New-York tribune., 1906-11-28
GIFT OF 100000.
Mrs. William e. Dodge Provides
Harlem Home for Boys.

The gift of 100000 for the erection of a lodg-
ing house for homeless boys in the Harlem dis
trfct was announced at the annual meeting OF
the Children's Aid Society. held in the Chase
National Bank yesterday afternoon. The donor
was mentioned by the treasurer, A B. Hepburn.
merely as "a friend and the secretary, c.
I,oring Brace referred to her "a lady long
familiar with the work of the society. But II Is
stated on good authority that she is Mrs. Will
lam f. Dodge. The gift was made through
William Church Osborn. president Of the society.
The building will be begun as suitable
site can be found and it is hoped that II Will be
completed within year. Speaking Of the need
for such q home, Mr.. Brace said in his report:
There are a large number OF homeless boys IN
Harlem who can find no shelter except the low
1noney they sleep In hiding places along the
Harlem waterfront. Some Of them have been
discharged from the House OF Refuge and other
institutions; others have become homeless
through family misfortune, and many come in
from the country on foot or by the freight
trains.
From experience in the past We are confident
that a well managed temporary home in Harlem
will meet the needs OF these street lads. 4
building is planned which shall have a gym
nasiuln, q club and reading room, homelike
dining room, quiet oor1nitories, generous lava
tories and locker rooms. a laundry and a work.
shop. where those who wish it may obtain some
instruction in handicrafts. Under the SUPER
.intendence of a man who has the power OF culti-
with the advantage of the factories of all kinds
in that neighbornood where employment may be
found for them, We are confident that each year
hundreds Of boys in that neighborhood will be
saved from vagrancy.
Among other gifts of the year were $4,000
from Mrs a. Newbold Morris for West Side
school, $1,000 from Mrs. Joseph NJ. White for
the farm school. and S45000. undesgnated, from
another anonymous donor The total receipts
were S7129oI ~. a2d the expenditures $50. l45.
The gift for the harlem Home was the most
important event OF The year. Another or al
most equal moment was an arrangement with
the City and Suburban Homes Company for
the erection OF tenenaents suitable to the means
of the widows and INDECENT and inefficient people
living in the neighborhOod of the Jones Memo
rial Industrial School. These tenements are now
in process Of construction at No All to 40 East
73d street. and the rent VIII be So a room a
month The building IS to cost S1O0oo0 and Is
being erected four lots given TO the Chill
drens Aid Society and then sold to the COM
pany for $4,000 in stock
Heretofore" Mr. Brace said. in his report
'-he model tenenents in this city have been OF
expensive construction, so that the very poor
could afford TO live in them WIDOWS WITH
children. and families whose principal wage
eaguer is helpless inefficient are crowded
into out-of-t tle-way places, dark rear tenements
Easements ana dilapdated rooms unfit for habi-
tatfon. These houses viii afford room for eighty
families. 10 be nominated by the visitor OF our
Industrial school II gives promise Of being a
very helpful and yet se!t-supportmg peheV-
olence.'
During the year the society has cared IN some
way for 60.4S6 children. OF these about 19pVv
We're enrolled in the industrial schools, 9.34o
received relief in their homes, 4,526 were smell
tered in the lodging house, 1859 were placed at
the farm school and 7lS We're placed in fam
flies.
Since the founding OF the Children's Aid So
ciety in 1853 It has rescued and placed in family
homes 24314 orphans or abandoned children
provided situations at wages IN the country for
% $50 older boys and girls and restored 6,I4S
runaway children TO parents.