The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-11-07
CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION.
The Reports at the November Meet
ing show Need for the Work.

! AAc 1tGDOTJS aJ bHE aNOY0InD6E MS0L~
ing Show Need for the Work.
The quarterly meeting OF the Morris
County Branch of the State Charities
Aid Association was held in the par
lor of the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION on Wednesday afternoon.
The at enhance was exceptionally
large.
The report Of p. B. Pierson, the
treasurer, showed a balance on hand
of 1925. President Taylor said that
sum is too small The expenditures
of. the association cannot be cut down
and new members should be secured
to increase the revenues Of the asso-
citation. The names of Admiral and
Mrs. P. Fl. Cooper and Mrs. George A..
Lowe were reported as new members.
There were a number Of reports from
the poor house. all showing that the
house is in good condition, clean and
comfortable. Several of the reports
told of the presence there of an idiot
child, twelve years old, who needed
watching all the time. There are also
several babies there too small to go to
the Children's Home. Mrs. Smith
should have the help Of strong
woman In caring for these children,
while the idiot child is in the wrong
place. On motion President Taylor
Rev William NJ. Hughes, Mrs. Twin
ing and Mrs. Kellogg were appointed
to investigate the case and endeayor
to have the boy placed somewhere
else
7. B. Ironside for the county jail
committee reported % men and 5
women in the jail on October 80. No
juveniles we're there at the time. The
library, he said, is very old and many
of the books unsuitable for the place..
The buildings are as heretofore re-
ported except that Observation-Disclosures
spent 81 100 for new window guards
and have contracted for the erection
of a fence on the Western avenue side
of the jail to prevent the passing in Of
saws, etc, by anybody who so desired.
1t is a piece-meal jail, deficient in air
space and lacking in opportunity for
discipline. By the time about 100000
more is spent the building will be in
shape to tear down. The probation
system is working nicely, there are
now twenty-four persons out on proba-
ton, OF whom four are women and
most Of them are young. Fifteen are
under conviction of larceny and five
assault and battery. MIR. Ironside
read a protest against the herding to-
gether Of women in Jail in New York
State and said the same conditions
exist in the Morris County jail, all
classes criminals and witnesses being
together in the three rooms used for
women.
President John E. Taylor reported
for the committee on visiting children
that there are at present seventy
wards of the county and three board
ers at the Children's Home. The
property is in excellent shape and the
health of the children excellent.
Mrs. w. d. Johnson reported for
the committee on the elevation of the
poor in their homes, dealing with the
provident savings feature Of theswork.
Mrs. Johnson-has been elected chair
man pro tenn and Miss Ogden, secre-
tary, pro tenn of the proyidenu savings
sub committee and there are at pres
emit nine visitors who collected during
the summer S74i.35, The savings
since November Of last year amount
to Sl,9l0.42, with thirty-one new
savers.