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branches to occupy and improve tlie inmates. The money 

 on hand enabled the board to pay ready cash for the spacious 

 lots now occupied by the home. It is an ideal site on Mc- 

 Dennot Ave., Wjest of Kate Street, as the >ork is so closely 

 connected mtli that of the General Hospital 



In 1889 the union w^as chiefly engaged in canvassing the 

 city for the means to erect the present building, which is evi- 

 dence in itself that a generous response was met with. The 

 last instalment of a mortgage debt upon the property was paid 

 in 1895. In March, 1891, the new home was opened with 

 a reception given to a large gathering of friends. Since that 

 time it has been found very suitable for the work with a few 

 improvements made from time to time. As since the open- 

 ing of the Salvation Army Rescue Home, the more degraded 

 cases are not admitted to the C.W.U. home. It is suitable as 

 a refuge for aged poor women as well as for respectable mar- 

 ried women coming to the city for medical care, indeed, there 

 are no hard and fast lines drawn with regard to admision, ex- 

 cepting several very necessary ones in the by-laws; each case 

 is considered when the application is made. The home shelters 

 about sixty inmates during the year. Such is a brief sketch 

 of the history of the Christian Women's Union. It has some- 

 tim,es been in financial and other difficulties, but a kind pro- 

 vidence has always helped it over hard times. The presidents 

 were Mesdames Galton, Howe and George Bryce; vice presi- 

 dents, Mesdames Whitla, Lynch, Wesbrook, Somerset and 

 O'Loughlin ; secretaries, Mesdames Irwin, Doupe, J. B. 

 Monk, (Dr.) Kerr, (Dr.) Orton, Culver, C. H. Campbell, 

 T. J, McBride, Atkinson and McClenaghan ; treasurers, 

 Miss Jazdowski, Mrs. M. T. Hunter and Mrs. (Dr.) Clark. 

 The present officers are : Patroness, Mrs. Patterson ; hon. 

 president. Lady Schultz; president, Mrs. George Bryce; 1st 

 vice-president, Mrs. J. B. Somereet; 2nd vice-president, Mrs. 

 J. M. O'Loughlin; recording secretary, Mrs. A. V. McClena- 

 ghan ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. J. Roy ; treasurer, 



