Thirty-Ninth Annual Report

of

THE INFANT SHELTER

in the

City of San Francisco

1025 Shotwell Street

Telephone Mission 2175

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March 13, 1913

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"We help those who try to help themselves"

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Organized 1871 Incorporated 1874

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San Francisco

W. N. BRUNT PRESS, 880 Mission

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OFFICERS and DIRECTORS OF THE INFANT SHELTER, 1913

HONORARY PRESIDENT, MRS. CHARLES E. COOPER PRESIDENT, MRS. CHARLES E. COOPER.

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, MRS. GUSTAVE H. UMBSEN. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, MRS. ADRIAN SPLIVALO. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, MRS. HENRY P. UMBSEN.

TREASURER, MRS. FRANC MERCHANTE. RECORDING SECRETARY, MRS. ADOLF GARTENLAUB.

DIRECTORS

MRS. CHARLES E. COOPER, 322 William St., Elmira, New York MRS. GUSTAVE H. UMBSEN, 2801 Broadway MRS. ADRIAN W. SPLIVALO, San Mateo MRS. FRANK MERCHANTE, 103 Upper Terrace MRS. ADOLF GARTENLAUB, 2300 Vallejo St. MRS. HENRY P. UMBSEN, Bellevue Hotel MRS. GEORGE TASHEIRA, 2424 Piedmont Ave. Berkeley MRS. JOHN H. ROBERTSON, 25 Sixth Ave. MRS. LUTHER J. HOLTON, St. Francis Hotel MISS HENRIETTA E. TAYLOR, 1911 Pine St.

MRS. E. HOWARD TRYON, 1922 Sacramento St. MRS. CHARLES W. COBURN, 1404 Sacramento St. MRS. FRED J. McWILLIAMS, 2291 Sacramento St. MRS. HOWARD C. HOLMES, St. Francis Hotel MRS. A. DOUGLAS McBRYDE, 2395 Vallejo St. MRS. FRED PIERSON, Hillcrest Apts., 1200 California St. MRS. JOHN WESLEY ATKINSON, 3494 Jackson St. MRS. ALLISON HOWARD TURNER, 2190 Vallejo St. MRS. JOHN L. DEAHL, 3757 Washington St. MRS. GEORGE H. PIPPY, San Mateo MRS. PETER COOK, Rio Vista

AUDITOR,

MRS. GEORGE TASHEIRA

SUPERINTENDENT,

MISS KATE VAGEDES.

VISITING PHYSICIANS,

DR. MORTON R. GIBBONS, Physician DR. HARRY ALDERSON, Dermotologist

DR. EDWARD F. GLASER, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat DR. WALTER H. WINTERBERG, Surgeon

ATTORNEY,

MR. CHARLES H. WILSON

COMMITTEES.

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OUTING.

THE AUXILLARY.

SEWING.

MRS. E. HOWARD TRYON

MISS HENRIETTA TAYLOR

MRS. JOHN WESLEY ATKINSON

MONTHLY OUTING.

MRS. E. HOWARD TRYON MRS. CHARLES W. COBURN

MRS. FRED PIERSON MRS. A. DOUGLAS McBRYDE

THANKSGIVING DINNER.

MRS. GEORGE TASHEIRA

MRS. A. DOUGLAS McBRYDE

MRS. ALLISON HOWARD TURNER

CHRISTMAS DINNER.

MRS. FRANC MERCHANTE MRS. JOHN H. ROBERTSON

MRS. ADRIAN SPLIVALO MRS. GEORGE H. PIPPY

PRESS.

MRS. FRANC MERCHANTE

MEMBERSHIP.

BOARD of DIRECTORS

CHRISTMAS TREE.

THE AUXILIARY

ROLL Of HONOR.

Mrs. Luther J. Holton, $25.00 Mrs. George H. Pippy, 10 new members. Mrs. Adrian Splivalo, 9 new members. Mrs. Duncan McKinlay, 7 new members. Miss Henrietta E. Taylor, 7 new members. Miss Mollie Sidebotham, 7 new members.

Mrs. Gustave Umbsen, 6 new members. Mrs. Henry Umbsen, 6 new members. Mrs. Franc Merchante, 6 new members. Mrs. Fred McWilliams, 5 new members. Mrs. E. Howard Tryon, 5 new members. Mrs. George M. Perine, 5 new members.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

To the Board of Directors and Members of Infant Shelter:

It is with mingled feelings that I send greetings to you, my fellow workers; greetings from the land of snow, where personal pleasures and duties detain me, to the land of sunshine where personal pleasures and duties call me. It is a very duel of inclination; so far decided in favor of the snow. But because so long denied, perhaps, the call of the sunshine is becoming very insistent! There is a feeling, that may be quite well called determination, that sunshine is so much better than snow that it is a good thing to avoid the snow altogether. I am so hoping.

My report this year can be only an imperfect recital of the great things accomplished by Shelter members and a grateful acknowledgment of faithful and efficient work by our corps of helpers who have made the work itself a matter of pride to us all.

It was my wish that our vice-president, Mrs. G. H. Umbsen, make the Annual Reprot (having done the work of the year). She has replied to my request by a counter one—that I make it, and, as you can imagine, I am in no position to refuse any request from her. My obligation to her is a very deep one and I hereby acknowledge it.

The financial question is always with us; this year it became crucial as our balance was below the four thousand mark at one time. As we have no endowment; no regular source of income except money paid for children's board and membership dues (five dollars a year), we cannot let our balance become lower than that without a great effort to fill the treasury.

Since the work of the Society Circus and Horse Show was all done without my aid or presence, I feel that I can praise it as it deserves, without stint.

This great good fortune came to us because three of our members, present at a dinner party, had our Shelter in their minds. When Mr. W. H. Humphrey, president of the Olympic Club, spoke of a circus to be given by that club, our three members, Mrs. Adrian Splivalo, Mrs. G. H. Umbsen, and Mrs. H. P. Umbsen, had an idea that made them an infinity of trouble and hard work. "Why not the circus for the benefit of our Shelter?"

You know the result and it is not my purpose to review it in detail. Theses ladies formed the executive committee. The larger committees whose hard work made so much of the detail work go so smoothly will be found on another page of the report. What I am interested in here is the fact that the executive committee seized the opportunity because the work meant something very important to them. For that and their subsequent untiring, devotion in organizing and carrying through the project they have received the warm appreciation of every member of our organization.

Two legacies have been paid into our treasury this year. Each one was the result of the thought of some member who remembered our work at the right moment and spoke to the right person concerning the fact that we need to be remembered in wills. Mr. Van Duzer told me that it was the Misses Schroth who interested his wife to leave us the legacy. Who influenced Mrs. Brown, I do not know, but I think it was a visit to the Shelter itself. Some good member must have invited her. I should be glad to know who it is.

Beside the large sum of money made at the circus and horse show, we have a long list of new members which will mean much to our future. And many people became interested at that time who will become members later, I am sure.

From my two months' visit in the middle of the year I feel safe in saying that the care of the children has been kindly and efficient. Many of you who visit the Shelter often will bear me out in this. It can be seen in one visit; the clean, comfortable beds; separate department (insuring personal care); hearty, happy children everywhere from the sunroom in the tiny babies' department, to the screened porch of the creepers and on to the roof garden, or to the big playroom of the older children.

But, I am sure you will understand me when I say that this is not the most important thing in our work. You will remember that in our last report I took some time to give personal histories of several children who seemed so unattractive that we feared they were going to miss getting the home that every child born deserves. And we have had testimony during our past year that the child in each case has found happiness in the home as well as giving it. It really is amusing in a way to find that each foster parent is as fond and foolish as many real parents—each child is the best and dearest ever—if not the handsomest.

But this year we had a real trouble, Billy! None of us thought the home would ever come to him; and sometimes we felt it would not be just to the "home" either, as Billy just went from one hard illness to another. Because so many are perfectly well; because we have an isolation department; because we have plenty of good help (look at the salary list for the care of fifty children); because our doctors are good ones; because our relations with the Children's Pavilion at City and County Hospital are cordial (and, by the way, it gives me great pleasure to testify that they take very wonderful care of sick children in that Pavilion). Because of all these things we were able to deal with Billy—though he was a trial unending.

Partly because Billy has had all the things to be had in the way of sickness, there came a time when he was just thin and pale and listless and unacceptable generally. Miss Vagedes was taking her long rest in her mountain home. Miss Coffey and Miss Vagedes (who had borne the brunt of Billy) decided between them that the mountains was the place for Billy. So of course Billy was spirited to Miss Vagedes in Sutter. The air was such a tonic that Billy was transformed in two months. To be strictly accurate, he was so transformed that his mountain friend found that it took a very great deal of time to keep him out of mischief; so much so that, sad day for exuberant Billy, he was returned to the Shelter—a robust, rollicking boy.

In a very short time his home found him and he is most appreciated, all due to the personal love and care and intense interest of Miss Vagedes and Miss Coffey.

And this is what we mean in our city. We save children for their mothers, and we save children from their mothers. In the latter case we find homes at once for attractive children and for those who are unfortunate in any way we have patience and try many methods; we have not failed yet in placing any child, in time.

It was my pleasure to spend an afternoon at the Shelter last October with Miss Helen Dare. She was extremely interested, was not in a hurry, and asked questions. I knew she was getting a very real idea of the work, but I must confess that I had no idea that any one could get such a knowledge of it as she did in that two hours.

She used the experience as a sociological study in her column in the Chronicle, November 1st. I shall ask our Secretary to incorporate it in our Annual Report, that all our members may have a copy of it—a very terse, clear statement, good to read often.

As your President, for too many years to remember, I wish, in closing, to thank each and every member of the Shelter for loyalty to our work this strenuous year. You will understand my feeling of pride in this loyalty as it so perfectly fulfills my prophecy of so many years standing, that though we appeal to the public very seldom for help, when we do make an appeal, as in the Society Circus and Horse Show, our corps of workers is unequalled in the world!! My exile makes this statement safe, I hope.

Respectfully submitted,

MINNIE SABIN COOPER.

Permanent Eastern address: 322 William St., Elmira, N. Y.

PAST PRESIDENTS Of INFANT SHELTER

Mrs. J. F. Spear Mrs. Harvey Mrs. James Pierce *Mrs. J. B. Stetson Mrs. Jennings

Mrs. Henry Fisher Mrs. Charles E. Cooper Mrs. E. B. Cutter Mrs. Robert L. Toplitz

HONORARY MEMBERS

*Mrs. C. W. Crocker Miss Helen Cowell General Arthur McArthur *Mrs. H. N. Tilden Mrs. Luther J. Holton Mrs. Robert L. Toplitz James B. Stetson

Dr. Morton Gibbons Bee Hive Circle Mrs. John H. Robertson Mrs. Charles H. Wilson Mr. Charles H. Wilson Valencia Theatre Mrs. William F. Humphrey

LIFE MEMBERS

Mrs. Jessie Swett Andrews *Mrs. J. W. Ackerson Mrs. H. Crocker Alexander Mrs. Frank H. Buck Mrs. A. E. Buckingham Mrs. Peter Cook Mrs. Charles E. Cooper Miss Helen Cowell Mrs. D. M. Burns *Mrs. John Corning *Mrs. Charles Crocker *Mrs. C. W. Crocker Mr. Jose Costa Mrs. Richard Wm. Davis Miss Helen Dixon *Mrs. Mathew Gardner Mrs. H. M. Gorham Mrs. Benjamin Gunn Mrs. John R. Hanify *Mrs. J. Burton Harrison Mrs. Phoebe Hearst Judge J. C. B. Hebbard Mrs. M. E. Hebbard *Mrs. I. W. Hellman Mrs. Manfred H. Heyneman Mrs. D. A. Hiller Mrs. Parker Holt

Mrs. Luther J. Holton Luther J. Holton Mrs. Rebecca Jennings *Mrs. R. C. Johnson *Mrs. C. B. Mastick Mrs. Byron Mauzy *Mrs. Jonas Meyer Mrs. L. H. Moise Miss Ruth Morton Mrs. H. D. Morton *Mr. Wm. M. Pierson Mrs. Wm. M. Pierson Mrs. Rudolph Samson Mrs. Henry W. Seale Mrs. J. C. Simon *Mrs. J. S. Spear Mrs. John D. Spreckels *Mrs. J. B. Stetson *Mrs. Asa R. Simpson Mrs. John R. Spring *Mrs. J. A. Sampson Miss Tibbie Taylor Mrs. G. W. Tyler Mrs. I. N. Walter Mrs. Frank Alvah Wilkins Mrs. H. M. Young

ORIGINAL LITTLE SISTERS

Daisy Spear Natile Carnes Jennie Mayers *Edith Buckingham *Ella Buckingham *Yetta Voorman Hattie Clap Emile Hughes Minnie Sampson Sallie Stetson Nellie Stetson Jennie Wooster Mary Kittridge Carrie Root Emma Margo Lizzie Patten Etta Middleton Maggie Martinstein

Palmyra Cohn Emma Hale Katie Kollmyer Lizzie Bolton *Emma Chambers Ada French Isabelle Percival *Bessie Holway Adele Martel Lutie Cole Sarah Little Annie Little Alla Tyler Jessie Nickerson Minnie Wilson Emma Swain Fannie Sampson

*Deceased

LIST OF MEMBERS

Abrams, Joseph D. Anderson, Mrs. Alfred Andrews, Mrs. Jessie S. Ankele, Mrs. J. H. Alexander, Mrs. C. O. Alexander, Mrs. H. Crocker Alexander, Mrs. H. M. Allen, Mrs. Horace Allison, Mrs. Wm. H. Atkinson, Mrs. J. W. Bailey, Mrs. George H. Baird, Mrs. M. R. Bancroft, Mrs. Philip Bancroft, Miss Lucy Barker, Mrs. John G. Batchelder, Mrs. George A. Beardslee, Mrs. F. W. Belshaw, Mrs. Charles M. Bender, Albert M. Bennett, Mrs. Clement Bentley, Mrs. R. J. Berghauser, Mrs. J. H. Bermingham, Mrs. John Bernard, M. Berry, Mrs. Fulton G. Bertheau, Mrs. Caesar Bickel, Mrs. Homer T. Black, Mrs. J. A. Bockenoogen, Mrs. Thomas Boggs, Mrs. A. G. Bolderman, Mrs. Adolph Bonnheim, Mrs. Edward Bosqui, E. L. Bostwick, Mrs. Harry Boyere, Mrs. Florence M. Brady, Mrs. E. M. Bresse, Mrs. Eugene Briggs, Miss Jessica Lee Brown, Miss Phoebe Hearst Buck, Mrs. Frank H. Buckingham, Mrs. A. E. Burns, Mrs. A. M. Burns, Mrs. D. M. Busch, George H. Caglieri, Mrs. Guido E. Caglieri, Mrs. G. G. Cameron, George F. Campbell, Mrs. Joseph C. Campbell, Mrs. James Carey, Mrs. Forrest W. Chanslor, Mrs. Joseph A. Cheney, Mrs. A. E. Cheney, Mrs. William Fitch Cheney, William F., Jr. Cheney, Garnett Cheney, Miss Margaret Chinn, Mrs. C. Christiansen, Mr. Clark, Mrs. C. W. Clough, Mrs. G. A. Cluff, Mrs. William Coburn, Mrs. C. W. Cochran, Mrs. J. W. Cohen, Mrs. H. A. Cole, James W. Collischown, Philip, Jr. Cook, Mrs. Peter Cooper, Mrs. George D. Cooper, Mrs. J. A. Cooper, Mrs. Charles E. Cordes, Mrs. W. F. Costa, Jose Cowell, Mrs. Ernest Cowell, Miss Helen Cox, Mrs. Elmer M. Crocker, Mrs. Charles H. Crother, Mrs. Thomas G. Cutler, Mrs. Fletcher A. Cutten, Mrs. Charles Cutter, Edward B. Cutter, Mrs. Edward B. Dakin, Mrs. Fred H. Danforth, Miss Fannie Daniel, Mrs. John Dare, Mrs. John T. Davis, Mrs. W. S. Davis, Mrs. Richard Wm. Davis, Mrs. Eugene Deahl, Mrs. John L. Demoulin, Mrs. E. A. Denicke, Mrs. E. A. Denigan, Mrs. Thomas Dernham, Mrs. Albert Diamant, L. Dixon, Miss Helen Doc, Miss Marguerite Dow, Mrs. George E. Dozier, Mrs. Charles A. Dubois, Mrs. Mary W. Dunn, Mrs. Ritchie L. Dunne, Peter F. Dunne, Mrs. Peter F. Fisner, Mrs. Milton S. Eppstein, Mrs. Sarah Esberg, Alfred Everett, Mrs. Oliver Fairweather, Mrs. J. Stewart Faris, Mrs. C. M. Farnsworth, C. A. Fennimore, Mrs. Watson D. Fernandez, Miss M. Filmer, Wm. P. Fish, Mrs. George Fleishhacker, Mrs. Herbert Flint, Mrs. J. P. Flood, Mrs. I. L. Forderer, Mrs. G. S. Ford, Mrs. Tirey L. Francis, Mrs. H. Fries, William Gardner, Mrs. Charles Gardner, Mrs. Samuel Gartenlauh, Mrs. A. Gassner, Mrs. L. Gener, Fernando Ghiradelli, Mrs. D. Gibson, Mrs. Walter D. K. Giles, Mrs. Harriet B. Gilmann, Mrs. Granville B. Gilmore, Mrs. J. H. Golder, Mrs. George Goddall, Mrs. Charles Gorham, Mrs. H. M. Grant, Mrs. Adam Grant, Mrs. Joseph D. Graves, Mrs. Walker C. Green, Mrs. D. H. Gregg, Miss Enid Grindle, Joshua Grissim, Mrs. W. W. Growall, Mrs. W. L. Gunn, Mrs. Benjamin M. Gunst, Mrs. M. A. Haas, Mrs. Abraham Hale, Mrs. Marshall Hall, Frank M. Hanify, Mrs. John R. Hannigan, Mrs. Percy Hart, Mrs. Albert L. Havens, Mrs. C. R. Havens, Mrs. Thomas E. Hawkins, Charles Albert Hayes, Mrs. Thos. R. Hayward, Mrs. M. S. Healey, Mrs. M. J. Hearst, Mrs. Pheobe A. Hebbard, Judge J. C. B. Hebbard, Mrs. M. E. Hecht, Mrs. Helen Hendy, Mrs. J. H. Herrmann, Mrs. Wm. Herr, Mrs. G. F. Heynemann, Mrs. Manfred H. Heyneman, Miss Ruth Higgins, Mrs. M. R. Hills, Mrs. Reuben Hiller, Mrs. D. A. Holmes, Mrs. Howard C. Holmes, Miss Florence M. Holt, Mrs. Parker Holton, Mrs. Luther J. Holton, Luther J. Hotaling, Mrs. A. P. Hovey, Mrs. Chester L. Hucter, Mrs. E. L. Hunt, Mrs. Emma L. Hunt, Mrs. C. F. Hunt, Mrs. John Jackson, Mrs. John F. Jackson, Mrs. H. K. Jacks, Miss Margaret Jaynes, Mrs. Frank Jennings, Mrs. Rebecca Jerome, Mrs. James Jewell, Miss Alice Gray Judson, Mrs. Charles Curtis Leuchner, Prof. A. O. Levensaler, Mrs. James Adams Lewis, Mrs. Delancy Lindley, Mrs. Curtis H. Lilienthal, Mrs. Jesse Warren Lilienthal, Mrs. T. M. Lloyd, Mrs. F. B. Long, Mrs. L. L. Locke, Mrs. W. L. Locke, Miss Florence Lowe, Mrs. L. P. Luce, Edgar Lucke, Mrs. B. H. McArthur, General Arthur McBryde, Mrs. A. D.

Judson, Mrs. E. A. Kaufman, Mrs. William Kentfield, Mrs. E. King, Mrs. Arthur D. Kirk, Harry Kirkland, Mrs. J. B. Knowles, Mrs. S. E. Koshland, Mrs. Marcus S. Kuhl, Mrs. Clara Lathrop, Mrs. Chas. G. Langerman, A. F. Lamb, Mr. Law, Mrs. Hartland Lee, Mrs. Cuyler Lehnhardt, Mrs. E. McCollam, Miss C. A. McCabe, Mrs. Margaret McDonald, Mrs. Frank W. McKee, Mrs. John D. MacKinlay, Mrs. Duncan McFarland, Miss Jennie McFarland, Mrs. T. B. McFarland, Mrs. A. G. McLaughlin, Mrs. Emma McMurray, Mrs. Robert McWilliams, Mrs. Fred J. Madden, Mrs. Francis Mallett, Mrs. J. H. Mangels, Miss Agnes Mann, Mrs. C. H. Marchutz, Mrs. L. C. Margo, Mrs. Mary Marston, Mrs. Frank Martenson, Mrs. C. G. Martin, Mrs. Joseph Martin, John S. Martin, Mrs. John Maskey, Mrs. Frank Mauzy, Mrs. Byron Meyer, Mrs. H. L. E., Jr. Mayer, Mrs. Charles, Jr. Merchante, Mrs. Franc Meyerstein, Mrs. Lewis Michaels, Mrs. C. F. Miles, Mrs. D. E. Miller, Mrs. H. P. Mitchell, S. Moise, Mrs. L. H. Moffatt, Miss Henrietta Moore, Mrs. A. A., Jr. Morbio, Mrs. Rose Moore, Mrs. W. H. Morrow, Mrs. Howard Morgan, Miss M. Moss, Mrs. F. B. Morton, Mrs. H. D. Mullins, Mrs. George Nelson, Mrs. N. E. Ohlandt, Mrs. N. Orella, Mrs. F. R. Osborn, Mrs. C. T. Osgood, Mrs. C. P. Ostroski, Mrs. Amelia Palmer, Mrs. Silas H. Paddock, Mrs. Edgar L. Payne, Herbert Payot, Mrs. Henry Payne, Mrs. Charles S. Perine, George Mairs Perine, Mrs. George Mairs Pew, Mrs. John W. Peyton, Mrs. W. Chas. Phelps, Mrs. W. S. Phillips, G. D., Jr. Pierce, Mrs. Lewis Pierson, Fred H. Pierson, Mrs. Fred H. Pierson, Mrs. William M. Pierson, Mrs. Lawrence H. Pippy, Mrs. George Plant, Mrs. John Platt, Mrs. C. B. Prechtel, Mrs. George Philip Plum, Mrs. Charles M. Raisch, Mrs. A. J. Richardson, Mrs. Geo. Forrest Rice, Mrs. Bertha M. Robinson, Mrs. Leonard Robertson, Mrs. A. M. Robertson, Mrs. J. H. Rossier, Mrs. C. A. Rowley, Mrs. B. N. Ruggles, Mrs. J. W. Runyon, Mrs. Charles F. Rulofson, Dr. A. C., Jr. de Sabla, Mrs. Eugene Sachs, Sanford Samuels, D. Samuels, Mrs. F. S. Sandoe, Mrs. John M. Sargent, Mrs. E. L. Sheperd, Mrs. A. D. Schlesinger, Mrs. B. F. Schweitzer, Mrs. Maurice Schweitzer, Mrs. William F. Scott, Mrs. A. W., Jr. Scott, Mrs. J. Harry Seeley, Mrs. Joseph Sessions, Mrs. D. R. Seale, Mrs. Henry W. Shea, Mrs. James Shotwell, Mrs. William J. Sidebotham, Miss Mollie Simon, Mrs. J. C. Sinclaire, Mrs. Norman Sission, Mrs. J. H. Slade, Mrs. S. E. Sloss, Mrs. M. C. Sloss, Miss Margaret Rose Sloss, Joseph Sloss, Mrs. Joseph Smith, Mrs. Clarence M. Smith, Mrs. Christian W. Smith, Mrs. Nicholas T. Smyth, Mrs. Mary H. Spear, Mrs. Lewis E. Spruance, Mrs. John Speyer, Mrs. Morris Spicker, Mrs. J. J. Splivalo, Mrs. A. W. Spreckels, Mrs. John D. Spring, Mrs. J. R. Stadtmuller, Mrs. F. D. Steen, Mrs. Harriet F. Steinhardt, Jesse Stewart, Mrs. Chas. Stewart, Mrs. James Stewart, Miss Margaret Stetson, Mrs. J. W. Strickland, Mrs. S. L. Sussman, Mrs. Samuel Sweigert, Mrs. Jonathan Swett, Mrs. George L. Tasheira, Mrs. George Taylor, Mrs. T. G. Taylor, Miss Henrietta E. Terchuren, Mrs. Geo. Thayer, Henry Thomas, Mrs. Benjamin F. Thorn, Mrs. I. Walton Tillman, Mrs. Fred Titus, Mrs. Louis Tognazzini, T. C. Tognazzini, Mrs. T. C. Toplitz, Robert L. Toplitz, Mrs. Robert L. Towle, Mrs. George W. Treat, Mrs. Walter P. Tryon, Mrs. E. Howard Tucker, Mrs. E. S. Turner, Mrs. Frank J. Turner, Mrs. A. H. Tyler, Mrs. G. W. Umbsen, Mrs. Gustave H. Umbsen, Mrs. Henry P. Underhill, Mrs. George L. Verdier, Paul Volkman, Mrs. George F. Voorman, Miss Laura Wakefield, Mr. Wallace, Mrs. John H. Walter, Mrs. I. N. Ward, F. W. Washburn, Mrs. Fred L. Waters, Mrs. R. J. Waterman, Mrs. Jesse H. Watt, Mrs. Rolla V. Weick, Miss Louise Weinstock, Mrs. H. Welbanks, Mrs. Webster Wenzelberger, Mrs. A. Weir, Mrs. William Whipple, Mrs. H. L. Wilhoit, Mrs. C. H. Wilkins, Mrs. Frank Alvah Willett, Mrs. Walter M. Williams, Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson, Charles H. Wilson, Mrs. E. W. Wilson, Mrs. A. W. Wolf, Mrs. J. E. Wollpert, Mrs. C. Wood, Miss H. M. Wormser, Mrs. Louise Worth, Mrs. Clara E. Wright, Mrs. Harold Wright, C. S. Wright, Mrs. C. S. Young, H. H. Young, Mrs. H. H. Young, Mrs. J. P.

CASH DONATIONS

Mrs. Deahl, Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Swanton, in memory of their mother, Mrs. A. W. Jackson, $ 5 00 Mrs. Wm. Fitch Cheney, 5 00 A Friend, through Mrs. E. M. Brady, 100 00 Miss Helen Cowell, 200 00 Mrs. G. L. Forderer, 5 00 Mrs. Dora Peyser, 3 00 Mr. J. R. Daggett, 100 00 Pope & Talbot, 25 00 Mr. A. W. Jackson, 20 00 Mr. Frank Peterson, 20 00 Mrs. Francis Madden, 5 00 Mrs. James Stewart, 5 00 Mr. L. Diamond, 2 50 Mr. Chas. Lathrop, 25 00 Mrs. Luther J. Holton, 25 00

Mrs. John W. Pew, 10 00 Islam Temple Mystic Shrine, 25 00 Mrs. J. C. Simon, 20 00 Mrs. Louise Kidd, 25 00 Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Esberg, 5 00 Mrs. V. Ruggles, 5 00 Gladding-McBean Co., 10 00 M. A. Gunst, 25 00 Corona Club, 7 00 Mrs. Louis Sloss, 5 00 Spool Cotton Co., 5 00 Mrs. Geo. Wm. Hooper, 20 00 Antoine Borel, 10 00 Anglo, London and Paris Bank, 10 00 S. L. Jones & Co., 10 00

LEGACIES

Brown Estate, $1000 00

Emma Van Duzen Estate, 250 00

CASH DONATIONS

Society Circus and Horse Show

Mrs. A. P. Hotaling, $1000 00 Mrs. Louis Titus, 125 00 Pope & Talbot, 10 00 W. F. Whittier, 10 00 Shilling & Co., 5 00 Sanford Sachs, 25 00 White House, 25 00 W. R. Porter, 25 00 Hind, Rolph & Co., 10 00 Arthur Dole King, 50 00 Union Trust Co., 20 00 Taber & Co., 1 00 Sperry Flour Co., 25 00 W. F. Hovey, 20 00 Mrs. M. W. Dubois, 5 00 Mr. Fred Tillman, 25 00 Mr. Henry Landsberger, 10 00 Mrs. Marshall Hale, 10 00 Mrs. S. L. Strickland, 10 00 Mrs. J. A. Black, 10 00 Retail Dry Goods Assn., 100 00

Mr. Jas. W. Goodwin, 100 00 Mrs. F. H. Pierson, 10 00 Italian American Bank, 10 00 Gray's Harbor Co., 25 00 Robert W. Wallace, 10 00 Ames, Harris, Neville, 10 00 Mrs. Susie Niebaum, 50 00 Unaccounted For, 5 00 Mr. Henry T. Scott, 10 00 Mr. Stewart, 10 00 Mrs. E. H. Tryon, 5 00 Mrs. Donald Williams, 5 00 Mrs. John Spruance, 5 00 Mr. Francis J. Carolan, 20 00 Emporium, 10 00 Mr. F. Kiesling, 32 50 Edgar J. De Pue, 50 00 Mrs. Rudolph Samson, 25 00 Frannette A. Jordan, 5 00 Mrs. M. A. Gunst, 10 00 Mrs. Pippy, 10 00

"Charity is indeed often necessary, but it requires the genius of love to bestow it properly." Ray Stannard Baker.

DONATED BY MERCHANTS

Shreve & Co., $5 00 White House, 5 00 City of Paris, 5 00 The Emporium, 5 00

Bond & Goodwin, 10 00 Geo. A. Moor & Co., 10 00 N. W. Halsey, 10 00 California Bestwall Co., 10 00

MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS

Dr. Morton Gibbons - 8 bottles maltine.

Braun-Knecht-Heiman Co. - load kindling

Mrs. Theo. Vagedes - 9 dozen eggs

Mrs. G. H. Umbsen - 3 boys' suits, pair shoes, sweater, fruit, cookies, watermelon.

Mrs. Maxine McDougald - Coffee, tea, extracts, spices

Mizpah Sewing Club- Aprons, bibs, garter waists, bloomers, gowns, pillow slips

Mrs. Stewart - Large decorated cake.

Mrs. Adam Grant - Box cookies

Mrs. A. G. McFarland - Stockings

Mrs. Tulloch - Shoes, dresses, overalls

Mrs. Heyneman - Box asparagus, dishes, toys, clothing and drugs.

Mr. Luther J. Holton - Silver knives, forks, pictures, teaspoons, sugar tongs.

Mrs. E. Neale - Japanese cabinet.

Mrs. H. Umbsen - Pair rompers.

Mrs. L. J. Holton - Magazines, 2 boxes apples, 6 dozen bananas, toys, mixed cakes, popcorn, buns, cakes.

Mrs. Fred McWilliams - Toys, drawers, gown.

Mrs. J. Mattheis - Box oranges, 4 pairs shoes, sweater, dresses, tuning piano.

Mr. A. W. Jackson - 3 boxes plums, 1 box apricots.

Mrs. Magoon - Box apples.

Kruse Co. - 2 loads kindling.

Mrs. Max Schwabacher - 2 doz. cups and saucers.

Mrs. Batchelder - Box of apples and pears.

Mrs. M. C. Sloss - 2 boxes Edison records, 1 large doll, horse, baby fence, brass bed.

Ladies' Auxiliary of United Commercial Travelers - 17 gowns, 8 slips, 10 waists.

Mrs. R. Leon - Hat, Xmas candles, toys and books.

Holeproof Hosiery Co. - 2 boxes hose.

Mr. A. W. Jackson - Sack prunes.

Mrs. Beckett - Box of toys and flannels.

Mrs. Walter Gibson - 6 boys suits, sail boats, toys, windmill and candy.

Forum Club - Xmas tree, box of toys.

Burlingame Womans' Club - Box of toys, clothing.

Mrs. S. Pierce - 2 turkeys.

Mr. J. Schmitt - 12 lbs. meat.

The Little Sunday School of Marigold - Box of toys.

Mrs. Weir - 2 chickens.

Calif. Toy & Notion Co. - Rubber toys.

B. Romain - Box fruit.

Mrs. I. Zentner - Shoes, clothing.

Mrs. A. Bagedes - Shoes, shirts, stockings, hair ribbons.

Miss G. Wollpert - Toys, curtains, diapers.

Mrs. Huie - Dresses, hats, coats.

San Rafael Branch Needle-work Guild - Booties, diapers, gowns, 6 suits underwear, bibs, dish towels, stockings, shirts, handkerchiefs, bands, dresses, caps, underwaists, blanket, waist, skirts.

Mrs. Perine and Mrs. McKinlay - 2 turkeys.

Hamilton Square Baptist Church - 7 baskets provisions, 1 hat, coat, toys.

Grace M. E. Church - Box apples and potatoes.

Mr. V. Casseli - Box apples.

Mrs. Mary H. Smyth - Waists, shoes, collars, rubbers, box of toys.

Mrs. De Laney Lewis - Box clothing and shoes.

Miss j. Pfeiffer - 21 little dolls.

Anonymous - 4 aprons.

Mrs. Louis Titus - Box oranges, apples, bananas, 2 turkeys.

F. M. Hall - 1 turkey.

Mrs. Deahl - 2 chickens.

Mrs. H. Morrow - Box apples, turkey.

I. Magnin & Co. - Box trinkets, toys.

Miss Meta McMahon - 1 doz. Xmas stockings, 8 games, balls.

Mrs. T. Labhardt - 6 dressed dolls.

The Busy Bee Circle - Clothing, shoes, toys, fruit, candy.

Mrs. Harry Scott - 17 shirts, 3 night gowns, 5 pairs drawers, 3 dresses.

Youths' Directory - 15 sacks potatoes.

Mrs. L. Scott - 3 1/2 doz. bibs.

Mrs. S. Sussman - 1 doz. balls.

Miss Brown - Weekly donation of cookies.

OFFICERS OF AUXILIARY OF INFANT SHELTER.

President, MRS. ALBERT S. WIRTNER, 1145 Hayes Street.

VP, MISS FLORENCE O'CONNOR, 1105 Stanyan St. Recording Sec, MISS LUISE ESCHMANN, 454 Lake St.

Corres. Sec., MISS GRACE WEBSTER, 50 Clay St. Treasurer, MRS. EDWARD R. BACON, 1440 Jones St.

DIRECTORS.

Mrs. Carl W. Martin Miss Lucy Helen Priber

Miss Grace Wollpert

Miss Emma Baker Miss Ethel Ferguson

ACTIVE MEMBERS.

Mrs. George K. Bainbridge Mrs. Edward R. Bacon Mrs. Richard Broderick Mrs. George Broemmel Mrs. Charles Brodick Miss Emma Maye Baker Miss Herta Blanckenburg Miss Ida Carmany Miss Ethel Cooper Miss Marion Corsett Miss Frances Clarke Mrs. Milton Clarke Mrs. A. B. C. Dohrmann Mrs. Edwin Dow Miss Dorothy Dickens Miss Luise Eschmann Miss Thekla Eickhoff Miss Ethel Ferguson Miss Kate Grunsky Miss Alice Hart Miss Ella Hess Mrs. J. H. Haveside, Jr. Mrs. Charles H. Holbrook, Jr. Mrs. Donald P. Hemingway Mrs. Otto Hillefeld Miss Louise Ives

Miss Josephine Johnson Mrs. Calvin Knowles Miss Edna Levy Miss Lucille Levy Mrs. E. D. Lederman Mrs. Wm. S. McKnight Mrs. Carl W. Martin Miss Dorothy Mann Miss Hilda Morgan Miss Louise Moissant Miss Florence O'Connor Miss Lucy Helen Priber Mrs. James B. Reader Miss Elsa Rahsskopff Mrs. W. O. Toye Miss Linda tum Suden Mrs. H. N. Van Pelt Mrs. C. Albert Vance Mrs. L. H. Westdahl Mrs. Nickol Wilson Miss Grace Wollpert Mrs. Roy D. Walker Mrs. Albert S. Wirtner Miss Grace Webster Mrs. G. A. Wilson Mrs. Edgar Z. Zellers

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Mrs. Jacques de la Montanya Mrs. George Downey Mrs. Charles Dumphy Miss Vivienne Freeman Mrs. Henry Gunlach Mrs. Otto Grau Mrs. Lyle Ghiradelli Miss Olga Hochstein Mrs. Homer De Wolf Hewins Mrs. A. Humburg Mrs. Arthur Laib

Mrs. F. Leslie Meeker Mrs. John H. Polhemus Mrs. William Patterson Mrs. P. T. Sprague Mrs. H. P. Swanson Mrs. T. E. Schuckins Miss Edith Schussler Miss Eleanor Weir Master W. Boyd Weir Mrs. Walter Wood

HONORARY MEMBERS

Mrs. Frank Ames

LIFE MEMBERS

Mrs. William H. Cooper Miss Helen Cooper

Miss Margaret Castle Mrs. Peter Cook

Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.

Proofread by Betty Vickroy.

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