The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-25
MOTHERS AID SOCIETY
ANNUAL MEETING FOR ELEC- TION OF OFFICERS YESTERDAY.

Mks. J. E. Sargent Elected President
 Mrs. Kingsbury's Report of the Work
 of the Past Twelve MOnths-What is
 Being Done at the Leila and Hope
 Day Nurseries-ImpOrtance and Scope
 of the Work
 The annual election of officers of the
 Mothers Aid society took pace Janu-
 ary 15 at the residence of Mrs. J. B.
 Sargent, 51 Elm street, the, results of
 which follow:
 President, Mrs. J. B. Sargent; vice
 presidents, Mrs. George P. North and
 Mrs. Morris F. Tyler; treasurer, Miss
 Lena M. Phipps; secretary, Mrs. Fred
 erick K. Kingsbury, jr.; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Hope Bennett
 Following the election, the annual re-
 port of the society was read by the
 secretary, Mrs. Kingsbury, which
 shows a most commendable work to have been accomplished last year.
 The report of the secretary is as
 follows:
 SECRETARY'S REPORT.
 As the annual meeting of the societv mas been changed from May to June, my report covers period of twenty months, during which time many oranges have occurred, and the one which touches us all most deeply and comes very near to the hearts of all those who have been so closely asso- clated with her in this work. is the death of Miss Caroline Winchester. one ot the charter members of the society. also at one time it's vice-President. Since resigning that position several years ago. Miss Winchester was a most active member of the board of manag- CTS. Her great interest in the nurser- les,' her clear and unprejudiced iudg- ment and her advice and opinion were always of so much value that her loss has been most keenly felt by all those Wno In the past years have been so tremendously associated with her on the board. Although it seems impossi- ~@S tAAt'S NNCli ltlll6 COulu eIIaG9 the memory of a personality so dear to us, we have by her forethought received a $2OO bequest and $1,O00 from her es- tate given to the society by Judge Sim con E. Baldwin to be known as "The Charlotte Winchester Fund''-to he de. voted to the entertainment of the child ren throughout the year-which will stand as a lasting memorial of her un- Tagging interest in this work.
 In the early spring of last year an- other one of our managers was taken from us-Miss Jane H. Terry-who for some time acted as treasurer and only gave up her work to go South for the Winter, where she died. Her loss Is also great one to the society, as she had it's interest very much at heart
 We regret to announce the resigna- ton from our board during the past twenty months the following names: Mrs John Wurts, Miss l.. A. Reed Mrs. Chalfont Robinson and Mrs. Otto q. Ramsey; but we are glad to wei {, come among our new members, Mrs. Asrpe filling, Miss Hope Bennett, Mrs. John English Mrs. Bernadotte Perrin. Mrs. Rutherford Trowbridge and Mrs. Hayes Quincy Trowbridge. ne most important event of the year sssN been the changes that have been made in the management at Hope Nur- sery In the later part of the year of ! lSO4 owing to the prevalence of whoop- | Ing cough, the numbers became very small, but even as this decreased the the attendance still continued about | the same, so that in January the ad- visibility of closing the nursery was seriously considered, as the matron was Tn very poor health and we all felt was not Tn any condition to continue with the work. On February g, 1905, a spec ial meeting was called to decide what was best to do Miss Bush was most anxious to assume the management of both nurseries, and it was voted to give her three-months trial and to place an assistant matron at Hope. At the expiration of this time, this arrange ment proving so satisfactory, and the members were so steadily increasing at Hope, it was decided to continue ii for an indefinite period
 This seems fitting place to call your to the constantly increasing that we are caring for. The have received during a period of twelve months ending May, 1905 l,13O more children than during the same period of the previous year. the total for Leila being 12,572, and for Hope being S.S23 This we attribute not only to the fact that the city is rapidly growing and therefore the de- mand for day nurseries is in conse- quence greater, but to the ability of our matron, Miss Bush, who has the Interest of the society so much at heart and is ever ready to help and advise the mothers when they are in trouble. and to help them in procuring employ nent Fully appreciating the added
 eAnsibility and cares of Miss Bush. (
 EAdelalde Bush, who has shown {
 tked ability in her capacity as head Yese in connection with our work. was ! appointed assistant matron during De- ( .ober, 1904. The increase in attendance is very gratifying, but 1t presents very ser- ( ous problem. How are we to care for Ill these children without a larger in- $ ,ome, and must we be obliged to turn 2 rom our doors the little ones who [ either fatherless or motherless are de- ( >endent upon our help, while the one f 'read-winner of the family is working l o support them? It would seem. un t Ter the circumstances that a special 1 committee shoiild he appo;ptod + .. !