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Young Men's Christian Association etc., 222 Bowery (see Class X., Div. 4). Bowery Branch lodging-house for young men.
Young Women's Christian Association etc. (see Class
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X., Div. 4). The Margaret Louisa Home and Restaurant (opened 1891), 14 East 16th St .; for self-supporting women.
Young Women's Home Society of the French Evan- gelical Church etc., 341 West 30th St. (see Class II., Div. 9).
DIVISION 4 .- Education and Special Training. (See also Churches and Congregations.)
American Kindergarten Society (org. 1880), 37 and 39 West 22d St. To promote the physical, mental and re- ligious growth of children; to disseminate the most ad- vanced thought on child-culture by literature and lectures; to establish a fund for the training of kindergartners, also a fund for founding and aiding kindergartens, especially among the poor. Miss Emily M. Coe, Pres .; Miss E. D. Elton, Sec'y; Mrs. Sarah Story, Treas. Maintains the
AMERICAN KINDERGARTEN NORMAL SCHOOL, for mo- thers and teachers, 39 West 22d St. Miss Emily M. Coe, Principal.
American Museum of Natural History, West Central Park and 77th St. Educational classes. (See Class X., Div. 2.)
Art Schools of National Academy of Design, 83 East 23d St. (see Class X., Div. 2).
Association of Working Girls' Societies, 222 West 38th St. (see Class X., Div. 5).
Babies' Hospital etc., 657 Lexington Ave. (see Class VI., Div. 5). Training school for children's nurses.
Bethany Institute for Woman's Christian Work (org. 1871), 105 East 17th St. Prepares women as city, home and foreign missionaries. Undenominational. Ac- commodates 20 students, who remain one year in training and doing practical missionary work in the city. Sup- ported by voluntary contributions and missionary work. Last year's receipts, $4,472; expenditures, $4,442. Rev. J. R. Kerr, D.D., Pres .; E. A. Morrison, Treas., 893 Broad- way; Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Ruliffson, Supts., to whom ap- ply from 11 to 2 P.M. daily, or by letter. 8*
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Beth-El Society of Personal Service, 355 Enst 831 St. (see Class IL., Div. 2).
Bible Workers' College (org. 1880), 61 Bible House. For the training of young men and women for foreign, home and city mission work. Both sexes and all nationali- ties admitted free to the classes, which meet on Mondays and Thursdays at 7 to 9 P.M., and Wednesdays and Thurs- days at 2:30 to 4:30 P.M., at 61 Bible House, and on Tues- days from 7 to 9 P.M. at Memorial Baptist Church. Apply to the Rev. G. W. Samson, D.D., Principal, at above ad- dress, or at his residence, 415 West 156th St.
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Cirele (org. 1878). Aims to promote systematic home-reading. A Course in History, Literature, Science and Art extending over 4 years forms the basis of the reading. Provision is also made for advanced special reading and study. Is divided up into numerous Circles and Unions, and numbers more than 160- 000 readers. Chautauqua, the local centre of the C.L. S.C., is in Chautauqua County. N. Y. Bishop John H. Vin- cent, D.D., Chancellor. Officers for the New York Union are: Rev. B. B. Tyler, 225 Central Park West; G. M. C. Ryers, Rec. Sec'y, 200 Ninth Ave .; Frank M. Curtis, Cor. Sec'y, 2107 Seventh Ave .; Geo. F. Langenbacher, Treas., 820 Broadway. Apply to the Cor. Sec'y.
Children's Aid Society, 24 St. Mark's Place. Type- writing, dressmaking and sewing-machine school (see Class II., Div. 6.)
College Settlement, 95 Rivington St. (see Class X., Div. 5).
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (incorp. 1857), Third and Fourth Aves., Seventh and Eighth Sts. Sustains free day and evening classes in sci- ence and art for young men and women of the working classes, a free library and reading-room, and also provides a free lecture course for the people on Saturday nights. Visiting day, Friday from 10 to 12 A.M. Supported by rents and endowment. Last year's receipts, $49,518; ex- penditures, $47,028; permanent fund, $300,000. Edward Cooper, Pres .; W. G. Hunt, Treas .; Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, Sec'y; L. C. L. Jordan, Asst. Sec'y, to whom ap-
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ply from 8:30 to 5 P.M. The following is a list of special classes:
FREE ART SCHOOL FOR WOMEN; open daily from 9 to 4 P.M. 364 students.
FREE CLASS IN PHONOGRAPHY AND TYPEWRITING FOR WOMEN, from 18 to 35 years of age, who are unable to pay and obliged to earn their own living. Open from 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. 51 students.
FREE SCHOOL OF TELEGRAPHY FOR WOMEN; 43 pu- pils. Open from 9 A.M. to 1 P.M.
FREE NIGHT SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (men and women); 1,035 students last year.
FREE NIGHT SCHOOL OF ART (men); pupils, 1,917.
FREE READING-ROOM AND LIBRARY ; open daily from 8 A.M. to 10 P.M .; on Sundays, from October to May, from 12 to 9 P.M. J. C. Zachos, Curator.
ELOCUTION CLASS (for both sexes), weekly; and a LIT- ERARY CLASS for declamation, composition and debate, each Saturday evening, for young men.
East Side Chapel and Bible-Woman's Association, 404 East 15th St. (see Class IX., Div. 1).
Educational Alliance (incorp. 1889). For the promo- tion of free education, by the erection and maintenance of buildings, in the city of New York, for libraries, reading- rooms, class-rooms, music and lecture-halls. Co-operates in these objects with the following other societies : Hebrew Free School Association, Young Men's Hebrew Association and Aguilar Free Library Society. The new HEBREW INSTITUTE BUILDING, cor. of East Broadway and Jefferson St., is the home of the above societies. Jacob H. Schiff, Pres .. 32 Nassau St .; James H. Hoffman, Sec'y, 5 Mercer St .; Samuel M. Schafer, Treas., 29 Wall St.
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York, 18 East 16th St. (see Class XI., Div. 1).
Guardians of the Sisterhood of the Holy Com- munion, 328 Sixth Ave. (see Class IX., Div. 3).
Hahnemann Hospital of the City of New York, East side of Park Ave., bet. 67th and 68th Sts. Training
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Harlem Young Women's Christian Association (org. 1890), 9 West 124th St., opposite Mt. Morris Park.
Hebrew Free School Association, Hebrew Institute, East Broadway cor. Jefferson St. (see Class II., Div. 6).
Hebrew Technical Institute (incorp. 1884), 36 Stuy- vesant St. A free technical and trade school in which poor Hebrew boys over 12 are trained as artisans. The instruc- tion covers 3 years, and comprises preparation for trades and the English branches. Supported by voluntary con- tributions. 150 pupils last year. Receipts, $13,126; ex- penditures, $16,645. James H. Hoffman, Pres .; Joseph Wetzler, Sec'y; Leo Schlesinger, Treas .; Henry M. Leip- ziger, PH.D., Director.
Institution of Mercy, N. E. cor. 81st St. and Madison Ave. (see Class V., Div. 1).
International Medical Missionary Society (org. 1881, incorp. 1886). (Formerly "The New York Medical Mis- sionary Society.") Training Institute and Residence of Male Students, 118 East 45th St .; Women Students' Resi- dence, 121 East 45th St. To establish medical missions, to train young men and women as medical missionaries and send them out into needy districts, throughout the world. Protestant and evangelical ; otherwise inter-denominational. Ministers physically and spiritually to the sick in New York and other cities. Supported by voluntary contributions and board of students. Last year's receipts, $9,976; ex- penditures, $9,952. Stephen Smith, M.D., Pres .; Edward A. Jones, Sec'y, 80 Broadway; Samuel Sloan, Jr., Treas., 80 Cliff St .; Geo. D. Dowkontt, M.D., Medical Director. Maintains the following Dispensaries :
No. 1. 81 Roosevelt St. Open Tuesdays, Thursdays at 2 P.M., and Saturdays at 10 A.M.
No. 2. 545 East 11th St. Open 2 P.M. Mondays, Wed- nesdays and Fridays.
No. 3. 81 Washington Square. Open Mondays, Wed- nesdays and Fridays at 10 A.M.
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No. 4. 209 Madison St. Open 2 P.M. Tuesdays, Thurs- days and Saturdays.
No. 5. 2249 Second Ave. Open 2 P.M. Mondays, Wed- nesdays and Fridays.
No. 6. 463 West 32d St. Open 2 P.M. Mondays, Wed- nesdays and Fridays.
No. 7. Rivington Street. Open 10 A.M. Mondays, Wed- nesdays and Fridays.
Also has 2 Dispensaries in Brooklyn.
New cases treated last year, 8,329 ; total attendance at Dispensaries, 18,931; visited 3,389 at their homes. Has a
WOMAN'S BRANCH, as auxiliary to parent Society, which maintains the WOMEN STUDENTS' RESIDENCE at 121 East 45th St. Mrs. Margaret Bottome, Pres .; Miss H. R. Matti- son, Rec. Sec'y; Mrs. G. D. Dowkontt, Cor. Sec'y; Mrs. George Kitching, Treas.
Jewish Theological Seminary, 220 East 12th St., near Second Ave. Gives Jewish young men free Hebrew edu- cation and training for the Jewish ministry or as Hebrew teachers. Joseph Blumenthal, Pres .; Daniel P. Hays, Sec'y; Rev. Dr. S. Morais, Pres. of the Faculty; Rev. Dr. B. Drachm in, Dean.
Ladies' Art Association (org. 1867, incorp. 1877), 23 East 14th St. Organized for mutual benefit and to pro- mote the interests of women artists, especially teachers, by raising the standard of art education, by securing such wo- men employment at home, and by endeavoring to secure free classes for all talented boys and girls, Saturday after- noons; on Friday evenings free class from October to April. Individual instruction given; terms $2 to $30; free pupils admitted. Annual dues, $5; Life, $25. Supported by members' dues and tuition fees. Miss S. R. Hartley, 1st Vice-Pres .; Miss E. C. Field, Treas .; Mrs. A. S. Isaacs, Cor. Sec'y; Miss Alice Donlevy, Rec. Sec'y and Chairman of Committee on Instruction; Mrs. Arthur Grey, Foreign Correspondent, Paris, France.
Louis Down-Town Sabbath and Daily School, 267 Henry St. (see Class IX., Div. 2).
Madison Square (Pres.) Church House, Third Ave.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Ave. and 82d St. (see Class X., Div. 2). Free educational classes.
Nantical School, SHIP ST. MARY'S, foot of 50th St. and North River (see under BOARD OF EDUCATION, Class I., Div. 1, page 22).
New York Cooking School (org. 1876, incorp. 1878), 28 Lafayette Place. Gives free lessons in plain cooking, marketing etc. to poor children under 15; classes for work- ing girls at $1.50 for course of 12 lessons; for nurses, in cooking for the sick; and for ladies at usual rates. Has also a Normal Class. Supported by fees of paying classes and voluntary contributions. 925 pupils last year. Receipts, $5,648; expenditures, $5,553. Mrs. Theodore B. Bronson, Pres .; Mrs. Sheldon Smith, Sec'y; Miss Josephine Bennett, Cor. Sec'y; Mrs. L. Emmett Holt, Treas., 15 East 54th St. Apply at the School as above.
New York Deaconess Home and Training School of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 241 West 14th St. (see Class IX., Div. 3).
New York Institute for Artist-Artisans (org. 1888), 140 West 23d St. For the encouragement of American art industries, by giving instruction to students desiring art training as means of self-support, and also provides schol- arships for those unable to pay for tuition. Supported by annual subscriptions and tuition fees. 30 beneficiaries last year. Receipts, $6,568; expenditures, $6,558. John Ward Stimson, Supt., to whom apply.
New York Missionary Training College, 690 Eighth Ave. Under the care of the INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY ALLIANCE of the Gospel Tabernacle (see under Miscellane- ous Churches). To prepare men and women for Home and Foreign Missionary work. Annual receipts and expendi- tures, about $6,000. Capacity, 75 students. Rev. A. B. Simpson, Pres .; Rev. A. E. Funk, Sec'y; David Crear, Treas.
New York Sunday-School Association (org. 1826, in- corp. 1879), 304 Fourth Ave., near 23d St. Its object is to
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establish normal classes for Sunday-school teachers and hold regular weekly meetings for all Sunday school teach- ers and workers. Supported by voluntary contributions. Ralph Wells, Pres. ; Frank Dickerson, Sec'y ; John S. Bussing, Treas.
New York Trade Schools (org. 1881), First Ave., 67th and 68th Sts. Practical instruction given in plumbing and sanitary engineering, bricklaying, plastering, stone-cut- ting, house and sign painting, fresco painting, carpentry. blacksmith's work and tailoring. For young men between 16 and 21 years of age. Day and evening classes from November to April. Terms sufficient only to cover the cost of instruction and materials used. Number of pupils last season, 589, coming from 23 States and Canada. Controlled by the Proprietor (Richard T. Auchmuty, 61 University Place), with Advisory Committees of various Associations of Master Mechanics. Supported by students' fees and Proprietor. Last year's receipts from fees and sale of old material, $13,599; expenditures, $18,756. Apply as above. Maintains a
MODEL LODGING-HOUSE, 300 East 67th St .; for the use of students who attend the Schools.
New York Training School for Deaconesses (incorp. 1891), Grace House, 802 Broadway. For the training of women as helpers of the parochial clergy in parish work under the canons of the Prot. Epis. Church. Educated women over 18 years of age and communicants of good standing received on probation. Supported by voluntary contributions. Rev. Wm. R. Huntington, D.D., Warden and Pres ; Miss Langdon, Sec'y; Edw. C. Sampson, Treas .; Rev. Haslett McKim, Dean, to whom apply at Grace House. Maintains a
SCHOOL HOUSE at 228 East 12th St., for all students from out of town. Apply for further information to Mrs. Wm Ogden Hoffman, House Mother.
Park Avenue Laundry of the Charity Organization Society etc., 389 Park Ave. (see page 8).
St. Barnabas' House, 304 Mulberry St. (see Class II., Div. 8).
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St. Vincent de Paul's Industrial School, 346 West 43d St. (see Class V., Div. 1).
Shaaray Tefilla Sisterhood, 127 West 44th St. (see Class II., Div. 2).
Shelter for Respectable Girls, 148 West 14th St. (see Class II., Div. 4). Training school for young girls.
Society for Instruction in First Aid to the Injured (incorp. 1883), 21 University Place. For elementary sur- gical training as a temporary aid in surgical cases. In- structs the police, firemen, workingmen and others. 23 free classes and 2 pay classes held during 1891. Office hours, 9 to 4 P.M. Supported by fees and voluntary contribu- tions. Last year's receipts, $1,133; expenditures, $980. Gen. Fitz-John Porter, Pres .; Henry H. Truman, Sec'y; C. C. Cuyler, Treas.
Society for Promoting Religion and Learning in the State of New York (incorp. 1839). To help young men, designed for the ministry, to secure the means of lit. erary and theological education ; to aid in the support of missionaries among the destitute poor, and otherwise to promote religion and learning. Regular meetings, May and November. Supported chiefly by endowments. Bisli- op of the Diocese, Pres. ex officio; T. W. Ogden, Sec'y; Richard M. Harison, Treas., 31 Nassau St .; Rev. Andrew Oliver, D.D., Supt., 4 Chelsea Square.
Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delin- quents, HOUSE OF REFUGE, Randall's Island (see Class VIII., Div. 3).
Society of Decorative Art (incorp. 1878), 28 East 21st St. Aids in the training of artistic workers in the various branches of art industry by means of classes and letters of practical suggestions to learners. Provides a place for the exhibition and sale of art work executed by women. Arti- cles are examined by a Committee of Admission, and, if approved, are placed in the salesrooms. Selling commis- sion, 10 per cent. Last year's receipts, $7,465 ; expendi- tures, $8,354. Mrs. E. Rinnicutt, Pres .; Miss Lucille Ed- gar, Sec'y, 20 West 34th St .; George C. Magoun, Treas. For further information apply to Miss H. C. Davidson, Supt., Decorative Art Rooms, as above.
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Society of St. Martha, 34 West 22d St. (see Class V., Div. 1).
Sunday-School Union of the Meth. Epis. Church 150 Fifth Ave. (see Class X., Div. 9).
The "Little Mothers'" Aid Society, 305 East 17th St. (see Class III., Div. 6).
Trinity Church Association, 209 Fulton St. (see Class IX., Div. 1).
United Relief Works of the Society for Ethical Cul- ture, 109 West 54th St. (see Class II., Div. 6).
United States Navy Training Ships (see Class I., Div. 3, page 33).
University Settlement Society, 147 Forsyth St. Classes in cooking and sewing (see Class X., Div. 5).
Webb's Academy and H .me for Ship-Builders, Sedgwick Ave., Fordham (see Class III., Div. 4).
Wilson Industrial School for Girls, 125 St. Mark's Place, cor. Ave. A (see Class II., Div. 6). Gives instruc- tion in cooking, housekeeping etc.
Woman's Legal Education Society (incorp. 1890), University Building, Washington Square. For general legal instruction to women, for the guidance of their busi- ness and personal affairs. Annual membership, $5. Ap- ply either to Mrs. Leonard Weber, Pres., 25 West 46th St .; Mrs. Alexander Forman, Sec'y, 116 Pierrepont St., Brook- lyn ; Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi, Treas., 110 West 34th St .; Mrs. Emily Kempin, LL.D., Lecturer.
Woman's Prison Association and Home, 100 Second Ave. (see Class VIII., Div. 2).
Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York (org. 1852, incorp. 1866). General Supervisory office, 40 East 23d St. For the improvement of the spirit- ual, mental, social and physical condition of the young men of this city, through the agency of educational classes, lectures, libraries, reading-rooms, receptions, religious and social gatherings, classes for practical Bible study, gym- nasia etc. at the various Branches. The Association owns
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a Free Bed in the Presbyterian Hospital, and a plot in Wood- lawn Cemetery for the burial of young men. It sends pa- pers to Army posts and Naval stations. Supported by vol- untary contributions, members' dues and rents. Receipts in 1890, exclusive of Railroad work, $121,390; expenses for work of Board of Directors and all Branches, $120,698. Endowment fund for current expenses, $1,000. Niblo Li- brary Fund. $94.235. " Van Arsdale Fund" for Relief of Sick and Needy Young Men $964. Mortgage debt on Branch buildings, $160.000. Total attendance at rooms, 1,307,556. Cleveland H. Dodge, Pres .; M. Taylor Pyne, Treas .; R. R. McBurney, Gen'l Sec'y. 40 East 23d St. Henry M. Orne, Associate Sec'y. Telephone number " 452 18th St." Maintains the following Branches :
TWENTY-THIRD ST 52 East 23d St.
BOWERY 153 Bowery, cor. Broome St.
EAST 86TH ST 155 East 86th St.
FRENCH
GERMAN 128 West 23d St.
140 Second Ave.
HARLEM 5 West 125th St.
RAILROAD 361 Madison Ave.
STUDENTS' MOVEMENT; for work among Colleges in the city Headquarters, 136 Lexington Ave. WEST 72D ST. RAILROAD. .. Round House, Eleventh Ave. WEST SHORE R. R., Weehawken and New Durham, N. J. YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE 222-224 Bowery.
For fuller information apply to the Gen'l Sec'y, 40 East 23d St.
Also maintains the following :
BOARDING-HOUSE DIRECTORY, of suitable boarding- houses, at four Branches.
FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS, at 23d St. and Bowery Branches, for men only. At the latter place, homeless young men of good character, in destitute circumstances, are fur- nished with free lodgings and food while seeking employ- ment. There are 65 beds in dormitory. All contributions for RELIEF WORK are expended only for food and relief in other forms. $2,470 distributed last year,
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. EVINING EDUCATIONAL CLASSES are conducted in most of theBranches from October to May inclusive, the follow- ing studies being taught : Writing, Bookkeeping, Spelling, Busines Law, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Phonogra- phy, Typewriting. English Composition, English Gram- mar. ant classes for teaching English to German speaking and Frenh-speaking young men, German, French. Span- ish, Freeland and Mechanical Drawing, Industrial Design, Carriage fraughting, Physics, Physiology, First Aid to the Injured, Gymnastics, Vocal and Orchestral Music and Steam Engneering.
A GYMNASIUM is maintained at the following 6 Branches, viz .: 23d 81, East 86th St., German, Harlem, Railroad, and Young Men's Institute.
LIBRARIES AND READING-ROOMS ; the various libraries contain 52,21 volumes; 65,152 were drawn or consulted during the yer. In the Reading-rooms there are 1,027 newspapers and magazines on file. Reuben B. Poole, Librarian.
WORK FOR BOYS, religious, social and educational, is carried on at the 23d St., Harlem, East 86th St. and Ger- man. Branches. Apply for full information to the General Sec'y at 40 East 2ld St.
Young Men's Hebrew Association, 721 Lexington Ave. (see Class X., Div. i). To instruct Hebrew immigrants in the English language.
Young Women's Christian Association of the City of New York (org. and incorp. 1873), 7 East 15th St. For the improvement of the temporal, social, mental, moral and religious condition of the young women of this city, particularly of those dependent upon their own exertions for support, by procuring employment and safe boarding- places, by Bible classes, social and religious meetings, li- braries and reading-rooms, and such other means and servi- ces as may conduce to the accomplishment of this object. Supported by subscriptions and donations. Number re- ceiving instruction or aid during last year was over 12,000. Receipts, $37.838 ; expenditures, $33,177. Small perma- nent fund. Mrs. Clarence E. Beebe, Pres .; Mrs. W. E. Bullard, Cor. Sec'y ; Mrs. R Jaffrey, Jr., Rec. Sec'y ; Miss
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M. T. Cockcroft, Treas, The Association affords toelf- supporting women the following privileges :
BIBLE CLASS ; meets in Hall of the Association Sudays at 3 P.M. from October to June, inclusive. Devcional meeting every Tuesday at 7:30 P.M. Numbers 1,04 per- manent and 5,730 transient members. In case of tmporal need the Relief Committee furnishes the Chaplin with food, clothing and delicacies for the poor and sek mem- bers of the Class.
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU ; for Protestant young women of New York and vicinity who furnish good refeences, ex- cluding house servants. Hours for employers, to 5 P.M .; for applicants, 10 to 3 P.M ; Saturdays till 1 pit. Appli- cants are charged 50 cents for 6 months for useof Bureau, and employers $1 for 3 months.
FREE BOARD DIRECTORY ; open daily froy 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Directs strangers in the city and offers to safe boarding-houses.
FREE CIRCULATING LIBRARY, Art, Musicand Reference Library and Reading-Rooms; for all self-suporting women and girls. Open daily, except Sundays, from 9 A.M. to 9:15 P.M. Contains about 17,000 books.
FREE CLASSES ; for instruction in witing, commercial arithmetic, bookkeeping, business training, phonography. typewriting, retouching photo-negatves, photo-color, photo-process for photo-engraving, mechanical and free- hand drawing, clay modelling. applieddesign, choir music and physical culture. This department is open to appli- cants over 16 years, daily, from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M., and Satur- days until 12:30 M. only.
FREE CONCERTS, LECTURES, READINGS etc. given on the last Monday evening of each month at 8 o'clock. Ex- clusively for self-supporting womenover 15 years.
FRESH-AIR FUND ; aid is confied to members of the Bible Class, which numbers 6,00). 105 women benefited last year.
NEEDLEWORK DEPARTMENT : salesroom, order depart- ment, free classes in machine and hand sewing, for pupils from 13 to 35 years of age; classes in cutting and fitting, for seamstresses only, between 18 and 35 years of age. The
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latter classes are in session in the morning and evening and are not free. Fee of $10 for the course.
BRANCH OF THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA- TION, 1509 Broadway. (This is its only branch at present.) With physical culture and cooking classes, reading-room and parlor, Penny Provident Fund and lodgings for women. Miss J. B. Franks, Resident Sup't.
THE MARGARET LOUISA HOME AND RESTAURANT, 14 East 16th St .; for self-supporting women. Apply at 7 East 15th St. Miss J. P. Cattell, Supt.
SEASIDE SUMMER HOME, Grace Hall, 411 Sixth Ave., Asbury Park, N. J. Members boarded for $6 for one week or $9 for two weeks, including railroad fares. Ac- commodates 60. Exclusively for members in July and August, but outside necessitous cases boarded during June and September. Miss J. B. Franks, Supt. Apply at the Association.
Young Women's Hebrew Association (org. 1888), 721 Lexington Ave. and 206 East Broadway. Co-operates with the Young Men's Hebrew Association to advance the cause of Judaism, to promote culture among women and to im- prove the moral and intellectual welfare of girls over 14 years and of women of the laboring or immigrant classes. Gives lessons in domestic arts, cooking, physical culture, dressmaking etc., and has classes for the instruction of foreigners (mainly Russians) in English etc. Last year's receipts, $344 ; expenditures, $340. Miss M. L. Koffman, Pres .; Miss Lillie Mayer, Sec'y, 101 West 131st St .; Mrs. Pearlman, Treas. Apply personally for membership either at 801 Lexington Ave. or at East Broadway cor. of Jeffer- son St., Tuesday evenings from October to July, or by letter to either office. Maintains a
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