Show lived too long and had to go to the poor house new york aue 10 wearing patent leather shoes a slightly frayed frock coat and a high bat which was a bit rusty J T a retired broker 83 years of age applied yesterday to the commissioner of charities in new rochelle for commitment to the almshouse struck by the unusual air of dignity and refinement the commissioner asked the aged applicant to tell his story you really dont mean that you want to go to the poor house the commissioner queried yes sir I 1 most emphatically do I 1 dont want to be a burden on my relatives As I 1 have paid taxes all my life I 1 think that now when J have no more money it Is the duty ot the community to care for me asked how he came to lose his money said that he formerly had beelat the head 0 a brokerage Droke rage company a comfortable fortune and retired for a time he lived at the best hotels but gradually encroached on his capital and slowly receded to cheaper quarters the income from his funds was insufficient even then and during the past fifteen years his capital slowly dwindled until yesterday only seven cents remained when he figured years ago on always being in good circumstances said he never dreamed of living to pass the four score mark so that his calculations went far amiss for two months he had been living in a boarding house in new rochelle but that yesterday he was told he would have to move as se was a week behind in his rent commissioner said he would commit the man to the almshouse temporarily pora rily at least may I 1 get my trunk asked he was given permission and for the first time in the history of the westchester almshouse it received an inmate who came with a trunk |