New-York tribune., 1902-10-05
AID THOUSANDS OF POOR.
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siderable time before they can be taken in?
The Country SanatoriUm, al Bedford Station.
Westchester County, was opened on May 80
last with proper ceremonies and under most
encouraging auspices.
The membership list is over Eve thousand.
These members pay from $40 10 Sl00 year.
Besides this income the nome has an assured
revenue of about S700g0
As both Of these hospitals were in the up
town" district and as the demands tor hospital
accommodations came largely srcm the tore
ment house district. a downtown Jewish hos
Dital became a need which was promptly re-
Heyed by the Wen TO 90 people in ,hat Tart OF
the city Ben Israel Hospital WAS founded
about twelve years $50, and has just taken pos
session OF its new building in Jefferson ard
Cherry SITS. IL has accommodations for seventy
five adults and sixteen children. This hospital is
supported by the orthodox Jews. and its kitchen
is conducted in keeping with The Mosaic dietary
laws but although The funds for its main
tenance come exclusively from Jews, il is. like
the Mount Sinai, a non-sectarian hospital, and
refuses no patient because of ds religious be
Aet Its income from membership dues is about
s00e0
In connection with the hospital there are a
keles auxiliary society and a young peoples
society. Mis-. Nathan Marcus and Israel 5
Fearlstein are the heads. respectively. Of these
organizations which have done much toward
making the hospitals work possible.
lie youngest of the Jewish hospitals was
opened early In 1888 in Westchester-ave and
hundred-and-tfueth-st. This is the Leb-
anon Hospital which occupies the site formerly
he property Of the Ursuline Convent
The contributions toward the support Of these
iour institutions alone amount 10 more than
AOleo year The membership lists aggre-
gate about twelve thousand. More than six
Aolsand patients Mere treated in these hos
l''"'s last year, ana The acgommodatious have
been considerably Increased
Tie Jewish Institutions for the care Of chill
oien rank with The hospitals in good arrange
"-eN and management The three large insti-
'uuons have accowmudati.f.s for about two
thousand children. The larlest of these. tho
Hebrew Benevolent and orphan Asylum, is also
lhe Oldest The Hebrew benevolent Society was
loUAced with p cash capital Of $500. which had
teen collected far q Jewish soldier und r Wash
1's'on, who died before be could use IA. money.
IAe iun1 was taken in charge by Daniel Jack
s'1 Joseph Davies. John J. Haft and other
f'oA4!heht Jews who formed a society TO aid
DeiHoeTS and strangers lu want" The first meet
.1s TOOK place iE lo2U at Bamet's Hotel The
'unu grew slowly. the first large contribution
N'N-'Lg fTom Judah Tour0 who gave s. OGo. This
s'eeg consisted exclusively Of English and
tOl'uguese JeWs There was al that time also
"eFman-HeireW benevolent society in This
~ When ihesa lHo bodies united the present
pNan asylum Was created. There was only
o1' S-"VoO in the united treasury, but funds
''''ee'ed rapidly, and in 1860 an asylum
80 opened IN West Twenty -ninth-st. In t~o
''1'S lie demands had outgrown the building,
~u larger structure was built at Seventy
CoIu-sI and TLrd-aye. The present large
s."e'hg was opened In 1883. II occupies the
'''cA N Amsterdam-ave., between One hundred
-" D'ir'y 'y-eighth-st and One-hundred-and-
- A'h1h-sI IL Is in every respect a model
49, ..-'oi' sui ported by voluntary subscriptions
h., membership dues. The members contributed
g. seI ,ee about $4,000 The total income was
a. To- OF which the city gave S79,242
-, stern succeeded Emanuel Lehman. who
Ne once of president seven years In the
"a, '''oA ma" ~ the asylum "A beautiful memo
"es been erected 10 Jesse SeIigman. who
g., oil The institutions most devoted
ana Tor many years its president
ts - -'Nl'" Shelterins Guardian Society has
ana e.A cs'.~A asylum In Broadway, Onc-huudred-
d 'h 'h ana oue-huudred-and -fifty-nrSt sts.
'ouAaed i"enty-threc years ago by some
r..r unaer The leadership Of Mrs T. J. Joach-
o. - iNe asylum had for its object the care
A. "'aA children who could not be accop,no-
s. - /" lhe larger institution lis first home
cam, 'S'''ilh-si. and First-ave.. soon be-
erer,., Oo small and the present building Was
l.