The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-15
1O5TH BIRTHDAY
ANNUAL MEETING OF CHAR.
TABLE SOCIETY.
Miss Lathrop Presents Reports of Al
Committees-Mentions Loss of
Mrs. Kinney.

The Female Charitable Society is observ-
ing its 105th annua meeting today in the
society building, Hill and Halsey streets,
with Mrs. Joseph H. Knowles, the first
directress, presiding. The business of the
day will consist of the reading of reports
of the various committees, which are en-
bodied in the report of the corresponding
secretary, Miss Emma Goble Lathrop, fol-
lowed by an address on Child Labor by
Mrs. Frederick Crane, Of New York, an
associate member of the society.
In giving her report Miss Lathrop said
in part:
I'm presenting the one hundred and fifth
report we realize hat we have not
reached our full stature. The progress
and development of the work keep pace
with the increasing demands of this
growing manufacturing city. We see and
know that in a few years this building
will be too small. Our auxiliary, the Crazy
Jane Society, needs more room for the
children, and we feel that the children
are the handspring of all philanthropic
work, for in saving the child the citizen
Is saved. To this end the president has
appointed a special committee and later
on there may be definite plans. With in
creased responsibility will come the need
for trained workers I'm each department.
From the board of managers there has
been one resignation, and the death of one
associate member. In the death of Mrs.
Thomas T. Kinney, not only this society,
but the entire city has suffered. The loss
of such a generous tender-hearted, APP
p~roachable, active woman grieves the
hearts of people In every walk of life. To
her family we wish to express our sense
of personal loss and tender sympathy
In giving the reports of the various
committees Miss Lathrop said: 1.-THE
house committee reports that our ex-
penses for the past year have been ex-
ceptionally small, not exceeding 1929. Al
terations were made on the laundry,
which gave better circulation of air and
better facilities for overseeing the work.
Fourteen hundred and seven women have
been given work by the day, and seven
women have secured permanent employ
ment. Ont hundred and seventy-seven
committee meetings were held, 1,797 calls
received from managers and 5,S41 business
calls received. During the year los cases
by the Bureau of Associated
Charities were given aid, and dismissals
during the same time have numbered 119,
leaving 203 families to be cared for at
the present time.
A special fund" which is replenished.
from time to time, is used to supply
nourishment for the sick and aged. The
same committee also reported over 1900
women n children sent to the country
during the summer and 1880 tickets dis
tributed for day trips to Coney Island to
the various charitable organizations.
The committee on mothers meetings re-
ports a r~oll-call of III, the attendance vary
ing from forty to eighty. Twenty-four
were held, 1Se new garments were
given to the women, and 574 yards of ma
terial were purchased, at an expense of
$444O. There was contributed $10.51 to the
fresh-air fund from the mite box.
Miss Lathrop said that the chairman of
the Christmas committete reported on the
success OF the recent Christmas entertain
ment.
HI report of the laundry committee
showed that department to be unnin in
a satisfactory manner. Fifty-two names
are on the roll books. with an average at
OF fifty women each week. Work
Is rovided for this number, n a sub
dinner is served each working day
Tor a trifing sum. The receipts of the
laundry for the year are 1862. so, and the
expenses $~3,416.19, leaving a balance of
and $155.T in collectable bills, which
leaves a grand total of SEAS.
Inc iepoII vi the Kitchen garden COM
mittee showed hat the garden lessons were
conducted two hours each Saturday for
months. In December eleven scholars
We're promoted to the cooking class.
The report of the dinner committee
showed that 1850 dinners were served to
i02 women at a cost of $473.4S, or II cents
each, and the amount paid by the women
was $l36.25, or five cents each. The net
cost to the society was $937.23, or twelve
cents each.
"our auxiliary" continued Miss Lathrop,
reports 5,421 garments folded into 1,765
bundles, each bundle containing fifty cents
worth of work and distributed among
ninety-four women, recommended by the
society. 70 women were fur
nished with work each month; 5,611 gar
nents were made by these women; 125
children have been sheltered in the nurs-
cry, and 20 mothers have thus been en-
abled to be self-supporting.''
The success of the recent Sunbeam
was referred to and a vote of thanks
given to all who aided the efforts of the
managers.
An informal tea and a social hour is
scheduled to follow the exercises.