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The objects of this Association are the rescue of young girls who have wandered from the path of virtue, and the protection of chil- dren of dissolute parents : and both classes are sought for in the places where they congregate - the abodes of misery and poverty and vice of the city. They are received into the Institution freely, on personal application. They receive a secular, religious, and industrial education, and are provided with employment when they are prepared to return to the world.
The Association maintains a day school for neglected Italian children, at 54 Roosevelt street, and a Saturday industrial school, at the same place.
A systematic visitation of the City Hospitals and Prisons is carried on by ladies connected with the Association.
The income is derived from annual subscriptions, voluntary donations. the labor of the inmates, and a per capita allowance.
Income at last report, $25,122.12.
Rt. Rev. Monsignor T. S. Preston, LL.D., and V. G., is the Spiritual Director. Mrs. Mary C. D. Starr, President ; Mrs. George V. Hecker, Vice-President ; Mrs. T. Addis Emmet, Treasurer ; Miss Emily Binsse, Secretary.
Association for the Relief of Re- spectable Aged, Indigent Females, of New York .- Asylum, Tenth avenue, corner 104th street. Incor- porated 1814. Persons desirous of entering the Asylum must be over sixty years of age, and pay an admission fee of $200. Should
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they have property before admission, or become possessed of it afterward, it must be secured to the institution, and the person entering must sign an agreement to that effect. Last year seventy- three were cared for. Expenditures, $11, 406.71, leaving $1,147,33 in the treasurer's hands. Connected with the Asylum are about 160 pensioners, who receive $5 per month from the Asylum. Appli- cation for admission must be made to Mrs. Guinness, Matron, at the Asylum.
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Asylum and Industrial School of the Sisters of St. Dominic .- Established 1877. Convent, 137 Second street. The Sisters of St. Dominic maintain an industrial school and an asylum at Blauveltville, Rockland County, for destitute Catholic children. Have accommodations for 300. For other information, apply to Sister M. Hyacinthe, Supe- rior, at the Convent.
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Asylum of St. Vincent de Paul. (R. C.) Established 1868. No. 201-215 West 39th street. Under the charge of the Sisters "Marianites of the Holy Cross," connected with the Church of St. Vincent de Paul. Object : To care for children of both sexes, mainly of French parentage, and rear them in the Roman Catholic faith. Girls between four and eighteen, and boys between four and twelve, taken. 146 were cared for the past year. Receipts for the past year were $16,934,36 ; expenditures $16,874,67. Rev Gaston Septier, President; Ramsay Crooks, Secretary; Henry Amy, Treasurer ; G. Mourville, M. D., Physician-in charge.
Babies' Shelter .- 243 West 22d street. The Shelter is a branch of the Training House for young girls, and is under the charge of the Sisters of the Holy Communion (P. E.). Received and cared for during the year, 60. Sister Catherine, Treasurer.
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Baptist Home for Aged and Infirm Persons .- Organized 1869. Home, 68th street, between Lexington and Fourth avenues. Under the charge of the Ladies' Home Society of the Baptist Churches of the City of New York. The object of the Society is to provide aged, infirm or destitute members of the Baptist Churches with comfortable home, board, clothing, medical attendance, and upon their death, respect- able burial. Applicants must have been church members for five years and be recommended by the pastor and deacons of the church to which they belong. An entrance fee of $100 is required, except in the case of a candidate of a patron of the insti- tution. Eighty-three inmates were cared for last year. Receipts, $30,428.79; expenses, $15,428.79. Other information attainable from Mr. Peter Palmatier, Superintendent; Mrs. De Witt C. Hayes, First Directress; Mrs. Wm. J. Todd, Secretary; Mrs. J. P. Town- send, Treasurer.
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Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane.
Boulevard and 117th street. The management of the Asylum (which is a department of the New York Hospital) is vested in a committee of six governors of the hospital. Patients are admitted on physicians' certificates, but must pay from $5 to $50 per week for treatment. Last year the income was $196,868.85 ; the expendi- tures, $192,616.94. 380 patients were treated during the year, 136 were discharged, 55 recovered, 27 improved their condition, 27 remained insane, and 27 died. W. M. Halstead, Chairman of Asy- lum Committee, 33 Broad street ; D. Colden Murray, Secretary, 8 West 16th street. Charles H. Nichols, Medical Superintendent.
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Bowery Mission and Young Men's
Home .- Established 1880. Home, 36 Bowery. Always open. Free to all. 35,000 young men attended during the year. Of these, 2,724 were converted. £ $7,025.55 was expended. Other information can be obtained from J. Ward Childs, Super- intendent.
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Cedar Hill Farm. - Established
Plainville, Somerset Co., New Jersey. A moral and religious training institution for destitute men of good character ; where, in return for labor, they are clothed, fed and thoroughly instructed in farming, and afterwards procured situations with farmers. The farm is maintained by a citizen of New York for the purpose indi- cated. For other information apply to the Superintendent of the Bowery Branch Y. M. C. A., 243 Bowery, at any time of the day or night.
Chapin Home for the Aged and In- firm .- Established 1869. Home, 151 East 66th street. The Home will accommodate 50. The applicants must be 65 years of age, and must, on entering, pay $300, which insures them care for life. The applicants may be of either sex. For other information, apply at the Home. Mrs. C. H. Delamater, President ; Mrs. G. W. Pearce, Secretary ; Mrs. D. D. T. Marshall, Treasurer ; Miss Frances E. Thompson, Matron.
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Children's Aid Society .- Organized 1854. 19 East Fourth street. Homeless children, who do not attend school, are placed in the industrial schools and cared for ; are also found lodging places and sent to homes in the West. Sustains twenty-one day and fourteen night industrial schools, and the following lodging houses:
Newsboys' Lodging House, cor. New Chambers and Duane streets. Girls' Lodging House, 27 St. Mark's Place.
Eleventh Ward Lodging House, 709 East 11th street.
East Side Lodginy House, 287 East Broadway.
East 35th Street Lodging House, 314 East 35th street.
West Side Lodging House, 32d street and Seventh avenue.
12,835 children were lodged and fed during the year, 1,633 of whom were furnished with homes in the West. 275, 739 meals and 212,319 lodgings were given gratis. The amount of money which the regular lodgers saved in the penny savings banks amounted to $8,147.82.
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Free Reading Rooms for Young Men, at 206 Bleecker street, No. 135 Greenwich street.
The Seaside Home accommodated 4,152 children, or an average of 300 per week. Food and medicine were given through the Sick Children's Mission,
535 girls were taught the use of the sewing machine in the Indus- trial Schools. 34,373 children were cared for by the Society. Receipts last year, $283,485.70; current expenses, $216,696.49. The balance was used on building account. Information of any kind cheerfully given by C. L. Brace, Secretary, or at any of the Lodging Houses named. W. A. Coe, President ; Geo. S. Coe, Treasurer.
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Children's Fold (The) .- Organized 1879. House, 93d street and the Boulevard. Destitute children, without regard to creed or parentage, admitted. 203 were cared for last year, and $14,286.80 [disbursed for current expenses. Applicants should call at the House with letter from any clergyman.
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Christian Workers' Home .- 129 East Tenth street. The Home is a boarding house for Bible readers and visitors, where they are trained to their work. The home being under the care of the Women's Branch of the New York City Mis- sion. Apply at the office of City Mission, No. 50 Bible House.
Colored Mission-The New York .- Opened 1865. 135 W. 30th street. For the benefit of unemployed worthy colored people. 4,024 persons were given lodgings last year. $3,481.95 was received and $3,281.00 was expended. Mr. C. B. Hatch, Superintendent.
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Colored Orphan Asylum. - Established 1838. Asylum, 143d street and Tenth Avenue. Under the charge of the "Association for the benefit of Colored Children." Children
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between the ages of two and ten years received. To place a child in the asylum application may be made to any magistrate in the city, or at the asylum. Children are indentured at the age of 12, to any person or persons who can produce good testimonials as to character, and a letter from the minister of the parish wherein they reside. 381 children were taken care of last year. 74 were dis- charged. Received last year, $29,084.42. Expended, $28,310.98. Mrs. Augustus Taber, First Directress ; O. K. Hutchinson, Super- intendent.
Eighth Ward Mission - Established 1877. No. 9 Ludlow Place, West Houston street. To provide a home for fatherless and orphan boys who are too old to be received in other institutions, and who are unable to earn wages enough to be entirely dependent upon themselves. Connected with the home is an indus- trial school, St. Nicholas Guild, St. Anna's Guild, and a bible class. All these have been well attended during the past year. 2,049 meals were given out, 80 children of the industrial school spent the sum- mer in the country, and 179 have been provided with homes. $5,057.45 was received from various sources and expended. Other information can be had of Mrs. Laidlaw, Superintendent.
Faith Home for Fallen Women. - Founded in 1883. Home, Nos. 103 and 105 W. 27th street. To aid the fallen women who may willingly desire to reform. Admitted last year, 288. For other information, call at the Home, which is always open.
Five Points House of Industry. - Established 1850. 155 Worth street. Protects, instructs and provides for destitute people ; supports neglected or abandoned children, and others incapable of self-support. 721 eases cared for last year. Disbursed during that time, $34,018.19. Application for assistance to W. F. Barnarde, Superintendent, will be promptly answered.
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Florence Night Mission. - Established 1881. 29 Bleecker street. A temporary home for fallen women, which carries on all-night missionary work on the streets. De- pendent upon voluntary contributions. Number inmates last year 358. Receipts, $4,355.86. Expenditures, $4,355.86. Rev. J. Dooly, President ; Rev. M. W. Wells, Secretary; C. N. Crittenton, Treasurer ; Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Gibbud, Superintendents.
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Foundling Asylum of the Sisters of Charity .- Established October, 1869. Asylum, Sixty-eighth street, between Third and Lexington avenues. Objects : The care and management of foundlings, and the instruction of them in the Catholic faith ; the saving of the mothers to lead lives of usefulness. Governed by the Sisters of Charity, under the advice and aid of the Ladies' Society of New York City. The Asylum accommodates about 1,500 childreu yearly. They are sup- ported by an annual allowance from the Legislature, and by private subscription. Receipts, $284, 730.32. Expenditures, $286,810.93. Infants received at the Asylum. Other information, on application to Sister Mary Irene, Directress.
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Free Home for Destitute Young Girls .- Founded 1867. Home, 23 East I1th street. Free to all girls without homes. Food, raiment, and good counsel are given them, and places in the country are obtained after a month's probation in the home. During the past year 116 were cared for. Given situations, restored to friends and dismissed, 95. Received last year, $4,623.65. Disbursed, $3,978.68. Other in- formation to be had of Mrs. V. M. Bokee, Matron.
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Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society .- Established 1823. Asylum 10th avenue, between 136th and 138th streets. Is supported by patrons, members, and donations, also receiving an annual appro-
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priation from the city government. Its main charity is the Orphan Asylum, in which 410 children were taken care of during past year; it also devotes a portion of its receipts annually to the United Hebrew Charities. Total receipts, $113,098.76 ; total expenditure, $65 990.15 ; total expense of Orphan Asylum, $37,755.93 ; Jesse Seligman, President ; Henry Rice, Vice-president ; A. Wolf, Treas- urer ; Myer Stern, Secretary ; Dr. H. Baar, Superintendent Orphan Asylum.
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Hebrew Sheltering Guardian
Society .- Organized 1879. Principal Home, 360 57th street, S. W. corner 1st avenue. Home for Jewish children, to be reared in the Jewish faith. There are now 253 children in the institution. 238 were discharged during the past year. 7,983 free meals were given to poor persons and children not belonging to the instition. Receipts and expenditures $33,143.05. Mr. and Mrs. Dublon, Superintendents.
A branch for younger boys has been established at 320 East 57th street.
A branch for girls and infants was opened last year, on the southeast corner Avenue A and E. 87th streets. Mrs. S. Wald- man, Matron.
Holy Trinity Day Nursery .- Established 1881. No. 315 East 109th street. Exclusively for the poor of the Mission Chapel of the Holy Trinity (P. E.) Church of Harlem. Children cared for during the day, while the mothiers are at work. A nominal sum is charged in certain cases. Keeps about 25 daily. Open every day at 7 A. M. For othor informatlon apply at tlie Nursery.
Home for Aged Women of the Church of the Holy Communion. (P.E.)-330 Sixth ave. For the benefit of aged women. Supported by subscriptions and donations. Number of inmates 14 ; income last report, $3,790.02. Expenditures, $3,339.09. Sister Catherine, Treasurer.
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Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews. -Established 1872. Home 105th street, near Ninth avenue. The aged and infirm Hebrews of both sexes are cared for during life. The applicant must be over 60 years of age, and resident of the State for at least five years. Has accommodations for 150. The Home has an Out-Door Relief Department where poor persons are relieved by presents of food and clothing. Destitute women are also furnished with medical attendance, money, clothing, etc., be- fore and after confinement. Chas. L. Bernheim, President ; Chas. Sternbach, Treasurer ; H. Heine, Superintendent.
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Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews, of the District Grand Lodge, No. 1, I. O. B. B., South Yonkers. The home is for the life shelter of infirm Hebrews, their widows and orphans. Has 32 inmates at present. For other information apply to the Home. S. Waterman, M. D., Medical Director.
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Home for Incurables. - Protestant- Episcopal. Established 1866. Fordham, (24th Ward, N. Y. City.) Incurables of the better class admitted without regard to religious belief. Supported by voluntary contributions and by endowments. Two-thirds of the beds, which number 150, are charged for from $6 per week up. One-third of the beds are free. 114 persons have been admitted during the past year ; 16 have been discharged. $107,071.47 was received, and $99,668.38 was disbursed. B. H. Field, Presi- dent ; H. M. McLaren, Secretary ; J. D. Vermilye, Treasurer.
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Home for Old Men and Aged Couples.
-Incorporated 1872. Home, 487 Hudson street. The institution provides for the temporal and spiritual welfare of those seeking its care. The applicant must be respectable, and must pay a fee of $250 on entering, and have suitable recommendations. The home is governed by Managers and a Lady Association connected with several parishes of the Episcopal Church. The home is partially
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supported by private donations and legacies. It has a disposable and permanent fund. Last year its expenses were $7,097.46. Thirty-five inmates were cared for last year. Other information can be had of Mrs. Mulholland, Superintendent of the Home. Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter, D. D., LL. D., D. C. L., President, ex-officio ; Hermann H. Camman, Treasurer ; Henry Lewis Morris, Secretary.
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Home for the Aged and Infirm .-- Established 1881. Office, 298 Broome street. Home, East New York, Long Island. Cares for Germans only of the Lutheran denomina- tion, who are too old or from other causes unable to work. Free to all over 60 years of age. Has accommodations for 30. 23 in home at present supported by the Lutheran Church in America. For further information apply to the Rev. J. Bohm, General Manager, 298 Broome street, N. Y. City.
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Home for the Aged of the Little Sis- ters of the Poor .- Opened 1870. 209 East 70th street. The aged and helpless of both sexes of every denomi- nation over sixty years of age, and destitute, are admitted free, and cared for by Little Sisters of the Poor. Number in the home at the present time 263. For other information call or write the Sister Superior, Blanche de St. Marie.
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Home for the Aged of the Little Sis- ters of the Poor of the City of New York .-- 229-231 West 38th street. Number of inmates, last report, 63. For further information, address Mother Cecilia, Superior.
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Home of Industry and Refuge for Discharged Convicts. - Established 1879. 40 East Houston street. Renders aid and employment to dis- charged convicts. They are kept at the Home at broom, brush and
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shawl making. 316 men were benefitted last year. 780 outsiders were provided with meals during the same time. $26,701.67 was received last year, and $19,772.76 was expended. $7,028.91 was applied to debts of previous years, and $179.16 remains in the Treasurer's hands. Distressed ex-convicts desiring admission to the Home, must apply to Charles Stuart, Resident Superintendent, any hour of day or evening. John H. Boswell, President. W. R. Bliss, Secretary.
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House of Industry and Home for the Friendless .- Instituted 1834. Home, 32 E. 30th strect. Under the guardianship of the American Female Guardian Society. The Society protects the young, the destitute, the friendless, and secures for homeless children homes in Christian families. The Society has twelve industrial schools situated as follows :
HOME SCHOOL, 29 E. 29th street. Mrs. L. B. Ely, Principal.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL No. 1, Home Chapel, 29 E. 29th street. Mrs. L. B. Ely, Principal.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL No. 2, Rose Memorial, 418 West 41st street. Mrs. E. A. Smith, Principal.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL No. 3, 138 West 24th strect. Miss. M. B. Hardcastle, Principal.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL No. 4, 272 Rivington street. Miss M. Keyser,
Principal.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL No. 5, 220 W. 36th strect. Miss Haviland, Principal.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL No. 6, 125 Allen street. Miss E. Brotherton, Principal.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL No. 7, Central Park Baptist Church, E. 83d street, between 2d and 3d Avenues. Miss I. Sprunt, Principal.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL No. 8, 509 West 21st street. M. S. Bowron, Principal.
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INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL No. 9, N. W. cor. of E. 60th street and Bou- levard. Miss A. Sprunt, Principal.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL No. 10, 125 Lewis street. Miss M. E. Kennedy, Principal.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL No. 11, 52d street. N. W. cor. 2d Avenue. Miss Jacobs, Principal.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL No. 12, 162 E. 112th street. Miss K. Hebhard, Principal.
During the past year 528 children were cared for in the principal home, 5,649 children were registered as daily attendants in the schools ; 13,000 garments, new and old, were given away, 72,000 loaves of bread were consumed daily, and 5,283 visits were made among poor families. 2,078 applications were made for work, and nearly all obtained employment. $89,630.63 was paid out during the year. $135,352.56 was received, leaving a balance of $45,721.93 to use during the summer season of 1885. The Society has a sum- mer resort at Oceanport, where many children are cared for during the summer. Other information can be had at the Home. Mrs. C. C. North, President ; Mrs. H. M. Harris, Secretary ; Mrs. S. A. Stone, Treasurer.
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House of Mercy .- Founded 1854. Foot of West 86th street, N. R. Under the charge of the Sisterhood of St. Mary (P. E.). Destitute fallen women who desire to reform by voluntarily entering the Home, or those who are inelined to be vieious, and committed by a magistrate, find in all cases the House a home. During the past year 127 unfortunates were eared for. There are at present in the House 74 inmates. The receipts and ex- penses last year were $10,688.77. For other information, apply to the Sister Superior, at the House, or to the nearest police magistrate. P. A. Morrow, M.D., W. H. Draper, M.D., Visiting Physicians ; C. R. Agnew, M.D., Surgeon; Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., D.C.L., President; Chas. N. Kent, Secretary ; Elihu Chauncey, Treasurer.
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House of Our Lady of the Rosary .-
Established 1870. House 329 East 63d street. Girls who are home- less admitted, educated in the Catholic faith, and placed in situa- tions at the age of 16 years. Children will be admitted at the age of two years. The Sisters of St. Dominic have full charge. For other information write the Superior, Mother Mary Dominic.
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House of Rest for Consumptives .-
Established 1869. House, Mount Hope, near Tremont Station, on Harlem Railroad (Twenty-fourth Ward). The House of Rest is intended solely for consumptives. The poor, without reference to creed, admitted. There are 40 beds. When these are filled, other applicants' names are entered and they are taken when a vacancy occurs. 132 patients were treated last year. Of these 51 died. The expenses last year were $665.98 in excess of the income. Rev. T. M. Peters, D.D., President ; W. H. Brown, Secretary ; E. L. Free- man, Treasurer. Miss M. A. Ballantyne, Matron-in-charge.
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House of the Good Shepherd .- East
89th street and East river. Founded 1847. Managed by the Sisters of our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd (R. C.). Here inebriate and fallen women wlio voluntarily enter, or who are committed to the institution, are reclaimed. Nationality or creed is not con- sidered. Young women who are in danger of falling are also received. Last year, 693 unfortunates were cared for. Application may be made at any hour, day or night, at the House.
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House of the Good Shepherd. (The)
Established 1866. Tomkins' Cove, Rockland County, N. Y. Has for its object the education of orphans of both sexes. Has a mission house attached. Number of persons benefited 58. Received during the year $5,263.72, expended $5,018.41. For other information apply to the Matron. Rev. E. Gay, Jr., President; Rev. R. S. Mansfield, Secretary, E. Gay, Jr., Acting Treasurer; N. A. Garrison. M.D., Physician in charge; Mrs. H. N. Easby, Matron
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House of the Holy Comforter .- - Establislied 1879. House, 18 East 11th Street. Under the charge of Sisters of St. John the Baptist, P. E. This home is the only free home for incurables in the City of New York, and has for its object the caring of Protestant women and female children of the better class, who are without means or friends able to support or care for them, and who upon examination are pronounced incurable and cannot be received into other hospitals. During this year 28 persons are being cared for. Amount received and disbursed $6,238.49. For other information apply at the Home. Rev. Geo. H. Houghton, D D., President : John C. O'Connor, Jr., Treasurer ; G. W. Palson, M.D., Physician-in-charge.
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Howard Mission and Home for Little Wanderers. - Established 1861. Home, No. 40 New Bowery. Cares for destitute children and makes them useful. Helps poor people at their liomes, and provides for sick people who have none to aid them. 97 children were brought up last year at the Home. 895 families were assisted, and 3,400 familles visited. $12,734.69 was expended during the year. For relief, call at the Home at any hour.
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Institution of Mercy. (R. C.)-Opened 1848. House, 33 East Houston street. Includes (1) St. Cather- ine's Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, who visit the sick and dying poor at their homes and in hospitals and prisons. (2) The House of Mercy, where young women who are destitute, but of good character, are taken and cared for. They are trained to useful pursuits and employment is secured for them. The institution is under the charge of the Sisters of Mercy. The inmates average 150. For other information, apply at the House, or write to the Mother Superior, M. De Pazzi Moddler. Dr. Feeney, Physician to House. (3) St. Joseph's Industrial School. (4) Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Newburg. A Home for boys, which had 362 inmates at last report.
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Isabella Home .- Established 1875. Home at Long Island City. The home is free to indigent women of Ger- man descent who are over 65 years of age and who are unable to take care of themselves, and who have no relatives to care for them. The home can accommodate 30. Number of inmates at present 21. All applications must be sent to 7 East 17th street, New York City, where they will be investigated.
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