New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07

the poor To meot the enlarged demands ON this score
resources IN the Dem Dspensary DISTRICT furnishing
nourishng food 10 those whom the phySic'an' ro0o"
mend. 49,. ,,,.o.
Among those who are applying for help TINS WINTER
very many who have never been seen Doioro
friends and scdWainances Of persons find IT next
to impossible to ask for themselves IL Is commony
are of foreign blood such is doubtless the case. but
some of the lists are found to contain
Der OF Americans. In December inc Comn ,
of Charities and Correction relieved three times as
many Irish families American. aud nearly t"i tno az
many German families. In many Other quhrtels .o y,
is greater proportion of Americans Az tne Tooms VI
the Howard Relief Committee; at No. ~ Lpon ntS
at, where lodgings and food are onereu WIZ. VIII
out charge 70 those who are needy, ,,, very 8,
different state of things found. Between tue san y.
December and the 18th OF January, 4leo ioegnss We
given and of this number 900 we're 10 AMERICANS
double the number taken by any other nationauy'
Many are fed and lodged here wh0 nave until o9 -,
fer been i'm essy The largest number OF
any occupation was 76l clerks theh came ~, pam a1
ers. III carpenters l2 mechanics o5 Dookkeoo,s. a
only 1901 OF the whole number were without traues'
The building has been painted ana straw o SCo and
yded with abundance OF wholesono I9 Ps "i eu
opportunities for bathing aud washing clothes lew
visitors are also employed to make INQUIRIES E
families that make application for assistance hnu %
families have been relieved IN their MONIES: ,,
Many of tho cases excite hearty sympathy heduGeu
TO extreme want, the poor make no complaint un oy
see their children starving. They can hOIu GUY no
longer the mother can endure almost anytnnR DS 'at
one instance OF tins knd Is wa. W W'D" le honse
children. all of them SICK, no re no iooI III ne nou
and all but one pece OF iuruuro pawncv chidren
There was neither fire food OF any Kind ana all were
children s1 %sr aS Her husband had
beeu waiter of the city hotels, but was found
useS a. and sse must sarve steal or ask for help
The Of free lodging houses In aesttute Por
tons of the city Indication OF WIDER interest," III
the common comfort of the destitute. Inc BoWery
branch of the Young Mons Christian Association Is re-
its aid would BIO obliged sleep IN tho police station or
on the pavement Tho Water-st. lodging house. the
Pearst Tod gng house, the girls lodging-h0use Ill on
Markplsce and those devoted TO neWsbOys, are most
impOrtant factors of Winter relief.
Nearly all OF the charitable institutions OF the cY are
doing ali in their power furnish the Bureau OF Char
tiles with the information it seeks aud all are agreed
When its plans are carried into effect 1t will be utterly
impossible for any society or individual 70 ne Imposed
upon and every benevolent person Will DC aOie 10 uect
his charity in the channel that best suits him. with the
assurance that IL will DO we'll applied
Numerous practical measures On small scale are
aAy being put operation by societies ana indVid-
uafs whose interest In the has been quiGKened D
the knowledge OF the great neoesses Oh es @ t
days ago lady seeking TO ad tne mccoy n tno U,
way possible took under her charge series OF tenement
houses. in which we're sickness, NTH, and extreme
p0yerty Going TO ROOM hired the occupant 10
scrub the floor and wash the windows promising gQoa
She would visit them the following day Co see how well
the work was done ana 20 pay tne mn ,d lne
ments had received such an overhauling
for years. Not only the rooms were cleah,
but nv OF the people had subjected themselves 70 te
same PROCESS The teDement-hOuse wards OF New YORK
are more densey crowded than similar docaltles IN
London and such oOmmonsense methods OF renewing
the misery found in them even jim the best Of times
were worthy of close imitation sTwice the amount OF
the more fortunate wards but after the have
prevented starvation and warmed the houses There arc
ais m tho least interfering with tho systems OF
the societies IL has been suggested m some quarters
work paiDting and paperng their rooms setting their
window glass etc. and paid for their worn having inc
The state Charities Aid Association has nit upon a
happy plan of furnishing reading matter TO the sok ~
the hospitals. box has placed IN the Thirteth
St railroad station for the reception OF seooDd-hand
newspapers and books, which are TO be gwen 70 the
,,ofip In
persons out of employment in the city. the Commission
ers of Emigration Sendlng an unusual numOer OF
mp Co the south where there is work for them
The Hebrew Benevolent society ~ Adopting slmupr'
massage OF mauy of the Polish Immigrants who apply to
n either back 20 Europe, to place IN the south
aud west where they can earn living
The following s "a list of the principal lodgng-hous
available the poor Of New1ork, some OF Wnloh naye
ali these places food can also obtained free OF COST or
at merely nominal prices
Howard Relief COMMITTEES. No 40 Esouardst
or Mission and ~ G A. Lodging house No 80 Sp'aS''
S AsGf n lGas Eonl 100 SN cS sag
SeSsbogs lodging house No, 40 Park pI1ee.
ESs Homeless Boz sS No. No. d5 E.
Lodging for Gomeiess boys No. 337 R'ns'ons'
Home for the yieoales. No. 81 50 Essa flrissh,r
Young wom aS' AID 8 Ea Fa
Young " %Os H3 nT,c6 M No. 80 ssl.os s.,
Midnight Mission for Women ~; % sd ATii iys:.
81 BaTn-Sa, HS@ 10, Nv ~ & @ 2op
FfeeD
MANY of the other charitable Institutions open their
doors TO those who have no place TO sleep me Howard
Mis- ton House of Industry and others OF the KIND never
leave ANYTHING OF a charitable nature undone which
comes under their notice. Their rooms are always nied
tered Bat most of those above list specially
devoted to the purpose OF furnishing lodslhgs mo
NeWahoys' Lodging is to be changed from Park
place brick building at the junction OF New
Chambers ana WIam-sts, which has been erected Tor
'"' oHAEITV's INSTRUMENTS.
The following societies and institutOns have sont
returns to the Bureau Of Charities:
Iadies' Union Aid Society NJ. f. Church.
Coiored Home East siXtyaifth-si.
Home for Aged and lnbrtn HeofewS, IT,. ,ru
Women's PRISON Association and l. \ hopper dome'
Society for Relief of Ruptured and Crippled
Society for Reformation OF Jayenne DeInQuents -
HOMEOPATHIC Medical College Dlsponsary, No. 2s
West Side German Dlspensary. No. $50 West Forethst
New-York Juvenile Asylum.
Our Lady OF Charity Of tho GOOD shepherd
St. Joseph's Industrial School, R. C.
Guild of st. Augustine.
Guild of ST. CathArne.
n Y Institute FOR the Blind.
DeacODess Institution OF Lutheran Church.
Wartburg Orphans Farm School.
Five Points House Of Industry.
Half-Orphan Asylum.
Samaritan Home for the Aged
Re ref Society Broadway NJ. Il. Mission chapel.
Female Christian Home, No. 3li East FHteentnst'
Home for Isourabes, West Farms o--,
Society for the Relief OF Widows and Orphans OF
American Female Guardian Society.
ST. Vincent Hospital of New-E0rk, X o.
ST. Marys Free Hospital for Children
Girls Lodgin & House, No ~ st. MARX s-piace'
BOwery Branch OF Y. NJ g. A.
Eew-YOrk Dispensary, Centre-st.
New-YOrk Infant Asylum.
North East Homeopathic Dispensary.
House and School OF Industry
Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital
Life43aying Benevolent Association.
New-YOrk Protestant Episcopal City Mission.
Society for Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children.
Demilt Dspensary.
New-York Free Dispensary for Sick Children.
Founding Asylum FOR Sisters Of Charity,
Chdrens Aid Society.
. Home Mission OF st. Luke's
Society for Improving Condition OF the Poor.
State Commissioners of Public Charities.
New-YOrk Ophthalmic Hospital