Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-16
CHILDREN'SGUARDIA
MONTHLY MEETING OF BOARD
HELD SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Report Of Agent for January-Finan-
cial Exhibit-Number OF
Wards in Charge.

of children's guardians was held at its
offices in the Gunton Building, Saturday
afternoon, at 4:15. The president, James b.
T. Upper; the vice president, John r.
Cook: the secretary. B. Pickman Mann,
Messrs. Vim. ]. Miller. Thomas E. Sewell,
Rev. Louis Stern. Mrs. j. w. Babson,
Mary L. D. Mcfarland and the agent, John
Wesley Douglass. were present. Reports
from committees were received and dis
cussed. These involved matters before the
present Congress.
The agents report for the month was
submitted and was in part as follows:
During January Investigations were
made involving JOG children. Thirteen
children-eleven colored and two white
were made permanent wards, SIX because
destitute of suitable homes. four because
of unfit parents, two because alleged to De
incorrigible and one because abandoned by
relatives or friends. OF these hve were
placed in private boarding homes, four
were placed with relatives at no expense
to the board, one was placed on trial for
adoption at no expense to the board and
one each at the Hart Farm School, Chill
drens Temporary Home and Bruen- Home.
Twelve names were added to the tenn
porary rolls-seven colored and five white.
OF these. seven were received under tenn
porary care without order of the court, one
child being received twice during the month,
and four were received by temporary order
of the court and one was taken under tenn
porary care and later. temporary order
secured. OF these, two remained In board
ing homes, one at the Industrial Home
School. one at the Bruen Home-these four
on expense-one was placed in a boarding
home and subsequently committed to the
reform school. one was placed with rela-
tives at no expense and subsequently per-
manently committed, one placed at the
Childrens Temporary Home, later returned
to relatives and again received under tenn
porary care and returned to relatives, two
were placed in boarding homes and later
returned to relatives and three were re-
turned to relatives at once at no expense
to the board.
January 81 was $780, accounted for as fol-
lows: '-
White Children.
Industrial Home School, 10; Junior Re-
public. II: st. Joseph's Male Orphan Asy-
lum. 3; House Of the Good Shepherd, 2; ST.
Vincent's Female Orphan Asylum, 1; st.
Roses Industrial School, 3; House Of Mercy,
4; In boarding homes, SO. Total white on
expense. 81.
Hospitals 3: on trial with relatives or
friends, SO; on trial for adoption 5; on trial
for indenture, %: on indenture. 81: appren-
ticed, 80; absconders, 90 Total, 254.
The Colored. @
Childrens Temporary Home. IS; Hart
Farm School, II; House of the Good Shep-
herd. Baltimore, I; in boarding homes, 1O5.
Total colored on expense, 1877.
Hospitals 2: Scotia Seminary, 1; Mary
land School for Colored Blind and Deaf, 1;
on trial with relatives or friends. 100; on
trial for adoption. q on trial for indenture,
%; on indenture, 118; apprenticed, 81: alb
sconders, 40; total 434. Grand total, $50.
Since the statement as given above was
prepared the trial terms Of p chiIdren-13
colored and white-have expired and the
children will be accordingly transferred to
the indenture list
The number Of temporary wards January
81 was IS.
The number of feeble-minded children I'M
der care at Elwyn, Pa, is 80; at Falls
Church. Va. 20. One child was placed in
each institution. during the month. as au-
thorized by the committee on feeble
minded. -. $500 g $500.
The physicians report, accompanying
this, shows 81 sick children, to whom 100
professional visits were made. Among the
temporary wards 1 death occurred.
Summary of placements: Total number
of free home placements, 81; transfers
from one free home to another, Z; returned
from free homes, IS: absconded from free
homes, 5; %; net gain In free homes, 6;
u; transferred from non-expense to ex-
pense. II; net gain from expense to nom
expense, 4.
The probation work for the month Is as
IolloWS. oHueT active supervision from
last report, al; probation term ended dur
ing January, "a; reached the age Of II
years. 3; again placed on probation, 2; I'M
der active supervision from other months,
112; received during month Of January, %;
placed with relatives and friends 25; gain
ed during month of January, Is; under &C
tive supervision January 81, 1877; cases in
vestigated by probation officer 43; visits to
wards, "a; reports to office by wards, 22S.
Financial Exhibit.
Total expenditures to January 1, $780,
O4164; expended during January, So, 40. O6;
total expenditures to February 1, $29, 1871 20;
balance available, $36s423O; total appropri-
alton, $4,000.
Total expenditures for general purposes
to January 1. s15,94s34; expended during
January, $271S.7S; total expended to Feb
ruary /, $1S,667.12; balance available $16,-
032SS; total appropriation. $34, 100.
Total expenditures for administrative pur-
poses to January l. s399s.42; expended dur
ing January. $735.2O: total expenditures to
February 1, $4,733.82; balance available,
S3,S66.3S total appropriation. 49, CO.,
Total expenditures for Hart Farm School,
to January 1, $1,O19.99; expended during
January, s256OS; total expended to Febru-
airy 1, 81 .27607; balance available, SO, 72} 81;
total appropriation. $12OO