Meeting Of Needle Work Guild

The third annual meeting of the Needie Wort Guild of Aan Arbor, was held on the 12th inst., at the -residente of Mts. W. S. Perry. Tlie The new garments collected for our owu poor were on exhübition at tii at time, and severa! people learned ïo? the f irst, something of the magnitude of the work done by this society. About 850 garments had been collected at that time, conslsting largely of underwear, mittens, cloaks etc. Aiter opportnnity had been given to examine the garments, the meeting was callerï to order and openedby repeating together the Lord's Prayer. The secreta ry, Mrs. Cushman, then read her report of the last meeting in which she stated that 1,100 garments were reported to the parent Guild at Philadelphia, last year from Ann Arbor, which number gave us the rank of City Branch. The garments reported were, - for men and boys- 7 night shirts, 35 prs. of drawers, 63 prs. of stockings, 4 prs. of trousers, 8 waits, 8 Sackets, 4 caps, 18 prs. of mittens, 20 prs. of shoes, 3 prs. overshoes. For nomen and gtrfe, 30 nightgowm-, 111 undervests, 71 prs. oí underdrawers, 25 prs. of cotton flannel drawers, !i prs .oí muslirn dnuvcvs. ' c'bamtees, 41 woolen petticoats, 30 cotton petli-D.-ils. iinilcrwaists, 152 pairs of BtocktotgS, IS jerseys, 1 shawl, " cloaks. U dresses, 30 aprons, 8 hoods, 30 pr.s. mittens, 15 prs. of sliocs. 128 inííinis ganmente, 128 miscU.-imv.us avtul'-s including' Bhets, pillow cases, blaiikcts, towels handkerchiefs, etc. ,he alteo reported the suggestion made at the Needle Work Guild tea held inSept.. oí a itdira ioa oí chai ïtics in Ann Arbor - that Miss Brown and Mrs. Perry were delegated to correspond with cities, where such organiations existed, and report at the annual meeting of the Guild. Mrs. Cushman also acted as treasurer for the Guild, reporting a sinall amount of money on hand. Following these reports, the president, Mrs. W. S. Perry, very briefiy, neferred to the work done, to the wisdom required to avoid imposition in the dist ribution, and of the great advaatage of economizing the time of the various charitable societies by association or federation. The letters were then read from Detroit, written by Dr. Post, the general secretary, and from New Haven, Conn., written by Mr. Preston, who is secretary there An informal discussion í ollowed, which showed great enthusiasm in the pre ject. It was decided to take steps at once to formúlate a scheme adapted to Ann Arbor, to present it to the people at a public meeting iii the near future, and su make an effort to keep pace with' the foremost thought of the world in charity work.