Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1902-01-08
ANNUAL MEETING
OF the Trustees and Man.
ayers of the Home for
the Friendiess Re-
ports of the Of
ficers.

pOItS o. TIC VI
ficerS.
TIE annual meeting of the Home
for tEe FrieEdless association met in
The chapel az Up. GO. January o, 1902.
Rev. Huber led the devotional exer-
cises. Mrs. Ewing presided. The
usual reports were read. Miss Ber-
nice Yeakle sang beautiful solo
@11sse7Ts. Huber ard Parker made re-
marks. Rev Kapp took charge OF
the election Of trustees, which re- uit-
ed in the reelection of the old board
REPORT or SECRETARY OF BOARD OF
MANAGERS.
RICHMOND, Jan. 8, 1902
This is our thirty fourth anni-
versary The past year has been in
macy resp cts pleasant one for our
work. The Lord has watched over
and cared for His own and provided
for ell our wants We have made no
special improvements, only needfuI
repairs Mrs. Sykes, she matron,
left in February, being physically un-
able for the work We we're very
fortunate in securing Mrs Rose Mar
raw of Cincinnati, who stll remains
with as. Size has proved to be the
right woman for the place. equal to
every emergency, and fulfills her
duties with patient painstakin9 care.
She is OF great value to Us and We
esteem her highly. Having SO many
old lAdies, and so few who we're able
to work, we secured Miss Mary
Townsend as assistant matron. Be-
ing q Richmond woman you all know
and esteem her worth. We have
cared for lO old ladies the past year,
8 OF whom are still with US. There
have been 8 children brought in to
be cared for until other arrangements
could be made for them. There were
+ births, deaths-one middle aged
woman suffering with cancer, who
soon passed away, and one infant q
week old. Four transients, one hav-
ing 2children, the other, child,
were housed for a season. Five un-
fortunate girls were cared for; two
feeble minded girls and % prisoners;
"a of such we're white and 1 colored;
2 under IL years of age. Two other
sick women were cared for. Eight
inss.--, 2 were young. women, o were
ola ladies'. We now have one rheu-
matte lady who has long been with
us; unfortunate girl, 2 feeble mind
ed girls, / girl for safe keeping; 4old
ladies, besides 2 old ladies who are
demented at times, and 2 others
who are entirely insane. We have
one small child to care for.
We protest against keeping
the insane without proper
place to shield them from each
other, as from the prisoners. We
are told the county can not afford at
present to enlarge the Jail, so we can
have this protection. Wayne couD-
ty has paid out a great deal of money
the past year, but we think that no
taxpayer who would look into the
would demur at the one
thousand dollars additional needed
to protect their insane from each
other, or from the criminals. Not
your mother nor daughter? No, not
today, but it may be tomorrow. We
do not ask the county for matron,
nor an attendant, but If we must
run an annex to the insane asylum,
in the name of humanity furnish US
with che proper facilities for caring
for them.
Our annual donation day was well
both in the city and
and a large amount of sup
plies sent in. Mrs, kgnes Gaar fur
nished the Thanksgiving dinner, and
also sent supplies for Christmas,
but Mrs. Elizabeth Williamson hav-
ing previously sent in an elegant
dinner, that of Mrs Gaar's was
saved for New Year We are un
der great obligations to the pub
lie who sent in gifts to individuals,
as well as to those who sent supplies
for all. To the Friends church,
who sent collections to buy gifts, the
Garfield school, the press, the Rich
ardsonW Weober Candy company, the
Flower Mission, the florists, our
who SO kindly responded
to every call, and our friends out
side the city, who send us such
liberal money donations. Our holi-
day season was, indeed, a happy
time for the inmates. Time will not
allow US to give detailed report of
all donors.
Our needs for the coming year are
some more satisfactory way of heat
ing the Home department., and the
relief before spoken of in regard to
the insane, the doing away with the
use of coal oil lamps and the substi
tuition of electric lights, if the city
will furnish them at reasonable
rate, or at the same rate of the other
city or county institutions.
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. A. NJ TAYLOR, Sec
PHYSICIAN REPORT
From April, 1901, to Dec. 81, 1901.
The health of the inmates has been
good, for the number IN the home
There has been no epidemic or in