The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-09
lNTEREsrINa ANNUAL nnpoRTs
OF the oalcsrS Of the Chlldrsu'S Homo OF
Wheeling,


Wheeling,
IPNStltl0, ". Va
DEAR SIRs;-I beg leave 10 submit tho
twonty.AIth annual report OF the noble
charity under your care.
The year has been marked throughout
with many bleasings-tokens Of tho
Divine favor, and OF the continued in,
tersst Of the community. Tho general
hea!thluluess OF the Homo family has
been remarkably good. Credit Ia thus
reflected upon the wisdom and faithful.
ness OF those having tho oversight of
the little ones. Careful nursing ia given
In case OF sickness, and every effort ia
made to avoid contA2ion. Recently all
the children have been successfully vac
cinAtea, under tho direction OF DR., J, y,
Hupp. Instruction in our public
schools 10 received regularly by those
old enough. Each Lords Day religious
services are attended at one or other Of
the nearer churches. The entire man
agemeut oil all departments continues to
DO marked by wise economy. The
meetings of tho board OF lady managers
have been held regularly throughout
the year, Mrs, DR., ]. Q. Hupp presiding,
A deep interest has been taken in every.
thing pertaining TO the welfare Of tho
children, and all duties assigned have
been ChserIully and faithfully per.
formed.
The admission committee, Miss Mary
Mckee, chairman, reports, twenty-five
admissions during the year; thirteen
girls end nine boys, ranging from two to
twelve years Of age. Three OF tho boys
wore left homeless by the murder Of
their mother and the lie sentence Of
their father who committed the deed.
What would have become OF these
children no one knows, had It not been
Tor the shslterIng and fostering care Of
the Children's Home. Seven girls and
one boy have been cared for temporariiy,
and restored TO grateful parents, when
able 10 provide for thOn. Many visits
are made by Miss Mckee aud other
members Of the board each year to
homes lin name only where children
are being sChoolGd In poverty and evil,
and effort 10 made TO secure to them the
physical care and moral training Of the
Home, Gases brought to notice by the
newspapers and proceedings OF tho pc.
lice court are looked pp, aud thus con-
tiuual effort Is mndo to mako the insti-
tuition a larger blessing to the entire
community.
Any information regarding homeless
and destitute little onaS Is gladly 70.
ceived at the Home, and investigation is
promptly made,
The binding committee, Mrs. ]. ].
Jones, chairman, reports ten girls aud
four boys regularly bound out. Two OF
OF the girls have been returned, ono OF
them on account OF i'll health and the
other because she was unwilling to re.
main away from her sister, still in tho
Home. Reports are continually re-
ceiyed, both from tho children who
have gone out and from those who hnvo
taken them, and almost without oxcOp.
ton these reports express ontirc salts
faction and pleasure.
The most marked event Of tho year
was tho celebration OF the twonty.htth
anniversary OF tho founding OF the
Homo, February ii. We were permit
ted to again greet or hear from those
who in former years were identified with
the work OF tho fundamentally
Rev. S. u, Barnitz, W. Il. Thompson
and L. II. DornbIaser, former prOsi-
dents.
Tho interest taken in the anniversary
exercises as indicated by the large audi.
cncO in attendance and tho press notices
was most gratifying.
Tho very generous offering made at
Thanksgiving iS also evidence OF tho
hold this charity has upon this eommu.
nifty. Wo arc persuaded that many Of
these offerings come from humber
homes, that in making those offerings
many comply with the scriptural in.
junction, "Bear 70 ono anothOr'S bur.
dons and 90 fulfil the law OF Christ"
Wo also believe that tho blessing shall
not DO wanting to those which IS mon.
toned by o certain poetcsS when aho
writes:
rs thy couHC Of comfort wRstiug1
Rise and share II with another,
And through all the years Oi famine,
ItGhAll serve thee and thy brother
IL thy harden hayd and heavy?
DOthy steps drag wealthy
Help to bear thy brothers burdOn
Goodwill bear both II and thee"