The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-31
THE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
Home FOR Aged INDECENT Females.
twentieth street, near Second avenus)


(Tweatieth street, near Second avenus)
ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED lsl4-AsyLuM
FOUNDED 1888.
OFFIcERs-Mrs. Ammo Innss First Dirsctrea; Mrs.
George Nixon Second Drectrsss; Mrs. A. j. Andsrson,
Treasurer; Hrs g. Van Antwerp Secretary, and Mrs.
r. Besklsy, Register.
The object Of this association 70 promote both the
temporal and spiritual welfare Of respectable aged nd
gent fsmaes'-thoss Who have been born and brought
up under happier suspces-such have beea secuon-
ed to the rennemsnts Of adusnse and Of oa too r.
spectacle in their connections and associations in early
lite and too worthy in themselves to be the proper sub
jects Of the common alnshouss.
For upwards Of twenty years the managers visited and
relieved the worthy and necessous aged Of hs class ct
their humble abodcs in the lanes and hyways Of the
city. Finally in November 1885, the managers had the
saikfacton Of seeing completed their present asylum
into which many those who had been receiving aid from
them removed; while othen preferred 10 continue
In their old habiaons for the remaining brief period Of
their existence. Amongst the latter there were ten
age two IS, one So and ONE Wa over co. within the
asylum there nine desl6. The first died ..
The s.sond died At the as. Of So and h"d been
IN the asylum for ave years Tho third reached
the age Of g. She h.d been inmate for ss
years. The fourth died at the age IL eleven years
Of which had been passed in the asylum The efth nd
yidusi had been removeds short time previous to her
death to the Lunatic Asylum consequence Of her in
crsang and very troublesome insanity rendering her
often terrifying to her neishboring inmates Her death
took place the 4h Of August last Her remains were
brought to the Asylum and thence to the Oemstsry OF
the Evergreen She had been under the care OF the So
csy for three years The sixth died in the 0sth year Of
her age She had been inmate Of the asylum for FIVE
years The seventh death also occurred In August and
supposed to have been what hastened by the
extreme fatigue occaonsd by distributing tracts in the
very weather that then prevailed. She was in her
SD year. and for fourteen years had been resdent
tbe Asylum for the last ten years Of which, she had
tract viror in New York and during that time she dis
tributed ~ supplied lis Bblea and
to the destitute loaned 100 volumes and ssld 100 eirsu
lated about 5000 copies Of the american Messenger
brought 162 children to the Sabbath obtained
than 500 names for the Temperance pledge She was
born in Connecticut in ITO.
The eighth individual who died had attained the very
advanced sge OF ninety ONE years the last ton Of which
spent IN the Asylum The ninth died at the ago OF
seventy eight. ehe had been inmate Of the ipsttu
ton for years.
With the exception Of sx seven weeks In mid sum
mer elergymen Of the city, Of various denominations
have vEtcd the Asylum every Sabbath afternoon and
conducted divine service, while regular Sabbath morn
ing service has been sustained by theological students Of
the Episcopal seminsry.
An auxiliary Of this association Wa organized in 1884,
since which time II kas mover failed to supply ali tho out
door pensioners with appropriate garments fer thu
During the pest year this auxiliary contributed TO tbs
parent society four hundred and eight garments besides
ether articles.
The Asylum Ia now crowded eighty seven inmates
being all that the present ediGce accommodates but
the Board Of Managers with some prospect Of
ere now zsaousy sndeavorug 10 procure the Of
erecting now building sufhoently largo fer two hun
dred inmates The site selected for 1t IL on Seventy.
eighth and Seventy ninth Streets and Fourth avenue
The receipts and dburse mens Of the institution for tho
past year were about four thousand dollars.