The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
DONATIONS $2,OOO
Contributions Made for Home of the Friendless Short of
 Last Year.
DEPRESSION IS BLAMED
Total Received Yesterday Will Prob ably Be Some Under That of
 Year Ago.

Yesterday was the ninth annual do- nation day of the Home for the Friend less and the usual canvass of tho city, under the direction of the Mems dona- ton committee was made with consid- erable success. For in spite of last falls financial stress and the present business depression the committee will probably turn into the homes treas ury considerably over s2,000. But no one need look for any record breaking results this year At the close of the day the committees treasurer, J. N Rowe, had something in excess of sl. 700 in hand with the usual Westville collections and those or three Fair Haven wards still unreportod. The re- suts in these latter districts are al-
 ways/ day or two later in being re- ported, while collections In the more central districts can be gotten togetn- CT and returned very promptly, as they are under the immediate charge of the president and secretary of tho committee.
 Last year the counting at the end of the first day showed substantially the same results as Mir. Rowe reported yesterday, namely sl,75o, but there were some individual collectors In the center of the city whose large collec- tions were left out of that total and this year substantially everyone has reported save those in the outlying dis trcts The chairman of the committee, Arthur C. Graves, said that the large individual contributions from some of the homes more wealthy patrons would fall considerably behind last years very generous gifts, owing to the hard l times. But lt Is thought in the end the cash donations will reach s21O0. Last year which was the banner year, the total was exactly $23SG4t
 As usual the first ward. which repre- seuts the heart of the business center, l will carry off the honors for raising tho higgest sum, while Frederick II. Brown and K E. Savage. among tho indvid- ual collectors, made the largest cash returns They have covered the same district Hilhouse avenue and Prospect street. for nine successive years with l out NHrlHIlON or OMISSION, lncN Wl1n G. F. r Sanford are in point of service, l tho seniors among the S0 solicitors that tramped about the city yesterday All the solicitors did very good work and manifested the same generous and willing spirit in their task As for the executive committee the burden of or ganlzaton work fell of course upon tho president and secretary. In point of ad F vertising, in the preliminary canvass | by appeals through circular letters and l in its efforts to secure strong and competent corps of collectors, the work of the officers has been more thorough and exhaustive than ever before. Thus the very effective organization in the Fourteenth ward across the river will show itself In probable increase of ! from 30 to 75 per cent In the cash col lectlons. In spite of the business de- presslon.
 The ladies in charge of the Home for the Friendless held their usual recep- ton at the Mary Wade house, corner of Clinton avenue and Pine street. this afternoon There was cake sale and tea was served to their guests The ladies received something over $200 this afternoon at the home apart from do- nations to the mems committee