The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-15
MANAGEMENT
IS EFFICIENT.
Morris County ChiIdren's Home
at Parsippany a Model
Institution.
ANNUAL MEETING OF AsSo'N


meeting Of the association in the
Young Mems CHRISTIAN association
building Wednesday morning.
! Dir. Henry A. Henriques was in the
chair. Secretary John e. Taylor pre-
sented the twenty-ninth annual re-
port showing the institution to be
| housing seventy-seyen children wards
Of the county and one whose board is
paid.
Few children are old enough to help
! with the house work of their own
homes or to be sent out by the associa-
tion to work Two cases Of scarlet
fever were cared for so carefully chat
the contagion did not spread. The
school and the kindergarten, of which
sixteen attend the latter, we're doing
most satisfactory work.
| The boys are being taught little
Of gardening. Mrs. Moore, the ma
tron, was commended for her careful
management.
Many improvements have been made
about the house and grounds. DR.. d.
4 II. McAlpin was elected last March to
ill the vacancy on the association
| directorate caused by the death OF Al
bert II. Vernam, a tribute being paid
the latter for his zeal in the associa-
tion's work.
Reports of Treasurer Philander B..
Pierson showed the association to be
on sound financial basis. Miss Mar
| ion D. Beach, of the managers, pre-
sented report of the collections made
by the managers for the home.
! Andrew L. Cobb, John e. Taylor,
Charles A. Kip and Wynant Wander
pool we're reelected directors. Mr.. Kip
and DR.. McAlpin we're appointed audi
tors and Miss Shaw and Mr.. Wander
pool printing committee.
Following the association meeting
Ibhe board of lady managers held its
J annual session with Miss Shaw in the
J chair The following officers and man
} ayers were reelected Pre- sid ent
} Miss Anna Shaw president, Miss
: Julia Frances Sherman; secretary
Mrs. Wynant Vanderpool registrar
Miss Sara Fitz Randolph; treasurer
!. Miss Marion d. Beach Boonton town
ship-Mrs. Alfred l.. Dennis, Mrs
Charles B. Seabury, Mrs. Charles
7 Brock Chatham township-Mrs. Gu.
Mintop Mro Ioroao VMobh NFre
! Henry W. Feuchtwanger, Mrs. Ed
! ward 2. Holden Chester Miss Smitl
/ Hedges; Hanover-Miss Mary L
Y Smith, Miss Altha e. Hatch Morri
9 Mrs. Frederick S. Hoyt, Mrs. JOIN
Fl. Lidgerwood, Mrs. Sadie Pitne,
f johnson Miss Anna Shaw, Mrs. Phile
+ mon F. Sturges, Mrs. Wynant Van
} derpool, Mrs. Thomas @. Bushnell
Mrs. II. o.. Bates, Mrs. Charles w
Harkness, Mrs. W. d. VanderpooI
Mrs. Julius Catlin, Mrs. Edward @
Keasbey, Mrs. Alexander MacColl
Mrs. Benjamin Nicoll, Mrs. @. Gordol
+ Knox, Miss Julia Francis Sherman
Miss Sarah Fitz Randolph, Mrs. Elder
. S. Kip, Mrs. Henry A. Henriques
Miss Marion d. Beach; Passaic-Mrs
Frederick Nishwitz. Miss Mary
: Cross Randolph-Mrs. j. G. Schrader
; Rockaway-M Mrs. Edmund D. Halsey
= Roxbury-Mrs. John Smith; Wash
ington-Mrs. Lawrence II. Hunt
Wharton-Mrs. e. w. Rosevear.
: The president appointed the follow
ing committees Committee on house
hold affairs-Mr Thomas @. Bush
nell, Miss Julia Frances Sherman
: Mrs. @. Gordon Knox, Mrs. G. B. Sea
bury. Miss Altha E. Hatch, Mrs
John Fl. Lidgerwood, Mrs. H. A. Her
riques. Committee on finance Mrs
> Wynant Vanderpool, Mrs. Frederic
Nishwitz, Mrs. James A. Webb, Mrs
. Ebert 5. Kip. Committee on educa
q tion-Mrs. Edward P. Holden, Mrs.
p. Johnson, Mrs. A. L. Dennis, Mis-
, M. L. Smith, Mrs. e. @. Keasbey, Mrs
G. B. Seabury, Mrs. Henry w. Feutch
. wapger.
! That the cost Of running the HON
had increased over $4,000 in ten year
was attributed to the higher cost Q
living and labor.
; In 1900 the cost was S5,l1l.52; 1901
J S5,540-73: 1902, S6,Ol5.64; 1908, s5
9l6.S5; 1904, IS 1851; 1905, Sc, 1868 38
1906, $6,132.28; 1907, s6,033. 30; 1905
, Sc, ,S5O.S4; 1909, s6,931.S7; 1910, ST,
72l.85. One instance of the increase,
: cost was given by the president, Mis-
: Shaw, to the effect that milk nov
costs the Home 81 cents per quart AM
ten years ago it was bought for 2
cents less. This makes difference 0
S73O as the Home uses eighty quart
. per day.
The board of directors reelected
officers as follows President, Henr,
! A. Henriques, M. D., Morristown
vice-president, Andrew L. Cobb, Par
sippany secretary, John E. Taylor
Morristown; treasurer, Philander B
Pierson, Morristown.
I, The house staff is Matron, Mrs. s
N. Moore assistant matron, Miss /
SGanbrdge; infants matron, Mis-!
! Lizzie Corwin assistant infants ma
:. fron Mice Tn,1ieo Ereuch hnvs, "a ra