New-York tribune., 1901-01-15
WORK OF THE CITY MISSION
ANNUAL MEETING HELD BY THE WON
ANS BRANCH-A NEW DAY NURSERY.

ANNUAL MEETING HELD BY THE WON
ANS BRANCH-A NEW DAY NURSERY.
Assembly Hall, in the United Charities Building.
Fourth-ave. and Twenty-second-st., was crowded
yesterday at II o'clock at the seventy-eghth
nual meeting Of the Woman's Branch of the New
York City Mission. After a reading from the
Scriptures by the Rev. Dr. A. F. Schauffler and
prayer by the Rev. DR.. N. D. Babcock the report
prepared by the treasurer. Miss Gertrude Dorr.
read, in her absence, by Mrs. Barber. and showed
receipts for the year 1900 Of S27 $50 61 and bal
in the treasury of S617 81.
Mrs. L. S. cambridge reported the work of the
year. which she classified home making, char
acter building and soul saving. Sewing and cook
Ing classes held for the girls. weekly meetings.
with entertainment and refreshment. for the moth
and chair seating and carpentry classes for the
boys in many of the poorer districts. Talks on
cooking and housekeeping. with practical teaching
often are given to mothers while their babies are
being cared for by the day nurseries, and where
Illness is found trained nurses sent to take
charge of the case. This society was the first In
America" said Mrs. cambridge. Ito send nurses
to the poor All the nurses employed gradu-
ates of hospitals.
As illustration of the interest of the children
in the various classes. Mrs Bainbridge told of
family represented in sewing class day by
four little girls. The teacher noticed that three
of them paid close attention to the fourth. thread
ing her needle and eagerly assisting whenever pos
sible. Finally. the entente cordale seemed dis
turbed. and then angry little voice called
Teacher. Issie aln't girl. He's boy, and he's
got apron his pants!''
The teacher learned that 'Issie," otherwise Isa-
dore had cried TO go to the sewing school with his
sisters. and they had smuggled him in by the
simple expedient of putting long seeved pinafore
lover his pants" 'Issie's'' heartbroken walls at
the prospect of dismissal. and the fact that his
eagerness to join the class great as to lead
him voluntarily to renounce his manly dignity.
caused the teacher to give him permission TO re-
main and learn sew.
An important part OF the work done by the wom-
ans branch is that of the day nurseries. The Vir
ginia Day Nursery East Fifth-st, is greatly in
need OF q larger house. and a fund is being raised
to build a fireproof structure capable of accommo-
daily average of forty-eght Eighteen thousand
dollars has been subscribed already. and $1,000 Is
desired before March in order that the new
house may be ready for next winter. Mrs Henry
Fairfield Osborn. of No. $50 MadisOn-ave is treas
Mrs. Beecker n. Mitchell treasurer of the char
ty fund reported IS 39 IS received during the year
A picturesque and interesting part of the pro
grarme that given by boys and girls or the
lower East and West sides. A class OF ltalians
from the Prince-st. mission sang 'Garloaldi for-
ever in costumes frightened by gay little ker-
chiefs over the shoulders of the girls. who also
aprons trimmed with red, white and green RID
large roSetteS of the same bright ribbons on their
coats All carried Italian flags. which at the con,
showed the Stars and Stripes on the other side.
They then sang America In which the audi
Joined.
a sewing class of bright faced neatly dressed
they sewed carried dialogue about the Holy
City and the possible return of the Jews TO It. Ihey
also hymn on Jerusalem
The meeting was closed by an adureSS oy Ut.
Schauffler and hymn.