New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-06

manifested in the hospital. in FoCrteenth-st win
,,s three departments for men. women and chiareh'
known respectively as the House OF simeon, ue
House of Anna and the House OF the Holy Ohiu'
One Of the little inmates OF the iast-naheu uep"'
men, pleased the party very much by working 'he
IT,, , which consisted In twisting the tail OF large
mas, with all the fervor Of child OF the hmera'u
1s,e and then making the .nanmate OBJECT give
forth fearful grow 1,,o,
The marty was driven rapidly from Grace Chapei
N 81 Bartholomew's Parish House. In East Dry
...o,dst where the members were received III tne
gators room on the eighth floor by the ne. ~
D. H. Greer rector Of st. Barthclomews farisn 80
,.ar,,ng the visitors to Dr.. Greer, Mr. Devins sa'u
that they had come to see the Work OF man ~
believed that the Gospel Of Christ hau 10 w VIZ" ~
Nfe that now is and with that when Is 20 co''
Or Greer explained in detail the many hhes OF
work ca rred on In that building, inciuaihe '''s -
for bows girls men and women Inc Glasses III 49,,
49,. ,navstries as the gymnasium, the class TOT the
training of cooks. with a practlcai chei' INC '
bureau and employment society Inc rescue ''','SV
and the chapel in which an Armenian S
hs,a Sly languages are used in conducting 'he ser
,ces in st Bartholomew Iarish every @u''"''
WIZ, Dr Greer was asked whether the leader OF
the rescue mission wore a gown when cohuu'.'"e
the services he replied: we are not 'ia' MINI "
1,risconalians so great has the pressure oecolne
49, this Darsh house, which now occupies po.
P,no tae that plot with fifty feet front has peeh
hnmrht adjoining the present building upon "i'0
r,hnnberlain representing the Evangelical Alliance
e1pIslneab tns Secretary Of the city Vigilance
league and Superintendent bennett OF the soc'G g
Tor the Prevention OF Crime In the absence OF II
G H. Parkhur~ president of these two soc,ehe "a
told what they were doing DI Paf M is delay
in reaching the Office he was obliged to go 10 MI
another appointment. r.. IT, Tim, Tin, Lodging
tIomse tea store and restaurant. carried on by the
Calvary Parish in East ,be heads Of
she several enterprises at this important centre.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS SEEN.
Commissioner j. p. Faure OF the Department Of
Charities received the party al the Twenty-sixth-
At pier and took them into a room where ITO men
had slept on the floor the night before. and though
no signs Of their having been there were apparent
IN the eve there was unmistakable evidence that
AR Ta,,re's statement was true. The air might
have been worse when the men were all present.
but It could not have been mIch WoLs s ana tne
sble Mr. Faure then explained the working OF
the new lodging house on the barge which ne ,o Is
occupancy tomorrow night. The spray bathrooms;
the nightshrts and the spring beds were examne e
insisted upon were heartily. approved. These are,
substance 40 bath no bed no bed 70, man sor
all clothne three hours work TO be required eaea
DAY from each odfe5 ans nS man to De
Through the courtesy OF Commissioner Wright. OF
the Department Of Correction 6oss was
where the workhouse and the Pententiary were
visited Luncheon served at the Workhouse.
and addresses were made by Magistrate kudhch.
Warden Dunphy and DR.. Bruce. IT was the opih-
ion of these officals that the age limit snoud De
raised SO that no person could enter the WORK
house before the age OF eighteen or nineteen now
one can be sent there at the age OF sixteen, ahd
enter what the physician called "a nursery OF
crime" The Warden bemoaned the lact that tne
charitable people of the city, while Interested ~
almost every conceivable form OF philanthropy ou
practically nothing for the discharged CONVEX
Pointing to a group Of men on their way 10 the
boat he said: II, .
There 20 forty men to the city. Who VIII meet
them at Twenty -sixth-st.? Who cares wnere tney
go tonight? The probability is that many OF tnem
will be drunk ton night. and start again to-morIo"
for the Workhouse which they are now ieaVing
The need Of work similar to that OF the fri ro
Gate. described by DR.. Meyer. OF London. IN ne
Bells OF Is was commended by one OF the Vislto, 3
The Housing Conference. which was called by
the Department of Dwellings Of the Association
FOR Improving the Condition OF the Poor mas re
suited In the appointment OF a committee wnlch Is
to take up the questions discussed formulate
plan Of action, with the idea OF erecting model
tenements in this city. Constant A. Andrews Is
the chairman OF this department OF the associa-
ton. and the general agent OF the association who
has given the question OF municipal reform care
ful attention fCr many years. II William H. Iol-
man. The president Of the assoc.a alton. r. Fulton
Cutting. has taken deep interest in the question
Of providing sanitary dwellings for the working
classes for many years and was one Of the first
men In this city to build improved tenement
house.