New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Orphan Asylum Society Of Brook
lyn OnenS New Hospital.

AZ a preliminary 10 a talk on business
ethics before the Manufacturers Associa-
ton. at the Union League club. on Thurs
dav evening. Seymour Van Santroord, or
Troy. told a story. Not long ago, he said
= Young Mems Christian Association held
n special meeting. il was announced that
tho topic 20 he discussed at the meeting
would be Hell: What Sort of Place
Il Is. How TO Avoid IT," II was also an
nouuced that thcre would be an elaborate
musical programme. and that a special solo
would he sung by the famous tenor Mr..
Blank The name OF the solo which he
would sing would be Tell Mother I'll Be
There"
The Orphan Asylum Society OF Brooklyn
opened its new hospital, at No. l450 Atan-
tic avenue. the other day. The hospital
IS two-stoiy detached brick structure
with entrances on Atlantic avenue and St
Andrews Place The building cost $4,000.
II has a detention ward. a general ward
and three wards for emergency cases or
CONTAGIOUS diseases Seventy-dye patients
can be accommodated al one time. After
the celebration Of the seventy-hfth anniVer-
sary Of the society two years ago a bulld-
ing fund for the hospital was started This
was increased by the proceeds from oaii
held shortly after the anniversary celeora-
ton. The building has been in the course
Of erection for the last year and hall'
Rooms have been endowed by Mrs. J. v
Neserole. Miss Elizabeth i. Hoagland. Mrs.
James Stokes Mrs. Henry Chatfeld and
W. Edwin Thorp. Robert r. Walbridge has
endowed the operating room
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81 the St James Auditorium. in Jay street
me other day and organized an auNillarY
20 advance the work Of collecting funds
+o build a convalescent home for the per-
sons looked after ty the Nursing Sisters
Of the Sick Poor. Next Wednesday even
ing the women will hold euchre tourna-
rnert and reception az the Auditorium IL
is hoped 70 get the building under way oy
spring. The sick poor from all the parishes
of the borough will benefit by the nome.
The order Of Nursing Sisters was organ
izAd several years ago, when number OF
Sisters Of the order Of L'Enfant Jesus
came 70 Brooklyn from France. The con-
vent Of the order Is AT No. 539 Henry street
The only source of income IS money given
nv the charitable From the time they be-
gan their work here IN January, 1908, up
- the present. they have attended two
thousand sick persons. some OF whom re-
ouired attention for months They have
distributed clothes among three thousand
families in this period. The Sisters have
not drawn the denominational line in their
work one OF the results Is that Clarence
T. Mohrman. attorney foc the Title Guar
an;ee and Trust Company. a prominent
member of the South Bushwick Reformed
church. has become interested in the plans
for tho home. and viii furnish a band OF
forty pieces for Wednesdays affair
Burton Holmes vii. give the last Of HIS
series of lectures on travel under the au-
spices Of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and
Sciences on Wednesday at the Academy Of
Music. His topic will he Two WAYS
Around tho World" on February Is
Emanuel " Newman viii begin a series
Of illustrated lectures OF travel. His first
topic viii re The Austrian Tyrol' Sew
crai musical events arc scheduled. The
KneiseI String Quartet will eive concert
on February q. the New York symphony
Orchestra on February II and the Fionzalcy
string Quartet on February =.