New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-11
HOME FOR THE FRIENoLEss.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: NV attention has been called 70. a Iet.s.
from Bishop Greer IN The Tribune Of December "A
describing the work OF Hope Farm, hons Is-
children at Verbank. n. Z. In this letter the
Bishop so truly describes the condition Of lrzs
numbers Of the children OF great city-ths
children of the poor, the degraded and the In
rnoralHthat one sees at glance that he Epsaks
from actual contact with them immoral bona
surroundings, drunken parents, vice filth and teri
BILE neglect in the homes from which hey haz.
been taken the victims OF dire poverty
mother taken to the hospital, father sent to ts
island for drunkenness or abuse OF wife and chi
dren," as he truly says are the causes leading
the appearance daily In our courts OF numbers q
boys and girls for whom better surroundings than
those from which they have been taken s5sc-
lutely required Il they not to grow up seuntsd
physically mentally and morally, and become
menace 20 society
The Bishop says that for the reception Of such
children there is a great lack Of Protestant nst-
tuttons and that this was The reason for starting
Hope Farm This IL true More Protestant homes
or much larger accommodations IN those now e
isting In our city, are greatly needed; OUT as one
who has long been connected with and deeply 4
terested In the Home for the Friendless should
Ike to call the attention OF Bishop Greer and q
your readers 20 its work. which lies along pre-
cisely the lines which the Bishop indicates
The home accommodates two hundred children
and Is almost always full 70 overfowtng. ne
boys and girls range In age from two to tFsTs
wears and the course Of study and manual TAIN
ing from the kindergarten Is adapted 20 tnsE
needs while roorny grounds. a gymnasium and
playrooms for each department furnish The recra-
ton needed outside OF school hours, and more n
portant than all there Is a honelfke atnosphe7s
spirit OF freedom and kindness pe-vadns us
whole building which IS certainly UNUSUAL n y
institution We try 70 make real home tor Oh
BOYS and girls and they show Il n ne1r aces am
their actions
Our children stay with for longer Or snor'S
periods as the circumstances which send nsn
US require and when we are given legal CO..
over them we ind homes for them Il rs-1Ais
this and other states, keeping n touch VIII II
a. they grow up- Hundreds Of such boys sa s.
now useful men and women, have gone out l'0-
our society since its organization In 1874
We have two pressing needs boys eSc0s
ssnara,e from the main building that ve =
take more bows and put additional girls !"
present bows dormitor1es and hospital and soS
ton house also separate from the uatn 0ON- Jun
where We can treat successfully the diseases We
will break out among children and prevent -
spreadins through the various departments
are glad indeed for the extstencs eHope -.
and all similar institutions which take ID -.
I'D the little waits and strays or our CIV -
cordially invite Bishop Greer and all m1efe'Ds :,
child saving work 10 VISIT our home, cne
Oldest of such institutions In the city, ana 20
of the best equipped and most modern N - -
"a. MRS. FRANCIS N WEsAS
President American Female Guardian 500 -
Home for the Friendless, No $50 "0Oo'~
avenue, New York
Jan. 4. 1909.