The New York Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1874, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1874—TRIPLE SHKET. BENEFICENCE. The Charity That Never Paileth Still at Work. Hints for the Professors of Philanthropy. DOINGS” OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, Superintendent Pease on Soup Hitchen THE GREAT IDEA OF MR. DANA. Our columns testify to-day that the labor of love Which exercises itself in relieving those suffering from want and destitution, does not grow weart- some in the use thereof, Kind hearts and generous souls are found on every side, ready to minister to those of their fellow creatures. ‘who have fallen on the wayside of life, and whose paths have not been m the ways of pleasantness, A contribution to the thought of the country that a urying to solve the great problem of the day, In relation to social Ife, is offered by Mr. Dana, and which we commend to the thoughtiul perusal of our readers, THE SOUP KITCHENS. ——+____ About 4,000 persons visited the soup. kitchens. yesterday and received as much English mutton broth as they could take away with them, or drink apon the spot before leaving. The kitchens are working to a charm, and each day, a8 their estab- lishment becomes better known to the public, the epplicants from among the poor are becoming more numerous, The soup being of an excellent quality there is no difficulty in disposing of it, aud bread is now sapplae at the Sixth and Seventh ward kitchens, in the Twenty-ninth precinct the police have manifested but “Pa little interest im making the presence of relie! in their midst known to the poor, which is certainly a very grave matter of negiect In @ ward like the Twentieth, ‘with its thousands of destitute men, women an children. Yesterday, in thediferent soup houses, wonder the char of Mr. Delmonico, there were distributed over 1,100 gallons of soup, and to-day it 18.expected that the rush will be greater than ever. The soup is always hot on delivery, Soup in Brooklyn. ‘The soup house opened under the auspices of the Fourth precinct police, about a week ago, in the Taylor stable, Vanaerbilt avenue, has proved to be ® very great success, Yesterday 1,382 persons were fed by Captain Craft. A soup kitchen will be opened this week in the basement of the Bergen street station house, under the supervision of Captain Campbell, PICTURES OF POVERTY. Saturday Night at St. John’s—“ For Baby’s Sake!—The Ladics Asking for More Clothing. Notwithstanding the large congregation that at- tends religious services at St. John’s, Sunday is a dull Gay there. ‘The crowds that filled the open spacé in front of the schoolrooms and made the vestibule go fall of the bustle and excitement of life on Saturday had retired ; out to-day will bring them shronging back again, and the busy scenes of last week will doubtless be re-enacted. Till a late hour Satarday evening the volunteer clerks were all busy at their desks clearing them for the work of the present week, The admirable system pur- sued retains every name and aadress, whether from the donor or recipient, of money, clothing or food. ‘The most hastily pencilled note is filed for re‘erence at any future time, and every penny or toa/ of bread received has thus its written history. All this involves no siight amount of labor, but itis performed cheerfully by the volunteer visitors, Yhe number furnished with food on Saturday was 600 families, FOR BABY’S SAKE. Late one evening last week a gentleman, accom- panied by his wife and two children, one a babe in arms, entered the Guild. They had walked all day long in search of tmends whom they had known a few months ago, and from whom they might ob- tain a temporary loan, if only ol sufficient mone: to purchase shelter for the night and also tood. The gentleman bad been a bookkeeper in this city for several years, but he was discharged, With hundreas of others, when “his house’ | went down im the commercial storm, ana for a time he lived on his savings, but seeking employment daily. His is the old story of unsuc- ve i for Aen paca ter ittee this oP whieh are il make @ je Paans 51681, Sim—At a meeting e Sneane 1, nd by mesns, ab m by foe ey anu ftneral expense bide a 0d rd ior acces gpageesce work of the commi i rent of depot, cas, fuel, rin aerate es 8 eae ee = xecutive ral Franz Sigel, Chairman; General Thomas = ay = N hee. 0, 4 ate ghog tag eines tor se) ot ° dues'of committee, J.J. POST, Chairman me committee bei now made up as follaws; way Ef ‘Treasurer; J. J.P oe re hottie ee Gantt, Meat. ‘Van Vorst. sean Bony, seneee ‘The office and depot is‘ at No. 800 Third avenue, ' near Forty-ninth:street, where food, clothing, &c., can be sen*. Contributions of money can: be sent to the Treasurer, corner of Bowery and Houston stree® or to aly of the committee at their places o ustness. OFFERS AND SUGGESTIONS. An Expressman’s Offer, New York, Feb, 21, 1874, To Tae Eprror or THE HERaLp:— Wishing to contribute m some way towards the relief of the suffering poor of this city, 1 wilt de- liver at any of the relief headquarters, free of charge, any donations of food, clothing, &c,, that may be brought to the office, and where the pack- ages are cumbersome allow wagons to call for “them at residences. When office and stables are closed will receive donations to be delivered or or- ders to call for same at the basement of my resi- dence, No, § Leroy serges Dear, Bleecker. Proprietor Hudson Expres Compan, 7, Now 1 Gor. rietor Hu 88, COM] io. 13. Cor- Delis aureet near Sixen avenae American Society of Painters in Water Colors. New York, Feb, 22, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD:— It has been determined by the Board of Control of this society to devote the whole amount Teceived for admission to the Academy of Design ‘on Wednesday next, 25th inst., to the benefit of the poor of this city, it being the desire of the so- ciety to do what lies within its power to help them in their present unfortunate condition. Knowing the interest that your paper takes in their affaira we would appeal to you to do ail you can to have our attendance on that day as large as sable and fee} sure you will have the gratitude or all our mem! a8 Well as the biessil Yours respectiully, J. C. NICOLL, Secretary, No. bi West ‘tenth street, A Merchant Who Wants to Found a Lodging House. To THe EprTor OF THE HERALD:— It 8a shame to humanity and a disgrace to this city that more 13 not done to relieve the respect- able portion of those who seek the shelter of the police station houses. I for one am willing—as this appeal testifies—to do something toward alleviat- ing their shocsing condition. It is true that sev- era! free lodging houses have been opened lately, but their capacity to afford relief is very insuf- ficient. Think of station house lodgers being crowded into @ room, which would be crowded with forty persons, until the number it con- tained reached 117 persons, and so crammed as to oblige them to remain standing the whole, night through, many of them, doubt- less, already exhausted in vainly seeking employment—the respectable and cleanly indis- criminately in close contact with vermin covered, filthy wretches. ‘he air is stifing and pestilential, and the stench ts irightful; yet these unfortunates must stand this or perish In thé streets with cold, This is the story at one of our police station houses, corroborated by the sergeant, and is the history of all. I am desirous of co-operating to relieve these People, and am sure there are many otbera who would gladly do something. I would rather con- tribute money than time, but would do both. What is wanted is immediate action. At a moderate cost a floor can be fitted up with like accummoda- tion to that afforded in the police stations, namely, boards on a ratsed platiorm for abved, Any one having @ vacanvy floor offer it for temporary use, The Commissioners of Charities would, doubt- Jess, Jurnisn fuel, and at this present moment a man to take charge can be had cheap. Yours re- spectfully, BS. An Appeal to the Musical Profession. NEw YoRK, Feb. 18, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— J desire, through the columns of the HERALD, to make an appeal to my musical brethren resi- dent in this country in behalf of the distressed composer and his suffering wife and large family. Until Sunday last I was perfectly ignorant of this gad case, but inquiry revealed to me the fact that an old and valued friend, and @ most talented and worthy musician, wag himself and all dear to him reduced to @ state of utter destitution, All that has been stated is but avery famt description cersiul effort, and, finally, he gave up im despair and took his family to Paterson, where board was | cheaper than in the city. He sought employment | there and failed to obtain it, so at last, wnen he | could no longer buy food, he took the few shillings | that remained and bought tickets back to New York.’ He tanned to life his last remaining spark of hope—the hope that some of his old Mmends | might heip his wife, his children and himseif to live on & itttle longer, when success might crown his efforts to get work. Night came on and found | them ‘im the streets, tired—oh, how tired!—and | pungty. ‘They were directed to St. John’s chapel. The light was shining through the open door, and in the hail, on a wooden bench, the mother sat, down with her crying babe. She gathered it close to her bosom, and severa) times, when 8 | thought no one saw her, she slyly kissed its tears away and whispered to it with a mother’s faith that baby would comprehend and be comforted, WHAT WAS TO BE DONE? | It was very late and very doubtful if lodgings | could be obtained at that hour. The charges at a | hotel for a single night would cover the expense of a room for this little family tor an entire week. Two gentiemen had called in to witness the opera- tions of the Guild an hour beiore, and these two | volunteered to find a room. They were given cer- tain directions ana names, and they sallied | forth. In half an hour they returned; an hour after the family had a home, firc | and food, There was a moment’s hesitation as to what the best plan in relation to this case would ve, The lady misunderstood the cause of | the delay. She gathered her child to her breast, | and seemed about to rush into the street crying, “Dll go to the station house! Mercitul God! a city 80 great and rich as this, and no place where I can lay my head.” When she grew calmer and under- stood what was being done for her she burst into tears, becoming hysterical and saying, “Forgive me. Iwas sore distressed for baby’s sake, not mine.” True woman to the last. Surrounded by strangers, drooping from fatigue and hunger, she | forgot all else but baby. e clothing department will be open as usual to-day, and wili remain so until the last garment has been given out. The ladies in charge o1 it, however, show signs Of uneasiness tn regard to supplies, which have decreased, while the need is still very great. Among the packages received on Saturday was a large one containing new id ments, sent by Mrs. Oscar Tibballs, from “The Helping Hand,” and a burrel of clothes from New Rochelle, bearing the initials“. A, L. F.” SEVENTH WARD. Six Hundred Loaves of Bread for the | Poor. New York, Feb. 22, 1874, fo THE Epiror OF THE HERALD:— James Olvany, 260 East Broadway, undertaker and stable keeper, has Kindly contributed 100 woaves of bread for the use of the soup house every Tuesday and Thursday of each week Jor the | ext three weeks. Respectiully, JOHN J. MOUNT, Captain, Seventh Precinct Police. THE NINETEENTH WARD RELIEF COMMITTEE. Meeting at the Windsor House L: Evening. Another meeting of the Nineteentn Ward Relief Committee was held in the Windsor House last | evening, General Franz Sigel in tne chair. Since | the public meeting in Terrace Garden Theatre the | following gentlemen have been appointed addi- | tional members of the committee:—Emil Sauer, Eaq.; Henry Nathan, David Salomon, John Hoey, Joseph Choate and Judge H. ©. Van Vorst. ‘The Committee on Public Entertainment reported hav- ing secured the services of the Murray Hill Dra- matic Agsociation for the evening of March Terrace Garden Theatre, Filty-eighth street, Beat Third avenue, This elation has already earned about $20,000 for various charities in this city. They promise this committee their beat efforts, and the people of the ward will give them # crowded house, WHAT THE COMMITTEE TAS DONR. Tha Execuwve Lommittee submitted tha follow. | matic profession, I beg to tender my theatre, with there be among them any,amicted wi! ol the reality of this misery. Something has been done, and one most noble and generous music publisher has sent a munificent donation. But very much remains to be done, and I feel certain that this appeal will not be made in vain. I need hardly remind my brethren that our noble art has ever been foremost in the cause of charity. In London alone, since its first production, Handel's “Messiah” has realized more than $1,000,000 (£250,000 sterling) for the relief of suffering hu- manity. Let us, then, unite to assist our brother in this his dire necessity. CHARLES EDWARD HORSLEY, Organist of St. John’s chapel, Trinity parish. ive Hundred Boxes of Fish to Feed the Famishing. New York, Feb. 19, 1874. | To THE EpIToR OF THE HERALD:— Will you permit me to offer the soup kitchens, so generously opened by you for the hungry, 600 boxes of corned shadines; which, during the Lenten season, may be found useful. They need no preparation. A box given to the representa- tive o/ a family will feed, in part, six or eight per- sons. The Howard Mission, Sisters of Charity in our district, iree kitchens at No. 219 Mercer street and West Thirty-third street, have accepted and used some hundreds of boxes, and call for more, as requested tu do during this severe season. tne enclosed card, presented to Mr. John Hooper, No. 76 Warren street, will insure the bearer as many boxes as you request. If required, send for more. Very respectfall ANNA M. HOOPE, No. 71 Yiaatson avenue, An Offer of Servicer for Charity by Ital- ian Musical Artists. Roma Hors, 36 East Houston Street, Feb, 20, 1874, } | To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— We respectfully place our services at your dis- posal in our capacity for the relief of the poor. If accepted please let us hear from you as early as possible, a8 We are uncertain now long we shall re- main in this city. CARLO ZUCCHELLI, First Basso Profondo, Italian Opera. GIORGLO SCOTTO, First Violinist, Italian Opera. Free Medical Attendance. New York, Feb. 18, 1874. To Te Error OF THE HERALD:— Please inform the public that I will give medical attendance free, between the hours of nine ana eleven A, M, or four and five P. M., to all who will | come recommended by any respectable person as | worthy objects of charity. Very respectiully, Dr. DE KREM. No, 4 West Fourth strect. Charity Benefits at the Bowery Theatre. BowkryY THEATRE, Friday, Feb, 20, 1874, To THE EpiTor OF THE HERALD:— preven . the above irom your many | Less expenses. | Amount received trom yarious source: | Total paid tor other purposes. . In furtherance of the great work you have un- dertaken—the relief of the poor of New York—and m recognition of the generous support always given by the public to the necessities of the dra- | all its resources, upon any two days during the coming week, for that object. I will be glad to as- sist in co-operation with other managers, or in any | way that may be deemed best by you or a commit- tee appointed by them for the purpose of directing the operations of the different houses. I would fuggest one matinée at the Bowery Theatre for the general poor, and another a week later for the dis- tressed of the Sixth und Tenth wards, Yours re- spectfully, W. B. FRELIGH. Beds for ‘Pwo Consamptives in the House of Rest. New York, Feb, 20, 1874, To THE EpiTOR OF THE HERALD:— There are at present two vacant beds in the men’s ward of the House of Rest for consumptives. As all our beds are free and we seek to take care 01 the most destitute victims of consumption, I should be very glad to receive applications from fome of the cases reported in your pa yl han Die atwense our Matitution ts to alleviate, ¢ |. J. CAM IN, President, No, § Wall street. Variety Theatres and Charity Benefits. New Yora, Feb, 19, 1874, To THE Eprror oF THE HERALD :— In an article in your issue of to-day’s Hera You state, “Mr. Daly deserves all the credit due to aD initiative step” in the cause of charity. Have ou forgotten that Mr. J Hart gave the frat nefit for the poor of his ward this winter? Oan- ot you influence the other variety theatres also, whore making more money than any legitimate b rereivs ay follow his ay as pA Abad part, are suppurted by she poor ng Classes ? CHARITY, AID TO THE NEEDY. ‘The New York Foundling Asylum Fair. ‘The Young Ladies’ Fair, im aid of the New York Foundling Asylum, in Sixty-eighth street, between ‘Third and Lexington avenues, held at the resi- dence of Mis. M. B. a Sawurtay. 189 Lexington avenue, on Friday and Saturday, February 13 and MM, realized $404 30 for this noble charity. Help for a Hebrew Family. FEBRUARY 19, 1874, To THe EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— On eailing this morning; in cémpany with Mr. Joseph Blum, on the destitute Jewish family whose cage you kindly noticed im your columns to- day, I found their condition in every way as de- as described by you. We furnished them mporary relief in the shape of 1004, fuel, 4c, and have to-day received contributions from a few per- gonal friends, which we purpose to make the nucleus of a fund to raise them out of their at % most sad condition. Any donations tor charitably disposed readers can be forwarded to, and will be duly ac- knowledged in your colums, by yours, respectiully, HENKY SOLOMON, No. 71 Leonard street, Church Charity in the Fourth and Seventh Wards. New York, Feb. 18, 1874, To THe EpIToR OF THE HERALD:— J often read an account of the different charities and the work they perform; also the big salaries the officers receive—and then the incidental ex- penses, how they mount up! Now what are the churches doing for their own poor? I do not hear much said about them, and only know of one in the Fourth and Seventh wards—the old Mariner’s church, at the corner of Madison and Catharine streets, At this church @ few devoted ladies have metevery Monday evening, made and repaired garments of all descriptions for the last three montbe, ana had it not been for thetr work many luttle one wonld have gone without the clothing nece sary to keep it warm. Not only clothing, but shoes, boots, 100d and medicines are jurnished by them and the officers of the church. Nearly persons have been provided for during the win- ter, and still they come. We supply our own first. I we have any to spare we give it to our neigh- bors, for we olten have those who belong to other churches apply to us, ana we never turn them away if we can avoid it. One of the ladies visits the families every week to see il they are deserv- 3 also the missionaries connected with the churen visit from house to house, seeking out ex- treme cases and giving relief as our means will allow. At present we are in want of many things, such as boots and shoes, often fuel; but money can purchase all these things, and if any of the char- itabie are disposed to send any contributions to tne care of the pastor, Rev. KE. D. Murphy, at the charch, their donations would be put to good use. CHARITY. Depot of the Central Relief Committee. Mr. Stephen W. Jessup has placed at the service of the committee the basement floor of No. 826 Broadway, corner of Eleventh street, for a depot of charitable contributions for the relief of suffer- ing poor families, not likely to be reached by the ordinary corporate inatitntions or by the newly opened soup and lodging houses. Our merchants and all who desire to do something jor this most Cb in SE ESy of the city, may send contributions of groceries of all kinds and clotning to this depot. Donations o! money may be sent to Rev. C. Goss, No. 97 Varick street; John R. Terry, hatter, Union square; Lucius Hart & Co., No. 10 Burling sip; McKulop & Sprague, No. 106 Worth street, and H. Griffin & Sons, No. 66 Duane street, Meyer Wolfe—Relief by a Rebrew Be- mevolent Society. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In your issue of the 19th inst. 1 noticed allusion to the case of Meyer Wolfe, No. 65 Ridge street. On looking over the books of the Ladies’ Bichor- cholam Society I find the same family have been relieved by them, on December 17, with $4 in money and some articles of clothing; aiso on the 16th of February with $4 in money, JAMES ALEXANDER, THE CHARITY EXHIBIT. The Charitable Institutions Which Do Not Dread Critical Examination of Their Affairs—Serious Charges Against the American Seamen’s Friend Society by a United States Government Sur- eon, Below will be found further returns of the finan- cial condition of additional charitable societies, re- ceived since the last tesue of the HERALD. Care has been taken to not misrepresent any of the societies making returns to this ofice, and the best evidence of the correctness of the figures given in this exhibit is tbat but four or five complaints of inaccuracies has been re- ceived, and all have opeen promptly corrected, Still, it is worthy of note that nearly 200 institutions whose officers were asked for in formation still withhold it, thus giving ground for the suspicion that their exhibits will not bear crit- teal scrutiny. The people are awake to the abuses existing in some of these institutions, andit ts ex pected that some action will be taken at the meet- ing of neads of charities, at the Geographical Rooms, Cooper Institute, to-morrow, at three o’clock P, M., looking to more harmonious action ana economy in disbursing charity. In afew days a@ complete list of all the institutions in the city, showing those which respond to the request for in- formation and those which decline to do so, will be given in the HERALD. It will be seen that the amount disbursed by the above list of 114 institu- tions was $2,202,090 87, at a cost for disbursement Of $487,105 46, BANK CLERKS’ MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION, FoR 1873, Received from dues, donations, &c...... 394,332 18 Paid losses by deattl Paid disabled members ..... Paid expenses of society.... Total disbursed. Total in relief. HARLEM HOM@OF, EN RUARY, Received from city....... Receaved from other sources. i: 1, Ist, Total receipts. Paid tor rent. dl for sularic Persons relieved HEBREW FRKE BURIAL SOCILTY, rom OCTORED, 1873, Recetved from elty..... ........ Nothing Received trom volunteer contributions, de $2,426 50 Total receipts. Paid for interm Paid tor salarie THE COLORED MISSION, FOR JANUARY, Paid salaries missionarie: Paid for otner purposes... Total paid out. Less salaries Total for relief. $1,285 29 PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR AGED WOMEN, SKVENTY THIRD STREET, YOR YEAR ENDING APRIL, 1873, of Jonn M. Woodworth, Super Surgeon of the United States Marine Hospital, where, in @ foot note at page 135, is found the {oli very i e able declaration iy ge J the Sanors lome in this city, managed this society:—‘‘In fact this ‘Home’ and the society that directs it are mere barlesques npon phase trope effort, and the evi- dence Oo! the truth of this assertion, a8 regards the Seamen's Friend Society, is to be found in the pub- lished financial statement of its Secretary and Treasurer.” It 18 possible that the society, aos | whose officers are many of our most ‘celevrate ¢eltizens, may be able to make a better showing, and hence letters sent to this oMice regarding 1b &re withheld for the present. Recapitulation, Bxpended Cost of Die burning, Sut- Society, Relies. 4 ve KRTURNS MADE 70 ABRALD OFFICE Bank Clerks! Benevolent Amoclarn-Guiios 30 $2.05 30 Hariem Homeopathic Dispe naar, ‘200 lothing. Hebrew Free Burial Society 2.624 40 Nothing. jon (expense, ¥c.) 285 19 90 resuyterian Howe tor Aged, Seve nen's Friend society #66 43 42,305 16 * For details and explanation see synopsis above. PREVIOUSLY. Bi pal New Tork infirmary for Women - ‘and Children 98,268 aang, Shia © — $1,240 00 4,218 00 Nothing. 300 06 18 rear be 26.667 571,080 91 v .' Romarr Catholic House of Mercy for Uirls. ” 16,289.00 1,882 00 ve ‘Union tine "ahem 90 29 Children's Aid Socie 7708 8h a St Luke's Hospital ve. 38300 78 12.808 9 Women's Aid Socieiy and Home tor Training Girls. + $017 13 central Dispensary. Px Union Home and’ Schoo! Home for incurables. dren of Volunteers... 1, Belgian Benevolent Socie' ‘Alsace and Lorraine socic 20 — Industral School and Mis ponies sion, ogy Berrs 4 Five Points House of industry. Prysrer Nursery and Child’s Hospital 92 945,620 20 Roman Catholic Orphan As; BROT 66 igs dares, ma 33 lew Yoo By! it Women» Kaucational and’ Inaus- Pr 6.263 £0 1,300 00 078 1,206 00 Fomale Guardian Society 40,154 63 AH'HGS 42 Northwestern Dispensary 403 7 2418 00 Protestant Episcopal Chi or phan Home and Asylum........ 14,781 82 ™ Methodist Episcopal Churen iio tor Aged 10,852 811,717 70 4174 M3849 BA 9,016 00 ‘984 00 600 0 3,000 00 $12.00 Nothin y jothin, ree Dormitory tor Women. 00 10 Society for the Keliet of Destitute Children’s Feld. U 2 St. Btephen's bad 5.817 88 Nothing. Associa Be dren and Young wirls. 4,106 94 738 Samaritan Home tor aged 3 Be04 43 1,080 29 New York Cancer Dispen: 702 36 ‘360 09 *Fifty-first strect Bread au Use... 9,600 00 Nothing. New York Disp 5 52% 00 Metropolitan Throat DENSAFY eens =. 1,130.00 00 00 Society" ‘St Vincent “de “#aul, TNTCE YEBTS.-oeeee ee cree 113,074.00 Nothing. Wornen’s Prison Association, 1872... 7,119 06 71 0 Howard Mission and fi 6,904 33 sh 1.370 00 ye and lar 34452 00 | German jes’ Aid Rociety 45 00 Curmel chapel (Young Men’s tian Assoc:ation). 3 House of Good Shepherd... +77! ‘02 04 Bs1 62 Roman Catholic Founding Asylum 160,489 36 700 00 Bu St. Vincent’s Hospital Northern Dispensary St. Vincent’s Home tor Boys. House and Schoo! of Industry... home sor Aged Men and Coupies. Women’s Aid Society POST OFFICE CHARITY. On Thursday evening Postmaster James instruct ed Mr. Major, Cashier of the Post Office, to call at No. 9 Mulberry street to hand over to Widow Black and her two starving children the sum of $50, sub- scribed for their support by the Ue) hel of the Post Office. The uniortunate woman has at the breast, and the other is a little ragged beg- ar girl, who scours the streets asking charity. rs. but was dismissed on account of duiness of work Her husband, a laborer, was killed about a year ago by an accident, CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. Working Women’s Protective Union—A Fine Exhibit. New York, Feb. 21, 1874. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— 1. do not wish to take up the space of your paper, pow so warmly enlisted in the cause of charity, with personal matters; but duty to the institution I represent demands that I should make suitable reply to the correspondent who, in the HERALD of Friday, does such injustice to an organization which stands alone in this country as the working woman's protection against wrong. Your correspondent, alter noticing the synopsis of the society's labors for 1873, as published by you, sends you what has been wrongly described to you as our report for 1873, whereas, as you may convince yourself by @ glance at another copy herewith enclosed, it is tne report of operations for the nine years ending January 1, 1873. Noth- ing more would be necessary to add, Mr. Editor, if you were my only auditor; but, as the HERALD has innocently given to its million readers a statement that without contradiction might tend to cripple the labors of one of the most beneficent inatitu- tions in this or any other couatry, it will, I know, Receipta trom private sources 3 5. $11,913 24 “ 5 | promptly give me the opportunity to reach the Paid ohapial ve Nin a + same million with this plain correction. Total salaries Total paid out... Seay Less salaries aud wages paid. Total for relief, &c © AMERICAN SKAMEN’S Y Received by collections, & Received by legacies. . Recetved by auxiliaries. Received on account Sailors’ Received from other sources Total receipts. Paid tor publications. + $6. 8,076 OL Paid toc brary work . Paid Rev. 8, H. Hall, Secretary’ ‘and ‘Treasurer... Tegeeesees 8,000 00 Paid mission 33,376 42 Paid salaries, 1 penses, &c 5,928 74 Total salaries, oMee exvenses, &c. Paid on charity account. .e00-+ 1,380 56 Total paid for missionary $15,785 38 Paid on charity acco 36 Received irom sailor; Home... Disbursed for charity over receipts tr Cost of disbursing,*$56 4 42,305 16 * Dr. Samuel H. Hail, the Treasurer of the above society, in response to @ request, replied that he had sent a copy of the report to this office, but it ‘was not received. Another gentleman, interested in the American sailor's wellare, sends the printed report from which the above is taken, and in a private letter asks, ‘Why is this Americun Sea- men’s Friend Society spared in your charitable crusade? ‘The writer also encioses a copy of the advanced aheetsof the forthcoming annual report The expenditures of the Working Women’s Pro- tective Union from November, 1863, to January 1, 1873, 8 period of more than nine years, were Jor Advertising 395 05 Claims pai 0,065 64 Sent, tuel and sundry necoun' 7.988 faluries diree"persona aR a emporary loans workings I Gash on hand January 1, 183 ee i) 8 Total.. seessees, 960 97 The advertising expense was for making known the objects of the association through the papers, for the printing of the annual reports, bitls, posters, tickets and advertising for our anniver- saries and annual lectures (which always brin, more than they cost) and for oypethe gucl needed warnings t@ working girls to save them from the clutches of adventurous and unscrupu- lous tradesmen. The $10,055 64 paid for claims represents the money collected — Tascaliy employers and paid to the poor girls whom they had attempted to de- fraud. In that amount, also, is included the ex- ee of making those collections, or our clients ave no fees to pay when they apply to us Jor pro- tection, and the costs of court, when why sach are incident to the suits we bring, we settle our- selves, The chormeus sui average of $1,290 per annum—represents the salaries pald to @ superintendent, an asststant superintendent and @ messenger. These three salaries average $412 22 cents. For this stipend the three employés of the inatitution work six days in the week. from one year’s end to the other, And what do they for their wages? Look at this statement irom the report which you erroneously supposed to be that for 1873 :— JB more than Dine years there were 82620 an New York Lying-in Asviuin.. Society for Renef ot Ruptured ai ia/ih Dripp! . f 439 46 Yorkville Dispensary PREF Cp | nD oe Roman Catholic House of Good ‘Shephe: eH +J1%,569 97 1,148 98 Ladies 10,046 93 o New Yor! , a 94.675 4 Q Roman Catholic Protectory 805,042 14 (20,374 Home for Aged and Infirm He- DEOWB cesses ceeeeeccesiessessseseess 10,845 87 1.274 50 Society for Reliet’ of Women ‘wit Small Ohildren.. Nothing. Women’s Hospital. — Female Christian 1,196 57 Ophthalmic Hospital. 2/206 64 lew York Colored Ii 2775 50 St John’s Guild... 277) Nothing. | Shelter tor Respectable Gir! . 2187 97 = Nothing. Home tor Aged Women, Church 0 Holy Communion, 7,902 21 Nothing. Female City Mission. 8.374 00 1) Chapin Home tor fees 18.782 00 2p House of Rest for Consumptives: 23078 1,860 00 Hebrew Benevolent Society. 000 00 750 WO New York Institute tor Blind......." 59,047 91 39,805 12 House of Retuge, Randall’s Isiand.. 61,036 28 238 New York City Mission, tor mission- 48,022 99 48,622 99 Ge 2466. 00 St. Elizabeth’s Hospital 5,000 00 Nothing. West side German Hosp - = 7 | Sheltering Arm: $3,000 00 St. Andrew's Societ 350 Magdalene Benevolent 708 87 St. Luke’s Home tor A 634 New York Dispensary. Not given ew York Children tis ee Notgiven. Western Dispensary for Women | ‘and Children... pleeeresel 248 00 New York Orthopedic Dispensary. 8,582 22 183 33 Jay Fund, &e ‘ozs 00 o Phos! Mission clety s+. 2,971. 00 1,080 00 Hebrew Kellef Societ 2,450 00 £0 00 Young Women’s Aid Association... 7,000 00 ew) 00 Girl's Lodging House, Children Aid S 3,000.00 2,000 00 1355 63 15,710 75 Agylun 58,734 94 = 10,860 00 St. Joseph's Industrial Sebo 1.156 09 St George’s Society... 15. ‘300 00 Home for Fallen Fricndless Girls 1,806 00 Church Mission to De: 1,625 00 Bt. (Roma ifome for Children. Nothing. Children’s Education Association ...... Nothing. TOtAIS..seseseacesevees $487,100 46 one child | lack worked till lately at a hair manufactory, | of $11,129 97 for salaries—an | | three means of ; Cants who profess to be in want. feameoe recelved for work, 29,536 tions lor information, 2,267 appheations for pro- tection and 7,874 sppuications from em 8 5 @ total of 122,306 applications. Up w Jan 25,674 women and girls mith iy Joymeat Saery otner a pioyment and answered The accounts of the Treasurer, Mr. Moses 8, Beach, show that we received’ in donation: $22,645 41, of which sum 500 was used 8 building fund; collected from dilatory or derilect employers, $9,990 16, in sums from thirty cents ae and received in return of "pans, Our report for 1873 you have already published. Your article closes with the following words :— From the above it will be seen that $11,129 97 was con- Reeth tne eee Tato be hoped wins has deen made in writeen returns made to this office by the Superintendent. ‘The “other relief” to ‘wnich-you refer takes so many forms that it would be futile to atcempt their enumeration. Just think for a moment of 13,000 women a year ap rooms of the Union, many of them tn dire distress, and consider whether ‘other relief’ must not be needed and afforded—relief that does not always enter among tie items of the cash book. No “mistake has been made in the written re- turns of the Superintendent,” and 1 trust that, tor the sake of the hundreds aud thousands of workin, girls and women, who must sooner or later loo! to the Protective Union for relief, you will give this burried communication tts needed pi: in the columns of the HEBALD, You will have seen by whatI have hereinbefore set lorth that the object of this institution isnot | but to alford protection. to distribute chanty, MARTHA W. FERRER, Superintendent. Home for the Aged of the Little Sistess of the Poor. New York, Feb. 19, 1974, The Home for the aged and destitute poor of both sexes, which was situated formerly in West Thirty-second street, in small tenement houses, is now at No. 179 East Seventieth atrect, east of Third avenue, in a large and well adapted building. Some two years ago twelve lots of ground were procured jor the Sisters, for which they had to pay $57,000, ana for the buliding $50,000; of which they have paid $37,000 by what they collect datly— subscriptions and some church collections, The gum Of $1,500 was donated to them by the city, and $1,000 from the Irish Kmigrant Society. They $70,000 debt stall on the grounds and building. ‘Ther regular number of mmates % 145—sixty | old men and eighty-five old women—all destitute and unable to earn a livelinood for themselves. | Ali denommations.are received. The Sisters go about the city daily with a wagon to provide iood and clothing tor them, seeaing their benefictaries from their daily gatherings. They do not receive any person under sixty years of age. They devote themselves entirely to the aged poor, dress and feed them and watch them while sick. ‘The Sisters do all the domestic work themseives; they never have any person in the position of domestics. I hope the kind and charitable inhabitants of the city will pay a visit to this worthy institution and will help the Sisters in their work of charity, | Visitors are admitted every day from eleven o'clock in the poring to five P. M. SISTER SIDONIE JOSEPH, Supertor. Charity at Carmel Chapel. No. 134 Bowery, Fev. 19, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD: The original design of the New York City Mission and Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion was to ofter to the multitudes who throng the Bowery a place to rest, read, write and enjoy the It was also designed as a place of religious wor- ship, where all could attend and seats should be free. This design has not been departed from; but, fecling the necessity of other appliances, an eating room was opened in the basement in February, 1873, with the object of feeding a limited number of worthy, destitute men, and of turnishing plain meals at very small cost. The meal consists of a half pound of white bread and a large bow] of good soup or corfee; for this we charge five cents. In November, 1873, there was‘an increased demand made upon our resources, and, at the suggestion of business men we issued 20,000 meal tickets, and offered them for sale at the rate of 100 for $10, ‘These tickets entitle the holder to @ bowl Of soup or coffee aud a pound of bread, to be eaten on the premises, uniess in the case of Jamilies, when It is permitted to be taken nome. ‘The object of these tickets was to place in the hands of the benevolent the means ol feeding the hungry without tear of the money being spent for liquor, as is otten the case when given fo appli- Thus far nave been sold, and convenience to those using 10,000 tickets proved a great them. about one-third being free. department was assomed by the Young Men’s Christian Association, a8 also the expense of the employment office, which was opened in tne fol- lowing month. We next felt tne necessity of a Place under our own cvntroi where we could tem- Porarily lodge homeless men. In March, 1873, au unoccupied jolt, in No. 18) Spring street, was given, rent free, oy the City Mission, This was soon furnished with beds, baths and the usual means for heating and washing. We can lodge Aigiiteen men in beds and ten men on settees. The ex- penses have been paid by subscription and are no direct burden upon either organization. These relief have been used for Be sole of helping men up and We have as little as possible to do with the vagrant classes, and regard them as the proper charges of purpose | the Commissioners of Charities and Correction. We do not aliow men to depend on us for support, but seek to Incite them to personal effore for their own good. The results of the Relief Department have been as follows for 1873:— Number of lodgings. seeee 7,041 umber of bath 1,063 lamber of garm 663 Number of men sent to hospital. 70 Number of situations procured. Number of tree meals furnish Number of meals sold 34 JOHN DOOLEY, G The Central Dispensary. CENTRAL DISPENSARY, NO. 934 EIGHTH AVENUE, New Youg, Feb. 20, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF 1HE HERALD:— In your connected reports of the New York dis- pensaries you do us (I am rit unintention- ally) some injustice. We paid for salaries of house surgeon, visiting physicians and a most com- pecent drug clerk, for the year ending November, 1873, the sum of $1,096, It costs us to keep up the institution about $4,000 a year, so that we should be charged as projess to have a live sary, and we only de- sire that the public will take suifctent interest in ug to examine our work, and if any fauit can be found we will gladly rectify it. We are at present much in debt. The State and city, so far, have done but little for us, and the directors have had to carry on the institution. We have the entire shanty population, on the west side of Central Park, to care for, and we do not believe greater destitution can be found in the lower wards of the city than in this location. With much respect, truly yours, JOHN M. CONWA’ Chairman of Executive Committee, The Sisters of the Strangers. FEBRUARY 21, 1874. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Seeing in your paper certain inqairies into the state of the sucieties for charities, I wish to direct your attention toa bepevolent (?) society called “Sisters of the Strangers,’ connected with Dr. Deems’ church. Iam personally acquaintea with the principal members and these tacts recorded, and can vouch for knowing them to be true, Al- though this is a small society, yet the amount of money collected through the church and fairs averages $3,100 per annum. Of this sam Mrs, Startevant receives $1,200 per year as superintend- ent; Dr, Deems receives $50 per month. or $600 per year, for rent of rooms used by the society. There are also expended for tuel, gas, &c., $17 per month, or $204 per year. Amount received..... Mrs Sturtevant’s salary SUMMARY. $3,100 Ay ‘0 204 Total expended. Amount received. Disbursed... 2004 Expended for poor..........+. oy ++ $1,006 These figures speak for themselves, When it takes $2 to spend $1 it ia time for areform in these so-called charitable societies, Mrs, M. 4. STEWART. The House of the Good Shepherd. House or THE Goon SHEPHERD, } TomKins’ Cove, Rockland Co., N. Y. To THE Eprrok OF THE HERALD:— In this morning’s HERALD, under ‘The Charity Exhibit” there 18 a misstatement which you will please correct, On page 17 of the pamphiet from which you copy you will find the receipts of the institution for eight years in the following amounts :—$37,169 80, $17,146 47; $500, $3,569 60 and $191 25. Total, $58,577 02, ‘The Rev. E. Gay, Jr., and his wife have always given and continue to give their services without salary. The physicians, treasurer ana secretary also, The only salaries have been for a teacher, years bast af $200: @ mentieman to help in the $$$ - plication for work at the | privilege of social intercourse, and not be exposed | to the evil influences of liquor drinking associates. | have | We are now issuing 700 meals daily, | The expense of this | pense of fitting up this room and the running ex- | eventually making them self-sustaining. | ‘949 | the principle of half pay faving in relief $2,904. We | spe u: part of the time, at $100 per year; and for two | Work and also study, at $158 month. The whole amount for the eigh' 3 t years will not average * year for salaries, om ‘he report from which you make your statement 1s not that of the House of the Good Shepherd; tt is merely the report of the Ladies’ Association tn aid of 1t, Not one cent of the unds of the asso- ciation has been spent in salaries. ‘The checks to Rev. E. Gay, Jr., of $360; to Mr. W. | G@ Langdon, ex-treasurer, for $200, and to secre- | tary for $6 77, were for the payment of billa for food, &c., for the inmates of the House and a book, stationery and stamps for the uae of the associa. _ ton. The amount which the Ladies’ Assoctation has received for the last year ($1,249 42) has all been expended (with the exception of a present of | the janitor of Trinity chapel for his kind ser- Vices) on clothes, food, medicines and coal for the comfort of the fifty destitute little waits who have | found a home in the Honse of tae Good’ Shepherd, | Most of chem being actually off the streets of this | city, appealing to all our sympathies, and the ear- | nest hope of the comparatively jew ladies who have commenced this association 1s that hereafter the means o! the trustees may enable them to take | and care for ail the homeless little ones who, even ow, are asking for adnussion to tue House. | 5 Miss E, BULLER, | No. 53 West Thirty-second street, Secretary. Mrs. E. D, NELSON, No. 47 West Twenty-fifth street. a i asurer vo the Ladies’ Assuciation. New York, Feb, 16, 1874, ee eee MR. DANA'S GRIAY IDEA, rirrpetng eee A Plan for the Prevention of Misery and Want—Is Real Kelte? Impracti- cable? {From the Sun, February 21, 1874,} Jt would seem to be high time in the progress of mankind that something less crude, and we might say less barbarian, should be substituted for exist- ing methods of relieving the industrious poor. If the best thing we can suggest to help peopie who are suffering hunger and destitution irom want of work is to ladle soup out to them, we should gay we are to be pitied for our want of sense almost as much as the poor are for want of work. It discloses a barrenness of mind and an obtuseness of percep- tion that form a direct reproach toour sympathies, and a denial of the sincerity of our pretended desire to aid them. For we are not a stupid people, and in those things which concern our own per- sonal comiort we are bright enough in our contriv- ances. In saying this we do not mean to direct censure upon any individual; on the contrary, the benevolence of some is admirable; our reproach is exclusively against the shortcomings of society. Who wants soup? We may pretty safely say as a general rule that those who want 1t do not deserve it. It is not the decent and industrious workman or workwoman who wants it, or who will go for it, except in the last extremity; and yet this is the class of people who, far above every other, de- mand the sympathies and the aid of those who are abie to give. Our general arrangements are per- haps good enough tor the vagabond poor, There are | poorhouses and organized private charities which provide for the shiftiess and worthless who won’t work where they can, and can’t work where they | would, ‘These are a fixed quantity in every society, and their numbers no system has yet been able to diminish, They are the helpless, blighted mem- bers of the race, the chronic poor and dependent, that may be set aside entirely from our calculations in projecting any scheme jor the deliverance ot that large class whom we designate under the head of the decent, inuustrious pour. In dealing with the problem o! relief in seasons of depression such as the present this is the ouly class tuat need much concern us, But for this class we desire to ask if the | intelligence and the wealth of this great city have nothing better to offer than soup gratuitously administered. Soup, in_ itseli, we do not object to, Itis the offering of soup to a decent man among a crowd of vagabonds that 18 | disgusting. It ts the spectacle of a great, opulent, | luxurious society, dwelling in perfumes, clothed in sumptuous robes and fed on costly viands, offering | the giit of a crust and a bone to members of that class on whom that society rests, and by whom and | vhrough whom tt lives and moves and has its be- ing—that 1s to say, the decent, industrious work- ing class. These ure men and women who do not | Want the gilt of anytning. All that they want is the chance of earning something when dull times | and misfortune overtake them, And we en is c | discreditable to the humanity and the intelligence of society, that whe cir: | cumstances its only résponse should be—Soup. | _ We see no reason why, in a great city luke New York, and indeed in all our chief cities, there can- not be established by tndividual effort, manutac- turing and mechanicai and even artistic centres, where labor thrown out of its ordinary employ- meut might find occupation at reduced rates ol! pay—centres of industry, where individuals, \ skillea and even unskilled, might find something to do at prices which would afford them jar more than enue or two bowls of soup per day. If those who ure willing to give sonp, und want to give soup. woulc only put their heads together as well | a3 their money, they might devise some practic. able plan of this sort that would cost them lei and give to the necessitous but worthy poor thousand times more than all their soup arrange ments. If the principle of thus providing lor this class were once accepted by the benevolent and generous, we Cannot suppose there would be any php ds difficulty in adjusting the practical jetaiis. In the various manufactures of wood, of leather, of iron, and even of cotton, and wool, and paper, and tne thousand and one subordinate mixed in- dustries, an immense proportion of the labor | thrown occasionally out of its customary avoca- tions might find even remunerative employment | in such centres of occupation for the unemployed. Oi course, such a scheme would have to be based | on the idea of necessities recurring every year, or | atshort intervals, and it would be in providing ‘for these that ail contributions would be used, But think how far even the munificent gifts merely for soup, brought out on ucca- sions of public esudering, would go toward | Making good the margins of loss im the employment of labor in the manner we indi- cate, wisely directed, at low rates of wages. Why, if even our prisons can be made self-supporting, what reason is there that establishments run on could not ve made so? je that such might be ut is appealed to in su It ig not at all imposs further developed by experience, and even ren- amen successiul enterprises in a peeaniary point of view. Isnot this suggestion deserving the serious con- sideration of the wisely charitabie, who must recog- nize and fully,appreciate the totally inadequate | nature of existing arrangements for the relief of a worthy and deserving class of our pula- | tion? The idea of soup being a substitute for any wise provision or remedy for the | existing condition of things is such an inexpressi- | ble burlesque on human intelligence that we must hope our views will be pondered by those who are now having their attention called to the subject, | and who are liberally contributing of their means to relieve the suffering that surrounds us, It would take a comparatively sinall sum to | initiate an experiment in some single branch of industry; and tf it should be successful, as we feel sure it might be, what a wide vista of hope it would _ open for the future of every crowded commanity, ' and what a world of genuine reliel it would affor to the estimable poor, as well as to those charita- ble souls who so willingly employ time and money | in their benalf. | YORKVILLE POLICE COURT, | Another Violator of the Steam Boiler | Law. Another violator of the Steam Boller law, in the person of Peter Doelger, a brewer, at No. 421 East Filty-fourth street, was held for trial yesterday. | Captain Yule and Sergeant Taft, of the Sanitary Police, wno Were the complainants, claimed that the defendant had beer frequently notified to send his engineer before the Board of Police Commis- sioners to be qualified, but he had paid no atten- tion to their orders, and at last they were com- | pelled to arrest him, | Nathan Nesbitt, counsel for Doelger, put in the plea that when the defendunt had employed his engineer that person showed him a certificate qualifying him for the position. He thought this was sufficient, and that was the reason Why no attention had been paid to the notices sent by the police. * PCaptain Yule sald that was not sumcient, and Mr. Doelger knew it. It often occurs thatan en- gineer, though properly qualified and capable of Tuuning one kind of engine, could not un- dertake the charge of anotner and different kind, For this reason every time an engineer changes his employer the law requires thas he shonie pees, ' an examination qualifying him to ran the particu. lar engine of whick he is next about to take jorance charge. The defendant professed ign of this construction of the law, A Policy Shop Keeper. Theresa Schumaker, charged with keeping a policy shop at No, 408 West Fiity-second street, was heid for trial. — OOURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY, SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM—Held by Jndge Van brunt.—vemurrers—Nos, 18, 83. Issues of , law and fact—Nos, 308, L4, 35%, 12, 20, 63, 43, 67, 68, 142, 152, 155, 168, 169, 185, 23, 188, 193, 195, 199, 184 a6, wot ‘ ‘To-day bel a legal holiday business in t) | Supreme Cour’ Chasers and "Sirol Parts 2 Hr | | 3 fe: Suparier oo Aagh ‘Trial ig te ‘ye land 2and » General Terta, veen ad- | Journed until to-morrow. riited - ’ eee |' DEETH OF & HOMELESS OLD Lapy,— | Mrs. Sophia Reeves, a woman eighty yeats of age and @ native of this country, without home or isda of support, who, out of charity, had been indly cared for by a family Iivii street, died there somewhat ye Sacurdsy, 8 there Was NO one to give the deceased a decent | burial, the remains were sent to the Morgue and | Coroner Elekhoff notited,