New-York tribune., 1900-09-03
HOME FOR THE NEGLECTED.
MSS BUDDY. PRESIDENT OF THE HOME
GARDEN T. S. S. BRANCH, Is DOING
GOOD WORK IN A QUIET WAY.

The Home Garden Branch o: the T s s is pros
pe-1rg Notwithstanding the great heat. and It
d,tuses many rays, IN addition 10 receiving many
rs work is known 10 the older members OF the
= 5 g but the constantly arriving new members
nay be interested II recapitUlation OF enter
Prise that Is one OF the most novel and unostents-
uoss among the nulCtudinous and ulultform ef-
fo--s being made TO elevate the masses"
ne Home Garden is situated IN al old fashioned
house with E garden II the midst OF the Hun
gzran quarter a. No 80 PIeasant-ave.. just above
Ore-hunared- d-snd-seventeeuth-st and lying between
F1rst-ave and the river
Il d.ns-s from most similar ideas by not having
any aard-and-csst red tape and few methods"
IE object Is simply and solely improve the chill
aFsl mentally morally and physically by providing
& place where they may breathe the atmosphere
O. refined home IN al their leisure hours
The work Ezs begun Two years ago by Miss Anna
C. Ruddy- n long connection with city mission
work she became impressed with The hopelessness
@ effort among people 10 whom the word home"
meant only squalor. noise and qcarres, and finally
resolved 70 make home for the children al least
she began Oy taking Two rooms II oveThowing
tenement house, with a small sum OF money given
b. friend whom she had succeeded IN interesting
II those little rooms Miss Rudy spent her after
Moons ana evenings IN entertaining the children
after school Every Sunday she had tea there and
invited few small guests
Her social circle increased rapidly, especially
among the Italians and other friends became In
Iske TWO a9ors L One-hu1dred- -and-dfteenth-Et-
From there she removed 70 her present abode
which Is exceptionally airy and pleasant being in
rsighborhood that once was occupied by people Of
means. who liked gardens front and back, and
liberal spaces
Eere every day come ell the children who will
OF, more correctly, eli who can-be accommodated
The Only instruction attempted Is in the Sunday
school aad tie Saturday sewing class, but Miss
Rudy oversees their games adjusts their disputes
==A~ - F-s~ 2 - z-rf-L ~
their small sorrows and acts the part IN all pos
gible WAYS o e loving and wise older sister
mother There games for small and large for
winter evenings library filed with bright books
Each healthy minded boys and girls should like,
snd large sand tray II which the tiny ones may
play a. being the seashore. for the age limits
are generous
The children nay come as soon as they are able
en- eHd sisters who DO not think themselves de-
pictures, many Of which are the highly colored
sun6av scboois These 'eppeaI TO the color loving
little foreigners no photograph can
he Arce garden at the back OF the house and
eea q tne tine Is passed on ne PIAZZA "a aha IN n
party, 70 which she invites as many as her table
ing he invitstionz as the privilege is highly COW
etec3 and dire would be the jealousies arising from
a l1zcvsrtent omission or an invitation out OF
have seen 10 work 60 responsive IN al al II.I,s: my e5
especially The result Is seen in q few weeks. The
Qqcy than 70 any others Among the lowest one
ottsn Anas perfect gem that needs only polishing:
4hey come here eagerly, and are so lovable, and
otsn 9 beautiful that it is delight help them.
1Ao taey are ambitious. too, and want to learn
1Ae ways that they are better than theirs
= Is me hope of my life now 70 be enabled to buy
= -sIt house. with its large garden and trees. II
,S--SS permit ne 20 have so many more than can
p.Sss1y Dc allowed 70 come here, as crowding
To-Io oe suoTerstVs Of anything ike order. Here
- nave a. most twenty-five or thirty. There
C'oIc manage q hundred This house is for sale,
- % hat We are dependent upon mere chance
~ os- stay. and 4 We had SIS 900 We could buy
ne children come n winter directly after school,
- el@g lntl o'clock: then they can return al
:, 80 Ior TIE evening On Sunday they come
ss.--1E! school su6 remain FOR a talk meeting,
80. -Nllch they aIuuEe themselves as they VIII,
S1pt -at noisy games, such as ball and tag, are
L-aere sre two playroorns, for the little ones.
e---sst games or 70 read may be disturbed.
.L-i.eeec Dy the presence in the reading room. as
lager childrenE pIayroom IS called. of a large
c--1- LF11k- known the sunshine box be-
s-ss u IS filed with contributions from the T s.
- &c 70 the Sunshine box for almost anything
f%a-tfs S;c many are the prizes extr1cateo from
y sac Miss Rudy
- value q such z work, modestly yet
-! carried On. becomes more apparent when
.ssaslzeS 'the character Of the neighborhooo,
- bosaLs seventeen saloons n one block near!
- .oI strange that Miss Rud6y should long 70 be
- ~ reach q hundred instead Of q score. seeing
- s-lck response 70 her quiet ulinistrauons