New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-01

take their outings sun parlor IN. smoking
room and the thea're-need enlargement"
In printed circular published By the man
ayers Of the home they say;
We have aimed to make i. What the name i'm
plies, "A home for that large class of sufferers
whose diseases arc pronounced incurable.
The persons themselves. though in many in
stances quite poor, are, in refinement educa-
ton and social position, and. above all, religious
character. SO far removed from the pauper class
that no Christian mind can for a moment bear
tn. thought Of lismssng them 10 the public
charities
OF such patients. some are received and pro-
Vidcd for tuituusly. their support becoming a
charg" upon IN" resources If he homo. while
others are paid for either by their friends or
from their own means tho usual charge being
- a week, though higher rat" is fixed for
patients who's" condition makes it necessary to
pldc" them in SrpaIat" room ana 20 Civ" them
the extra attention of a nurse.
Of the men and women who "njoy thu benefits
Of the home about e-quart"r are there fire..
OF charge. ana about the san" number pay
nominal amount, or occupy liz free beds. But
/ neither thr inmates nor the employees know
who the pay boarlrrs' ar" ur who are OF
the free list. All enjoy tn" SAM privileges and
have The same care. The services in the pretty
chapel which is entered by way of the sun
Iaror. are conducted according 10 the forms Of
the Episcopal Chur y. but the institution is non
soctarian. ana clergym-n Of other denomina-
tons arr wclcom" and may visit their core
! lgionists at viii.
A library on Tho first floor IF tho WOman's
! wing of the budding is we'll patroniz, 4. and is
presided over by Mrs. B.nbow. one of tn" ola
inmates Of he place. who looks happy and com
Portable in her ample wheel chair.
! In the wards, where there ar" from nine to
/ sixteen beds. and in the neat ana tidy rooms
occupied by one or two inmates, there are many
| old inhabitants some Of whom came To the
! home when it transferred To its present
/ place from West Farms tWcnty-"isht years a-,o
! on a wheel chair in the ward On the top floor.
: from which tn, inmates look out upon "A beau
! tifu landscape, there is one inmate who came
/ to the home "A little girl thirty years ago.
She incurably i'll then. but her life has been
, comparatively happy. and sh" is one of the
many who have learned to Apr, cate the place.
! In a comfortable chair. near window through
! which the warm sunshine STRAINED and Shon"
upon a collection of pictures bric-is-brac book I
ard ornaments Of all kinds suggestive Of Il
model home sat a woman who's refined ap-
Icarance attracted attention. Sh" was The
daughter Of a Clergyman her husband Was a
! clergyman, and her only son was also MEM
Der OF the clergy.
my life here" said she. has been SO happy
that / never wish 10 think Of leaving, and even
my bodily ament seems to have grown loss
since | had the good fortune 81 come here.
Near the cosry room is another the furniture
Of which indicated that the occupant must be
a Young woman. Tho pictures the books and
the ornaments were Of III" present time, am
one could tell without the all of the official that
the dim past with the one who made it her
home was only the yesterday of som" of he:
'cishbDIs.
On one silc ~ the h,use where TWO wings are
devoted to men on sees the same features
Here a man has adorned his room with relics
of his war experience and clos" To him is on"
whose medical library has been transferred
from his office to his new home. Pictures Of
/ friends relatives and favorite poets and fancy
articles made in some instances by the occu-
! pants themselves adOrn the walls and hooks
and corners, and in every instance the occupant