The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
WORK AMONG THE NEEDY
ANNUAL MEETING AND YEARLR RE-
 PORTS OF UNITED WORKERS.

PORTS OF UNITED WORKERS. Officers Elected for Ensuing Year-Presi- dent Mrs. r. B. Dexter's statement-Re- port of Boys Club Work and Other Reference to tho soclety's Work of the Year.
 The annual meeting of the United Workers was held yesterday afternoon at the Organized Charities building on Orange street.
 The officers elected were as follows: President, Mrs. F. B. Dexter; treas urer Mrs. B. Perrin; recording secre- tary, Mrs. J. K. Blake; corresponding secretaries, Mrs. M. J. Daggett and Mrs. w. w. Rodman.
 Mrs. J. K. Blake succeeds Miss s. M. Day as recording secretary and this is the only change in the board from last year.
 Reports of the society's work for the past year were as follows:
 PRESIDENTS STATEMENT.
 Another year of work for the poor, the sick and the needy has come to its close, and the executive commit tee of this society present the report of the work accomplished through the year. This work is so familiar to you all that there can be little in the story that is new. The old perplexities arise, and must be met as best they may be- calling for calm judgment as well as warm-h hearted pity. We are most grateful to the chairmen of the several committees who do their work so well, with much to discourage them. The employment committee find themselves especially hampered by the sense of the need for economy, which obliges them to reduce the number of women to be employed to the lowest possible point. Not only do they feel short of money, but they are almost always short of helpers, and the chairman has often too much upon her shoulders. Both these sorts of poverty can be re- lieved from without, by means of large 1y increased gifts to this specific object, as well as to the general funds, and by offers of assistance from those not al- ready over-burdened with charitable 
 done their years work of love with more economy than ever, while the energetic chairman of the Boys club has greatly increased the benefits and efficiency of the club by her active in- terest, and by arousing the interest of others.
 The experiment of the soup kitchen which it was proposed last year to un- r+a1r I1 1E ciety, was carried out by company of young ladies, who made reports to the executive committee from time to time. The experiment. was not a suc- cess, judging by the number benefited, there being apparently but a small de- nand for that form of charity.
 The United Workers ceased last win- ter to be the distributors of the Daw- son bread fund, which was handed over to the Organized Charities association, the relief committee receiving as many bread tickets as they require.
 Through the kindness of a few friends, further payment was made last February upon the debt on our share. of this building. This debt now amounts to $3,0O0, sum which could easily be paid in full, if a few of the IdUy WHO tT0 dUl6 WOulu ulllIG lO dC- complish this desirable end. What has been already paid has come from the gifts of a few devoted friends of the society.
 The sale of flowers, fancy work, etc, held a year ago, was unusually suc- cessful, and enabled us to go through the year with less financial anxiety than the two years previous. But that success does not guarantee us against anxiety in the future, and we again urge our plea for help in the form of increased subscriptions, and additional helpers upon the various committees.
 This society has carried on it's work for more than twenty years, and the community is so accustomed to having the work done that public interest is but little stirred-novelty always ap- pealing to the imagination more than faithful, steady labor in old fields. Will not all of you who are interested en- deavor to awaken in others a fresh in- terest in the efforts of this society of United Workers for the good of the unfortunate?
 We regret to lose from our commit tee the recording secretary, Miss S. M. Day, who has felt obliged to resign her position. Her experience Tn past years as chairman of the Boys club has made her advice and counsel invaluable, and we shall miss her greatly.
 We extend our hearty thanks to all who have worked with and for the society; to the Organized Charities for Miss Smiths services in making sales for the employment bureau; to the Nee dlework guild for their large gifts of clothing; to all donors, and to the news papers of the city, which have shown their usual courtesy in printing notices free of charge.
 THEODOSIA M. DEXTER,
 President.
 THE BOYS CLUB.
 The report of the Boys Club Committee to the Directors of the United Workers:
 There is little now to tell of the past year. LEc in lp lnat ataa,