New-York tribune., 1906-11-04
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
Brooklyn Needs Public Lodging
House for Women.

The need Of public lodging house Of some
description. where starving and unprotected
women and children may go when placed st
night in desperate circumstance. was illustrated
The other day. A woman OF good family connec-
tions, whose name the police refused 10 give
out. found herself with her two small children
starring n the streets Of Brooklyn late the other
evening. Her husband had deserted her and
the landlord had elected her from her home in
one Of the poorer districts. She had little
money in her pocletbook, and she Went to a
cheap lodging house for shelter; bnt after she
had paid out her last cent she found her quarters
ithy that she could not remain IN them and
she started of find lodgings III some char
itahle institution The Brooklyn Bureau If
Charities closed. The Society for the Aid
of Homeless Women and Children. at No. 90
Concord street, had room left for the wan
oerers. The Ozauam Home for FTiendless
Women and Children at No. ~ Concord street.
vas closed, according 10 custom. after . O'Clock.
The brooklyn Association g. the betteTlnent
Of the Condition OF the Poor was closed. and the
Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to Chill
Sren would not help her. She finally went to
the Adams street police station. where she waS
Informed that she could not be given quarters
unless she submitted 10 arrest as Nagrant.
She could not bring herself 70 that, and so the
sergeant sent out policeman with her to find
her room in some respectable cheap hotel He
succeeded. after an hours search. The police
say that such conditions are brought 10 their
sttention nightly and that there is no place
in the borough where a destitute mother can
take her children if she finds herself without
protection after nightfall-
Borough President Coler tells good story
on the city administration.
There is a man named Muldoon who lives
In The Bronx" said Mr. Coler. "AIuldoon was
troubled with the surface water which fire.
ou.ntIv collected in his cellar and killed the
chickens which he kept down there He finally
went to the Biavor and asked that sewer be
put in his street. The Mayor heard his story
and sent him 20 the Controller. The Controller
sent him 10 the Board Oh Local improvements
The board sent him TO the district board. AT
the district board meeting ne discovered anotner
man who wanted & sewer put IN his street The
two went together 10 the Mayor once moro and
laid their cases before him He sent them this
time 10 the Corporation Counsel Three months
passed, and then the Corporation Counsel issued
an opinion that Muldoon and his friend had
better give up raising chickens and raise DUCKS
Senator p II. McCarren is said to have been
converted 20 belief in witchcraft and kindred
black srts. Just before his denuncistion Of
Hearst before the Democratic General Commit
tee OF Kings County two gypsy fortune tellers,
with the regulation swarthy complexion, heavy
gold earrings and jet black eyes and hair, held
him I'D At the entrance Of the Clarendon Hotel
Sir said one, II wish 10 tell your fortune.
Certainly" said the Senator.
The three walked TO q secluded portion Of the
exchange The gypsy dropped on one knee and
took the leaders hand and studied IL, appar-
emily, for several minutes. Then she closed her
eyes Several moments again passed when she
began 10 speak in a scarcely audible whisper.
"You have had many things of late 10 cause
you worry and anxiety" she began. You have
stfl many things TO trouble you. You are en-
gagged IN a very important undertaking l see
YOU standing before large assembly. I see
you arguing 10 the people and see them listen
3ng intently, and their faces show that they
believe what you say. You ask for their ap-
provai and they give IT, all arising and shouting
their appreciation. But beware, beware. There
are three OF four Of them whose hearts are not
81 their words. Even now they are plotting
against you. They viii fai. You will learn OF
their plots and viii succeed in frustrating them
In a short tine-a month. nsrhaps-everything
VIII come out you wish. You VIII begin the
greatest work Of your life and you VIII be sue
cessfui. People will know you and you VIII have
a long and prosperous life Your star is rising
in the sky and IL is growing brighter"