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SUMMER HOME, Sea Cliff, L. I .; for Jewish working girls, during the months of July and August. Capacity, 30. $3 per week charged for board. Supported by vol- untary contributions and inmates' board. Apply at East Broadway Branch.
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DIVISION 5 .- Social Improvement. (See also Churches and Congregations.)
American Sabbath Union (incorp. 1890). To preserve the Sabbath as a day of rest and worship. Elliott F. Shep- ard, Pres .; Rev. Joseph H. Knowles, 23 Park Row, and Wm. J. R. Taylor, Secretaries; Ralph M. Perlee, Treas .. 60 John St.
Anti-Poverty Society, 27 Cooper Union. Rev. Ed- ward McGlynn, Pres .; Michael Clarke, Sec'y.
Association of Working Girls' Societies (org. 1885), 222 West 38th St This organization is formed among busy women to secure by co-operation means of self-im- provement, opportunities for social intercourse and the de- velopment of higher, nobler aims. Is governed by a Council composed of representatives appointed from the different societies. These clubs occupy rooms which are opened on different evenings in the week for the instruc- tion and amusement of the girls. Each club supports it- self and pays a small yearly tax to defray the expenses of the Association. 18 Societies and 2,172 members in New York City and vicinity. Miss Virginia Potter, Gen'l Sec'y, 134 Lexington Ave. The following clubs are located in this city:
38TH ST. WORKING GIRLS' SOCIETY (1884), 222 West 38th St. Miss Grace H. Dodge, Pres.
GIRLS' ENDEAVOR SOCIETY (1884), 59 Morton St.
WORKING GIRLS' PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY (1885), 229 East 19th St.
SECOND ST. WORKING GIRLS' SOCIETY (1885), 6 Second St.
NEIGHBORHOOD GUILD GIRLS' IMPROVEMENT CLUB (1887), 147 Forsyth St.
IVY CLUB (1888), 244 West 26th St.
FAR AND NEAR WORKING GIRLS' SOCIETY (1888), 140 Gouverneur St.
PROSPECT HILL WORKING GIRLS' SOCIETY (1889), 113 East 45th St.
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ENTERPRISE CLUB (1889), 136 East 12th St.
STEADFAST WORKING GIRLS' SOCIETY (1889), 106 East 127th St.
38TH ST. ANNEX SOCIETY (1890), 124 Roosevelt St.
GOOD WILL CLUB (1891), 243 Fourth Ave. There is also a
MUTUAL BENEFIT FUND of the Association of Working Girls' Societies (formed January, 1891), for the benefit of the N. Y. Societies. Dues, 1st class, 25 cents a month, in- itiation fee 50 cents; 2d class, 15 cents a month, initiation fee 50 cents. Benefits, 1st class, $5 a week for six weeks during illness, and $25 at death; 2d class, $3 a week for six weeks during illness, and $15 at death. Miss V. D. H. Furman, Treas., 134 Lexington Ave. And an
ALLIANCE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, 222 West 38th St. (see Class II., Div. 1). See also the
DOMESTIC CIRCLE in this Division.
Beth-El Society of Personal Service, 355 East 62d St. : (see Class II., Div. 2).
Boys' Clubs or Reading-Rooms are maintained at the following addresses:
ASCENSION MEMORIAL CHAPEL (P.E.). .. 330 West 43d St.
AVE. C CLUB .65 East 14th St.
BETHANY CHURCH
... Tenth Ave., bet. 35th and 36th Sts.
CALVARY PARISH
344 East 23d St.
CHRIST CHAPEL. ... West 65th St. near Amsterdam Ave. CHURCH OF THE ARCHANGEL (P. E.),
117th St. and St. Nicholas Ave.
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER Park Ave. and 81st St. COLLEGE SETTLEMENT
95 Rivington St.
COVENANT CHAPEL .310 East 42d St.
EAST SIDE HOUSE ..
.Foot of 76th St. and East River.
FREE READING-ROOMS, 8 West 14th St. and 330 Fourth Ave. GRACE MISSION 540 East 13th St. HOLY COMMUNION (P. E.) CHURCH .. . . . . .49 West 20th St. HOLY CROSS LYCEUM, 43d St., bet. Eighth and Ninth Aves.
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MADISON SQUARE CHURCH HOUSE, Third Ave , cor. 30th St. MANOR CHAPEL .348 West 26th St. MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH, Washington Square, South. NEIGHBORHOOD GUILD .. .147 Forsyth St.
NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 114 East 35th St.
NORTH SIDE BOYS' CLUB 79 Macdougal St. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S PARISH HOUSE 207 East 42d St. ST. GEORGE'S (P. E ) CHURCH (Memorial House), 207 East 16th St.
ST. LUKE'S M. E. CHURCH (Knights of St. Luke), 108 West 41st St.
ST. MARY'S. . Lawrence St., Manhattanville.
WEST SIDE Vermilye Chapel, 794 Tenth Ave.
WILSON MISSION BUILDING (" Ave. A Club").
125 St. Mark's Place.
Catholic Total Abstinence Union. To promote total abstinence, with an auxiliary society in every Catholic parish in the city. Rev. Thomas F. Lynch, Spiritual Di- rector, 30 Mott St.
Chinese Methodist Episcopal Mission and Young Men's Christian Association, 205 West 14th St. (see Class IX., Div. 2).
Christian League for the Promotion of Social Pu- rity (org. 1886, incorp. 1889 by special act of Congress), 33 East 22d St. To elevate opinion respecting the nature and claims of morality, with its equal obligation upon men and women; to secure a proper, practical recognition of its pre- cepts on the part of the individual, the family and the na- tion; and to enlist and organize the efforts of Christians in protective, educational, reformatory and legislative work in the interest of Social Purity. It aims to supply employ- ment, funds and advice to enable needy girls and women to gain an honorable living. It forms clubs and societies of the young for their training in wholesome and honest intel- ligence regarding social purity. It endeavors to instil the principles necessary for the prevention of immorality upon
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the minds of young children and youth. It seeks to pro- tect young girls from all forms of temptation, and to prosecute those who deceive them. It intends to establish auxiliary Leagues as rapidly as possible through the coun- try, to work for the promotion of social purity and the in- dividual and collective well-being of womanhood. Sup- ported by membership fees and voluntary contributions. Beneficiaries last year, 248. Receipts and expenditures, about $326. Mrs. E. B. Grannis, Pres., 33 East 22d St., to whom application should be made at any time; Mrs. M. Louise Thomas, Cor. Sec'y; Martha C. Holmes, M.D., Rec. Sec'y; Mrs. F. S. Evans, Treas.
Church Association for the Advancement of the In- terests of Labor ("Cail ") (org. 1887). By means of the free church system, press, lectures and a closer connection between religion and the practical conduct of life. Under the auspices of the Prot. Epis. Church. Supported by vol- untary contributions. Rev. Edward Kenney, Sec'y, 189 West 136th St.
Church Temperance Society (org. 1881, incorp. 1889), Annex Hall, 14 and 16 Fourth Ave. (Prot. Epis.). For the promotion of temperance, the reformation of the intem- perate, the removal of the causes which lead to intemper- ance, and the issue of temperance publications, and is aided by the WOMEN'S AUXILIARY, which has for its object the opening of COFFEE HOUSES. Holds services in Annex Hall every Sunday and Tuesday evening. Supported by voluntary and church contributions, donations etc. Last year's receipts, $11,937 ; expenditures, $11,935. Rt. Rev. John Williams, D.D., Pres .; Rev. W. R. Huntington, D.D, Chairman ; Irving Grinnell, Treas .; Robert Graham, Gen'] Sec'y, 16 Fourth Ave., to whom apply for further informa- tion from 9 to 5 P.M. Controls the
YOUNG CRUSADERS AND KNIGHTS OF TEMPERANCE ; young men from 14 to 21 years and upwards, who pledge themselves to " Soberness, Purity and Reverence." 61 Com- panies, over 2,500 members. Rev. H. Y. Satterlee, D.D., Pres .; Robert Graham, Grand Commander.
College Settlement (org. 1889), 95 Rivington St. A so- ciety of female college graduates, for the moral and mate-
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rial improvement of the families residing in that vicinity. It is not a relief society; it has several boys' clubs, a Choral Club for young men, and it instructs classes of girls in cooking, dressmaking and other employments, and endeav- ors to cultivate among the neighbors higher and better ideas of life. It has also a CIRCULATING LIBRARY and a station of the PENNY PROVIDENT FUND, and two PUBLIC BATH- ROOMS for women and children. Supported by an Associa- tion formed for that purpose. Miss Bertha Hazard, Treas .; Miss Jeannette Gurney Fine, Head Worker, to whom apply.
Committee for Prevention of State Regulation of Vice, see New York etc. p. 263.
Consumers' League of the City of New York (org. 1890). To ameliorate the condition of the women and chil- dren employed in the retail mercantile houses of this city, by patronizing, as far as practicable, only such houses as approach in their conditions to the "Standard of a Fair House " as adopted by the League, and by other methods. Mrs. Chas. R. Lowell, Pres .; Mrs. Robert V. McKim, Cor. Sec'y, 32 West 58th St .; Mrs. Chas. S. Spofford, Treas.
Domestic Circle (The) (org. 1890), 222 West 38th St. An outgrowth of the Working Girls' Clubs. For young married women if introduced by a member of the Circle or responsible friend ; to broaden their ideas, to educate in home and household matters and to develop co-operative measures for the benefit of the members. Has started a lending library for mothers and housekeepers, and a station of the PENNY PROVIDENT FUND. Holds weekly meetings and is self-supporting. Mrs. James M. Cunningham, Pres .; Mrs. Lincoln L. Whyte, Sec'y ; Mrs. Benjamin Morrison, Treas.
East Side House of New York City (incorp. 1891), foot of East 76th St., East River. Furnishes to its members and others facilities for social intercourse, literary, gymnas- tic and athletic exercises and amusements ; maintains a li- brary, reading-room, and promotes benevolence among those who frequent the House. The lawn in front of the House, with swings for the young, is open to mothers with their children every afternoon from 3 to 6 P.M., and Sun- days from 4 to 6 P.M., when they are also otherwise enter-
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tained. MOTHERS' MEETINGS are held in the parlor. A KINDERGARTEN is held daily, except Sunday, from 9 to 12 M. Founded by the Church (P. E.) Club. Supported by voluntary contributions and membership dues of the EAST SIDE MEN'S CLUB and BOYS' CLUB (see Class XI.), which have their rooms in the House. Everett P. Wheeler, Pres .; John S. Smith, Treas., 58 William St.
Educational Alliance, East Broadway and Jefferson St. (see Class X., Div. 4).
Emanu-El Sisterhood for Personal Service, 159 East 74th St. (see Class II., Div. 2).
Emma Lazarus Club for Working Girls (org. 1888), 58 St. Mark's Place. For instruction and entertainment of working girls. Has classes in typewriting, embroidery etc .; also a Penny Provident Fund. Supported by members' dues. Mrs. Sarah Lyons, Pres., 155 East 63d St .; Miss N. S. Meinhard, Sec'y, 18 East 70th St .; Miss Samuel, Treas.
Epworth League, 150 Fifth Ave. (see Class X., Div. 9).
First Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New York City (org. 1890). Auxiliary to the National Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union. To interest and unite women in non-partisan, un- sectarian Christian Temperance work ; and confining itself strictly to such work, will devise and execute measures which will secure total abstinence and complete prohibition of the liquor traffic. Monthly meetings are held in the Broadway Tabernacle, cor. 84th St. and Sixth Ave., 2d and 4th Mondays of each month at 10 A.M. Mrs. S. Eliza- beth Fairman, Pres., Hotel Gladstone, Broadway and 59th St .; Miss E. H. Fairman, Cor. Sec'y, Hotel Gladstone ; Miss E. H. Whitlock, Treas., 146 E. 36th St.
Girls' Friendly Society for America (org. 1875). THE NEW YORK DIOCESAN ORGANIZATION (formed 1883). To bind together in one society ladies (communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Church) as associates, and work- ing girls and young women as members, for mutual help (religious and secular), and to encourage purity of life, duty to parents, faithfulness to employers and thrift. Branches of this society exist in many Prot. Epis. Parishes in New
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York. Members may apply for suitable places to board to Sisters of the Holy Communion (Prot. Epis.), 148 West 14th St. Miss Elizabeth H. Wisner, Pres. of N. Y. Diocesan Organization, 18 West 12th St .; Miss Bleecker, Sec'y ; Mrs. J. Ferris Lockwood, Treas. Maintains a
REGISTRY OFFICE, in Ascension Parish House, 13 West 11th St., where G. F. S. members are aided to find situa- tions for work from 10 to 12:30 M. Miss Bleecker, Sec'y.
Holy Cross Lyceum (org. 1891), West 43d St., bet. Eighth and Ninth Aves. A Roman Catholic young men's club, where they may meet for social, intellectual, physical and mutual benefit purposes and recreation. Has a well- furnished LIBRARY and GYMNASIUM, the latter of which is open during the day for women and children. For fur- ther information address the Secretary.
Howard Crosby Society for the Prevention of Crime and the Suppression of Vice (org. 1891). For the purposes named in the title, between Central Park North and the Harlem River. Supported by voluntary con- tributions. Rev. J. R. Day, D.D., Pres. ; Rev. W. W. Giles, Sec'y; Benj. F. Farrington, Treas.
Industrial Christian Alliance, 113 Macdougal St. (see Class IX., Div. 1).
International Telegraph Christian Association, American Branch (org. 1890). An evangelical and inter- denominational society to promote religion and Christian fellowship in telegraph offices. Has already formed 6 Junior Branches for Messenger and Telegraph boys under 18 years of age in this city, where they may receive moral, social and physical benefits ; also a Senior Branch for Letter-Carriers. Supported by voluntary contributions. D L. Moody, Chairman of Council of Reference ; Miss Chambers, General Local Sec'y, 70 West 36th St .; Mrs. Joseph Walker, Sr., Treas., 112 East 37th St. The address es and hours of meeting of the various Branches are :
Nos. 1 and 2, 113 Fulton St., Thursdays, 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. Sundays, 2:30 P.M.
No. 4. MESSENGER BOYS' READING ROOM, 330 Fourth Ave. (maintained at the expense of a benevolent lady)
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Open daily from 9:30 A.M. to 9:30 P.M., and on Sundays from 2:30 to 9:30 P.M., with library, games and other so- cial amusements. Service of song each evening of the week and mission service Sunday evening. Has a station of the PENNY PROVIDENT FUND. Classes for study in English branches are also held Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Apply to Miss J. A. Gass, Supt., at the Reading-room.
No. 5. Church of the Holy Trinity School room, 46 East 43d St., Tuesdays and Fridays, 8 P.M.
No. 6. Harlem Branch, Pilgrim Church Parlor, Madison Ave. and 121st St., Fridays, 8 P.M.
Loyal Legion Temperance Society of New York City (org. 1882, incorp. 1890). Embraces the original Young Ladies' Christian Temperance Union and Boys' Loyal Le- gion Temperance Society. The "Crusaders of the White Ribbon" constitute the CHILDREN'S BRANCH of the Society. To interest and instruct the youth of this city and others in the principles of temperance. For members of either sex who belong to the above divisions respectively. Sup- ported by membership fees and voluntary subscriptions. Last year's receipts, $2,130; expenditures, $2,476. Mrs. Willis A. Barnes, Pres., 146 West 103d St .; Seth B. Rob- inson, 1st Vice Pres., 719 Madison Ave. ; Mrs. Albert F. Hyde, Cor. Sec'y, 10 West 47th St. ; J. Midaugh Main, Treas., 16 Exchange Place ; Frank A. Curtis, Supt. Main- tains the
BOYS' FREE READING-ROOMS, 8 West 14th St. ; chiefly for working boys. Open every night in the year from 7 to 9:45 P.M. Rooms supplied with daily and weekly papers and magazines, library (1,500 volumes) and games. Has a savings bank, lectures, classes in mechanical instruction and singing ; also boys' Literary Societies, and Saturday Evening Entertainments to attract the boys from those given by the saloons on that evening. Average attendance. 100. Sunday evening services are also held. Free to all boys of good conduct. Also gives
SUMMER EXCURSIONS.
Madison Square (Pres.) Church House, Third Ave. and 30th St. (see Class IX., Div. 1).
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Manhattan Working Girls' Association (org. 1878, in- corp. ), 440 East 57th St. Designed for girls who are dependent on their own resources, regardless of religion or nationality, the only requisite for admission being an un- impeachable character. Monthly fees, 20 cents. Sup- ported by voluntary contributions. Rev. Abbott E. Kit- tredge, D.D., Pres .; Francis C. Reed, Sec'y ; Joseph H. Franklin, Treas. Maintains a
DAY NURSERY ; open from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. Mothers are charged five cents a day for each child.
Marine Temperance Society of the Society for Pro- moting the Gospel among Seamen in the Port of New York, 46 Catharine St. (see Class IX., Div. 2).
National League for the Protection of American Institutions (incorp. 1889), 140 Nassau St. To secure constitutional and legislative safeguards for the Protection of the Common-School System and other American Institu- tions, and to promote public instruction in harmony with such institutions, and to prevent all sectarian or denomina- tional appropriation of public funds. John Jay, Pres .; Rev. James M. King, D.D., Gen'l Sec'y ; Wm. Fellowes Morgan, Treas.
National Temperance Society and Publication House (incorp. 1866), 58 Reade St. For the promotion of total abstinence by the publication and circulation of tem- perance literature, and other methods calculated to remove the evils of intemperance. It carries on a large missionary work for temperance among the colored people of the South. Non-partisan and unsectarian. For publications and other information apply to the Sec'y at above address. Supported by voluntary contributions and sale of books. Last year's receipts, $54,520; expenditures, $53,703 ; per- manent fund, $22,500. Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, D.D., Pres .; John N. Stearns, Cor. and Rec. Sec'y and Publish- ing Agent; Rev. George H. Hick, Fin'l Sec'y; William D. Porter, Treas.
Neighborhood Guild (1887), 147 Forsyth St. (Some- times called Forsyth St. Club.) For the tenement-house population in the immediate neighborhood. Its basis is
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order ; its aim, moral and physical improvement ; and its principle, friendship. Undenominational. Open every day and evening in the week. Is the Headquarters of the University Settlement Society (which see in this Class). Last year's receipts, $2,525; expenditures, $2,021. John McG. Goodale, Pres .; James K. Paulding, Sec'y. Main- tains the following:
CLUBS ; of boys, girls, young men, young women and adults.
FREE KINDERGARTEN ; from 30 to 50 small children every morning during 10 months of the year from 9 to 12 M.
New York City Mission and Tract Society, 106 Bible House. Mothers' Unions (see Class IX., Div. 1).
New York Committee for the Prevention of State Regulation of Vice (org. 1876). Address, Post Office Box 2554. Auxiliary to the International Federation for the Abolition of State Regulation of Vice, of which M. Amile de Lavelaye, Belgium, is President; Mrs. Josephine E. But- ler, England, Honorary Secretary. For the purpose of opposing all legislation for licensing social vice in New York City. Mrs. Abby H. Gibbons, President of the New York Committee, 55 West 47th St .; Mrs. Anna R. Powell, Sec'y, Plainfield, N. J .; Mrs. Elizabeth Gay, Treas., West New Brighton, S. I.
New York Female Auxiliary Bible Society, 66 Bible House (see Class X., Div. 9).
New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission So- ciety, MOTHERS' MEETINGS AND EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY, St. Barnabas' House, 304 Mulberry St. (see Class IX., Div. 1).
New York Sabbath Committee (org. 1857, incorp. 1884), 31 Bible House. To protect and promote the proper observance of Sunday. Supported by voluntary contribu- tions. Henry A. Oakley, Chairman; Rev. W. W. Atter- bury, D.D., Gen'l Sec'y; Theodore Gilman, Treas., 62 Cedar St.
New York Society for the Suppression of Vice (in- corp. 1873), 41 Park Row. For the enforcement of laws to suppress trade in and circulation of obscene literature, illustrations, advertisements and articles of indecent and
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immoral use, including lotteries and gambling. All infor- mation kept strictly confidential when so desired. Samuel Colgate, Pres .; Kilinen Van Rensselaer, Treas., 56 Wall St .; Anthony Comstock, Sec'y, to whom apply at Room 85, Times Building.
North Side Boys' Club, 79 Macdougal St. Open every evening but Sunday from 7:30 to 9:30. E. C. Henderson, Pres .; C. H. Ludington, Jr., Sec'y; A. Tyrrill, Supt.
St. Bartholomew's Chinese Guild (org. 1889), 23 St. Mark's Place. For mutual protection, elevation and reli- gious training of the Chinese. Renders legal aid, cares for the poor, sick and dying in New York and its vicinity. Has a library, gymnasium and other attractions. 650 mem- bers to date. Open from 9 A.M. to 10 P.M. Sabbath-school at 4:30 P.M. Sunday meeting at 7:30 P.M. Supported by St. Bartholomew's Church and members' dues. Guy Main, Supt. and Interpreter, to whom apply for membership and information.
St. Cuthbert's Club, 335 West 41st St. For the benefit of young workingmen of any sect, where they may meet for social and mutual improvement and recreation. Has also a reading-room, gymnasium and small library. Open from 7 to 11 P.M. every evening except Sunday. In charge of the Executive Committee. Apply to Fred. Debes, Sec'y,
Society for Giving Free Entertainments to the Poor and Unfortunate (incorp. 1890). To provide entertain- ments for the inmates of penal, reform and charitable in- stitutions. Supported by voluntary contributions. Wm. Lane O'Neill, Sec'y, 114 World Building; Frank B. Murtha, Treas., 45 Bowery.
Society for Promoting the Gospel among Seamen in the Port of New York, 46 Catharine St. (see Class IX .. Div. 2).
Society for the Prevention of Crime (org. 1877, in- corp. 1878), 47 Warren St. and 923 Broadway. Aims to remove the causes and sources of crime, by enforcement of the laws and arousing public opinion, especially in regard to excise laws, gambling and public nuisances. Supported by voluntary contributions. Yearly expenditures, $3,000.
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Rev. Chas. H. Parkhurst, D.D., Pres .; Wm. Wade, Sec'y; Edward A. Newell, Treas .; T. D. Kenneson, Sec'y of Executive Committee. Apply to D. J. Whitney, 47 Warren St., from 10 to 3 P.M.
Society for the Purification of Italian Quarters, 53} Mulberry St. (see Class III., Div. 1).
State Charities Aid Association, 21 University Place (see Class I., Div. 2).
Theosophical League for Practical Work (org. 1891), Office of Central League, 132 Nassau St. To secure the application of Theosophical principles to daily life and ac- tion, and to aid the Theosophical movement in its mission to the world. It supplies play-rooms for children, and lectures on subjects tending to the physical and moral up- lifting of the poor. Supported by voluntary contributions. Mrs. J. Campbell Ver Planck, Pres., P. O. Box 2659; W. I. Judge, Sec'y; E. A. Neresheimer, Treas. Supports
BRANCH No. 1 at 178 Suffolk St., where there is a board- ing house for working girls, with various educational, in- dustrial and social privileges.
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 Society of Christian Endeavor (see Class X., Div. 9).
United States Army Aid Association, Sec'y's address, 82 Nassau St. (see Class IX., Div. 2).
University Settlement Society (org. 1891), headquar- ters, 147 Forsyth St. To bring men and women of educa- tion into closer relations with the laboring classes in this city for their mutual benefit. To establish "Settlements" in tenement-house districts where college men interested in the work may live and mingle with their neighbors on an equal footing. Has assumed the management of the NEIGHBORHOOD GUILD, which is open at all hours (which see in this class). On the plan of Toynbee Hall, London,
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and the College Settlement in Rivington St. Instruction is given in cooking and sewing to classes of 40 members. Supported by members' dues and voluntary contributions. Henry Holt, Chairman; Seth Low, Pres .; Henry D. Sedg- wick, Sec'y; A. C. Bernheim, Treas,
West End Protective League (org. 1891). For the purpose of restricting as much as possible the liquor traffic in the district bounded north by 100th St., south by 65th St., east by Central Park and west by Hudson River. Supported by voluntary contributions and members' dues. James W. Conrow, Pres., 122 West 81st St .; Charles W. Parsons, Sec'y, 30 West 94th St .; Dr. Arthur L. Root, Treas., 116 West 81st St .; Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Chair- man of Executive Committee, 56 Wall St.
West Side Excise Reform Association (org. 1891). To oppose the granting of new liquor licenses and the restric- tion of the sale of spirituous liquors in the district extending from 86th St. to 110th St., west of Central Park ; to pro- mote the passage of more stringent Excise Laws and to se- cure the due enforcement of existing Excise Laws and regulations. Lorettus S. Metcalf, Pres., 40 West 106th St .; S. P. Carmichael, Treas., 51 West 105th St.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New York City (incorp. 1875), 47 Bible House. Promotes temperance by religious work, education in the principles of total ab- stinence and any other measures adapted to secure the banishment of the use and sale of intoxicating liquors. Supplies special facilities and information for the promo- tion of Juvenile Temperance education in Sunday-schools, Mission-schools and Temperance bands. Apply to Miss Julia Colman, Cor. Sec'y.
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