Over eighteen churches have united to form Auxiliary G, Fifth and Seventh Assembly Districts, Federation of Churches and Christian Workers. The object of the auxiliary "is to unite and utilize the intelligence, love, and resources of the churches, missions, and organizations for Christian work, within the section specified, for the improvement primarily of the spiritual, but also of the material, economic, social, and educational interests of the section and of the city at large." A canvass of the fifth and seventh assembly districts is being made and

every family will be visited. It is announced that the information which is being gathered, religious and sociological, will be kept on file at some place in the section, where it will be at the disposal of all within the section who are engaged in Christian and philanthropic work.

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An excellent indication of the value of the work done by the United Hebrew Charities, from the point of view of those who devote their days solely to similar effort, is to be found in the fact that CHARITIES, the weekly paper issued by the Charity Organization Society, devotes five pages of its last issue to extracts from the valuable reports submitted at the recent meeting of the United Hebrew Charities.The American Hebrew.

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We have the report for the quarter ending September 30 of the examiners of the Department of Public Charities, whose duty it is to investigate the patients in private hospitals and determine which are rightfully public charges. A summary of the report follows:

Number of cases approved, 2,107; approved because of ability to pay part, 12; total approved, 2,119.

Number of cases disapproved, 1,118; reasons for disapproving, as follows: Non-residents, 123; recent immigrants, 29; unknown at residence given, 129; insufficient history, 141; able to pay, 195; referred to public hospitals, 24; refused treatment, 3; not emergency, 451; able

to support at home, 12; one-day cases, II. The total number of cases examined was 3,237. The larg est number of cases approved, 344, were found in Mount Sinai Hospital. This institution had also the largest number of cases disapproved, 428. In St. Vincent, 218 were approved; 80 were disapproved. Post-Graduate, approved, 210; disapproved, 226. St. Francis, approved, 188; disapproved, 80. St. Joseph, approved, 148; disapproved, 74. J. Hood Wright, approved, 147; disapproved, 94. Flower, approved, 131; disapproved, 50.

The above-mentioned hospitals are all those having more than a hundred approved cases.

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The Society for Instruction in First Aid to the Injured was first organized in New York in 1882, as a committee of the State Charities Aid Association, under the chairmanship of the late General George B. McClellan. In 1883, it was reorganized as a separate society. Its object is to give instruction by means of lectures in the use of remedial measures to be employed before the doctor arrives, and to teach a few of the simple laws of health and nursing. The course consists of five lectures, which are given free to those unable to pay. The week following the last lecture an examination is held by the medical examiner, and diplomas are awarded to those who prove themselves qualified to render first aid to

of the society, 11,940 have received instruction and 7,818 have received diplomas.

Myron H. Wilson, a trustee of Northwestern University, has given $50,000 to be used in replacing the building now occupied by the Northwestern University Settlement in Evanston, Ill. The settlement was founded eight years ago, Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers, wife of the then president of the university, being its prime mover and one of its most active supporters. The association which directs and largely maintains the movement is composed of alumni and friends of the university.

The Philadelphia Medical Journal, commenting upon the prevalence of crime in New York, concludes the article with the following indorsement of a Juvenile Court:

In favorable contrast with this report from New York is the statement which comes from Chicago about the working of the Juvenile Court in that city. This is a tribunal that takes cognizance especially of juvenile delinquents and attempts to rescue and reform children instead of graduating them in crime. The journal known as CHARITIES for October 6 has a paper on this subject in which it shows the efficient working of this court. This tribunal is devoted to saving children, and it seems to be effecting its object in innumerable instances. A similar court, both in New York and in

The regular monthly meeting of the Brooklyn Free Kindergarten Society was held at the Pratt Institute, October 23. Mrs. Meleny, chairman of the Education Committee, reported that seventeen kindergartens maintained by the society have an enrolment of forty pupils each.

Trinity Hospital, at 50 Varick street, which has been closed since May for repairs, was reopened October 15. This hospital, which has been under the management of the Sisters of St. Mary for many years, will, hereafter, be under a secular superintendent, Miss Kirshoss, the sisters having withdrawn.

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The delegates from the Charity Organization Society to the New York State Conference of Charities

and Corrections are as follows: Mr. Robert W. DeForest, president; Mrs. Chas. R. Lowell and Mr. Samuel M. Jackson, of the Central Council; Mr. Edward T. Devine, general secretary; Miss C. S. McCarty, Miss M. D. Henry, Miss B. K. Bloss and Miss C. C. Carver, district agents.

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Advance orders for the CHARITIES DIRECTORY OF GREATER NEW YORK received by the Charity Organization Society at one dollar.

THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 27.

At the joint application bureau of the Charity Organization Society and the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor there were 220 applications for aid. Of the homeless persons forty-seven were taken in charge.

The agents of the investigation department of the Charity Organization Society made 439 calls to obtain information concerning those who asked for assistance. One hundred and twenty-two new were entered upon the books of the registration bureau.

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In the district offices thirty-seven new families were taken in charge. One hundred and ninety-three tickets were presented at the woodyard. Each of these tickets entitles the holder to do a prescribed amount of work for which he is paid fifty cents in cash. Of the number issued, 181 were given to men with homes in the city.

At the laundry, seventeen women were given a total of sixty-nine days' work and twenty-nine days' work was given at the workrooms.

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During the week ending Saturday, October 27, 99 cases were referred to the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor; of these, 84 were applications for relief, and 15 for investigation only. Of the total number, 23 came through the joint application bureau. Notwithstanding the continued mild weather, the

first applications for free coal have been received.

Amount disbursed for food supother relief, $97.32; total amount explies, $183.20; for rent, $21; for pended for relief, $301.52.

Thirty-three woodyard tickets were given to men, 27 workroom tickets to women, and 98 garments were distributed from the storeroom.

The whole number of applicants at the three offices of the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities for the week ending October 27, was 230, of which number 51 were new. The number employed in the woodyards was 44, of whom 7 were new applicants. In the laundry, employment was given to 86; to II for the first time. The workrooms for women furnished work to 104, 19 of whom had not been previously employed there.

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At the office of the examining physician for outdoor poor, in the Department of Public Charities, 240 persons were examined in the week ending October 27. Of this number, 139 were sent to the City Hospital, 40 to the Metropolitan Hospital, 17 to the dispensary, 9 to the superintendent of outdoor poor, 32 to Bellevue Hospital, and 3 returned to their homes.

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During the same week, at the Department of Public Charities, 52 persons were sent to the almshouse, 16 to the state almshouse at Flatbush

to be cared for by the officers for the state and alien poor. Twenty-two children under two years, and 16 over two years of age were admitted to Randall's Island.

For the week ending October 27, 440 persons were admitted to Bellevue Hospital. Of these, 265 were men; 149, women; 16, boys, and 10, girls. There were 34 deaths during the week; 18 men, 12 women, 2 boys, and 2 girls.

The Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital recently purchased a powerful magnet which, it is said, will sustain a weight of 250 pounds. This magnet will be of important service in the removal of metal substances from the eye.

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The directors of the Twenty-sixth Ward Hospital, of Brooklyn, have decided to close that institution because the withdrawal of the former appropriation by the city has made. it impossible to continue the work. The board of managers is endeavoring to induce the city to take the hospital and maintain an emergency hospital with an ambulance service.

THE CHARITIES

DIRECTORY FOR 1900..

THE REMAINING COPIES OF THIS EDITION ARE OFFERED AT THE REDUCED PRICE OF 75 CENTS.

(Mention this announcement in sending orders.)

The House of Rest

FOR CONSUMPTIVES,

40 Broadway, New York City.

WOODBURY G. LANGDON, President.

LEWIS G. MORRIS, Vice-President.
HOWARD TOWNSEND, Secretary.

ANDREW C. ZABRISKIE, Treasurer

TRUSTEES:

Woodbury G. Langdon, James Pott, Robert Watts, M.D., Lewis G. Morris, Wm. Harold Brown, F. Aug Schermerhorn, Andrew C. Zabriskie, C. Vanderbilt, Rev. Ed und Guilbert, D.D., P. Cooper Hewitt, Robert B. Suckley, Rev. John P. Peters, D.D., Howard Townsend, Chas. Frederick Hoffman, H. C. von Post, Henry C. Montgomery.

The Trustees desire to call the attention of the public to the fact that this corporation maintains its organization, and that its place of business is at 40 Broadway, New York City. It is prepared to receive and use all donations or legacies, and to apply the same to the care of Consumptives and persons affected with other bronchial and pulmonary complaints.

New York Medical College and Hospital for Women,

19 WEST 101st STREET,

Between Central Park West and Manhattan Avenue,

MAINTAINS:

(1)--The only college in the State exclusively for the education of women in medicine Dr. M. BELLE BROWN, Dean.

(2.)-A hospital (medical and surgical) for women and children. Patients charged according to ability to pay, or free if necessary; supported by board of patients and voluntary contributions.

(3.) Dispensary for women and children; open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Women physicians only in attendance.

(4)-Obstetrical out department; staff of 20 women physicians attend the needy poor women in their own homes during confinement. Cards for free attendance may be obtained from the resident physician

Mary Knox Robinson, President.

HENRY ARDEN,

JAPANESE ART OBJECTS, NOVELTIES IN SILKS FOR LADIES' USE, SILK CREPES AND GRASS LINENS, PILLOW COVERS, ETC.,

38 WEST 22D STREET.