New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-07
crr .ECTIONS FROM THE NAIL.
FREE HOME FOR THE AGED.
- CARE OF THOSE WHO DESERVE CARE ~
THEIR OLD AGE WITHOUT THE
NAME OF PAUPER.
NAME or PAUPER

-. ,,. r,al,or Of The Tribune.
,. We have oil sorts OF institutions In this
=, chari.ab Die city Of ours-in fact no other city
- Garth does much toward relieving the suffer-
,cs If the unfortunate-yet. with this unparalleled
soord there IS a crying demand for home. well
,ooat,l and free. for the aged of both seXes-a
,o,ne in which those who are compelled to become
rma,es would not be labelled paupers. Society
,ures much the helpless aged. Recent years
..,e provod that the average man hardly earns
c,c,ent for his daily wants. the applications
rrich are being made daily at this office having
o,vinced me that thousands in this great city are
slv exist:ng-livrg, as the phrase goes. from
hand TO NOUN -.- ...o,.. ,,.,,, .,, ,,,,,
,ah connection OF our business life. The ten
go, Of industrial life 5 plain 10 any observer;
III business concerns are being slowly forced
.., ~ business by the large corporations, who in
- unceosine. everlasting struggle to obtain
,,onaCe nay hardly enough salaries TO Keep ihcir
f,oyos from starving, with the exception of those
..ls,n- the principal and more important places.
a,ufart,,rinc and railroad companies. and. in
o.. oil erterurises. are conducted upon such
"a foundations that the day is pas; when rea-
tI amount Of our youth can ever expect TO
81 the TOD Of the ladder OF wealth, their energy
SO stunted through iacA OF room lOI expansion
pes =, hecomCs the duty OF those who have been
favored by Providence or iEtcnhe 20 CONSIDER SeT
S Syser "a 10 old age AS a curse, and who see no
.,.',rs hui the pOorhouse ,-
,h. ihe present civilization has forced these CON
ma ue I'd that all vho are fortunate enough TO
S,'iII.ss'on5 the necessity or Woiryng about their
pc "! oI,o,,Id lend their aid in founding a home
u'hioS oil respectable, poor. aged people of both
10 ~ 90 ard be cared for, feeling that they
Sens a O manta aimed and cared for at the
Ii,,rc evnense Of others but that they re-
MiIts in their old Gays that assistance which
eocie.S owes TO them, and that they are not re-
s,en;s Of charity. but receiving their just
SiHs The plgn could ana ought TO receive State
ouI I .,,v aid. our mliOnares ought to endOw l.;
81 60 srSe department stores ought to contribute a
arcentsee Of their earnings; our railroad, steam
~ and manufactr ling establishments should be
oxed for lis support; the people should contribute
heir dollars dimes and nickels.
The home should lie located upon ample grounds.
covering many acres, in detached cottages. where
,Se inmates could cook and live 10 suit them
selves: make clothes in any style they Ike receive
. d1Ilv allowance for the meals which they could
a-Ssr at the various dining ooms attached TO the
$50. they could visit and receive visits: any
sSouli be admitted who has been resident of
Tew-York City for twenty years. or who has salts
factory recommendation from cergymen good
sforSirg citizens to the effect that they have not
been residents for that length of time but are in
every way deserving and worthy of entering the
Rome. whose past histories would bear investga-
ZION and who have always lived honest. upright
Industrious lives, and whose misfortunes are
through no fault OF their own.
I invite all those who are interested and are
ready TO contribute to such deserving and neces-
ssry object as this home to communicate with me-
and when sufficient capital has been guaranteed
vii call a meeting and complete the organization,
with the most reputable citizens IN the community
ss directors GEORGE BLAIR.
No. 6 Third-ave.. Manhattan. July 80. 1885.