The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-10
MUCH GOOD HAS
BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
WOMEN's9 FRIENDLY AssOCIA-
TION HELD YESTERDAY

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Report. show Thaa4I the work Of the
Society Has Been, Very Successful
Interesting Review of the Year
| Read by Miss SanbOrn.
| 8f&otl
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock the
managing board Of the Young Womens
Friendly association held it's annual
meeting at the rooms Of the associa-
| ton on Jackson street.
owing to Illness the president, Mrs
NeWport, was not present and the
meeting was presided over by Mrs
j. M. Lichtenberger.
! me election of officers for the COM
ing year resultedAs follows: President
Mrs. r. M. Newport; first vice .presi-.
dent, Mrs. Idchtenberger; second vice
president Mrs. ]. N. Edgerton; record
ing secretary, Mrs Murton; treasurer,
Mrs. Robbins; assistant treasurer. Mrs.
=; "A noble; corresponding secretary,
MISS Annie Sanborn;s honorary vice
president, Mrs. Edward Mann.
Inc Following will be the advisory
beard: Col. r. M. Newport, T. s.
Iompkins, F. G. Ingersoll. Judge H.
n. Brlll, j. +. Grihben, F. c. Field and
F. P. Wright.
A report. read by Mrs Lichtenberger,
showed the work done by the associa-
| ton during it's ten years of existence
On the day of the decennial anniver-
sary. Dec. II, 1898, 1910, girls took luncn
at the rooms. They represented twenty
one states and eighteen foreign coun-
| tries.
The report on finances by Mrs. Lich-
teEperger showed the following:
Inc lunch room receipts for the year had
e eeen s6,olS4 40; board and lodging 1852 20;
from from members. etc., 81; amount retained
from last annual report, 1905; total receipts.
Lunch room, s5,1s5.8s: for Service. ' 81 S 81
Ra1d no SOCIETY far y5s
lunch room IS. 0S5 The average attendance
during the holiday season had been /, 100 per
DAY, and during the remainder Of the year
about 500 per day.
| The following is a summary of the at
tendance during the past ten years: First
year ar 6,o6l second year. 45nS; third year,
5!S; sixth year, IL, $40 seventh year, 131 93i
eighth year 1S4, 52s; ninth year. 100, 427; tenth
year l5s,6S5; total. 1.o76.s55.
the report Of Mrs. e. S. Robbins, treas
| urer showed the total receipts for the year
to have We been s2.47s.ss:: Total expenditures,
s2546.7S. Of the receipts 81, O63 80 were the
surplus from ITO the lunch room and dormitory.
ana $l,5fS.50 represented the collections
| made by the members ,ef the board.
Miss Annie Sanborn read the follow
ING interesting paper, treating Of the
ethical side of the work:
The task Of writing the history of
the Young Womens Friendly associa-
| ton for 1898 is not an onerCus one It's
annals are short and simple, such Of
them, at least, as can be put ON paper.
me unWrftten and unwritable history
is vast and If there. were a kind of
spiritual statistics, by which we could
record, with averages and percentages,
such items as the cheering of lonely
souls. the guiding of uncertain steps,
the warding off of threatened evil. too
many pages would be required for this
recCrt.
AS 1t Is, we, who know what the
work is, carry with us deep and abid-
ing sense Of It's extent. No figures of
income or attendance could be so con-
/ Nincing to us as the knowledge that
the work is of literally incalculable
| benefit to those for whom it Is main
| tanned.
One of the changes made during the
year is, in way. a proof of this CON
viction Toward the end of 1897. the
treasury being low, it was thought
best that Mrs. .Lichtenberger should
take up the work of collecting. This
move was made IN the belief that more
money would BS, forthcoming by this
means. Early in 1888 that action was
rescinded, for the feaason that the work
or soliciting took Mrs. Lichtenberger
from what has always been the most
| valuable department of her labors-the
direct personal contact with the girls.
The action would have been rescinded
| even had our income been trebled by
| Mrs. L1chtenberger'S collections For it
| would be almost better that the girls
should gather without roof over their
| heads than that they should miss the
I comfort and counsel which they have
learned to look For. and which first
drew them together.
"A second change, which also bears
partly on the financial problem, has
| been the election of Miss Elizabeth S.
Edwards to the executive board and
the securing Of her services as a col
| lector. This arrangement has already
| proved its fitness and seems to war
| rant large hopes for the future Our
| new member came into touch with the
work at once and her faith and en-
thusiasm has substantial backing from
her experience In similar efforts in
| other cities. N
THE great national event Of 1898 did
not leave the association untouched,
and 1t periodically sent its representa-
| tive to the camp at Chdckamauga.
| Through Mrs. Lichtepberger it contrib
uted to the comfort Of the soldiers,
| both at Chickamauga and at Camp
Ramsey. Through her, unhappily, it
shared vicariously in the horrors of
war. for she contracted malarial fever
at Chickamauga and was i'll for weeks
| after her return. This conclusion of
the episode we could have spared with
a good grace, although the tender care
and devotion received by the Invalid
at st. Luke hospital is, in itself, a
! pleasant thing to remember.
1.-THE general work Of the associa-
ton has gone on as usual. no new
ventures in the way of class work or
similar enterprises having been under
/ taken. Those, it seems, are among the
luXuries Of association life, and the
necessities are still more than we can
compass. 1t is to be hoped, however,
that the advent Of a marked national
prosperity will strengthen and enrich
all such work as this, and that an
other year will see US advancing along
| some Of the lines toward which we
have always looked for development"
Father Mathew Society Anniversary.
The Father Mathew society will celebrate
| its thirtieth anniversary at Cretin hall cor
| ner Of Fort and Sixth streets, this evening.
| Following is the programme:
| Opening address by president =. M. OBrien
/ Piano selection ....... Miss Annie McQuillan
| Address-Spiritual director $50. Father Dolan
| Recitation ............... Mr.. Spear
Address .......... ............. Father Colbert
| Vocal solo ...................By q local artist
ADDRESS Adda so,a ..,.'.'...e M D. o Pa1.
Address Hon. j. ]. Lawle1
The public is cordially invited. Admiss
| sion free.
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