Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11

left nearly s7OO0,00O for the establishments
Of a nonsectarian home for the aged
INDECENT of former good circumstances
who have become dependent through .ad~
verslty.
There are more than 30 homes for these
shabby genteel" old people in this citv.
Either through explicit stipulation or in-
directly the members of the "familfes''
In the homes scattered throughout tbs
city come UP to the standard prescrtbeu
in the will of the New York philanthro-
pist. The homes are supported by State
aid, private bequests, public contrtpu-
tions and by churches and religious, fra
ternal and other societies.
"Thls city provides very well for ite
old persons" said the Rev. r. M. Ldttle,
secretary of the Society for Organizing
Charity. I'VE like to believe, OF course,
that the City of Brotherly Love is more
benevolent in its care of the aged de-
pendent than are other cities. We CONS
pare very favorably with them.
''The entrance fees, averaging from sioo
to 5000 and the constitutions of the or
ganizations which support the homes,
make for rather high standard socially
among the inmates The waiting lists
of all of them are large. and usually 1t
requires a year of waiting TO enter"
NEARLY 2OOO IN HOMES
Nearly 1000 old men and women, mar
red and single, wldowers and widows.
find shelter under the roofs of homes for
the shabby genteel" of this city. The
minimum entrance age ranges from GO to
65 years and in one or two cases 1t Is %
years.
Most of the homes bar old people who
were not well-to-do or who did not move
in good society, leaving them to the care
of the almshouses. In their comfortable
retreats the white-haired bellies of long
ago ply their needles. If their eyes are not
too dimmed. and the now decrepit men
read their books or walk in the garden,
slowly to be sure. About half of the
homes shelter both husband and wife, 30
that the twilight years may be spent
together,
The INDECENT Widows and Single Wom-
EMS Society of Philadelphia excludes ser
wants from the home, one of the largest
in the city, which 1t maintains at r36l6
Chestnut street. Good social standing Ia
insisted upon at the home OF the Christ
Church Hospital. at 4Sth street and Bel
mont avenue, the oldest home for aged
women in the city II was established in
1772 for Protestant Episcopal old ladies.
Another example is the Old Mans
Home, at 39th and Barring streets. which
opens its doors only to aged men whose
circumstances have been lowered by mis-
fortune. All the homes insist on good
standing and references. with entrance
fees and provisions that whatever fortune
the entrant may possess shall be devised
to the home
SOME ACCEPT POOR ONLY
In direct contrast to this. the homes for
poverty-stricken aged persons supported
by the Little Sisters OF the Poor. Catho-
lie organization, exclude all who are not
poor. Three OF these havens are main
ctr nd
18th street above Jefferson street. and
6O2 Church lane. Germantown.
Many of the Philadelphia homes are
sectarian. How particular some OF them
are as to the character OF their inmates
may be illustrated by the John c. Mercer
Home for Disabled Clergymen OF tss
Presbyterian faith, at Amber. PA.f
where no clergyman who uses tobaccof1
admitted,
ONE HOME FOR NEGROES.
There is one large home for aged ans
INDECENT negroes, both men and women,
1t is the Home for Aged and Infirnf
Colored Persons. at 400 Girard avenue.
II insists on good character and worth
mess in Its inmates.
The following is a list of Philadelphia's
homes for the INDECENT aged whom mis-
fortune has rendered dependent, The list
does not include almshouses, missions,
naval and military homes, asylums for
the aged blind or deaf or homes catering
TO the very poorest classes:
Baptist Home of Philadelphia, 1Tth and Ncr-
Christ church Hospital, 4sth street and Bel
mont avenue,
Edwin Forrest Home for Ased and Infsm
Cottman street.
Friends Boarding Home $500 Greene street.
Germantown.
George Nugent Home for Baptist Ministers
and wives. ~ West johnson street, German-
town.
German Baptist Home for the Aged. 7Oas
Ger"lan Evangelical Home for the Aged. Old
York road and Hunting PARK avenue
Home for the Aged, 1900 Mount Vernon
street
Philadelphia iT23 Francis street
Home for Aged and Inhrm colored Persons
Home for Aged and InArm Israelites. YORK
road and Tabor avenue.
Johnson street. Germantown.
House OF Rest for the Aged OF the Protestant
Indigent Widows, and Single womens So
eiety q Philadelphia. 36l5 Chestnut slreet
and Aged 3l5 south 3d street;
John g Mercer Home z, toT Disabled clsrss-
Lelmy Home for Old Ladies'. Roumfort ave-
nue. near Boyer street. Mount Airy.
Mary J. DrcNei Home and Philadeinhia
Mother House OF neaeonesses, 2l00 South Col
Masonic Home OF Pennsylvania ssss North
Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged 81
Philadelphia. Belmont Edgley ana MopulneHt
avenues,
Nazarcue Home for the Aged, 2Oa0-32 Caiuns-
bia avenue. 2O21-29 Nicholas street.
Odd Fellows Home Of PennsylYauia, iIfh
and Tioga streets.
Old Ladies' Home OF Philadelphis. raeoas
street near Comfy, Nssiuoming-
Old Man'8 Home, a9th and Harius streets.
Penn Asylum OF Philadelphia for lndIeeHt
Widows and single Women. iiOi East sasz
quehanha aNenue-
Philadelphia German Protestant Honle foe lis
Aged. 2d street pike and Soldiers foad-
Presbyterian Home Tor Aged Couples aaa
Aged Mer OF the State OF Pcnnsyltania. cIL4
avenue near Belmont avenue
Presbyterian Home Tor NidoHl ans al4<Is
Women IN the stats OF Fenns3 isaIIlaI fHIa
street and 1recnWay aVcnue-
Rebekah Home for Wives and Mi4a4H q
Odd Fellows. s20i North 1lia street.
RoNborouSh Home Tor IndlseuE Wamen. I4e=
erngtoH avenue. Eoxnorough-
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