The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-11

Held by The Society Of St. Vincent dc
Paul YESTERDAY.
An Interesting Report Made BY The Agent,
William J. Wallace.

"A melting OF the St. Vincent de
Paul society was held i'm st. Joseph par
ish hall, corner of Hope and John
streets, yesterday afternoon, and was
attended by members OF the various
conferences throughout the diocese. The
meeting. which was the last quarterly
session of the society, was called 10 or
prayer was offered by the Very Rev. T..
f. Doran, V. G..
John Benson. president OF the Holy
Name Conference. read an interesting
account OF the life and labors OF St
Vincent de Paul. after which President
Donovan presented the reports of the
various conferences for the past nine
months The report showed that 939
visits were made, and the receipts were
sl274.sl, while the expenses were $ll90.sI.
The members enrolled number l3O. This
is a slight falling off from a year ago.
The report of Agent William j. wal
lace was then read. and IL stated SUD
stantially that 'Ine work of placing out
children from the II. !. &. Orphan Asy-
lum and st. Vincent de Paul lnant
Asylum, begun so favorably last year.
mas dt the OTDHhu doJ iNif -
such an extent. that we now nave no
more childrenbetween the ages OF IL and
10 years for adoption, or temporary
guardianship The demand for girls ls
greater than we can meet. At the pres
ent time there is no surplus or boys at
the orphan asylum for as soon as they
have reached the age OF IL years ana
attained the grammar grade In their
studies. they are eligible 10 the Rhode
T.r, a
or the 40 boys now i'm the home, seven
have bank accounts OF from s. to $40.
Twelve own their own wheels. All our
boys attend the Candace street evening
school. The interest shown by our boys
In their studies is remarkable. 1t has
been favorably commented upon by the
supervisor and the visiting members of
the school committee. While all our
boys have attended the grammar grade,
eight are pursuing the studies OF the
seventh, five those of the eighth, and
10 those OF the ninth grade. Some are
already looking forward to their en-
trance next year to the evening high
school, others to the Rhode Island
School OF Design.
Our work at the Infant Asylum, while
not as marked as that OF the Orphan
owing 10 the great difficulty in
finding homes for children under age
u SlA year, mas 1lDl Detn aItoBttneT
neglected. for several children have
been returned to Their parents, or guar
iians, very many being refused admis-
sion, after a borough investigation,
and all the cases referred TO our con-
sideration have been satisfactorily set
led
To sum up, the first year of our ex--
stence has been prosperous one, we
nave had no sickness. except few
slight colds, and considering our large
'amily, but few accidents. We have
hone much 10 cheer and gladden. the
hearts OF our homeless boys; had we
he means at our command we couIu do
more.
Mr.. James j. Nolan presented the re-
port OF the committee in charge OF the
ecture recently given at the Empire
Theatre, which showed that the gross
receipts were about $500. and the ex-
)enses S137. Mr.. Nolan also presented
he report of St Mary's Conference,
stating that the conference Is fully un-
Ter way and that a number of young
men have been enrolled
After some minor matters had been
disposed OF. Vicar General Doran made
/ brief address. in which he expressed
he hope that the several conferences
night see TO IL that more children were
brought into the Sunday school. He
believed that the conferences could
work profitably in bringing this about.
The meeting then adjourned