The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-30
THE GRAND JURY.
THEIR FINAL REPORT To TUE sUPE-
RIOR CRIMINAL COURT.
The Charitable Institutions of Our City
Visited.

| NEW ORLEANs FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.
This well known institution. established In
| 1880. situated on Camp street. near its junction
| with Prytanta. needs no cnmmendatiOn. L.
merits are its warrantors. Under tho care o
shelters lie girls and teaches thep the paths o
virtue and usefulness. Everything ia In fine
order and the children con.ented and happy
A in all similar institute MS visited, they wer,
suffering from the withholding of the sl4 pei
| annum orchid city contribution. as promised
and small MS is the sum. they would bs exceed
| fngly grateful Ii they could receive 1t promptly
and constantly.
HOME OF AGED AND 1NrIRM-c1rY INSTITUTION
| This shany processes to be n home" and n
lies at the corner Of Annunciation aud Caliope
streets. Fifty seven human beings are It's pres
ent occupants Stanley, says he met In Africa q
| tribe whOse members buried aIiv, ia the cart i
their aged and iniirm Th treatment was Of.
fectlve II not humhne ana answered the pur.
l'tul people.
In our, treatment of the same class we initiate
Of the gentle and festive Knfiir. We have
crowded half q hundred persons guilty OF no
crime but that Of incnpablity, into a building
| PEELED association between those whose pecn-
liar miafortune4 would at once suggest separa-
ton and varied treatment. 1t IL no 1t place fJr
| any. much less for the aged AMI tnflrm to live
| in. We. found there. OF course. the lame, the
| halt and the senle but we did not expect to find
the paralytic. the iunatic and the blind. Ord r,
cleanliness and hecency are impossible In such
! n place. One Of these evenings, when n fre
occurs , here mary lives will BE- lost in the So
old plantation residence A crooked starca a.,
| twenty- four inchas wide. la ali the avenue of
escape from the fire and smoke which In u few
seconds VIII I'LL an open lott 5OxGD f,-t. In fact
the keeping 10 Of such a pla o. or Of any pla o
OF that intsntion. il mistake on the part Of the
city, aud 1t should at once b diseon inued
The remedial substitute is to arrange with in
situations prepared to receive aged and ipflrm
| and other persons. there confined. and pay some
modest sum per month for their support.
asyums conducted ,osensiby on city nc
count, and our conclusion is that the fewer
the city authorities undertake to conduct. the
better, while none would be the best Of all.
Their utilities have been generally reHped by
ward politicians: their unhappy inmates been
worse served at greater expense than If com
care and support; while the city has excelled in
only one feature of her institutions of that
character which is the thoroughness with which
she has usei tar as paint perhaps rs u dsin-
fectant. The cheerful suggestions which would
naturally beam in on the mind OF q lunatic or q
prisoner by the daily platiop 2! a tarred
! use to the average civic mind
TouRo INF1RMARY.
This institution was founded May 4. 1854. and
Ia supported entirely by bednest, SUBS ription
and donation. 1t is under y bard OF managers
presided over by Mr.. JOS Wagner, and has Tor
its physician Dr. Loeber. aided by seven assist
ants.
Since the first OF January 1869. 1t has received
No one need doubt that under such aus pieces tn is
| institution is well kept well provided for and
| successful. Its arrangements are those viii
sick members.
Working for pleasure In the garden and look
Ing like a man Of sixtv-five or seventy we found
Mr.. Alexander, who Is in his one hundredth
Volumes could not speak moro for the institu,
ton than such living testimony. Long may
he live.
PACANTER POLICE PRECINCT.
Sergeant B: Calvin in charge; no prisoners
place scrupulously clean. and everything cor
rect
ST. vINCENT's FEMALE INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM
Corner Magazine and Race streets.)
In care Of Sister Mary Agnes. and twelve
look well, and the buildings. dormitories
and arrangements are admirable, and a
sisters say that Margaret Is their main stay.
They would like very much to get the
s be ds allows Sf 81 hem w link TER shit
should do something annually for these chart
ties, as greet number of those benefited by
them come from the country parishes.
at Annals ASYLUM FOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN.
Corner st. Mary and Prytanta streets.)
This noble charity. founded by the liberaity
Is managed by Mrs. Kip and two assistan rs =.
Applicants ar admitted on approval by q board
inmates. adults and children. look well and
clean. The building is In good order, and its
site is an excellent Que.
ST. JosEPHs (BoYs AND GIRLS GERMAN ORPHAN
ASYLUM
Josephine street)
Sister Superior Jacobini and twenty Sisters In
charge. This charity was founded in 1854 and
has had to struggl u with many difficulties. 1t
mas, however. under the Devoted care of Sister
Jacobini e eaty improved within the past few
years, and now stands second to none in use
fulness or importance. There are 100 boys and
same number p Of girls In care. and they speak
owe money for meat and bread. and would
gratefully receive any assistance from State
seated on benches making shoes for the chill
dren. and when one of our number asked
where would such unselnsh devotion meet its
due reward a Sister overhearing it, pointed
upward and said. In Heaven"
JEWISH WIDOWS AND ORPHANS HOME.
jackson street. near Chippewa)
This is Home worthy of the NAME The
smallest child and the oldest inmate are made
to feel it's comforting influences. It's manage
ment is IN the hands of Mr.. AMI Mrs. Lewiston
who. with seven assistants, oversee 137 in
nates. They teach some of the children in the
buildings. but send Sc to a neighboring pub
school aod 9d their kchen we found
| cit zen. while in another portion of the Home
We're assembled a number of highly accom-.
aaes ho to na ma 9f nelr hose
sRsEsa Not why nR 5hsy h Sss e9sy
grounds around their ample buildings
put on the opposite side f Jackson street they
have q large, we'll fenced playground. where
under the wide spreading branches OF an UNI
brageous live oak, their swings and games and
plays can be enjoyed to their hearts content
I hey have a sufficient library, good school &C
commodations. a new add ion to their build
ings, and best Of all, DR.. Gutheim for the presi
dent of the board which controls and supports
| them.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHILDRENs HOME,
| jackson street, near Fultonl
This institution is in fine condition. has a
good main building and others suitable, ha:
of managers Of which Bishop Wilmer is pres
dent. There are AZ girls in charge of Sister Ro
berta assisted by four other Sisters. As ii
many other institutions, we found a scarcity O
water. but we hope that as soon as the projected
new company comes into the man cement O
The city Waterworks they will Immediately la,
on free water to this and all other charities.
The dormtores in this. as in all other asy
lums. we found to be excellent and clean: Where
all are good it would be invidious to make com
PARSONS.