FAIR,  1895.
 

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HEBREW  SHELTERING GUARDIAN
SOCIETY.
 

The Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society
was organized in 1879, largely through the ef¬
forts of the late Judge Philip J. Joachimsen and
his wife, it being designed to make provision for
the ever-increasing number of Jewish children
 

One Hundred and Fifty-first street grounds.
Under the ceaseless supervision of its efficient
officers this building was soon completed, in
consequence of which no less than 850 chil¬
dren of both sexes found a cheerful home in
the splendidly fitted-out building occupied by
the institution in this newly-redeemed northern
portion of our city.
 

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Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society.
 

who were orphans, or otherwise in need of pro¬
tection, and yet could not be cared for in exist¬
ing Jewish institutions and would otherwise
be likely to be committed to Christian institu¬
tions. Premises were leased on East Fifty-
seventh street, and immediately hundreds of
applications for admission were made, which
were responded to by the admission during the
first year of 164 children, 92 boys and 72 girls,
ranging from two to thirteen years of age.

The increase in the Jewish population of the
city caused ever larger demands to be made on
the institution, and to meet these in greater
measure additional quarters were provided at
Eighty-seventh street and Avenue A, where
infants and girls were housed in 1884. In 1887
all the infants and boys were transferred to a
building secured at P^leventh avenue and One
Hundred and Fifty-first street, the girls re¬
maining at the East Eighty-seventh street
place.    An annex w^as begun in  1891 on the
 

The Society has no membership, but is sup¬
ported by subscriptions and bequests and a
liberal annual appropriation from the City. It
is under the control of sixteen Managers
(ladies), who elect their own President and
Treasurer, and together with a House Com¬
mittee of thirteen women, an Advisory Board
of six gentlemen, selected on account of their
business qualifications, and a Medical Board
of seven, as well as an Auxiliary Society,
are indefatigable in their noble, self-sacrificing
exertions for the good cause.

Its Managers are : Morris Goodhart, Presi¬
dent ; Mrs. Dr. S. Teller, Vice-President;
Mrs. A. Barnett, Treasurer; Mr. W. Meyer,
Secretary, and Mesdames M. Lauterbach, Jane
Lippman, I. Hart, U- Hess, H. S. Leszynsky,
C. Jacobs, J. Rosenfeld, H. M Bendheim,
A. Abrams, M. Goodhart, S. Weill and A.
Falck.