The age-herald., 1898-10-12
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Greene and Mercy Home
 Board of Managers Meeting

A joint meeting of the Mercy Home board and the Creche was held yes terday at the Home. Mrs. c. B. Spencer the president of the board, was able to De present for the first time in several months' and her presence was the cause of general rejoicing on the part of the ladies present. Mrs Spencer, in referring to her long ab- sence. sooke of the work that has been accomplished through the influences of the Mercy Home.
 The minutes of the last meeting were read by Mrs. Thomas. who was appointed secre- tary during Mrs. Murdock's absence in the summer The minutes of the last meeting of the advisory board were then read by the secretary, Mrs Murdock. Mrs. Jeffries, the treasurer, submitted her report, which was adopted
 Owing to the practical management of the ladies, the financial state of the Mercy Home admitted of the most favorable re- port. Taking into consideration the fact that the ladies have, comparatively speak ing, so recently let the contract for the new home and that the building is progress ing so rapidly they are all the more to be commended for so satisfac toriy determin- ing the matter of cost All the payments
 
 Ing in its unfinished condition represents an expenditure of nearly s4,OO0, and the Mercy Home entirely out of debt. The ex- pense of the furnaces, which will probably approach $70O and the completion of the building, together with a retaining wall that is necessary, will mean an outlay of $3,O0O The unpaid subscriptions and the funds from other sources that will be due to irna xril1 ha cost of the building, which, when completed and furnished, will be valued al $10,00O.
 Mrs Ballard, the chairman of the admis- sion committee, stated that at present there are six women and twenty-two children in t--e Home, and that there had been an An- usual number of admittances during the summer.
 "The large number now in the Home em- phasized, Mrs. Ballard said, "the need of a more eommodious building." She dwelt upon the impossibility in limited quarters of sheltering many who must be sometimes turned away for want of room.
 Mrs. Wheeler stated that there was great need of underclothing and gingham aprons for the children. She emphasized the urgent needs of the little ones, and those w-o care to send these articles to the Home are requestd to do so at any time.
 Mrs. Spencer called upon the members of the Greene to speak in regard to their magnificent donation to the Home.
 Mrs. Richard M. Johnston, the president of the Creche, said that the ladies had worked to the end of having childrens nursery in the Mercy Home, and that the 1,O0O had been raised and turned over to the advisory board of the Mercy Home for that purpose.
 The question as to whether the ladies of the Greene should support the chldren's dormitory separately or in connection with the general management of the Home was under discussion, but 1t was thought prac- i ticable to present the matter before a full |, meeting of the Greene before a decision was made.
 Mrs. Johnston will call a meeting of the Greene probably this week, and they will also confer with a committee from the ad- visory board of the Mercy Home.