New-York tribune., 1910-02-13
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Year at Seney Hospital-Har-
mony in 18th 4. ID.

,-.-o, s,-arue one of the chief streets
80 so..io-, of the borough that is chiefy
o,,,,,o-od ~, German Americans. has be
come known from one Of the hnes Oh o'Si
ness that seems to prosper upon II 'iio'
+ban in other sections. The denizens rouho
shout call it "delicatessen avenue Inc
,aonle Of The Rideewood section say that
whenever a new block Is opened up lol
trade four stores are always hired inlmeoi-
srely Their proprietors are invariably a
delicatessen dealer. a barber. a shoemaker
and q saloonkeeper. Sometimes these stores
face each other. but the proximity does
not seem 10 injure them
Superintendent a. s. KaNanagh reports
that Seney Hospital, Seventh avenue. De-
tween eth and eth streets, found lSoS It's
most prosperous year The institution Is
now twenty-five years old. During the
wear 6l0 patients were cared for or the
81 $50 days Of treatment given in the wards
and rooms $50 were free. OF the patients
ass died Many OF these were brought TO
the hospital by ambulances in dying con-
di1ion.
From all sources the hospital received
in the year the sum OF sll5.S5l IS. This WAS
an increase Of Sl2,s4S l5 over 1905 In the
year the western pavilion was renovated
at an outlay of s75.eel, and 5000 was spent
for other Improvements. The endowment
fund was increased by 34sc76 IS, bringing 1t
up to total Of sS14241 o.. The superintend-
ent reports that s5a.eeo is soon 10 be paid
into the Golfers OF the institution
Harmony At laa reigns in the 18th As
ser7blv District The last vestige OF the
factionalism that grew up about the late
Senator = II. McCarren. the Brooklyn
Democratic leader, passed away from the
section a few days ago when the Old Hick-
cry Club. which made vigorous fight at
the primaries OF 1908 and 1903, dropped out
OF politics, leaving the ground. politically
speaking to the Andrew Jackson Club
Many OF the members of the organization
have renewed their membership In the
older club.
The Old Hickory Club. which occupies a
building at No. 1913 Putnam avenue. was
organized to aid P ]. Carlin in fighting T
z Byrnes the anti-McCarren leader, whose
clubhouse is AT No. 325 Greene avenue MT.
Byrnes has been recognized the district
leader in the distribution OF patronage,
which is considered proof by all the Demo
Gratis that the need for primary fights
against him has passed.
Principal William L. Felter of the Girls
High School has determined upon CAM
among the outgoing pupils Of the organza-
tion. He has discussed the matter with
the girls for some time past and now has
announced that. for the first time in six
wears class day will again be held in June
The graduates of the institution num-
be-ed in the thousands, each year seeing
more than three hundred young women re-
ceive their diplomas.
The graduates are scattered all the
country and many of them are prominent
in the alunnaa associations of higher insti-
tutions of learning. For some reason the
association connected with the Girls High
School appears TO take little interest in it
To bring the graduates and the pupils into
faculty adviser for each grade each ad-
wiser being an cd high school pupil.
Wright Kramer viii begin his course OF
lectures under the auspices OF the Brooklyn
Institute Of Arts and Sciences in the COM
ing week. on successive Tuesdays he viii
give The lectures afternoons and evenings at
the Eastern District branch Of the Young
Mems Christian Association. On successive
Wednesdays ne will repeat the lectures
afternoons and evenings al the Bedford
branch OF the same organization. His first
1cpr viii be our Own Hawaii The
lectures VIII be those delivered in 1909 by
Burton Holmes. and the same pictures will
be used.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra Will re-
turn 10 Brooklyn on February %. and in
the evening VIII give a concert at the
Academy Of Music. On the following after
noon the New York Symphony Orchestra
Will give concert there. On the evening
OF Saturday, February 26. Henry Gaines
Hawn viii give special dramatic reading
j. the Music Hall His subjects will be
ProwninE's Andrea del Sarto" and Yeats's
s'The Hour Glass