New-York tribune., 1896-11-25
AID SOCIETf'S WANIH
SPLENDID WORK DONE BY THE oh"A>''''
rION-OFFIcERs REFLECTED.

Hp1.ENDID WORK DONE BY THE OkGAN'"A-
rION-OFFICERs REFLECTED.
IT.. ,,., ,,a.,,rc of the Chidren's A!d Society
Sr,, hold at . n m Yesterday in the directors 'oo'
of the Third National Bank, at No 20 Nassau"
D. Willis James Douglas Robinson. a. D. i,PDD ''a
Gustav F.. Kissel and DR.. George q. "he''o." W.. ~
reelected trustees TO serve untI ls'' E'' ~
meeting OF the society the trustees htiu '''
ing and reelected the following officers;
u Willis James: vice-preslden;. Charles Il. Wh'e-
head; treasurer A. b. Hepburn; secretary - ''-I,s
Hrace The trustees decided 10 0rer 10 III" '''H' ~
free the Henrietta School In Tweniy-hfs'-S' VIM
mas not been occupied by the society since June anu
the building may he used as puDc s'''oo' " WV
direction of the Board Of Education
In tho annu,, report presented by Mr. brace 'ei''-
ence was made to the fact that school ac'oi''"''a
tions are needed badly in some parts oi the cN' N
some of the schools IN the tenement mouse "s.'''
have been overcrowdei that many thocs'huN u
children canno, he admitted. Since the 'h'"re"
AID Society established the first OF l;s hi"S, d.
schools forty-four years ago, ine report "eoi~.', "
has been the aim of the society 10 ''a'h s
thousands of children who attended no scmoos "nu
were growing up in vicious is"V'""'0 e
are parts of the report:
The total annual expense Of our twen'H.ohe IN
dusrla schools aud twelve night schools s Ior "a
re Sls. renI Mh loS1 sum d"sd b. so the average
Der in daily attendance would make s- ~ u'c ""
'Jr' In our lodging houses $50 boys and girls were
fed sheltered and taught during the .sst year q;
total expense OF $780, so a. Deductng 500 .b a. ne
the receips Of the lodging houses tose'her WIN .
cost OF cons irucion. the net running eApehseS wS
Cos S.. &C. dividing this by the average nBhli! uds
ngs 49, We have The a'srase cost - '''e P"'''' VI
The total number for whom homes ana einpioEnent
have been found by the Society during ,ast Eea
3 256 the total for railroad fares, colhlhs loTu
public accordingly. for each person Sent was s,S ~
Yet any child placed In an asylum Vi poo''oH''
costs nearly $40 year -, ,.e. -. o,,r
ing of construction. was ss4'i 80. ne NUM-,
of mothers and babies at the fleaitn ioihr. ooes
less cosi of construction, were s',soi Co. surely 'hs
There were during the last year. in our SIX lodS-
ng-horses $50 different boys and girls: 2J' Ny meas
and 1880 lodgings were supplied Totai nnll"er
under charge OF the society during the year. 3'i'"-
The report of the treasurer contained the following
statements:
The deficit a, the beginning Of the present nsc3l
year, : shown in the last annual report W1s sii,
40 e1 There has been paid during the ast year
s447 e? and been received from ali sources
1851 S27 49, which shows total deficit at the close OF
the year s2l coo 6 This deficit is matter OF great
We have to thank MIR William Waldorf As;or for
the building for our Avenue b scnooi. re M nas
very generously given this society SJoVo Tor ,hlS
purpose. the building TO he memorial 10 'he "a,
Mrs. Astor. who 50 much Interested IN thls
school. The building will allow much-needeu
improvements in carrying on our WORK ~,
Joseph NJ White has materially helped on The good
work by making a gift of $4,000 toward an en-
dowlnent fund for the Farm School, ana S2." for
q laundry at the farm.
is unfortunate but necessarily true that the nara
times which diminish donations from the we-to-
do increase the necessities Of the poor ana whle the
increased the funds placed at our dis
posal have not equa.led our necessities.