Show model homes to be built by mrs sage HE name ot of mrs russell sage has bagain THE again become linked with philanthropy through the purchase of a large tract of land in jamaica county of queens new york on which model houses are to be built for those who are unable to live in sanitary anscom and comfortable for table quarters nearer the heart of the city while no official announcement has been made it is understood that mrs airs sage will spend several millions of dollars in this latest plan to ma make keher her vast fortune do the most good and reach the farthest among those who are in need several other persons have become interested in the scheme and have agreed to contribute to the expense of building the tenements and keep them up I 1 an the buildings are to be patterned after those recently built in england for or poor persons they are to be as large and roomy as possible and every effort is to bo be made to do away with the of those occupied by tho the poorer class in the city baths many of them are to bo be the features of the model tenements and ventilation will amount to almost a craze with the builders the site of the buildings includes more than forty eight acres just outside the polish and It italian allari sections of jamaica it if the experiment proves successful and the poor tenants of tho squalid buildings in the city flock to seize the opportunity many man more buildings ore are to be built throughout I 1 manhattan by mrs sage and her associates the rents on an the apartments in the diodel enodel building are to be cheap and low 0 as possible so that they will be within reach of even the poorest head of a family every facility Is to be provided for the comfort of those who have achl drini the more children the warmer welcome z tenant will receive |