The Republican journal., 1904-05-26

ested friends outside and if each one
would try to secure even q few new
subscribers the printing bills could he
promptly paid and Il surplus be left for
the general work. We have endeavored
to make the paper perfect medium of
the details of the work and home hap
penings, with selections from the best
that is thought and read, and send it
out in good style and of first class ma
terial. With what success you are able
to judge.
The work of the secretary we have
found to be no sinecure, yet it has been
pleasant duty. During the year more
than 1900 letters and postals have been
sent out. This in conjunction with the
making of records, attending to general
business, editing the paper and the
various trips from home have left no
idle moments.
The executive board have met regu-
larly on the first and third Tuesday of
every month. Several times during the
summer we had the pleasure of meeting
at the beautiful cottage home of our
late President and were very delight
fully entertained by DIR. and Mrs.
Brooks.
The work of the board and of the
house and supply committee has been
faithfully and eonscientiously perform
ed Each application has been careful
ly investigated and when girls have
been sent out some competent person
has accompanied them to the new
home. Correspondence is kept regular
~ with them and strict watch had of
their environment until it is certain
that all is satisfactory. This part of
the work has received more than the
usual attention during the past twelve
months
A much larger number of applications
have been received, consequently more
have been refused on account of I'M
satisfactory conditions. One child was
taken from a home in which she had
been placed because it was found to be
not suitable.
One of the most gratifying features
of the work is the rapid development
the children make under the systematic
training and refining influence of the
Home. 1t would be difficult to recog-
niZe in some of the bright, happy, grace
full and winsome girls we have placed
out in the last year, the crude, forlorn
and neglected specimens admitted to
our care few months before.
No statistics or tabulated report can
give an adequate idea of the good done
by such an institution and yet we are
far from the attainment we desire.
How we shall move on is one of the
questions for you to consider to-day,
and we entreat your moral help, your
prayers and material aid in giving to
these neglected little ones the birth
right heretofore denied them.
Respectfully submitted,
ELIZABETH L. BRACkETT,
Secretary.
c. W. Wescott, Treasurer, reported.
His summary was as follows
Cash on hand, May, 1908. 35O.S4
In Belfast Savings Bank. .......... $4,000
Interest on Savings Bank deposit. 1900
Receipts for the year. 2,S04.37
S3,7Ol.21
Disbursements. ............... 1904. -
In Belfast Savings Bank. ......... $4,000
Cash on hand. Observation-Disclosures. 15l.0S
S3,701 81
The collections by Mrs. Florence A.
Maynard, Field Secretary, amounted
to s913.ls. Her expenses and salary
were s535.67; net proceeds, s37751.
Mrs. C. A. Pilsbury, Mrs. S. R. Craw-
ford, Mrs. F. A. Griffin and Mrs. NJ. w.
Rich were appointed a committee on
nominations. They subsequently re-
ported, and the officers they recon-
mended were elected, as follows: