The New York herald., 1871-09-10
LITTLE SISTERS OF TIE POOR"
What They Are Doing in This city-A Noble
Charity and Noble Band Of Women-A
. Chance for the Charitable.

Charity and Noble Band Of Women-A
Chance for the Charitable.
sanobably there is not In ten persons who lend
"a attentive ear at all times and everywhere TO
everything bad that is said OF New York city, who
Is aware that ike every other city, it has its good
as well as its bad side. New York, IN certain re-
spects may not be just what great many people
would like TO have It, but she has a charitable heart
and her citizens were never yet known 10 turn
their back upon
REAL DESERVING CHARITY.
3 IT'S all very weil for doubters 10 talk about how
necessary it is for every charitable institution to
have as It's founders men Of means and plenty,
mud thar il is bosh ana nonsense to
salK about an institution starting with the only
none Of its final success beng founded the gene
rosy of the general pubic; but experience has pro-
ven that Providence has watchful eye over every
-hing that concerns the welfare of the poor and the
humble, who are as little children in the sight OF
Him that watches over us all. Look at the Found
ing Hospital for instance. The good Sister Irene,
full OF enthusiasm over the idea she had OF laying
firmly the foundation stone oil q grand edince to be
honored In ages in the long hereafter,
where abandoned little ones would be
gathered in and cared for and nurtured
to good deeds and morality, single handed, tooH
her little house in Twelfth street a few years ago.
she had no money to pay the rent, no furniture
nothing. Yet what is the resutg She appealed to
1he charity OF the public and to-day there asy
Ium in the city that has robbed fends like Eosen-
xweig Of many q 'subjeotr and prevented thou
sand murders What proved the success OF the asy.
lum was that Its plans and Its purposes were made
known to the world at large; but 1t often happens
that big city like ours many charity Is left,
poverty stricken, TO
WORK ITS WAY ALONE
hnd Often perishes for OF assistance from those
awno rsud readily give it did they only know OF Its
existence. Just such charity is that OF the Little
Sisters OF the Poor who over year ago. established
heme in this city for the purpose coming to the
and of aged males ana females who might be too
and helpless to take care OF themselves Every
body who Is at all conversant with the details
OF the late civil war IN France need ask
Sisters of the Poor are When the Communists
tore down every emblem OF religion they could lay
aud shot nuns down by the wholesale there was.
one Order they respected, ana that was that oil the
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE P0oR;"
and no wonder; for there was probably not single
Communist who had not directly. or Indirectly
The object the founder OF the order had in view
years ago is still It's object to-day and that is to
line with the Sisters. All who too poor TO help
themselves, and VINO have no relatives to help
Methodist, Presbyterian, Catholic or what not; and
ever thing Is done TO make
The Sisters depend solely upon iDe charity OF the
community for the success OF Their mission here,
mesey of their q0he own WI na hey go gave oat n1
every day in regular details, and not
SGui u town SU e for the po snte on m II }
sacrifice their lives When the Sisters started their
mission IN this cy they occupied house in Thirty
tenement houses, Nos. 3i5 s47 and $40 West Thirty.
SECOND street ior which they pay s,5ooa year rent
door, and they get IL by hard work in drloblmgs OF
dollars and cents. Like all great charities, the
institution IN Thrty-second street oegan a
very small basis. Fathers Donnelly and Prall
and MacDowall nephew OF the late anented Dr.
Cummings, OIL st. stephens church, Twenty y.eighlh
street. did wonders Tor ii when the Sisters first IooE
possession, and have continued to DO all in their
power for It ever since; but OF course parish is
not able TO support an institution of the Kind with
ont outside ad An idea OF the poverty OF the Sis
The fact that they had for long time to eat iheir
meas-or what they call their meals without any
iae iaee truth Pt pnsv 's Saa plates on To tell
termlned to do the best they could
themselves on the floor around cloth also spread |
on the noor and upon which their scanty food was
least root over their heads and had been granted
Lhe grace TO come 10 the aid OF
FEW HELPLESS POOR
visit 10 the house in Thirty street VIII |
wei repay the visitor At present there are thirty |
lntlon who are very comlortahy cared for Withsnt
regard to their religion or nationality. Everything |
about the house denotes the care the good Sisters
lake OF Their home and Its inmates. All |
the rooms are kept scrupulousy clean and |
me inmates as neat as the charities which the !
Sisters can optaln by begging from those who can
give OF their plentifulness, will allow. Every day |
one OF the Sisters goes out tour and calls at
restaurants and private residences, and actually
begs ior lood and III fact, anything that will assist
Ner coworkers III Aeepng the 1olks who come to
them IN comfort She goes out IN allttle one horse
wagon from door TO door, and gratefully accepts
anything that Is given for her "helpless ffendsf-
clothing, 1000, everything that can be turned m
some account. Each Sister has her espeejai dunes
Sss,gnea ngg, 10 her. One goes about to Obtain, py
MONEY To PAY THE Rent
another TO collect Old clothing, and so on 1.-The Sis.
aers love TO provide these Old inmates with food and
watch them when SICK they have no fund for thar
OBJECT and depend entirely on charity; hence they
are Obliged to go around collecting. To them any
KIND OF donation Is welcome. Old clothing, meat
vegetables, bread and remans alter meals Will be
THANKFULLY received ana turned into some ior
themselves, as well as iOr
THE AGED AND lNPIRM UNDER THEIR CARE.r
Dr. Eugene penguet and DR.. Francis NJ. Purroy
attend the "0ld i0lks'' Tree Of charge.
There Is now accommodation in the houses in
Thirty second street for l2o persons; but, like the
rounding Asylum, the asylum Oi The 'ltte ssters'
Will doubtless soon become TOO small for the many
poor Old people whom they viii have to care for
very soon. Even now they cannot find room
enough Tor those who come TO be cared for. lt
should be remembered that the old people who
come TO the Sisters are not turned OUT TO do for
themselves every season so Is tie case with
some institutions. Once they are entered they
remain to end their days quietly and peaceably.
Thus, 1t VIII be seen, the good Sisters have no
respite from their Iabors. ii is only during the
past month or two that this great and good work
OF theirs has been called 10 public nohce,
and there but little doubt that the charitable peo-
pie OF the city will do all III their power to assist
th9n; for no one now prosperous aud young knows
anotner no has seen better days. may be glad 10
nnd resting place IN the 'homen for the inhrm
ana aged. ON Tuesday evening next Rev. DR..
McGlynn Will deliver lecture for the bcnent OF the
sisters al Cooper Institute and 1t viii be the first
pMpilc PRAYER TO New YORK 10 come to their AID the
response WILL. no doubt be as usual in such cases
nearly, sincere and plentiful.