who manage the home with such
self-sacrificing devotion and with such
thoroughly careful economy have adj
vanced money from their private funds
to pay for the coal, an ample supply of
which is required, as the old house IS
rickety and needs constant repairing,
and requires large supply of fuel to
keep it properly warmed wagon
will be sent tomorrow to the houses of
our kind people who signify a wish to
donate anything to the home in the line
of clothing, books, furniture, groceries,
etc. Word sent in this regard to Mrs,
Charles f. Graves, No. 101 Grove street,
or to Miss Elizabeth S. Hotchkiss, 576
Chapel street, will receive prompt atten-
ton. The ladies of New Haven are
\ specially invited to visit the home to-
morrow donation day., especially in
the afternoon. The building fund for a
new building to take the place of the
old worn-out wooden structure now
amounts to $4,000, of which $1,000 each
has been contributed through the gen.
erosity of Mrs. W. w. Boardman, Mrs.
Henry Farnam and Misses Elizabeth S.
and Susan v. Hotchkiss. The sum of
$12, 900 is required to erect a suitable
new building. This amount is based on
very moderate estimate. Perhaps
some one will add materially to the
building fund in the contributions to-
morrow.