New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-25
LITTLE ITALY SETTLEMENT.
Brooklyn Heights Residents to Start One
Near Hamilton Ferry.

Brookyn's latest philanthropic departure is the
Little Italy Neighborhood House. which
Gently opened at No 9S Sackett-st Its object is to
minister to the Italians living around Hamilton
Ferry which is said to be practically the on&y i'm
portant tenement district in the big cities of the
country where Settlement work has not been in
troduced. Well known Heights people have
ganiZed and financed the scheme.
Not all New-Yorkers know that Brooklyn has
Little Italy Of its own which surpasses in extent
and foreignness the downtown and uptown
Little ltalys of Manhattan. In the triangle formed
by Degraw and Henry SITS and Hamilton-ave Is
one of the largest and most distinctive Italian cities
in the world Union and President SITS. from the
river it's chief arteries of trade and traffic.
and the whole quarter Is given to Italian tene-
ments. wine shops, groceries. lodging houses. with
what IS regarded the best marOnette theatre in
America
About twenty years ago 1t began to form along
the river front in the neghborhood of Hamilton
Ferry. South Brooklyn. but it is only within the
last eight or ten years that it has become big and
powerful. Now it's fame has gone FORTH so it is
said. TO every hamlet and farmhouse in Italy, and
every incoming steamship from Southern European
ports brings fresh recruits
South Brooklyn has been singuarly neglected by
Settlement workers hitherto At present the
est Settlement to Little Itay's neghborhood house
is Friendly House. in DeEraw-st., organized by
Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen. This, however, has
line quite separate and distinct from that which
the new Settlement will attempt to cover.
Miss Louise c Barthelow be head worker
and resident of the Settlement house. Miss
Bartheow has had considerable experience among
the Italians. Ellis Lord of Brooklyn, is president
OF the association, and the head of an executive
committee COMPOSED of Miss Elizabeth butcher,
Miss Katharine Dreier and Miss Zoe Lehman.
Miss butcher has for some time done social work
in connection with the Brooklyn Bureau of Char
tiles and is much interested in social work. G..
Lordi is vice-presdent, and Frederick G.. PAUL,
also Of Brooklyn. is the treasurer, The Settle
ment will further have board of thirty-siX direc-
tors. and there TO be fellows, sustaining men,
bers associate members and annual members, the
dues for these classes being respectively $50, 500
so and So
Greenwich House, in JOnes-st.. Manhattan, estab
lished by Miss Mary Kingsbury Simhkovitch is to
be the model The Settlement house is a three
story brick dwelling, Of the type of private house
common in Brooklyn. An extensive programme has
been planned, including g. dspensary, kindergar-
ten, clubs for young men, young women boys and
girls; sewing cooking, art and music classes IL
brary and special classes in certain subjects like
English and literature The dispensary will be Sit
uated in the basement. and will be equipped with
associated physicians and surgeons and a nurse 1t
| floor. This kindergarten, it is hoped, will be a
regular public school kindergarten, application
| to this end having been sent INTO the Board Of
| Education
Little Italy Neighborhood House will stand for
! Americanism first and foremost In defining its
position Mr.. Lord said: THE work of the associa-
tion is much needed by the people of the district
selected Special stress will be laid upon educa-
tionaI effort. The association is composed of rep
resentatives of all religions, and it's work is TO be
{ lon-sectarian in character