The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-15
THE MOTHERS AID SOCIETY
HELD ITS ANNUAL MEETING
 WITH MRS. SARGENT.

The Society is Desirous of Raising Ss,
 500 for Addition to Leila Day Nursery
 --Reports of tho Secretary and Trens
 urer-Eieetion of off ccrs for the En
 suing YeRr.
 The sum of $500 is needed by the | Mothers Aid society of this city fol
 the erection of an addition to the Leila | Day Nursery. This matter was con- sidered at the annual meeting of the | society, held yesterday afternoon at the
 home of Mrs. J. E. Sargent, 51 Elm
 street. The session was largely attend-
 ed and much interest was manifested | in the proceedings. Plans for the pro- | posed addition to the Leila Nursery | were inspected and it was the unani- | nous opinion of the members that the work should be started as soon as pos sible. The sum of $406 has been raised | toward this end and the society will
 make an earnest effort to secure as
 soon as possible the remaining amount.
 The building committee consists of Miss
 Winchester, Mrs. Bowers, Mrs. Sar-
 gent, Miss Frances Hall and Miss Ter
 ry. The plans for the addition were
 prepared by Architects Brown & Von
 Beren and call for structure 16x62 feet. tA present the Leila Nursery is very much overcrowded and the only possible relief is in the construction of the proposed addition.
 The report of the secretary, Miss Van Name, was to the effect that the Leila, Day Nursery has been open BOA days in the past year. The aggregate attend ance has been S,472. The average daily attendance was 2S, In the intelligence department day work was provided for 6,219. In the Hope Day Nursery the aggregate attendance was 4172 The average daily attendance reached 16. Tn the intelligence department day work was secured for 2,S33. The report also showed that the Leila Day Nursery is very much overcrowded the attend ance having doubled in the past year. The health at both nurseries has been very good. The most striking innova ton in the work was the adoption of the Kindergarten at the Leila Day Nur- | sery. Sewing classes have been con- ducted and the children have enjoyed | picnios, Christmas parties and various | other forms of amusement. Much stress has been laid upon the intelligence de- partments and the people of the city are | requested to make use of the privileges | which the department affords. namely, | the securing for housewives of compe- | tent maids, servants and helpers To facilitate matters in this department, telephone has been placed in the Leila Day Nursery.
 The report of Miss Terry, the treas | urer, showed a very encouraging state of affairs. The receipts for the year to $7.41122. Of this amount s5.0oo less the state tax, was contrib uted by the late E. Hayes Trowbridge The expenditures reached $3,72L95, leaving q balance on hand of $5, 23564.
 Mrs. J, B. Sargent who has met with great success as the president of the society was reelected to that office at he annual election yesterday. The elections. in full, are appended:
 President-Mrs. J. E. Sargent.
 Vice presidents-Mrs. George P. North, Mrs Morris r. Tyler
 Board of managers Miss Winchester, Mrs. Henry +. English, Miss F. F. Will oxson, Miss l.. F. Towner, Miss Hesse Mrs. s. D, Bowers, Mrs. H A. Warner, Mrs, John M. Hall, Mrs. Wal CT Nichols. Mrs. Henry s. Parmelee, frs w. c. Wurtenberg, Mrs. Otto Mrs John Wurts, Mrs Mer- , Ill, Miss Susette Robertson, Miss Fran :. ess Hall, Miss Gertrude Harrison, Miss Iary M. Whitney, Miss Mabel L. Brad- ' ey, Mrs. Edward M. Clark, Mrs. Leo I. Herz,rs George B. Adams, Miss l.. ! |. Reed, Mrs, CharItant Robinson Mrs 4 Mrs. w. E. Coe, Mrs. Dick 4 rman and Miss May Bishop. 2 Treasurer--Miss Jane R. Terry r Secretary--Miss Theodora Van Name. e Corresponding secretary-Mrs. Fred rick Kingsbury.
 Physician--Dr. J. H. Townsend 1 Finance committee--H. Hayes Trow- { ridge, Ezekiel c. Stoddard. Charles s. eForest, J. Brewster Fitch ' Matron, Leila Nursery-Miss Bush; atron, Hope Nursery, Miss A. V. arnes. Standing commit tees - Nominating Mrs. Sargent, Miss Win tester and Mrs. North; wardrobe com- ittee Mrs. Sargent, Mrs. Bowers, Mrs. Tarner and Miss Towner: house re- ,iring committee, Miss J. R. Terry, rs. Bowers, Miss Winchester, Mrs. all, Mrs. Ramsay and Mrs. Sargent
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