The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-02

tloH' IhlS was fitting and beautiful
opening of life in this new house, so
spacious, so attractive and so admir-
ably suited to it's purposes.
Donation day also brought us its ac-
customed gifts, and in returning thanks
TO the steadfast friends who thus year
| ly make 1t possible for the home to
| shelter so many friendless ones, we
must beg for still greater generosity in
view of the necessarily great expenses
or the past summer, the moving, and
thestill partially unfurnished buildings.
AS the building committee has not
yet finished its labors, it cannot pre-
sent a report at this time, and so it is
! thought that an informal account of
what has been done will be of interest
| to our friends.
In April last Mrs. Lucy H Boardman
informed our executive committee that
she had deposited the sum of $4,000 to
the credit of the home in one of our
| city banks-this amount to be drawn
upon for the erection Of new building
| for the use of the inmates of the home,
| the building to be constructed in ac-
| cordance with the plans or the commit
| tee.
A building committee was at once arp
pointed, Mr.. Charles e. Graves of our
ADVISORY board consented to act with
| thls committee, and the committee
wishes to express its appreciation of
MS help, and its gratitude for the bene-
| tit of his valuble experience.
With the subscriptions to our building
fund before acknowledged in our last
annual report of $1,000 each from the
Misses Hotchkiss, Mrs Farnam and a
friend, together with subscription of
$l,oOo since promised by Mr.. Henry F.
English, we have enlarged our older
| brick building SO as to greatly increase
| its usefulness.
| Wehave torn down the original wood
en- buildings which were so poor as to
| be practically valueless, and on their
I site stands Mrs Boardmans gift, the
Mary Wade house. This is connected
with our other brick building now en-
larged and altered. All is new and
attractive, and. best of all, so home
ike we feel sure that the home spirit
winch has always been so strong a.
part OF the influence Of our institution
Will surely increase with our better
equipment.
1t was Mrs. Boardman's wish that
the name of her sister should be asso-
c1ated with her gift, and It was decided
to place the inscription "The Mary
Wade House." cut on blocks of stone,
over the main entrance. Mrs. Wade
made special donation of one hun
dred dollars to cover the expense of
cutting and placing this stone.
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for the enlargement Of the brick wing
and for the Mary Wade house. He has
superintendent the construction and the
letting Of contracts, and has made a
generous discount from his usual
charges.
The mason work was done by Elizur
Fl. Sperry, the carpenter work by
Richie & Johnson, the plumbing and
gas-fitting by T. w. Corbett and the
steam heating by Sheahan & Groark.
We owe a great deal to these gentle
men, who have in many instances done
more and better work than their con-
tracts imposed, thus giving to the home
more than full value for every penny
spent.
AS new buildings must be furnished
before they can be lived in, we began
early in the spring to establish fund
for furnishing. The first gift for this
purpose came from Mrs. John H. Plat,
who gave $77.25, the proceeds of an en-
tertainment held in her drawing rooms.
Since then we have received subscrip-
tons to this fund as follows:
Mrs. Thomas Wells, $100; Mrs Mary
/ P. Wade, 500; DR.. T. Fl. Bishop, $780,
i oto to-
day school, SIT; Ladies' Benevolent So
ciety of Dwight Place church, s25; Mr..
H. B. Morton, IS; and other friends,
through Mrs Sault, $3.50.
Thus having either the money in hand
or pledges for a sufficient sum to war;
rant beginning, we asked for bids
from our local merchants on some of
the most imperatively needed articles.
The beds and mattresses will be fur
nished by Brown & Durham, the win
dow shades by the New Haven Window
Shade company and the bureaus and
washstands by the Bowditch Furniture
company.
In each instance the amount Of the
bid includes discount which should
be considered as a cash donation. Of
course many more things are needed
and we ask our friends to bear our
wants in mind.
We have received notice of a legacy
of one thousand dollars from the late
Mr.. Phipps The following donations
have been made to our permanent fund:
Mrs. Henry Farnam, Mrs. It. H Bishop
$780, Mrs. Thomas Wells (O. We have
also received material assistance from
the daily papers of the city, which have
from time to time given us the use OF
their columns.
In closing our review of the year it is
with truly thankful hearts that we re-
member all the benefactors of the home
We wish it were possible to thank each
and all individually.
THE PEQUOTS COMING BANQUET
All the arrangements for the Pequot
clubs banquet at the Tontine Friday
evening Of next week are completed
and betoken that 1t will be notable
and very successful social event. The
banquet itself will be Of the best.
An orchestra has been engaged tc
furnish fine programme of music, and
James S. Burdette, the gifted elocution.
list and impersonator Of New York
| will entertain the banqueters after the