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Veteran Firemen's Association, 131 West 14th St. (see Class XI., Div. 1).
Webb's Academy and Home for Ship-Builders (in- corp. 1889). In course of erection at Sedgwick Ave. and Academy St., Fordham Heights. To afford gratuitous aid, relief and support to the aged, decrepit, invalid, indigent or unfortunate men who have been engaged in building hulls of ships or vessels, in any section of the United States, together with the lawful wives of such persons; also, " to furnish to any young man, a native or citizen of the United States, who may, upon examination, prove himself com- petent, of good character and worthy, gratuitous education In the art, science and profession of ship-building and marine engine-building, both theoretical and practical, to- gether with board, lodging and necessary implements and materiala while obtaining such education." Supported by endowment of 89,000,000. William Henry Webb, Pres., 4th Fifth Ave .; Stevenson Taylor, Sec'y; Thomas S. Row- Janil, Treas, Apply to the President for further informa-
Woman's Charity and Industry Club and Home for
Burials.
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Friendless Colored Girls, 221 West 37th St. (see Class II., Div. 8).
Working Women's Protective Union, 19 Clinton Place (see Class III., Div. 1).
Young Women's Home Society of the French Evan- gelical Church etc., 431 West 30th St. (see Class II., Div. 9).
DIVISION 5 .- Burials.
(See also Churches and Congregations ; also many of the Societies named under Class II . Division 2, and Class XI., Division 1, assist needy families in burials.)
Austrian-Hungarian Hebrew Free Burial Associa- tion (incorp. 1889), 174 Norfolk St. To bury members of poor Hebrew families unable to make provision therefor. Supported by voluntary contributions. 59 buried last year. Receipts and expenditures, about $1,000. Joseph Grosner, Pres., 1 Third Ave .; Jacob Kafka, Sec'y, 175 Suffolk St .; H. Price, Treas.
Darech Amuno Free Burial Fund Society (incorp. 1870). A constituent of the UNITED HEBREW CHARITIES (which see, Class II., Div. 2). Provides the ground for burials of Hebrews dying in destitution, the United He- brew Charities paying the other burial expenses. 624 in- terments last year. M. E. Harris, Pres., 17 East 16th St.
Department of Public Charities and Correction, N. W. cor. 11th St. and Third Ave. (see Class I., Div. 1).
Grand Army of the Republic, Room 4, City Hall (see Class III., Div. 2).
Guild of St. Elizabeth, Secretary's address, 440 West 23d St. (see Class IX., Div. 2).
Leake and Watts Association of New York City, Sec'y, 163 East 103d St. (see Class XI., Div. 1).
New York Press Club (incorp. 1874), 120 Nassau St. Furnishes free burial to deceased journalists when applied for. John A. Cockerill, Pres .; A. C. Fenn, Sec'y; E. B. Phelps, Fin. Sec'y; Charles T. Arnoux, Treas.
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Aid for the Sick, Diet, etc. CLASS III.,
New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission So- ciety, 38 Bleecker St. (see Class IX., Div. 1).
Southern Beneficial League, 200 West 22d St. (see Class XI., Div. 1).
United Hebrew Charities etc., 128 Second Ave. (see Class II., Div. 2).
United States Naval Hospital, Flushing Ave., Brook- lyn (see Class I., Div. 3).
Young Men's Christian Association etc., 40 East 23d St. (see Class X., Div. 4).
Zion Aged Relief Association, 211 West 10th St. (see Class V., Div. 2).
DIVISION 6 .- Aid for the Sick (except Medical), Diet, etc. (See also Churches and Congregations.)
Catherine Mission, 201 South St. (see Class IX., Div. 1).
Children's Aid Society, 24 St. Mark's Place (see Class II., Div. 6).
Christmas Letter Mission (org. in Europe 1871, in the United States 1881). Distributes, among the inmates of hospitals, institutions and prisons, Christmas messages of consolation and encouragement. Over 2.300 letters sent within city limits last year, and over 35,000 in the United States. Supported by voluntary contributions. Receipts and expenditures, about $100 a year. Apply to Miss Mary Bussing, Sec'y for New York City, 4 East 12th St.
Diet Kitchen of St. Thomas' House, 229 East 59th St. (see St. Thomas' Chapel under Prot. Epis. Churches). For worthy poor of the neighborhood. Apply through the North Eastern Dispensary, 222 East 59th St.
Guild of St. Elizabeth (see Class IX., Div. 2).
Hospital Book and Newspaper Society, a depart- ment of the STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION (which see, Class I., Div. 2). Office, 21 University Place, cor. of
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DIV. 6. Aid for the Sick, Diet, etc.
Ninth St. Receives donations of reading matter from the public for gratuitous distribution among the inmates of hospitals, asylums etc. Nearly 60,000 books and papers distributed last year. Miss Georgina Schuyler, Chairman.
Island Mission for Cheering the Lives of the Poor and Sick (org. 1887). To brighten the lives of those in public charitable hospitals, asylums and other institutions, by affording them occupation and diversion through pic- tures, books and entertainments, and by providing ordi- nary comforts for the aged, infirm and insane. Unsecta- rian. Supported entirely by voluntary contributions. Re- ceipts, about $1,600. Montague Marks, Pres., 79 Clinton Place ; Miss Frelinghuysen, Sec'y, 25 West 15th St .; Mrs. Sidney Ashmore, Treas , 102 Waverley Place.
King's Daughters' Committee for Tenement-House Work (1890), 91 Madison St. To bring members of the Order into personal touch with tenement-house poor, espe- cially those who have no church connection, and to work for their moral elevation on CHARITY ORGANIZATION prin- ciples ; to give relief in cases of proved need which cannot otherwise be assisted ; to supply nursing, sick-room com- forts and nourishing food to cases reported by the summer corps of physicians of Board of Health. This branch of the work includes FRESH-AIR WORK for the children and distribution of flowers, and is supported by voluntary con- tributions. Receipts last year, $1,882; expenditures, $1,862. Mrs. James F. Ruggles, Pres .; Mrs. M. A. Wil- liamson, Sec'y ; Mrs. E. T. Waterlow, Treas. Apply to Miss Annie M. Dewey, Cor. Sec'y and Manager, at 91 Madison St., from 9 to 5 P.M.
Lazarus Guild OF THE NEW YORK SKIN AND CANCER HOSPITAL (org. 1891). To provide clothing, old linen and delicacies for the patients, and to raise money for the endowment of free beds in the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital, and to render such comfort as may be possible. The hospital wagon calls at the residence of Mrs. George Lewis, 411 Fifth Ave,, for delicacies etc., and at the house of Mrs. Richard Irvin, 12 West 36th St., for donations of old clothing, books, papers etc., every Friday. Mrs. J. A. Lowery, Pres., 32 West 35th St .; Mrs. Edward Winslow, 4
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Aid for the Sick, Diet, etc. CLASS III.,
Sec'y, 27 West 53d St .; Miss Louise Taylor, Treas., 105 East 18th St.
Needlework Guild of America, NEW YORK CITY BRANCH (org. 1891). To provide new, plain, suitable gar- ments for the needs of hospitals, homes and other charities, and to supply a channel through which all persons may work in unity for this object. Men, women and children of all classes may become members. Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, Pres .; Mrs. H. M. Dewees, Sec'y, 12 West 18th St .; Mrs. Paul Dana, Treas., 1 Fifth Ave.
New York Association for Improving the Condi- tion of the Poor, 79 Fourth Ave. (see Class II., Div. 2).
New York Bible and Fruit Mission to our Publie Hospitals (org. 1876, incorp. 1878), 416 to 422 East 26th St. To provide the patients in the public hospitals with religious ministrations, and also to supply fruit and other delicacies which may conduce to their comfort and restora- tion ; to maintain a COFFEE-HOUSE with its various ad- juncts, and by means of entertainments, industrial classes, personal visitations endeavor to ameliorate and elevate the condition of the poor of the neighborhood, and to aid and reform the ex-convict, the inebriate and convalescent. Makes weekly visits to all the hospitals under the Dept. of Pub. Char. and Cor., and distributes food, flowers, de- licacies and reading matter. Supported by receipts from Coffee-House, Lodging-House, Broom-Factory etc., and voluntary donations. Last year's receipts, $31,801; ex- penditures, $30,112. Mrs. Wm. T. Blodgett, Pres .; Mrs. David H. Goodwillie, Sec'y ; Miss Marcella Buchanan, Treas. Maintains the following at the foregoing address :
MANHATTAN CHAPEL, 422 East 26th St .; where unde- nominational religious services are held every evening of the year, also Sundays at 9 A.M. for men, and Sunday- school for children at 2 P.M.
BIBLE READERS, who visit among the poor and in the hospitals, assist at the services and help conduct MOTHERS' MORICEENGS.
Queres HOUSE AND RESTAURANT ; open from 6:30 A.M. to 7:30 zhM., where meals and tickets for food are sold at
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moderate prices. 84,061 meals furnished last year. Miss S. A. Chinn, Supt.
LODGING-HOUSE; accommodates 160 men with clean beds, well-ventilated dormitories and hot and cold baths, for 15 to 25 cents per night. 33,081 lodgers registered last year. W. R. Escher, Supt.
BROOM-FACTORY; gives employment to men out of work, convalescent men from the hospitals and ex-convicts, with efforts to reform the latter. Paid $2,291 in wages last year.
PENNY PROVIDENT FUND, Station of.
PROTECTIVE WORK ; a Protective Missionary is em- ployed to protect and guide young women coming as strangers to the city from every part of the world by rail or steamer. 256 such young women were cared for last year.
READING-ROOM AND CIRCULATING LIBRARY ; for the benefit of all classes.
KITCHEN GARDEN and SEWING CLASSES ; open from November until May, for little girls.
FRESH-AIR FUND ; sends a limited number of women and children to the country for one, two or three weeks.
LOAN RELIEF ; loans articles for use among the sick, and also money.
All further information can be had at the Coffee-House, 416 East 26th St., where also apply for free meal tickets and lodgings.
New York City Mission and Tract Society, WOMAN'S BRANCH, 106 Bible House (see Class IX., Div. 1).
New York Diet Kitchen Association (incorp. 1873). For providing nourishing food, such as beef-tea, mutton broth, milk, rice and oatmeal, free, for the destitute sick. The food shall be issued upon the written requisitions of House and Visiting Physicians of the Dispensaries of the city. In special cases the Directress may procure the gra- tuitous service of physicians other than those named, to whom shall be furnished blank orders, or, in cases of great urgency, may herself make requisitions on the Kitchen. Open from 9 to 3 P.M. Supported by subscriptions and
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Aid for the Sick, Diet, etc. CLASS III.,
legacies. 14,818 assisted during past year. Receipts, $11,890; expenditures, $8,113. Mrs. A. H. Gibbons, Pres., 55 West 47th St .; Mrs. August Lewis, Sec'y, 112 East 16th St .; Mrs. J. D. Smillie, Treas., 110 East 38th St. Main- tains 5 Kitchens, which are located as follows :
EAST SIDE DISPENSARY DISTRICT, 269 Third Ave.
NORTH WESTERN DISPENSARY DISTRICT, cor. 36th St. and Ninth Ave.
NEW YORK DISPENSARY DISTRICT, 137 Centre, near White St.
No. 4, 619 East Fifth St.
No. 5, N. E. cor. of East 69th St. and First Ave.
New York Flower and Fruit Mission (org. 1870), 104 East 20th St. Distributes flowers, fruits and delicacies to the sick in hospitals and tenement houses. Also sends evergreens, cards, mottoes etc. to sick children in homes and hospitals at Christmas, and delicacies to the sick and infirm. Open Mondays and Thursdays from 10 to 4 P.M., from middle of May to last of October. Supported by voluntary contributions. Address Miss Ella E. Russell, Sec'y, as above.
New York Home for Convalescents, 443 East 18th St. (see Class VI., Div. 2).
i Sanitarium for Hebrew Children, 124 East 14th St. (see Class VI., Div. 9).
Shut-In Society (orig. 1877, org. 1884), 146 East 52d St. It is not an almsgiving society, but designed for social cheer and spiritual comfort. A society for invalids, and of associates who are in health, whose object is to relieve the weariness of the sick-room by correspondence and other acts of kindness among members. Unsectarian. Publishes a monthly periodical, "The Open Window," editor, Mrs. Helen E. Brown. Has a library, and supplies wheel-chairs. Numbers 2,000 invalids and 900 associates. Supported by voluntary contributions. Last year's receipts and expendi- tures, $2,354. Mrs. R. R. Proudfit, Pres .; Mrs. H. E. Munroe, Sec'y and Treas., Ashland, Mass.
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Sea and Country Excursions.
DIV. 8.
DIVISION 7 .- Loans.
(See also Churches and Congregations.)
Loan Relief Association (org. 1876, incorp. 1878). Meets Tuesdays and Wednesdays in Chalmers Church Sunday-school room, Seventh Ave. and 18th St. Confines its work exclusively to the 16th Ward. Has a Coal Club, Blanket Club, Fresh-Air Fund, Dietary, Nurses, Library; provides work for women, furnishes necessary clothing, medical assistance, and nurses and delicacies to the sick poor, makes loans on written security, and also loans vari- ous articles required in case of sickness. Supported by subscriptions, donations, membership fees etc. Last year's receipts, $1,478; expenditures, $1.447. Miss M. H. Avery, Pres .; Mrs. S. W. Evstaphieve, Sec'y; Mrs. H. C. Phillips, Treas., 72 West 12th St .; Mrs. F. Husbands, Missionary- Nurse, to whom apply at the schoolroom.
New York Bible and Fruit Mission etc., 416 East 26th St. (see Class III., Div. 6).
United Hebrew Charities etc., 128 Second Ave. (see Class II., Div. 2).
Vassar Students' Aid Society, address Sec'y, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (see Class III., Div. 4).
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DIVISION 8 .- Sea and Country Excursions. (See also Churches and Congregations.)
Bartholdi Creche (see Class II., Div. 11).
Children's Aid Society, 24 St. Mark's Place (see Class II., Div. 6).
Gilbert A. Robertson Home, Scarsdale, N. Y. (see Class II., Div. 11).
King's Daughters' Committee for Tenement-House Work, 91 Madison St. (see Class III., Div. 6).
New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 79 Fourth Ave. (see Class II., Div. 2).
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New York Prot. Epis. City Mission Soc., 38 Bleecker St. (see Class IX., Div. 1).
ST. BARNABAS' FRESH-AIR FUND.
St. John's Guild, 501 Fifth Ave. (see Class VI., Div. 9).
Sanitarium for Hebrew Children, 124 East 14th St. (see Class VI., Div. 9).
"The Little Mothers" Aid Society, 305 East 17th St. (org. 1890). To provide summer day excursions for little girls obliged to take care of younger children while their parents are at work, and who do not receive the bene- fits of other Fresh-Air Charities. Also furnishes evening entertainments during the winter, and classes in cooking and sewing; supplies needful garments etc. Supported by voluntary contributions Mrs. J. H. Johnston, 305 East 17th St., Chairman of the Committee in charge ; Geo. F. Vail, Treas., Fourteenth St. Bank. Maintains the
HOLIDAY HOUSE, Pelham Bay Park ; contains five beds for sick children. Mrs. J. St. Clair Hillis, M.D., Physician in charge.
Tribune Fresh-Air Fund, Tribune Building (see Class II., Div. 11).
Working Girls' Vacation Society, 223 West 38th St. (org. 1883, incorp. 1885). For respectable unmarried work- ing girls who have satisfactory recommendations, and cer- tificate of a physician that a vacation is needed. Provides two weeks' vacation in the country, with fares and board, at the nominal sum of $1.50 per week; pays fares of work- ing girls to their friends in the country, and also gives day excursions about New York Harbor. Supported by volun- tary contributions. In 1890, 490 girls sent to the country, 47 fares paid, and over 2,000 Glen Island tickets furnished. Receipts, $6,980; expenditures, $4,019; permanent fund, $4.989. Mrs. James F. Drummond, Pres .; Mrs. Wm. Herbert, Sec'y, 436 West 22d St .; Miss Edith Bryce, Treas. Apply through clergymen, city missionaries or the CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY,
Working Women's Vacation Society of Brooklyn (org. 1885). Gives a fortnight's vacation to needy and
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deserving married women; children under 8 years old are · sent with their mothers when necessary. Special cases are sent from New York City. Supported by voluntary con- tributions and members' fees. Number of beneficiaries last year, 1,319. Receipts, $1.281; expenditures, $1,268. Rev. J. H. Darlington, Pres .; Mrs. E. B. Darlington, Sec'y, 481 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, E. D .; Mrs. Wm. Donald, Treas.
CLASS IV.
FOREIGNERS' RELIEF.
(See also list of Consuls, page 13.)
[Many of the nationalities have a number of mutual benefit socle- tles which give limited general relief to distressed fellow-country- people who are not members. These are too transient for compi- lation, but may be learned by inquiry of leading societies when occasion requires.]
The Charity Organization Society (see page 1) seeks to obtain, from the proper sources, suitable and adequate relief of the kinds named in the following Divisions, or to direct thereto.
DIVISION 1 .- General Relief.
(Bee also Mutual Societies, and Churches and Congregations.)
Achnosath Orchim Association (org. 1889), 210 Madi- son Bt. Gives material relief and moral aid to Jewish im- migrants by furnishing temporary free lodgings and meals, and help to procure employment and transportation to relatives. Supported by members' dues and donations. 4,000 cared for last year. Kasryel H. Sarasohn, Pres., 185 Hast Broadway; L. Marcus, Fin'l Sec'y; Sol. Eliasberg, Treas,, 141 East Broadway. Maintains the
ACHNOBATH ORCHIM (Hebrew Sheltering Home). M. B. Guttstadt, Supt.
American Committee for Ameliorating the Condi- tion of Russian Refugees (org. 1891), Room 89, 45 Broadway. To take exclusive charge, in correspondence with existing organizations and local committees to be formed throughout several sections of the Union, of the recaption, ald, distribution and placing of Jewish refugees
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Foreigners' General Relief.
from Russia. It aims to secure employment and homes, preferably in places not largely populated, and to provide for instruction in the English language and industries. Lewis Seasongood, Pres .; Jacob H. Schiff, Treas .; M. W. Platzek, Local Chairman.
Baron de Hirsch Fund (org. 1889), Room 89. 45 Broadway. For the benefit of Russian Roumanian immi- grants who have been, except for educational purposes, in this country not longer than two years. To Americanize and assimilate the immigrants with the masses by teaching them to become good citizens, and to prevent, by all proper means, their congregating in large cities. It furnishes me- chanics with tools; teaches easily acquired trades or the knowledge of the use of tools ; pays entrance fees into Trades Unions ; loans small sums, in exceptional cases, to help to self-support, but gives no alms or charitable relief. Gives transportation to points where it is positively known there is a market for the particular kind of laborers sent forward. It establishes Day and Night Schools for both children and adults, only when the local authorities or or- ganizations have failed to make such provision, wherein shall be taught the elementary branches of English, and which shall include the Constitution of the United States and improved sanitary habits. Myer S. Isaacs, Pres .; Jesse Seligman, Treas .; A. S. Solomons, Gen'l Agent.
Belgian Society of Benevolence (SOCIÉTÉ BELGE DE BIENFAISANCE) (incorp. 1871), 135 Duane St. For the re- lief of indigent Belgians and their descendants. Supported by voluntary subscriptions. Last year's receipts, $2,496; expenditures, $1,549. Charles Mali, Pres., 329 Broadway, to whom address all correspondence; F. Jonghmans. Sec'y, 329 Broadway; A. De Braekeleer, Treas., 31 Barclay St. Apply Tuesdays and Fridays from 4 to 5 P.M. as above.
Chinese Hospital Association, 45 Hicks St., Brook- lyn (see Class VÍ., Div. 1).
Christopher Columbus Italian Hospital of the City of New York, 320 East 109th St. (see Class VI., Div. 1).
Emigrant Mission Committee of the German Evan- gelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other
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States, at the City of New York (org. 1869, incorp. 1889), 8 State St. Its object is to protect those German Luther- ans from imposition who emigrate to North America, to render them counsel, assistance and general aid. Supported by voluntary contributions from Lutheran congregations. Rev. F. Koenig, Chairman ; Rev. J. H. Sieker, Sec'y; W. C. Farr, Treas .; Rev. S. Keyl, Missionary for German im- migrants ; Rev. E. Petersen, Missionary for Scandinavian immigrants. Maintains the
LUTHERAN PILGRIM HOME (Lutherisches Pilger Haus). 8 State St. Gives cheap lodgings to those able to pay, and free lodgings to the destitute. Applicants must be respec- table. Capacity, 150 inmates. Charge $1 per day, or 25 cents per meal without lodging.
Evangelical Aid Society for the Spanish etc., 1345 Lexington Ave. (see Class IX., Div. 2).
French Benevolent Society of New York (SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE BIENFAISANCE DE NEW YORK) (org. 1809, incorp. 1819), 820 and 322 West 34th St. Assists the needy French by furnishing medical advice and medicines, food, clothing, money and temporary shelter. Supported by voluntary contributions and patients' fees. Last year's re- ceipts, $34,844, including $1,400 from the French Govern- ment ; expenditures, $34,536. Joseph Thoron, Pres. ; Casimir Thoron, Sec'y ; Charles Coudert, Treas. Main- tains the following at the same address :
RELIEF BUREAU ; gives general relief to the French.
BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION ; directs French immigrants on arrival, and returns to France those remaining a charge upon the Society.
NIGHT REFUGE ; gives temporary shelter and food to poor French persons or descendants.
DISPENSARY ; open daily. except Sundays, from 2 to 3 KM, for free advice to sick French persons or descendants, but wellcine is given to the indigent only. 1,789 treated und 0,879 prescriptions dispensed last year.
FAGW MEDICAL ATTENDANCE to poor indigent French In Cialy homes, when unable to be received in the Hospital.
HosITAL ; for sick poor French. Indigent patients
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admitted free, but those able to pay are charged according to circumstances. Apply at the Hospital daily, except Sun- days and holidays, from 2 to 3 P.M. Accident cases re- ceived at any time. 460 patients last year. Visitors ad- mitted Thursdays and Sundays from 10 to 11 A.M. and from 1 to 4 P.M.
A HOME; where the aged, indigent and infirm French or descendants of both sexes are given a temporary home, until placed in the care of the HOME FOR THE AGED OF THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR.
French Benevolent Society of the Ladies of St. Vin- cent de Paul (SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE BIENFAISANCE DES DAMES DE ST. VINCENT DE PAUL) (org. 1845). Cares for French widows, old and infirm women, and orphans under the charge of the Soeurs Marianites de St. Croix. 34 or- phans are cared for. No assistance is given to men. Sup- ported by charitable offerings. Last year's receipts, $4,133; expenditures, $3,247. Applications examined at the meet- ing, 1st Wednesday of each month from October to June, at 215 West 39th St. Money, clothing and work distributed by the Ladies 1st Thursday of each month, from 2 to 5 P.M., in the basement of the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, 127 West 23d St. Mme. E. La Montagne, Pres .; Mlle. A. G. de Blossières, Sec'y ; Mme. R. J. Hoguet, Ass't Sec'y ; Mme. E. Fort, Treas .; Mme. Chas. Du Vivier, Préposée au Vestiaire.
German Ladies' Society etc. Sec'y, 175 West 58th St. (see Class II., Div. 2).
German Mission House Association of the Port of New York (incorp. 1867), 27 State St. Protects and ministers to the German immigrants directed to their care. Supported by voluntary contributions and income of in- vested funds. Last year's receipts, $2,038 ; expenditures, $1,763. C. W. A. Romer, Pres. ; Rev. P. Quattlander, Sec'y, 256 Second St. ; F. K. Keller, Treas., 664 Sixth Ave. ; Rev. Geo. H. Simons, Supt. and Missionary, 27 State St., to whom apply.
German Society of the City of New York (DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT) (org. 1784, incorp. 1804), 13 Broadway
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(P. O. Box 1429). Assists all needy Germans, by furnish- ing medical advice and medicines, money and general re- lief. Three physicians visit German families. Supported by members' dues, voluntary contributions and interest on fund. Number assisted last year, 3,120. Receipts, $37,580; expenditures, $28,485 ; permanent fund, $126,300. G. H. Schwab, Pres .; E. Steiger, Sec'y ; W. A. Schmitthenner, Treas. ; Julius Hoffman, Manager, to whom apply from 9 to 5 P.M.
Hebrew Sheltering House Association (see Achnosath Orchim Association, p. 104).
Holland Reformed Church (which see under Re- formed Dutch Churches), 279 West 11th St. Renders as- sistance to immigrants from Holland landing at New York. Apply daily, except Sunday, from 8 to 9 A.M. and 2 to 3 P.M.
Hungarian Association of the City of New York (org. 1884, incorp. 1886), 255 East Third St. For the sup- port and protection of Hungarian immigrants, procuring employment and transportation to Hungary for those dis- abled and sick. Meets second Monday of each month. Supported by members' dues and voluntary contributions. Assisted 275 cases last year. Receipts, $1,325 ; expen- ditures, $1,167 ; permanent fund, $2,500. M. Schnitzer, Pres., 120 Broadway; L. Schonberger, Sec'y, 62 Duane St .; D. A. Mayer, Treas., 527 Broadway. Apply from 9 to 5 P.M.
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