MEETINGS OF THE DIRECTORS AND THE LONDON COMMITTEE. HE London Directors meet every month, by the kind permission of F. A. Bevan, Esq., at 54, Lombard Street, upon the business of the Association. Their last meeting was held on Tuesday, December 17th. The London Committee met at the residence of the Marchioness of Tavistock, on Thursday, October 10th, and also Monday, December 16th. MEETINGS OF THE PARIS COUNCIL. HE Paris Council met at the Home, 77, Avenue Wagram, Oct. 9th, at the Orphanage, Nov. 6th, and at the Home, Dec. 4th, when the accounts and reports of work from the ladies in charge of the different Homes were examined and passed. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS. GENERAL MISSION FUND.-[Per Miss K. A. Mayor-Mrs. Smith, 1]; W. G. Hayter, Esq., £2; the Hon. K. R. Warren, £2; Miss Aylmer, £3; Per T. A. Leigh, Esq., £50; Miss Hallam, L1 Is., an.; Mrs. Kirkpatrick, £3; Mrs. Kennedy, 10s.; Miss E. M. Poole, £1 Is., an. ; [Per Miss C. Beardmore-Mrs. Faith, £1; Mr. Fitzgerald, Ios.; Mr. Cash, 10s.; Miss E. Sharp, £1; Miss Rickman, £1; The Springs, 12s. 6d. ; A Friend, 10s. ; total, £5 2s. 6d.] Miss Mary F, Pilcher, £1 Is. an.; £1 Is.; ditto for 1890, £1 IS.; Mrs. Sulivan, £1 Is. ; D. Chalmers, Esq., £1 Is., an. ; F. S. A., per D. Chalmers, Esq., £1 IS.; H. M. Smythe, Esq., £1; The Lady Agnes Frank, £2, an. ; E. W. P. Taunton, Esq., £I IS.; James S. Napier, Esq., £2 25.; A. L., £5; Mrs. McGarel, £I IS.; £I Is. an. ; Mrs. Bourne, £I IS.; £I Is., an.; Miss Topham, Ios., an.; [Per Colonel Thurburn —Miss Homer, 1os., an.; Colonel Thurburn, £1 an.; total £1 105.] [Per General Ranken-Mrs. Mackenzie, £1; Miss Pagan, £1; Dr. I. M. Pagan, £1 Is.; Mr. P. Ranken, £1; Major-General Ranken, £I IS.; Mrs. R. Ranken, £1 15.; total, £6 3s.] [Per James Mudie, Esq.- Edward Miller, Esq., £1; James Mudie, Esq., 10s. ; A Donation, 10s. 6d.; Mrs. Savage, 5s.; Mrs. Cumming, 5s.; Misses Gordon, 5s.; Collections at Y.M.C.A., 10s. 6d.; ditto, at Ladies' for Sale of work; Miss Griffin, Oxford, books and toys; Mrs. PoyntonHaden--for Annual Sale, Boxes, value £15 16s. 7d. Per Miss Alma Rubery, Wolverhampton, from "A small working party of village girls," garments for children. Miss A. Housden, A Christmas Card and Monthly Letter for each of the children. Miss Griffin, Paris, plates and dishes. Messrs. Joseph Gillott & Sons, Birmingham, several boxes of steel and quill pens. Religious Tract Society, A parcel of books. From Exhibitors, British Section, Paris Exhibition.-London Provincial Dairy Co.,- Sugar, jams, tinned fruits, biscuits, milk, coffee, and a large quantity of delf-cups and saucers, plates, jugs, etc. Spiers & Pond,—A large and most valuable gift of delf, crockery, and tin articles, including several dozen pieces. Silversmith Co., Regent Street, Brentwood chairs, table, screen, and picture. Fry's, - Several pounds of cocoa and chocolate. English Bakery,-A quantity of bread, etc. Pears, -Soap and pictures. Burroughs & Welcome,Large bottles Cod Liver Oil, Beef, Iron and Wine, Cough Lozenges, etc. Price & Gosnels,-Soap (several doz. tablets). American Educational,-Slates. Woman's Temperance Union,-Literature and flags. Scotch Warehouse,-Excellent and valuable sample patterns. Debenham & Freebody,-Sample patterns: most useful. Goode,six pedestals, several yards of cloth, firewood. Griffiths,-Pots of enamel.* MISSION HALL.-Miss Bastable, £1 125. GOVERNESSES AND ARTISTS' INSTITUTE.-C. Adkin, Esq., £2 2s. ; J. Adkin, Esq., £2 2s.; Surgeon-General Muschamp, £2; Mrs. Hooper, £2. Mrs. Hockly, The Quiver and Anglican Magazines for 1889. Mr. F. N. Adkin and Miss Ada Hockly, The Christian, Weekly Times, Record, The Fireside. New York Herald, Paris Edition, from Editor. CHRIST CHURCH.-Miss Mary Horne, £2 25. SOUP KITCHEN.-Mrs. Lecky, £1. ECHOES.-Miss Anstie, Is. 6d.; Mrs. Buist, Is. 6d. ; Mrs. F. Allen, Is. 6d.; Miss M. Bigg Wither, Is.; Mrs. Adkin, 1s. 6d. ; Per James Mudie, Esq., 4s. 6d. * We have been unable to insert quantities (some very large) in these most generous gifts. (Continued from page 50.) The Association of "The Mission Home for English Women in Paris" is constituted under Articles and Memorandum bearing the date of Oct. 10th, 1876, for the purpose of holding the property of the Association in perpetuity. The Council in Paris was elected February 7th, 1877, and, with the Honorary and Official Auditors, is re-elected at the Annual Meeting of the Association each year. The Committee are also re-elected each year at the same meeting. The Home for British and American Young Women, at 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris, was founded December 20th, 1872. It has had over 5,300 admissions, and is open to all respectable English girls in every class of life, without distinction of creed. The house is branched off into different compartments, as follows: 1. A Home for daily and unemployed Governesses. 2. For Young Women apprenticed in Shops. 3. For Ladies' Maids, Nurses, etc., seeking situations. 4. A Sanatorium. 5. A Free Registry for those who are seeking situations. The following have also been established: Governesses and Artists' Institute, 153, Faubourg St. Honoré, formerly 8, Rue Bastiat. Young Women's Christian Association and Home, 26, Faubourg St. Honoré An Orphanage and Home for destitute British Children, 3, Boulevard Bineau. A Nursery and Infant Kindergarten School. Bible Classes for Men, Mission Services for the Poor, and Mothers' Meetings. A Clothing Club for the Poor; Soup Kitchen; Night School and Free Reading Room, are The Mission Church (Christ Church, Neuilly, 49, Boulevard Bineau) has been built to meet the spiritual need of the Homes, and of a large resident English population hitherto totally unprovided for. Services, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Tram from the Madeleine to the Boulevard Bineau passes the Orphanage and the Church. The Home Orphanage, Young Men's Home, Church, and Parsonage are duly registered as the trust-property of the Association. The Mission is entirely supported by voluntary contributions. "Remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, when He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive." Messrs. BARCLAY, BEVAN & Co., 54, Lombard Street, London. Bankers. Messrs. J. MUNROE & Co., 32, Nassau Street, New York; 7, Rue Scribe, Cheques, etc., and P.O.O. should be made payable to F. A. BRVAN, Esq., 54, Lombard Street, London; or to Mrs. ADa M. Lewis, 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris. London Office (where Reports and Papers may be obtained): 9, Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street. Paris and Continental Y. W. C. Association and Home, 22a, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W., Hon. Sec., MISS HENSLEY. Editorial and Resident Secretary, MRS. HORNIBROOK. Subscriptions for " ECHOES FROM PARIS" for 1888 are now due, and may be paid to the Honorary Secretaries of the different Associations, or sent to MR. W. AUGUSTUS MORLEY. Sec. (Paris and Continental Y. W. C. Association), 22a, Queen's Road, Bayswater, London, W. Post free, 1s. 6d. a year; Canada and United States, 40 cents. SELECT LADIES' SCHOOL conduct ed by MDLLES. LACORNE, 5, Rue Pérard, Avenue de Neuilly, Paris. Number of pupils limited. Reference is kindly permitted to Canon Herbert Jones, Rev. T. Howard Gill, Rev. H. Nicholson, Rev. E. Bersier. MADAME CHRISTOPHE, 32, Rue d'Orléans, Neuilly sur Seine, Paris, can receive in her home, ladies, as boarders and pupils. Lessons, if required. Recommended by the Lord Bishop of Truro. E RAYON DE SOLEIL" et "L'AMI "LE DE LA MAISON," illustrated monthly periodicals for children. Edited by RENCH PROTESTANT INSTITU FRFION: directed by MME. YEATMAN MONOURY, 27, Bd. Eugène, Parc de Neuilly, PARIS. MOLLE TALLON, Parisienne Protestante, Diplômée, receives a limited number of Boarders. Lessons if required. Terms moderate. The house is beautifully situated, near l'Arc de Triomphe. References kindly permitted to Mons. le Pasteur Bersier. Address: Mdlle. TALLON, 9, Rue Brunel, Avenue de la Grande Armée. NOTE. We have been asked by Miss Skinner to notice her "Lettre Amicale aux Malades," for distribution in Paris. We have much pleasure in commending it. (Drummond's Tract Depôt, Stirling, Ecosse.) ECHOES FROM PARIS. EDITED BY MRS. EMMA E. HORNIBROOK. ASSOCIATION OF THE MISSION HOMES FOR YOUNG ENGLISH AND AMERICAN WOMEN AND ORPHANS IN PARIS. Patrons. His Excellency LORD LYTTON, Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador, The Right Rev. BISHOP WILKINSON, D.D., Coadjutor to the Lord Bishop of London for FIAN 14 AUG 1975 ARY Patrons for the Irish Association. His Grace the ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN. Her Grace the Dowager DUCHESS OF MARLborough. Patron for Canada.-His Excellency the GOVERnor General. Hon. President.-The EARL OF ABERdeen. Mrs. TRAVERS LEWIS, 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris. The Rev. CANON FLEMING, B.D., London. W. HARRISON, Esq., J.P., 23, Highbury Quadrant, N. H. W. MAYNARD, Esq., 34. Gracechurch Street, E.C. W. W. WILLIAMS, Esq., J.P., 29, Highbury Quadrant, N. F. A. BEVAN, Esq. Captain DENNISTOUN, R. N. Council in Paris. WILLIAM FOWLER, Esq. The Rev. BRAMLEY HART, 4, Rue Roquepine. The Rev. R. T. DE CARTERET, 51, Boulevard Bineau, Neuilly. J. T. B. SEWELL, Esq., Solicitor to the British Embassy, 54. Faubourg St. Honoré. Hon. Sec. of Paris Council.-J. H. BARNAKD, Esq., M.D., 184, Faubourg St. Honoré. Honorary Secretaries of Association. Mrs. TRAVERS LEWIS, 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris. General Secretary.-Mr. W. AUGUSTUS MORLEY, 22A, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W. London Committee. President.-H. R.H. the PRINCESS MARY ADELAide, Duchess of Teck. The Countess of ABERDEEN. J. D. ALLCROFT, Esq. Lady ELIZABETH BIDDULPH. C. H. BOUSFIELD, Esq. Mrs. E. H. CHAPMAN. Lady CLAVERING. Mrs. WILSON CREWDSON. The Rev. N. J. DEVEREUX, M.A. Mrs. W. E. FORSTER. The Hon. G. M. GLYN. R. READER HARRIS, Esq. The Rev. B. M. KITSON. The Rev. G. P. MERRICK, M.A. Mrs. W. MILLER. Mrs. ROBERT MILLER. The Rev. C. J. RIDGEWAY, M. A. C. A. ROBERTS, Esq. Mrs. ALDWIN SOAMES. Lady SUFFIEld. The Marchioness of TAVISTOCK. Mrs. C. CARUS-WILSON. Honorary Secretaries of London Committee. Miss CLAVERING, Harrogate. Miss CAVE, 17, Palace Gate, Kensington, W. Hon. Assistant Secretaries. G. A. MASSINGHAM, Esq. (Messrs. Barclay & Co.), 54, Lombard Street, E.C., London. (Continued on page 80.) |