New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Jewish Hospital Trying to Raise
S2OO,OO0-0'LoughIin'S Aim.

The Jewish Hospital and Training school
for Nurses began campaign last week 10
raise 100000. Each OF the directors OF the
organization forty in number, has APP
pointed committee of ten to assist
in securing contributions The plan Is
90 have each of the committeeman secure
90 in yearly subscriptions to the BrcoK-
lyn Federation Of Jewish Charities by Janu-
airy T. 1913. 1t is. understood that the
money raised this year by the committees
will be set aside by the federation to form
n building fund for the proposed new wing
OF the Jewish Hospital. The money coming
in after that will go into the general lund
OF the federation. 1t is the hope OF the
workers that their endeayors Will result
ir permanently increasing the annual in
come of the federation by 100000
Register +. r. O'Loughlin has decided
upon a plan that will meet with the APP
prevail Of every one who has dealings with
his office-the elimination of the "butch-
ers" The butchers are not the ordinary
kind be it understood. Their occupation
has been to hang about the corridors OF
the Hail Cf Records and prey upon stran-
rers who 90 there to deal with the Register
and his employees. They give the impression
that they are Of the Office staff, but, un-
like the bona fde employees, demand small
sums for their work. The presence of the
butchers" in the hall has given the i'm
preston to many persons that the city re-
lies upon the outsiders to attend to stran-
gers but this is not the case. Every Reg
lister has had signs put up warning stran-
gers against permitting outsiders TO inter-
fere in their business and Mr. OLoushlin
Rad such a sign put up himself when he
took office, the first of the year. Ills per-
sonal observations showed him mat MS
efforts were as vain as those of his prede-
cessors Now one Of the deputy registers mas
been assigned TO the work of Keeping the
butchers on the run. and Mr.. OLoushlin
threatens to call in the police. If necessary.
to prevent interference with strangers,
The Beach family has returned to Plym-
outh Church the pulpit and platform fur-
niture used by Henry Ward Beecher. ana
the articles have been made part of the eX-
hibition of Beecher relies in the church
museum The furniture consists or three
pieces-a pulpit table and chair After
Beecher had used them score or years
they were replaced by a set made from oINe
wood which Moses Y. Beach. prominent
member of the congregation. brought back
with him from the Holy Land. He had
made the trip around the world In the
Quaker City, the vessel made famous by
Mark Twain in his "Innocents Abroad.
The new furniture was put into use in 1858
and the old furniture became the property
oC the Beach family. The tree from which
the wood was cut was not far from the
Garden Of Gethsemane, near the road on
which Christ walked as he passed 10 ana
from Bethany and Jerusalem.
The clubwomen Of the borough have aban-
dnned their plan to build clubhouse. The
idea was conceived about three years ago.
circulars were sent out asking cooperation
and a committee OF nine representatives Oh
various interests was appointed to make
collections II was estimated that SlVoVN
would be required for the building. Later
a CORPORATION was formed and 800 shares or
stock were issued. The work or those In
tarested in the plan has gone for nothing
few DAYS ago a meeting was held at the
home of Mrs Cornelius Zabriskie, NO. e1o
carroll street at which the plan was 1or-
mallv given up. Some money had been
collected and some money pledged, but the
committee decided that the prospects were
not bright for securing the entire amount
needed in spite of the favor with which the
women's organizations viewed the proposal
at first. The money paid in for STOCK VIII
be refunded soon as possible