New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08

the affairs of the day in the outside world Dis
cussed and tea-parties a daily social feature.
| I'VE DONE like to be told that old. Our
hearts very young" said the matron smiling
| MY hair Is whittier than that OF many Of the
| women who here because they called old
ladies' and am sure do not think II 5 pleasant
to be Sn snGaS1 t MY sg Wien We
the chapel. and always by some Clergyman who
has accepted the invitation OF the Board 10 off,
ciate we do not want sermon prepared FOR oli
ladies. We want sermon such as he would
| hear about how to live and then Ike every one
| else. can learn how 10 die OF course. We
die when our time cones, but then in what respect
do differ from othersY
DRESSING FOR CHURCH
on Sunday afternoons when the bell rings FOR
3 o'clock service. every worshipper appears IN hH
| best gown and best bonnet and veil and best
gloves When the weather outside is pleasant ths
most imaginative old lady carries her best paraso,
and when II Is rainy she wears her rUbbcrs and
her second best bonnet As the chapel is only
around the corner of the lower hall the matter Of
church service attire depends entirely upon me
precedent established by an early education.
As the reporter came away two ola ladies re-
turned from dayt outing. They had carried their
luncheon and been down to tNe Battery ana rom
there on the boat to Thirty .ninth-st.. Brooklyn.
one Of the excursonlsts wicked with clutches.
hut her companion was capable Of assisting her,
They reported "A successfut outing
The officers
lin first directress; Mss +. r. lnnes second
directress: Miss NJ. G IaI eway recoraing sscrs
ary Mil hasei Du MGk No 8 wast
1e Mrs M0r9 Whet b W sm re sisls:" Mrs Il
Oothout. secretary Of the Application COMMITTEE
THE HOME AT CLIFTON.
TIL, Old LADIES' Home at Clifton Staten Island.
Glands ON AN elevation surrounded 10y trees and
gardens II is open for wife. daughter. sister or
child of a deceased seaman II she has reached the
age OF sixty-two years The admission zee j. SiV''
the inmate must also furnish her own ROOM aS
the Institution gives only the room As almost
every one has been at some time housekeeper'
this is not so hard. The halls Of this house run
directly from front to back, and are very wide ana
tastefuy furnished.
on one side OF the ground floor Is the d1hihs-
room. Here are small square tables of oak. with
long handsome men s,t t9 }o tbree or four AZ
table just as they like. Friends eat together.
The bill-of-fare for these old ladies Is very soo'
The milk is furnished by, cows that are pastured
near the Home For breakfast the old ladies have
homnemsde and bakers bread. coffee. oatmeal or
cornmea rice homily etc. change etch morn morn
three kinds OF vegetables. one kind OF entire ana
tnd either Of b p Sd Butte Er For pp two
kinds of bread either sugar or molas s cake;;
or something similar. tea and milk Every lady
NAV have all she wishes to eat ana In the AFTER
noon tea is served . anybody who desires H.
Fruit in season IS always plenty and eggs are
abundant. Special dishes are PREPARED for the
sick with everything that Is nourlshlns
beef teas, broths. etc
EXCELLENT SERVICE.
Back of the dining-r,om is the large kitchen.
where A competent cool who does nothing else.
works steadily. Then there is dinng-room GIRL
who attends to the waiting on the ladies. Oppo-
site the dining across the hall, is the recep'
ton room or parlor. Which is nicely furnished;
the committee room, and the storeroom. where all
la,t and .harp a
is weighed out for use. In the laundry strong
laundress washes the cbthes for thirty-two IN
mates not counting the help and the matron.
Monday or Tuesday IS vashday. Wednesday or
clothes are given out in the dning-room Each
inmate is allowed seven pieces on Friday; an
wash for a great many cd ladies like to do their
on the second Noor is chapel carpeted in red.
with seats, altar. organ ec. Here every morning
at I o'clock prayers are said by the matron, on
snm6ay on Sn and his Services and
breaches a sermon He generally brings some lady
with him to play the organ and lead the singing
THE READING-RooM.
In front of the chapel is the reading-room fur
nished with easy chairs ard all kinds of reading
material. Here with all the windows open the
old ladies may sit and read and talk but they gem
orally prefer their own rooms. There Is good
natured nurse who looks after the old ladies'
when they are sick. At present there are six sick
who need care Dr. Thompson Of clifton, "sl.
Coined eagerly by the inmates. ,,..
is very finely furnished and decorated. The rest
OF the building is all rooms for the inmates
kindly little woman %eo ands pleasing everybody
no easy task. She has to open a an meals WIN
ing every day, keep all the eoS 5 s the pro-
visions Of each meal are RG, dG 1 an
She very much liked BY all the h9usehold
The inmates OF this home are OF an ha'i1na, n
sixty-fve There are two cripples. and one IS
blind SOME Of them are o CAPTAINS aged
years. has thirteen great-grandehidrehi Ter room
Bazaar Each lady tries 10 make her look the
finest. Mrs. A. La We're aged nie' rs,Sns ye"fs n
ali ATTIC topics I7 and is in pretty good health For re-
cent fair she made three Gp S sent to Scot
land where was sold a. Sn" work ' o se9 H
tss do nice fansy %o i is against the law
TO take outside any WORK to sell -, ,o,,,s hay.
There is agpoe for which the old iSdiss ns
contributed the flag. immense one, "hcn eN"y
such love for our Nag" they delight 70 TssSa
called TO It by some OF them.
HUSBANDS MAY VISIT HERE
This institution is not in any way connected win
Sailors Snug Harbor. nor the seaman's he',ea
Some OF the women In the Home nave husoahos a.
the Harbor who come on thursdays ana spe"o
the entire day with their yves tahi"s 'ne' me- q
with them one old sailor used TO come 10 sec
his wi,o "a 400, "a ,hs doors were opened he was
so anxious Mos, of these husbands are crippled "
MANNED in some way snd generally IN poor nean bs
the THURSDAY The X es User m0a1
Wntn an business Is "a WrsB Nc Donald: vice-pres'
dent Mrs Oh c ss seGp5e ew1s; a an
Whitman recording Johnson
ia s Sss her sss' sss are
the Home The Homns HONE, and buries those who
able to cloths themse''''
are without friends yor Juniors often 20 to the
The Christian ,,s s and aowe,s books and md sss
the Children then sing and an nef' are quite fres With
seem seem to take to xSa nSns evsrythns with great
pleasure ,n They ,s sssi Int their rooms.