The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-07

| send such young woman back Into | the world to fill a useful and reSpecta.
 Die place we feel that we have folloWee i the teaching of our Lord, and that His
 blessing which follows and strengthens
 all His children will surely protect this
 one who has learned to trust to His
 guidance.
 I There are now fifteen children in the
 home. Their happy faces are good tc
 look upon and their merry voices fall
 pleasantly upon the ear of visitor. | Three little girls, two of them twins not yet three and an elder sister barely six | years old, were recently sent to us be-
 cause their mother had died leaving eight children, and these could be ad-
 mitted to no other institution. The old
 est sister of this family, who is herself
 only fourteen, is caring for three of these children at home. We have also under our care the three youngest chill 1 dren of another large motherless fam fly; one of these is a baby only four teen months old. This temporary care of children who must otherwise suffer
 hardship before they can be placed in
 permanent homes, has grown to be an important part of our work. Some of the children now in the Home for the
 Friendless really ought to be in the or phan asylum, but cannot be received there at present owing to their crowd ed condition. These we hope to trans fer as soon as they can be taken. In the meantime our freedom from fixed rules governing the admission of young children enables us to provide tempo rary home for these children. who would otherwise be without care.
 We acknowledge debt of gratitude to thoes ministers of different denomi- nations who give up their time and thought to the home. Their visits are a great comfort to the inmates, who look forward with gladness to those oc- casions and remember them in thank fulness.
 We feel that the comparative inn munity from serious illness enjoyed by our large household is due In no small part to the skill of Dr. Adams, who has attended all cases of illness.
 Our matron and assistant matron have been unwearied in their devotion to their duties, and have cheerfully assumed many extra burdens in caring for the feeble and aged women in the home.
 The good care which the nursery ma tron gives to her little flock is amply attested by their freedom from ailments and their happy contented faces.
 We have had much to encourage us in our work although our lack of en- dowment causes much serious anxiety. Nearly all of the rooms of our new buildings are now in use, seven more having been furnished since our last report. These are named in accord ance with the wishes of the donors.
 A telephone was placed in the home last January, the gift of member of our board of managers, who has very generously paid it's rental for fifteen months The instrument has been of the greatest possible assistance and to the management of the home
 The time of the annual donation visit has been changed from November to May The gifts sent us this year were most generous and prove that this change was wise one.
 Mrs. Hillhouse, to our great regret, considers it necessary to sever her ac- tive connection with our board. She has been a manager of the home ever since it's foundation, and president or vice president for the last twenty eight years. During all this time, the execu- tive committee has relied upon her wisdom and the impartiality of her judgment. Her patience and courtesy as presiding officer will always be re- membered by those who have had the of working with her. and the good which she has done will long live In the hearts of women who have gone put from the home carrying with them the influence of her spirit.
 Tn closing this report we wish to hank all those who during this year nave aided the work of the home es- oecially those to whom it is impossible | o make personal acknowledgements 1 md also the local papers, which have ! rom time to time gratuitously inserted ,ur notices. We wish to call the atten- ion of our friends to the pressing need | ,f an elevator at the home. With so arge a proportion of feeble and crip- )led inmates this is almost necessity. | As it now is we cannot receive crip- )lcd person unless we have vacant oom on the lower floor. We hope that he near future may add this to perfect he equipment of our institution.