The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-19
DAY HOME.
Society Holds
Meeting.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Temporary Nursery Con
tinues to Do Good Work.

The Temporary Home and Day
Nursery Society held its annual meet
ing yesterday, at the Church of the
Unity, The following officers were
elected President, Mrs. w. w. Rice:
vice president, Mrs. c. L. Gates; treas
urer, Mrs. L. NJ. Lowell; clerk, Mrs.
Annie w. Comins; managers, Mrs. L.
n. Kinnicutt, Mrs. F. c. Thayer, Mrs.
H. S. Pratt, Mrs. o. w. Norcross, Mrs.
ID. W. Paine, Mrs. o. f. Rawson, Mrs.
T. c. Mendenhall, Mrs. J. NJ. Russell,
Mrs. Henry Mellen, Mrs. r. NJ Harris,
Mrs. w. g. Rice, Mrs. John Gibbon,
Mrs. j. S. Baldwin, Miss II. E. Clarke,
Miss Mary Sargent, Miss f. W. wy
man, Miss Clarissa Smith, Mrs. H. w.
Eddy, Miss Mabel 6. Lancaster and
Mrs. Charles S. Barton.
Mrs. Annie w Comins, the clerk of
the society, read the annual report,
which was as follows;
The 18th year in the history of the
Day Nursery and the 9th of the Tenn
porary Home has drawn to its close,
and the managers present to the mem
bers and friends of the society which
they represent reports of the work ac-
complished during 1897 and 1898.
The matron's reports for the year
summarize the work as follows: Whole
number of persons admitted to the
home, 134; number Of women, 10; num-
Der of children, 1l5; nationalities rep
resented, 8; number of lodgings fur
nished, 1856; number of meals furnished
TO inmates. $3.50; number of meals fur
nished to nursery children, 6509. In
the day nursery, the aggregate number
4Df a tfnndayaaa lT-p. lae.,.
of different children, a.; nationalities
represented, s; largest daily attend
anee, 81 average daily attendance
175.
The number of persons cared for in
the home is somewhat smaller than
last year, but larger than for any year
previous to 1897, and the attendance at
the nursery has nearly doubled that Of
any previous year. The aggregate
number of days attendance, 4T72. with
"a children, compared with the record
last year, 2245 days attendance OF SO
children, is a very encouraging feature
of the years work. The greater reg
ularity of attendance tends to make
the lessons of the kindergarten and the
physical care of all the children of more
permanent value. The plan adopted
this year of employing a kindergarten
for the morning only, instead of having
a resident Kindergarten, has given ex-
cellent satisfaction. During the after
noon the children are cared for by a
faithful nursery maid under the super
vision of the matron.
The financial affairs of the society
have oceasioned considerable anxiety
and hard work during the year, as, in
addition to the money required for the
ordinary running expenses, the indebt-
edness reported at the last annual
meeting, of nearly $1,000 incurred for
he 20 md al
repairs at the home made during the
summer of 1897, was to be provided for.
The problem of raising money to meet
this debt was a serious one, but the
managers went to work at once tol
solve 1t, and at the meeting Of May 10
the debt was declared Cancelled. For
the accomplishment of this purpose
we are very largely indebted to the
generosity of two friends, whose gifts
one of $500 and the other of 5000. gave
us greater encouragement in the eff
fort to raise the whole sum. We regret
that these friends would not allow their
names to be given even to the board
this report they may again be assured
of our deep sense of gratitude for their
1iheralfty. The condition made by one
of these friends-that the gift should
be Made IF the whole sum were raised
without interfering with the usual
SO1llIlDullOllS lOI running expenses
proved a very effectual one, for the
managers at once sought to find men
and women who were regular contrib
utors to the home and nursery, who
were willing to make a special contrib
ution for the debt So successful were
they that in this way they soon raised
the sum OF $3.50. As, which, added to the
$500 received from these friends, and
the $e06. 80 received as net proceeds Of
the Celia Thaxter entertainment ar
ranged by the managers early in the
year to raise funds for this purpose.
made a total of 1869 9S-the exact
amount OF the debt. That so large a
sum should have been raised within
seven months, in a year of great f1nan-
cial depression, and that the annual
contributions have been such that we
close the financial year with a small
balance in the treasury, is one more
proof Of the generosity of our friends,
and Is also, we believe, a proof of their
confidence in the good work being done
through the home and nursery and in
the fidelity of the board of managers
TO the work intrusted to them. Most
sincerely we thank these many friends
whose contributions have made it pos
sible to carry forward our work
To many other friends we are indebt-
ca Tor assistance in various ways
Grateful acknowledgment is made of
the services of Miss Tucker, Miss Pro-
van, Mrs Huidekopef. and e. b. Stod-
dard in the Celia Thaxter entertain
inent previously referred to; also to the
directors Of the Young Wo1nen's Chris
tan Association for the use Of Memo
rial Hall on that occasion, and to Har-
Ilngton q Brother, Hamilton Brothers.
Sanford-Sawtelle Company and the
steinert company for various favors
whereby the expenses were reduced tol
minimum, and the net proceed /
laTEGiV fnCTaacnd Z
mas once more won our gratitude bv I
their generous contribution of $3.50,
most Of which was from the proceeds
OF the give-and-t take sale given for the
benefit of this society, on the evening
OF req. z, at the home Of Mrs Wash /
pufn, a former manager. Thanks are I
que also to II. S. Pratt for his Kindness
IN having the steam pipes in the cellar
properly covered at his own eynenea
70 Dr. Mix for assistance in SENDING
several Of the home children into the
country during the August vacation: to /
~. elilnan Tor attendance whenever a
physician services have been re-
CURED to W. A. Cheney for printing
gratuitously 1000 circulars. to u. NJ /
Bond for supply Of ice for the season
and 70 many coal dealers for their con-
tribution of one-half ton OF coal each
10 the Naphtha laundry for cleansing
carpets and bedding without charge
ana to tine daily papers for courtesies
received
Contributions OF clothing. articles for
domestic use, fruit. etc. have been re-
ceived from many individuals and So
tleues, winch are acknowledged in the I
list Of gifts. The Friendly union made
us very helpful gift Of many articles
or furniture. clothing and household
supplies. The need OF such contribl-
tions is constant. as the children often
come to US with clothing which is both