New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
4 DEFICIT OF $50 900.
Home for IncurabLeS Ran Behind
That amount Last Year.

deficit OF nearly $500 over the receipts OF last
year was reported Saturday at the thirty-eighth
anniversary OF the Home for Incurables. This
deficit the Board OF Managers announced YVES
largely due to the increased cost OF supplies
Walter s. Logan. lawyer and politician. in .
speech that shortly followed this report laugh
ingly declared that II such deficit ever occurred
IN any firm for which I counsel. II would be
Declared bankrupt Immediately" Then. becoming
serious. he went on 10 say: In this instance Il
simply shows the confidence OF the people OF this
city that you doing Gods work. and the
city is determined 10 support you. II were asked
say what is the test OF the civilization OF
ton, should answer-nOt its progress IN science:
not its architecture and art: not its government;
not the comforts OF life that IL affords. but rather
It's works OF charity That nation is highest IN civ
nzaton which takes the best OF its sick. suf-
ferng and incurablo. Our Christianity to-day is the
Christianity OF sltruism 10 make a heaven here on
earth in the part Of the city where come from
there is much OF that spirit. There is little al
trusm in Wall Street and IN the Stock Exchange
and am glad 10 be UP here to-day where can
breathe purer air. This institution needs and de-
serves more money and Qaughingly) IL you can't
Get IL by private subscription. elect me Mayor OF
New-York and III get It for you"
The Rev. George r Van De Water. rector OF St
Andrews Church. and John Stewart also made ad-
dresses at the exercises which we're presided over
by D. o. Mills. yice-president OF the Home for
Incurables.
BEFORE the speeches IN the chapel there was q
general reception which under the direction
OF the Auxiliary Board OF Lady Managers.
This pleasant Home which Is surrounded by well
kept grounds. extending from One-hundred-and-
eighty-Tst-st. TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES y thrd-st
on Thrd-ave.. had q holiday air on Saturday at
least as much as SO pathetic place could have
Many Of the patients were wheeling themselves or
being wheeled around the corridors in their invalid
chairs and others we're resting in the parlor
enjoying concert by HRger and his orchestra
There are men. women and children here. and
every one OF them has been given up by physicians
as "a hopeless case" Hospitals will take in people
G. long as there is chance OF life. but here the
unfortunate who seems 10 have lost all chance OF
recovery IS welcome Ia fact, incurableness is the
password TO this Home.
How strange il is. remarked a visitor. that
THESE people do not seem 10 have lost interest IL
NE. And few OF them look unhappy
There Is almost every kind OF known disease
msre-esthma, cancer. cerebrO-spinal scleTosis. de-
Aentia diabetes, lOcOmOtOr ataxia, paralysis, and
score OF others Two hundred ana seVenty-siX
building. toward which Miss Emily A Watson has
gwen $4,000. is finished, there will be accOmmoda-
uons Tor three hundred.
The officers OF the Home President. Martin
= Greene Vlce-presiccnts. Adrian Iselin and ID. O.
NILS: treasurer George Sherman: secretary. Henry
AZ McLaren. The officers Of the auxiliary board
are; President. Miss Mary Laidlie Dey: first vice
president. Mrs. Samuel r. Finley: second vicepres
iioent Mrs. Frederick W. Jackson: third vice-pres
laent, Mrs. Henry A. Coster: secretary, Mrs Fred
Tiffany