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Show FOR THE HOMELESS NEW YORK PROVIDES FORTHOSr WITHOUT SHELTER. Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar Building to Be Provided on East Side for Needed Charity. Mpro and nioro is tho thought of tho large cities turning to needs of tho unfortunates, who homeless and friendless and hungry, need tho timely time-ly aid which shall savo them from crime, and disease and death. Probably Prob-ably no city of tho country hns n larger problem of ilils kind than has Now York city, and for ten years past sho has maintained n municipal lodging nnd supper nnd breakfast aro to be obtained hy the destitute and needy, provided only he or sho Is needy, not drunk, or afflicted with a dangerous or Infectious disease. All nationalities are represented In tho roster of this public lodging house, and there are separate departments for men nnd women. The figures show that In 190G 40,872 persona wcro accommodated, and for ten yenrs between be-tween tho opening of the building for charity In 1S9C and 190G a grand totnl of G22.0S5 men, women nnd children were cleansed, housed nnd fed under its roof. Not before evening do tho homeless begin to flock to this place. As they arrive their pedigrees, aro taken (sometimes, of course, they nro lies), and then they nre sent below Btalrs for a bath and fumigation. About 40 suits nro fumigated nt onco for tho apparatus Is big nnd the demand heavy. Whllo the clothes nro being thus treated tho people owning thorn nre obliged to undergo bodily examination exami-nation nnd have a hath. . Ono suns tho greenish soap, like axle grease, which is used in giving tho lodgers tho shampoo the finest, they say. In tho world. Then tho racks upon which the dried clothes and the shoes of tho Inmates are put, the towels nnd robes do null, with hath slippers, which aro supplied frco nnd fresh to each -and nil; tho spotless spot-less kitchen, where good bread is stored (baked on Hlockwell's Island) nnd good coffee Is made to go with the bread for supper, with meat nnd nioro for breakfast. Then the visitor useends tho stairs to tho sleeping rooms, where tho ntmospherc Is kept fresh nnd pure hy n modern appliance, appli-ance, nnd the regulation Is to keep the temperature between 08 nnd 70 Fahrenheit. Tho cots nre douhlo decked. They nro very simple nn Iron fram, wire spring, blanket and pair of shcetB nnd pillow to each, a'.! thu linen being supplied freshly every day. In the present building It is usual to accommodate accom-modate in this manner about 300 men, women and children every night. In order to carry on this work CO persons aro employed, 17 of whom are pnld, :;:l unpaid. It Is expected that some of those who stay over night will linger In the morning and help clean up, but they often resent tho Idea, It Is said. The city of New York appropriates $25,000 per annum to this work, which Is not much, considering con-sidering Its Importance. Hut a bettor time Is coming. Tho city hns authorized tho erection of n building In East Twcnty-llfth street, near tho river, which will cost about $450,000. It will havo capacity for i s j 1 S m m ih. U 1 1 S S M ft . Proposed New Municipal Lodging House for New York City". 728 persons, mid separate living rooms for Its employes a feature lacking in tho present. quarters. It probnhly will be reaily for occupancy In 1908, There nro Boveral Incidental matters mat-ters connected with this charity which nro worth observing. It undertakes to find employment for Its Inmates In the city departments depart-ments or on the outside. It discourages tho needy from out of town In favor of tho homeless city man or woman. The woodynrd for the roadster nnd tho Island for tho fake that Is the rule. Tho average years of the Inmates show that tho women who seek aid nre older than tho men. The nvorago for tho women on ono night recently was 511 ycarB. Tho oldest woman wns 80 nnd she had been thoro boforo. Y'es, tho homeless may como more than onco. The rulo Is not more thnn threo nights In ono month, hut that Is helped out by tho woodyurd, whoro for threo hours' chopping another night's lodging and nioro food may bo had. |