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and those of a like age transferred by the Department of Public 

 Charities. The boys, in charge of the Christian Brothers of the 

 Catholic Church, receive a general school education and are taught 

 trades, such as printing, electrotyping, bookbinding, shoe, brush, 

 harness, and paper box making, baking, farming, tailoring, chair 

 caning, brick laying, plumbing, telegraphy, blacksmithing, wheel- 

 wrighting, carpentering, painting, drawing, etc. 



The girls, under the tutelage of the Society of St. Vincent de 

 Paul, also receive a general school education and are taught ma- 

 chine sewing, typewriting, cooking, laundry work, telegraphy and 

 music. The famous Protectory Band has won an enviable reputa- 

 tion in the musical world and is a great credit to the institution. 



The Peabody Home for Aged and Indigent Women at Boston 

 Road and One Hundred Seventy-ninth Street was founded in 1874, 

 and is a free and non-sectarian institution for white women over 

 sixty-five years of age. The Home is supported entirely by volun- 

 tary subscriptions and accommodates about thirty-five. 



The Home for the Friendless at Jerome and Woodycrest Ave- 

 nues, opposite Macomb's Dam Park, was opened in 1902, and 

 aims to save from degradation, friendless and neglected children; 

 boys under ten and girls under fourteen. It is under the control 

 of the American Female Guardian Society. After being legally 

 surrendered to the society, they are transferred by adoption to 

 Christian families who, upon investigation, can give satisfactory 

 assurance that they will provide good homes for the children. 



Other philanthropic institutions are: The Roman Catholic 

 Orphan Asylum at Fordham Heights ; The Hebrew Infant Asylum ; 

 St. Philip's Parish House, and Webb's Academy and Home for 

 Shipbuilders, mentioned elsewhere in another connection. 



The New York Public Library absorbed in 1904 the Bronx Free 

 Library and maintains five branches in beautiful Carnegie Build- 

 ings, where books and periodicals are loaned to young and old, 

 and where reference and reading rooms accommodate scholars and 

 students. The libraries are located at 321 East One Hundred 

 Fortieth Street, 78 West One Hundred Sixty-eighth Street, 610 East 

 One Hundred Sixty-ninth Street, 1866 Washington Avenue, and 

 3041 Kingsbridge Avenue. 



It is a natural phase of human existence that a city's cemeteries 

 expand in numbers and dimensions in direct ratio to the city's 

 increase in size and population. 



