The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-14
R. |. S. P. c. c.
IN SESSION
TWenty-Second Annual Meeting
Of Organization Held Yesterday
INTERESTING REPORTS READ
Society Is In Prosperous Condition; Is Do
Ing an Active and Telling Work and
Enjoys Satisfying Prospects.
INTERESTING REPORTS READ


for the Prevention of Cruelty TO Children
was held yesterday afternoon at o'clock
in the rooms OF the society, 20 Market
square. 1t was a meeting OF reports,
annual statements OF many descriptions
being presented.
The following persons were elected TO
membership on the board OF directors:
The governor OF the state OF Rhode
Island. the chairman of the senate finance
committee. the chairman OF the house
finance committee. the chairman OF the
senate judiciary committee. the chairman
OF the house judiciary committee lex
officio) Albert L. Anthony. DR.. Edward
s. Bacon. Cyrus p. Brown. Joseph III.
flaming, DR. Parnell Z. Fisher. Arthur
l.. Kelley. Rev. Augustus NJ. Lord,
Thomas F. 1. Mcdonnell. Charles c. Mum
ford. Louis r. Robinson. Gen. Elisha II.
Rhodes. Nathaniel w. Smith. Howard o.
Sturges. Oscar Swanson. Rev. James T.
Ward. Ralph c. watrous, Rev. f.. G. w.
Wesley. Mrs. Albert L. Anthony. Mrs.
David s. Baker. Mrs. John r. Bartlett.
Mrs Charles A Boyd, Miss Janet Buck
lin. Mrs. John A, Gross. Miss Mary A.
Carpenter. Mrs. Samuel s. Durfee, Mrs.
Herbert n. Fenner. Mrs. Arthur L.
Kelley. Miss Louise Lippitt. Mrs. Charles
r Longley. Mrs. Frank s Manton Mrs
Charles Matteson, Mrs. stephen o. Met
calf Miss Ethel w. Parks, Mrs Daniel
A Pierce. Mrs. Harold A. Richmond.
Mrs Howard Richmond Mrs Louis r.
Robinson, Mrs. Walter II. Stearns, Mrs.
/ James r Sullivan. Mrs. Roscoe s. Wash
| burn. Mrs Ralph c. Watrous. Miss Ellen
| H. Weeden.
TREASURERs REPORT.
| The report OF Treasurer Zephaniah
| Brown for the year ending Dec 81. 1904.
! follows: Receipts, cash on hand Jan. /,
1904 s221 SO; receipts from all sources.
sasOl So Total receipts, sa62s.5l Pay
/ ments. maintenance OF home. Slsf.B; all
| other payments. s60a335: cash On hand
| Dec. 81, 1904. s2460s Total, $9523.d.
Respectfully submitted.
! ZEPHANIAH BROWN.
Treasurer
The report Of the home committee was
received. the following passage being Of
especial timeiness and Importance:
The great difficulty experienced in
handling the cases OF diphtheria demon
! strates the urgent need of an entirely
| separate building for contagious diseases.
! our present quarters are on the third
| floor OF the home. heated only by a coal
| stove and an oil heater. cold water only
| and no bath room. These inadequate
! facilities render the labor Of caring for
! the sick unnecessarily arduous. and II
| seems impossible to completely isolate
| those who are Ill. We desire TO call the
attention Of the executive committee to
| this very great need"
AGENT THURBERS REPORT.
a
! secretary OF the society, presented an
excellent report portions OF which were
as follows
This year we have been obliged 10
/ take i'm charge a number of young girls
/ who have begun a life OF shame and
have placed them in proper institutions,
where they received good Christian train :
| ing and are shown a higher ideal OF
womauhood. Why do parents allow
young girls TO roam the streets at all
hours Of the day or evening?
There Is a great lack of homes I'm
this state for Protestant children; that
il. boys and girls over l2 years OF age.
The state home and school for boys and
| girls and ST. Andrews industrial school
for boys receive children that have not
committed any criminal offence The
Catholic church leads In providing for
such and now that the House of the
Good Shepherd is stablished here, chill
dren Of that faith are well provided for.
Protestant girls have 10 be sent TO st.
Michaers Episcopal home In New York.
or to the Shaker settlements. New York
and Boston stand first In relation to pro-
viding homes for the care of children
I'm regard to cigarette smoking, |
think a person passing along any OF the
principal streets has seen boys OF tender
years smoking cigarettes. This is most
noticeable near public places. l realize
that IL IL quite task 10 prove the age of
the child. but think II vigorous cam
paign should be set on foot the law might
be respected
During the year we have relnvesti-
gated ~ old cases, involving e6 children.
OF this number We ,have been obliged
TO bring but very few cases before the
court to ask for the custody Of the chill
dren.
''Ths following named persons nam
hers of the society. have deceased dur
ing the past year: Mrs. Mary II. Allen.
Miss Adeine Brown. Richard Arnold
Bailey. Rear Admiral John r. Bartlett.
Henry w. Cooke. Alfred Metcalf, Hon.
Henry r. Metcalf. Rev. +. McCabe, Mrs.
IL s. olmsted. Miss Ellen s, Read.
Henry @. Russell, Hon. Isaac Shove.
Mrs. A. RI. Watson"
Following Is the tabular statement OF
the society's work for 1904:
New cases. 2S5; children involved, 49, /.
children having no father, 40; children
having no mother. III; children having
a stepfather, IL: children having a step
mother. %: children having an intem-
perate father. 265: children having an In
temperate mother. 1856; children having
parent In prison. 43; children having n
guardian appointed. 1: illegitimate chill
dren. 10; children transferred to other
homes, hospitals, Institutions and fam
ilies, 1S6; old cases reinvestigated a.;
children involved. 90: children under In
vestigation during the year. $751; cases IN
court for neglect. guardianship. assault.
etc, So; children on the stage. cases in
vestigated. SO. children removed from the
stage. !; applications To board infants.
cases Investigated o.. boarding infants
without n license. I.
The board Of directors elected yester-
day afternoon will meet next Monday
at p. m. at the rooms OF General Agent
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