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years of age, and the girls must remain under the control of the in-
stitution until eighteen years old, and the boys until twenty-one. Ap-
ply to institution for particulars.
General German Orphan Asylum of Baltimore City, 224 Aisquith
Street, Baltimore—Receives from State, $2,500 for 1909 and $2,500
for 1910. Its object is to care for and educate destitute children.
Boys and girls of any nationality from two or ten years of age are
admitted, and are sent to the public schools and taught German and
English. The girls are taught sewing and household work and the
boys given trades. Apply to Institution for particulars.
Hebrew Orphan Asylum of Baltimore City, Calverton Heights, Bal-
timore, Md.—Receives from State, $3,000 for 1909 and $3,000 for
1910. The Constitution and By-Laws permit the admission of orphans
from four years up in good health, sound in mind and well behaved.
The parent or guardian has to sign an agreement binding these chil-
dren to our care, girls to eighteen years old and boys to twenty-one
years. Besides supporting our children with everything necessary,
the aim is and always has been to give them as good an education as
means will permit. Correspondence can be addressed to our Presi-
dent, Mr. David Hutzler, 212 North Howard Street, or to the Secre-
tary, Mr. William Schloss, 1710 Madison Avenue.
Maryland Asylum and Training School for the feeble Minded,
Owings Mills, Maryland—Receives from State for maintenance, $30,-
000 and $15,000 for buildings for 1909 and $37,500 for maintenance
and $15,000 for buildings for 1910. Persons of either sex admitted,
between the ages of seven and seventeen. Apply to Dr. Frank Keat-
ing. Superintendent, Owings Mills, Baltimore County, Maryland.
Maryland Lying-In Asylum, Maternite, City Hospital, Calvert and
Saratoga Streets, Baltimore—Receives from State, $5,000 for 1909
and $5,000 for 1910. The Maryland Lying-In Asylum located at the
City Hospital, corner Calvert and Saratoga Streets, Baltimore, takes
care of women during the term of their confinement. Patients are
admitted from ten (10) days to two (2) weeks prior to their ex-
pected confinement. Application for attention and services should
be made to the Institution, or addressed to Prof. George W. Dobbin,
Chief of the Obstetrical Department. Applicants from either city or
State can be admitted on the recommendation of any member of the
Legislative body or suitable county official.
St. Anthony's Orphan Asylum, 927 North Central Avenue, Balti-
more—Receives from State, $1,000 for 1909 and $1,000 for 1910. The
purpose of this Institution Is to provide a home for destitute orphan
children. Apply to institution for information relating to admission.
St. Mary's Female Orphan Asylum of Baltimore, Cold Spring Lane,
near Roland Avenue, Baltimore—Receives from State, $4,500 for 1909
and $4,500 for 1910. St. Mary's Female Orphan Asylum of Baltimore
gives the State in return for its appropriation, "Power to any Jus-
tice of the Peace or Trustee of the Poor of the City of Baltimore, or
of the counties of Maryland, to commit any orphans or destitute
girls, who may be suffering for want of support, either on account of
death, extreme indigence, or bad habits, or neglect of parents; pro-
vided, however, that such girl shall not be afflicted with any con-
tagious diseases, or vicious, in which cases the managers have the
right to refuse the commitment; and that the person making the
commitment do so in writing and sign the name." The child on
receive a primary education to eighth grade, are trained to domestic
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