The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-16

SICK at City Hospital, Wnere MS disease
was pronounced consumption. Later
the entire family were sent to Tewks-
bury. Or the mother and baby who
spent a night there, the woman and
her husband had walked from Spring
field looking for work, and during the
tramp took turns carrying the baby.
1--WE have furnished food and lodg-
ings to 10S children and 10 women dur
ing the year, at the same time giving
confidence to the discouraged wage
Garner and care to the neglected little
one, so that all may feel while with
us that some one is interested in them,
that they too, have a home.
while we bring to a close this re-
port, we realize that poverty and
neglect know no ending, so as we
earnestly thank our kind friends for
their sympathy and support, we feel
bold to entreat them to help us con-
tinue the good work.
Annie w. Comins, clerk, presented
the report of the board of managers,
which was in part as follows:
From the matrons monthly reports
the following statistics are gathered:
Whole number of persons admitted to
the home, Ill; number Of women, 10;
number Of children, 90; nationalities
represented, s; number of lodgings fur
nished 1855: number of meals furnish
ed to inmates, 1908; number of meals
furnished to nursery children, 1859; day
nursery, aggregate number of days
attendance 5S,SS6; number of different
children, 1914: nationalities represen-
ed, 8; largest daily attendance, SO; aver
age daily attendance, PIG.
"Of the women and children cared for
in the Home few are able to pay any
thing The women are required to do
some work about the house to pay for
lodging and meals and occasionally
father who has lost his wife sends sew
eral little ones to us until he can make
! more permanent provision for them,
| and pays a small price for their care
For the nursery children who come for
the day only while their mothers are at
work, nominal fee of two cents a day
! is charged, which is paid in most cases,
asmall percentage having to be excused
on account of the extreme poverty of
| the parent. In no case is the sum paid
an equivalent for the expense, but it is
| insisted upon whenever possible in or
der to maintain the self-respect of the
person assisted During the last year
| less than 10 per cent of the inmates of
the Home made any payment.but near
ly 80 percent of the mothers sending
children to the Nursery paid the small
| fee.
1.-THE return to our former custom Of
having resident Kindergarten has
proved most satisfactory. We We're
very fortunate in securing Miss Grace
E. Miles for that position, and she has
| proved the most efficient. Her real in
| terest in the work is shown by the fact
| that while she had an opportunity to
take a position in the public schools of
| the city and did so for the last months
of the school year, she asked permission
! to put a substitute in the Nursery, and
this fall she returned to us, believing
that she can do work more satisfactory
to herself in such a kindergarten as
ours than in public schools.
Each year increases our appreciation
of the services of our matron, Miss
Emerson. Her work In not confined to
her duties in the Home. She is the per-
sonal friend and confidant of the wom-
| en- whose children are under her care
and they constantly seek her advice
and assistance There has been but lit
tie sickness during the past year; one
case Of scarlet fever necessitated the
closing of the Nursery for two weeks
Il but the child was sent at once to the
Isolation hospital and the disease die
: not spread. Again we express our obi
cation to DR.. Warren R. Gilman for hi.
prompt response whenever meulCdl al
vice has been needed.
1.-THE Home and Day Nursery were
closed as usual during the months Of
August, Through the kindness of DR.
Mix and Mrs. Pratt all of the children
were sent into the country for part
of the month. In this connection we de.
sire to express our appreciation of the
| increasing interest in the Nursery
work among the various young peo-
i pies organizations in the city.
Contributions were received in July
! from the Junior and Primary depart
ments of Central Church Sunday school
and from the intermediate department
of the Old South Sunday school, which
were used in giving the little ones this
August outing; classes from Plymor IN
Hope, Union and Pilgrim Sunday
schools sent money, games or toys to
be used for children at Christmas or
! later; scholars from the Midland St
day school sent three barrels of cloth
| ing, with fruit, vegetables and toys in
December four children on Home Street
Olive and Mildred Thomas, George and
Mildred Lushe. held a sale, which net
ted $2722 and was used to purchase
some much-needed chairs and pictures
for the kindergarten; the Queen club,
composed of children near Britain
] OqudIe, SeHl ulOHey TO De uSeQ IN CIV
! ing the children car rides; and the
Lend Hand club of the First Unita-
rian Church gave an entertainment, the
! proceeds of which were used in repa-
pering the school room and placing
upon it's walls a copy of Madonna and
! of the Baby Stuart.
Garments have been contributed
and sewing has been done by the sew
eral women's organizations of Pied
mont. Pilgrim, First Universalist, All
Saints, Central and Unity churches:
by the young ladies' Bible class of the
| Old South; the Lend-a- Hand clubs of
/ the First Unitarian and Unity church.
es; the Forbes street sewing school,
the Employment society, and by sew
eral of the ladies' of the Old Ladies'
Home. To all of these we extend sin
cere thanks for this most practical aid
"To the Thursday club we are again
! indebted for a most generous contri-
button, the proceeds of hat and stock
sale held at Mrs. Moen's in April The
! Walker Ice Co. has furnished ice for
the season; most of the coal dealers
have contributed half-ton of coal
each, and the daily papers have con-
| tinued to show us great courtesy.
| MANY friends have sent packages of
clothing or gifts of fruit and vege-
| tables, which have added comfort and
| pleasure to the life at the Home; and
! last, but not least, our contributors
have continued their financial support
| in such generous fashion that our
! treasurer's monthly report has usually
shown a small balance on the right
side. To each and all we give hearty
/ thanks.
AT the last annual meeting of the
Society the Board of Managers rec
commended that the property on South
bridge Street, which has been occupied
by the Temporary Home and Day
/ Nursery since its foundation in 1889,
| should be transferred to the society.
/