The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-10
THE BENEVOLENT WORK.
Ccontinued from Ninth Page.)

E
 | l obliged to accept the resignation of one of the most efficient members of the | executive board, Mrs. H. l.. Sterrett on 1 account of change of residence. We have suffered loss by death of one member of our honorary board, Mrs. l Charles Fabrique, who early allied her self with the work of the Home, prac- | tically from its early infancy. From lthe board of management we have been obliged to accept the resignation of | Mrs. Franklin H, Hart, Mrs. George l Vrooman-S Smith, Mrs. Henry B. Hey and Mrs. H. K. Lines, members who have ably served the Home in the past, 1 and although unable to continue ac- lively in the work their interest is still with us.
 In the death of Mrs Lucy Board- man, the Home has lost one of it's greatest benefactors, one who has raised monument to her memory in | the hearts of every member of the l Board. The material expression of a monument speaks in the mangificent structure of the Home for the Friend less. Not only by the large gifts Of money. with the bequest at her death of ten thousand dollars, which have
 been great factors in making the
 work possible, but two beautiful rose wood sets of furniture, rugs, carpets and other articles have been given to
 the Home, which have helped to
 beautify the interior, and speak so in-
 timately of the Home's great bene-
 factor
 The matter of heating the third floor of the Home for the Friendless has been
 agitated for several years; but the 4 finance of the Home have not allowed it to materalize. Through the hu-
 manitarian generosity of Mrs. J. M.
 Griest a member of the Executive Board, radiators are being placed in
 twenty rooms at the Home, thus in I suring a comfortable shelter during the winter months to that number of
 adults. The Board desires to express it's gratitude to the Home Society
 for it's material help, to the Needle
 work Guild for the generous gift of
 one hundred garments, to the Ladies
 Benevolent Society of Dwight Place
 Church, to the Missionary Society of
 Westville Congregational Church, and
 to the Tribune Sunshine Society for
 bedding, clothing and useful articles,
 to MT. A. Y. Wiley for crockery and
 glass, to Grand Avenue Congregations
 al Church, to Mrs. P. T. Stoddard, tc
 R. H. Nesbit and to Thomas Johnson
 for roses, to The Edwards Estate for
 carpet, clothing and crockery It is impossible to name in this report al
 aiding the work, but the board desire
 it thoroughly understood that to al
 who have shown interest and assist
 ance, we are deeply grateful and theh
 efforts are individually appreciated.
 Our public donation day was held 9 as has been the custom on the sam
 day of the donation visit of the Ladies V to the Home, and the public solicita
 tion which was made among our citi zens on June 18th of this year was ' our seventh annual public Donation
 Day. The entire plan of the day'' f canvass was organized and laid out bI f the President and the Secretary of tht '. Committee on whom the principal bur
 den fell and to whom we especial,
 owe our thanks MT. Arthur c - Graves again acted as President anC 5, MT. Henry J. Kellogg made valuabl / Secretary Tn the absence of Mir
 Frank w. Pardee from the City, wh'
 in prevous years served so effecicientl! Il as Treasurer, MT. Jonathan N. Row
 kindly acted in that capacity thi T year. The executive committee wh, s aided in the supervision and with it e counsel was Messrs. Frederick H If Brown, F. B, Walker, Oliver S. Whit e and Burton Mansfield.
 We wish to express in this connec :. tion our sincere regret that Mr Ernes r F. Hill was obliged to discontinue hi d active interest in the work this year t, MT. Hill was seven years ago the prin e cipal mover in this work and througl l, his initiative and perseverance tn
 public donation day was founded, an, [. acting for six years as the secretar II of the committee, he has been largel .- instrumental in its expansive growth, 70 The number of solicitors this yea l. was seventy, about the same numbe y that has usually acted in that capac - ity during the past few fears. T
 each of these gentlemen we wish t e express our sincere appreciation of tn 'el marked interest that each has shoWr ,f Among them Messrs Frederick F i- Brown, B. B. Savage, G. E. P. San n ford, Ezra H. Healy, Herbert B. Clarl e Herbert N. Bishop, Nathan B. Fitcf Is Hubert N, Griest, James Sinclair l. Henry w. Merwin and John R. Boot
 may be mentioned, either for effectiy
 work or for the number of years O
 unselfish service they have given t
 the cause
 ~ It is perhaps well to notice at thi
 time how important part in tn \, financial welfare of the Home, tn ' public donation day now plays an how essential a factor it must probabl n remain for some few years to come d if indeed our institution is to continu
 to hold it's place and prosecute its wor a among New Haven's charities, Flo d many of the following facts an
 figures I am indebted to our treasure a Mrs. Cowles and also to our audito IF and one of the Advisory Board MI e. Arthur c. Graves.
 n That the financial resources of tn e Home in the past few years hay d been considerably increased apaI