PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 219
Hebrew Friendly Inn and Aged Home of Baltimore City, Aisquith
Street, Near Fayette, Baltimore—Receives from State $1,500 for 1911
and $1,500 for 1912. This institution was founded for the purpose of
providing a home for aged men and women who were unable to main-
tain themselves and who had no one to look after them. It was to pre-
vent them from being forced to enter an almshouse and become public
charges. The State is benefited by being relieved of the cost and
burden of supporting these old people. Applications for admission
are made to the Board of Directors at Aisquith and Fayette Streets,
and no one is admitted who is able to support himself, or who has
any one related to him, who is able to support him, and whose duty it
is to do it. No entrance fee is charged, and no charge is made for
sustaining the Inmates. In addition to this, this Institution conducts
a friendly inn and provides three days' board and lodging to
strangers in the city, free of cost.
Hollywood Children's Summer Home, 1608 Mount Royal Avenue,
Baltimore—Receives from State $500 for 1911 and $500 for 1912.
Apply to institution for particulars.
Borne of the Aged of Talbot County, .Boston, Maryland—Miss Lizzie
F. Hopkins, Corresponding Secretary. Receives from State $3,000
for 1911 and $3,000 for 1912. The institution receives persons of old
age who are unable to work and who have no means of support.
Borne of the Friendless of Baltimore City, Druid Hill and Lafayette
Avenues, Baltimore—Receives from State $5,000 for 1911 and $5,000
for 1912. The purpose of this institution Is the care, maintenance
and education of children. Many parents are enabled to be self-sup-
porting by being relieved of the care of children, when otherwise
parents and children would have to be supported by the State as
paupers. Entrance Into this Home is secured upon application at the
institution by parent or friend of the child, Tuesday morning, be-
tween the hours of II and I o'clock, or through correspondence to
Miss Isabel Wilmer, Agent, Home of the Friendless, Corner Druid
Hill and Lafayette Avenues, Baltimore.
Home of the Friendless Children of the Eastern Shore, Boston,
Maryland—Receives from State $1,000 for 1911 and $1,000 for 1912.
This institution cares for girls only, who are received upon applica-
tion to the Board of Managers. The age of these children Is from
3 to 8 years. Applicants received from any part of the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, the qualifications being mental and physical
soundness. For detailed information, address said institution at
above address.
Home for Incurables, Guilford Avenue and Twenty-First Street,
Baltimore—Receives from State $2,500 for 1911 and $2,500 for 1912.
The State receives through this Institution exemption from the care
of those unfortunates who are unable to care for themselves. Corre-
spondence inquiring into the method of entrance into this institution
should be addressed to Mr. John M. Nelson, 10 South Calvert Street,
Baltimore.
Home and Infirmary of Western Maryland, Cumberland, Maryland
—Receives from State $7,500 for 1911 and $7,500 for 1912. Apply to
J. W. Thomas, President, or Mrs. B. S. Randolph, Secretary. It is
required to keep six free beds under the State appropriation.
Maryland Home for Friendless Colored Children, 624 Druid Hill Ave.,
Baltimore—Receives from State $5,000 for 1911 and $5,000 for 1912.
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