New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27
HOMES FOR THE AGED.
WOMEN. POOR BUT CULTURED. WHO
ARE WELL CARED FOR

At THE TRINITY CHURCH HOUSE THEY ARE
THEIR OWN HoUsEKEEFERs AND
FEEL INDEPENDENT
Ground for the new ST. Luke's Home for Indi-
gent Christian Women was broken few days ago
at -fourteenthst near the Boule-
ward and II is expected that large building.
equipped with all modern improvements for such
structures. will be completed In May 1929 The
Home for the Aged Of the Church of the Holy
Communion. which IS at No. $50 Sixth-ave..
will soon be removed house that has been
purchased for the purpose In West Twentieth-st
Al Lukes which Ia the oldest Episcopal church
Home in the city, was opened in May 1852 and In
corporated in January. 1854 For number OF years
Il had It's headquarters at No. 4S7 10 i9 Hudson-st.
and when II moved to its present location. al Mad-
son-ave and Eighty -nnth-st. the Hudson-st. house
was used as a home for old men and aged couples.
Tho benefciaries OF S.; Lukes are gentlewomen in
reduced circumstances, and the Home does not
give the impression % institution Its appoint
ments throughout indicate taste and refinement.
and each guest has her own we-furnished room.
except in the case Of sisters for whom double
rooms are provided The reception and dining
rooms are on the ground floor. and each floor has
q perior for the Of the aged women Guests
are at liberty go away TO visit friends and rela-
tives but there is rule that no one shall absent
herself for than ten weeks without permits
sion from the Board. great deal is done 10
cheer and entertain the inmates musicals. reci-
tations etc. being given. and in the summer there
are picnics drives and other outings
Except in the OF benefciaries who occupy
endowed rooms an admission zee OF $500 is required.
The nine endowed rooms are: The st. Anna en-
dowed by Nancy L. Sherwood and Mary f.
Blodgett: the Carolins Talman. by Miss Caroline
Taman: the Trinity Room by the corporation OF
Trinity Church, the ST. john by Grace Wilkes. in
memory OF two aunts; the Joanna S. Auchmuty, by
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard T Auchmuty in memory Of
49, = ~, hath n Eo,o
In memory OF her husband; the Sarah Ann Martin,
by Henrietta Martin. In memory OF her mother:
the Sallie Eigenbrod by the Rev William f.
Eigenbrodt. IN memory of his sister. and the Cyrus
s. Curtiss Room. by Mary Helena Curtiss. In mem
DRY OF her husband.
The matron Of st. Iuke's Home is Miss Marcia p
Darby and the officers Mrs. j. jarrett Blodgett
president: Mrs Cyrus S Curtiss. Mrs Thomas
Rutter and Miss Josephine H. Dill. vice presidents:
Miss Jessie Young. secretary. and Mrs. Morris
wilkins jr.. treasurer
The Hone for the Aged OF the Church OF the
Holy Communion was founded in 1869 by the Rev.
DR.. Lawrence. and though IL primarily IN
tended for the OF the aged poor OF the parish.
outsiders received. II there is a vacancy The
house accommodate ties twenty four and the charge
for benefciaries who are not members Of the parish
IS $lS a month. In this is paid by a
church OF which the aged person had been a mem
Der; old family servants have been thus cared FOR
by employers, and there In which the
Home provides for destitute without charge
The age Of reception is sixty years and upward ex-
cept In the of crippled helpless person.
who may be received al earlier age The old
ladies who not decrept find interest in and earn
little pocket money 10y sewing and knitting They
also paid for remaining in turn for an hour or
two daily in the Church OF the Holy Communion So
that II may be kept open all day
Another Home than oontemplates a removal 10 n
building of Its own. but has not yet made definite
plans, is Trinity Chapel Home No. 22I West I
Twenty fourth-stl which founded by Mrs
q and
commodities thirteen old people and guests who are
not too infirm take OF their own rooms and