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w. can be found more ntrkine tvidepoe
.s,hs vast sums Of money spent here every
ssr for charity. educstlon and reiigion
An in that comparatively nsw .thoroush-
i.e, Amsterdam avenue.
4, tho very beginning Of the avenue. ct
w,st Fifty-nlnth and sixtieth streets are
,,,ua,ed two notable institutiona, where
,ho moor arc treated without charge, tho
sloane Maternity Hospital with It's TOO
Mao beds, and tho Vanderbilt Clinic. which
thoroughly up-to-date free dkpensary.
Ono block above the clinic Al Sixty-hrst
aree, Is the house Of reception and lying
q department Of the Nov York Infant
nyum with It's $50 beds. al free. The
country home Of this institution, which h
maintained by private eifts and By Appro-
oriatious from the public funds for the
bspefit Of needy women of the city. b at
Mount Vernon. The total number Of In
mates last year IVES 1857.
Continuing up tA4 avenue at Seventy
fourth susot you And In West End Ex-
change and industrial Union. whose main
ebject Is 70 help along and sucousNss
vomen who havo to work fos I living
mo exchange selh on consigumsut ne
york Of self-supporting womsh. Il eho
maintains an efnpioymspt b,Ve6u and .
bureau Of information for addresses Of
teachers, dressmakers. tfuined nurses. hair
dr@sors and other branches Of woman's
wuk
The next charitable institution b the
Methodist Episcopal Church Home at
Nlnety-second strecA Q substantial brick
structure which occupies q block frort.
II was established to give home 70 Door.
aged and inhrm persons who had ben
members Of that denomination for at lcest
ten years and members Of city church
of the same denomination Tor Eve yeara
Inmates are taken without charge
At i0tth strest are two conspicuous In
st!utions, both splendldly housed. On
the southwest corner 3 the homo Of the
Society for tho Relief OF tho Destitute Blind
Of New York and its vicinity. II is sup
ported almost entirely by voluntary con-
tributions. To those who are able to pay
charge Of SO month Is made; others are
received free Of charge and employment
Is provided for all who are able TO work.
They make mattresses. ressat chairs and
lA all kinds OF knitting. For this work
fair wages are paid. The capacity of the
home Is 100 and It y nearly always y,h full,
corner il tho building Of the Association
for the Relief Of Repectable Aged Indigen'
Females Of the City. Those admitted
and nobody gets In except aftrr a careful
scrutiny OF testimonials as to character
AMI conduct-in,st pay an, entrance fef
OF 500 each and make over to the associa'
ton all their real and personal property
No one who has ever lived rs a servant
commodationS for ninety and has abou
100 outside pensioners.
Passing i06th street ono can see In tha
= thoroughfare, Just little east OF Amstef
dam avenue, two houses Of Q radically
different character from the last one men
toned. On the south side. running through
to forth street, b the Home for Aged ant
lnfirm Hebrews, which Is supported b.
beausss voluntaIy .,on SontfbutiOns S., an, =,
Ultff1Dtf0 uusbp obti WHitIi 70 tuuiiu8Nu W
a board Of twenty-five trustees. InmateI
are admitted {ree. and, "a fact. one Of IN,
conditions B that the applicant must havt
no means Of support There are accom-
modations for 800. On the opposite sid,
Of the street Ia the Home for the Aged OF tn,
Little Sisters Of the Poor. purely charitabl
Institution, supported entirely by dona
tons. The Little sisters have anothe
home for old persons In East Seventietl
afroa< and In both thara ara ahn,tt 90
inmates
Six blocks above at li2th street Is III
Home for Old Men and Aged Couples. whicl
n maintained especially for the tempora
ard spiritual welfare Of members OF tn
Protestant Episcopal Church. who, havinI
been accustomed to the comforts OF life
find themselves in their old age througl
loss OF property or other causes withou
means OF support. The home 's controlle
ono ciereymen and laynen, and an admission
fec OF $50 il required for each beneficiary
who may remain there for life.
Tho beautiful st. Luke's Hospital face
ii3th street lust OF Amsterdam avenue
and ct Hath street and tho Boulevard
st. Iuke's Home for Aged Widows, anothe
Protestant Episcopal Institution with ac
commodatons for eighty inmates. Tn
he over 90 and have resided 10 the cit
three years.
But 1t " above l25th street that the great
Cst Of the charitable homes and asylum
which make Amsterdam avenue 90 cor
spouous cp found. First at f20th stree
comes the Sholtering Arms, In which chi
dren from 70 10 years old for whom n
other institution provides find hom,
Inmates are held subject to the order {
parents and guardians and are not surrer
dered TO the institution. They atten
Grammar School ~ nearby and are traine
IN household and other work. The nun
Der OF children In this homo is general
about 100
Two blocks above is the j. Hood Wrigk
Memorial Hospital which does such mas
niilcent work every year In accident case
II used TO be called the Manhattan Di,
pcnsary, but the name was changed
1895 when the hospital ives endowed
TIE widow OF J. Hood Wright. II hes sixty
sly beds and last year more than 1 IL
patients were treated there. Ii hns spleI
did ambulance service, covering all the iipps
West Side above the district allotted I
Roosevelt.
Then comes the Hebrew Orphan Asylum
an immense institution extending alon
The avenue from 136th to l3sth streets an
surrounded by spacious grounds. This
of New York. Its capacity IL 500 and
gives education and Industrial trainin
TO all It's inmates IL also has an out-doo
regef department 1t Is supported b
voluntary contributions and annual ar
propriaions from the city's funds.
Al llsd street, back from the avenue, Is Il
ColOred Orphan Asylum, which provld,
gratiitously for children over years o!,
All The inmates are instructed in hon