New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16
MRS. SIDNEY 3. SiLlECK.
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Movement to Use Wall Street
Penthouse for Recreation.

The Is' Assemble District Playground
League and the Riverside Improvement
Association have under consideration ASK
.nc the city to convert the site Of the Old
wal Street Ferry house. at Montague
street and the river front. into play
ground or use il for a recreation pier.
BROOKLYN las only one pier. That IS az
North ID street and the river front. VIII
.ars0urc. The Heights AMI Red HOOK
sections have no places foF the children.
The suggestion that the bodies take W
The campaign was made at the last meet
+. ;pg o. +. 5. Bronson. Ills remarks were
well received and the members were
asked 10 attend the next meeting pre-
parcd 10 discuss the question. An enort
viii be made TO get the civic. phil2n-
,hropic and church forces into TIE move
mert. \ mass meeting VIII probably be
held 10 grouse public interest.
The House Of s.. Giles the cripple is
tr.inc to raise 100000 for a new! home
Any one who contributes $1,000 OF more
will have his name placed in the entrance
hall Of the new building. The home vas
founded by Sister Sarah. who came rom
Philadelphia fer that purpose at No. i2-
Degraw street, on August 70, 1891. The
furnishings 10 begin with consisted Of a
mattress and a barrel that had been leit
by former tenant. She had three GRIP
pes under her care and these $40 allowed
10 sleep on the mattress, while she sat on
the barrel. For while she was the sole
worker. Then DR.. Burr Burton Mosher'
who 10 now chairman Of the society that
runs the homo, became Sister Sar"H
assistant. lie not only attended the GRIP
PIES. but isokel after the furnace ana
pvept the sidewalk The home grew IN
Importance and changed its abode from
t,,no 70 tine until II bought IT'S present
house AZ Garden City. Long Island, and
dedicated It on May 90, 1909. In 1913 IL
sold its property at No. Az Chnton street
And the following year purchased puli'-
lry site at President street ana Bro"kIs"
avenue. The object Of the institution IS
the correction Of physical defornitles' II
receives crippled children Of all creeds'
colors and nationalties under sixteen
years OF age and gives them moral men
tal and Industrial training.
The Orphan Asylum Society of BROOK
Ign learned al its last meeting tha' ~
was a year Of progress In the WORN Vi
the institution which 1t runs. III us
building, In Atlantic avenue, there are a'
present 2s7 children. 125 boys and l2 girls.
The receipts for the last year amounteu
TO the sum OF s4j.9i2. The expenditure
amounted to s42.i71, leaving a balance Vi
E,771. or 81, 900 more than was the oai""oo
al the first OF the prior year. Al the ass
lum hospital 236 cases were treated Vi
these seyenty-seven were contagious o'o
patient died from tuberculosis menihsi.is'
The number OF patients who applied lot
treatment was sixty-three less thah III
1911. The hospital has now been III OPP
Grafton three years.
Burton Holmes will repeat his illustral-
&C lecture on THE Panama '"'a'
Wednesday afternoon and evening at 'ne
Academy OF Music. speaking under the
auspices OF the Brooklyn Institute VI
Arts and Sciences. The institute has also
made arrangements for him To give
second repetition on the afternoon anu
evening OF February 25 Frank Speaieh''
u London Will give the third III HIS
course Of Dickens recitals Saturday even
ing. His topic will be "Pickwick Papers,
Captain ROAD Amundsen will repeat HIS
lecture on "The Discovery OF the south
Pole" Friday afternoon and evening III
the music hall OF the Academy Ihe
afternoon lecture will be specially Tor
Students. who will be admitted at re-
duced prices. The Boston Symphony Or
chestra will give concert at the opera
House OF the Academy OF Music Friday
evening. Max Pauer. pianist, will be the
assisting artist.