New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-04

Peabody buying the lots and giving the home the
free use Of them. Later the home REIMBURSED
Mr. Peabody in full
The Peabody Home owns It's present building
which accommodates a family Of twenty-five
The Mot IF ground originally IS By 131 feet. has
recently been enlarged through the munifcence
o. Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes. of this city, ana
now measures 124 by 13l fee The trustees OF
tfa institution are putting 1orth every eiior' 70
secure funds for the erection OF ne" dnp . uo,
cer9lrodious building. Two motives lInpel 'heiii
4 this In the first pll,e applicants are con-
e. .otlv being refused a1mittance Tor no olhei
r son than that there is no place 70 put thehl'
AMI secondly B0stOn-aNe. upon which the nome
fronts is 10 be widened mex, year and VIII max
necessary the removal Of part OF the 'front.' pore"
o. the home
TO RE 4 HANDSOME BUILDING.
Part Of the necessary funds has been aHeauy
,hscribe6 but the trustees Vii not begin 10 Dulld
un,1 at least So 600 is at their disposal me
hr,si,y SC IN cost in the neighborhood of $4,000
snG when completed will be paid for IN fui- Inc
mans which are now I'm the hands of the trustees
ca f5r a ands0me three-st0ry structure Oh H5H'
ool1r4d stone and red brick u VIII ace
60. &C old women and H. to be eutre4s Hit-
proof There will be- TWO wide paz%as sHII ~ -
irp The bui}ding on all four sides opening Ion .
the windows II the first and second stories. ~
Of me rooms will be single arranged Ioi tn ,, ~
coumodation Of only one person. ~ ~ o. the
ught and airy and furnished comiOrtaDy' Vi ga
first floor will be thu sick ward ba ~
wsfor-clOsets VIII be placed on each ~ 30 ~
h,nairs ie ~ he steam heated and 50 lar az t ~,
sanitary arrangements 20. VIII ne equPpeu ~
all The most recent improvements anu .rand
iences T. will occupy the centre OF lhe - dnas
inr much further back from the street thdh uoe'
the present structure. - s,.a,est,rg
IT, home has now I'm It's care many in'eiessIns
Characters and number OF old women OF ie ~
ment and culture who nave seer loL -, died
One ~ the inmates. MIS- WiN,aids' ,ssesso1
recently At the venerable age Of lO5 posSess'ui %
nd was
freoleuf visits from ne. friends up 10 thr nm -
her destb she was born IN England. ana o'! IN
entertained her guests b. telling them u - -
90 ia 49, in "Me~rie England" when she
had danced AT the wedding ~ Sir haWdIu ~,
Archibald who became Her Britannlc MdJesS
Clpsui-C;eneral al New-YCrk. Sir Edward wnr,
I'D of the old ladys story. cohhri'eu II >" '
vo. io,e ar, the home sheltered three Ola SIS
fers whose united a.es wee 2ol years. - ~ ~
uncommon thing for the inmates OF the NOME ~
celebrate their birthdays In the n'neues
AZ OLD WOMAN MADE HAPPY
Come Years ago a New-York paper printed me
following. "Amonc an the landed houses OF New
York r. Their. one which would receive eoou
o.l orthodox Christian woman who worked iro'''
the aye ~ sixty-fve years 10 seventy-hVe 81
I.rd ~ TavIo,,s I'm. : now too old 10 90 -.
Sre has no money She has Ule" n'l.s
homes. but all refused admission -, -, teiong 10
OF another-sOmc because she uiu no - ,nonev
TIER church. some because S"e Ia"
etc." ,,,,., ,ha
a few days after the article was I'd,' Homo
olI woman vas an inmate OF the PeapouS ~ -.
and used to say % eNerybody WI, WI ,nfortablv
- enjoy real happiness She "'eu
s. Tie home for twelve years ,.h, he men
Many other interesting Incidents Hisn IL. ~ ,ho
toned In connection WIKI the hNes % .hts free
through misfortune. mo Use" wa"