The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . r this institution was left by the provisions ofthe will of the late Ichabod Washburn, and this endowment has beenincreased by contributions amounting to several thousand dollars from?other citizens of Worcester. Widows, and females who have neverbeen married are the only beneficiaries, and especially those who havenot been the recipients of public charity, but have respectably sustaineda struggle with disease or misfortune. None are excluded on account•of sect or nationality, although preference is given to those of Americ
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . r this institution was left by the provisions ofthe will of the late Ichabod Washburn, and this endowment has beenincreased by contributions amounting to several thousand dollars from?other citizens of Worcester. Widows, and females who have neverbeen married are the only beneficiaries, and especially those who havenot been the recipients of public charity, but have respectably sustaineda struggle with disease or misfortune. None are excluded on account•of sect or nationality, although preference is given to those of Americanbirth. An admission fee of $100 may be required from applicants, butis not imperative. Temporary Home and Day Nursery. 204 Southbridge in 1892. vShelter is provided for a few days or weeks, asthe case may be, for women and children temporarily deprived of ahome. Compensation is expected in work if possible. At the Day Nursery, in the same building, working-women may leavetheir young children as they go to their work in the morning, and call. The Worcester of 1898. 243: for them at night. For a trifling charge the children are furnishedwith a dinner, and otherwise cared for. The Welcome Mission. 62 Madison street. Organized 1894. Thisinstitution is under the auspices of the Worcester Local Union of theSociety of Christian Endeavor, and is under the superintendence ofWilliam E. Oakley. It is a temporary refuge for the tramp, who isexpected to render some equivalent for the food and lodging furnishedhim. This is done by the conversion of cord wood into fuel for kind-ling, and by work in the potato field, several acres of which the Missionhas under culture. Worcester Childrens Friend Society. Main, corner of Benefitstreet. Organized in 1848. This institution is more properly knownas the Orphans Home. Children of three years of age and upwardswithout parents, or with only one parent, but unable to properly supportthem, are admitted, cared for and educated unt
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