humanity ; the United Society of Christian Endeavor, 646 Washing-
ton Street, a religious society, composed of members of evangelical
churches, for the training and guiding of young Christians ; the Order
of the King's Daughters, 7 Temple Place, organized to do "anything
that helps another human being to be better and happier, and to
develop spiritual life and stimulate Christian activity;" and the
Massachusetts Bible Society, 12 Bosworth Street, sells or distributes,
gratuitously, Bibles and Testaments.
Societies for Social Improvement.
The Boston Young Men's Christian Association occupies a
handsome building on the corner of Boylston and Berkeley Streets.
The object of this society is to provide a homelike resort, with good
influences, for young men. The building contains attractive parlors,
reception-rooms, reading, game, and class rooms, halls for lectures,
and a thoroughly equipped gymnasium. Membership in this associ-
ation is open to men over fifteen of any religious belief.
The Boston Young Men's Christian Union, 48 Boylston Street,
is open to young men, over sixteen, of any color or sect. It incites its
members to religious and mental culture, and to practical philan-
thropy. The building has reception-rooms, parlors, a study, library,
class and reading rooms, a fine gymnasium, and three public halls.
In the largest of these halls — the Union — there are 500 seats, and it
has a stage and appliances suitable for amateur dramatic perform-
ances.
The Boston Young Men's Hebrew Association, 68 Springfield
Street, is open evenings. It is devoted to the social and moral ad-
vancement of young men.
The Young Woman's Christian Association, No. 40 Berkeley
Street, was established in 1866. Its object is "to care for the tem-
poral, moral, and religious welfare of young women who are depend-
ent upon their own exertion for support, and to help them in such a
way that their self-respect shall not be hurt." It maintains a lodging,
house, restaurant, a training-school for domestics, a school of domes-
tic science, evening classes for working girls in dress-cutting, dress-
making, millinery, cooking, typewriting, stenography, and a normal
school of physical education, an employment bureau, and a business
agency for the various employments open to women.
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The Women's Educational and Industrial Union, 264 Boylston
Street, was established in 1880, and has for its object " to increase
fellowship among women, and promote practical methods for their
educational, industrial, and social advancement." It maintains a
reading-room free to all women of any race or creed; library, classes
in bookkeeping, gymnastics, embroider^^ millinery, drawing, music,
language, etc.; lectures and entertainments on Wednesday evenings
in winter, free to men and women; religious meetings on Sunday,
for women only, and health talks, by women physicians, twice a
week. An agency of direction gives information as to boarding-
houses, summer resorts, schools, etc. A befriending committee visits
the sick. In the lunch-room a simple bill of fare, at moderate prices,
is presented, and women can bring their own lunch to eat here without
purchasing.
Charities and Hospitals.
Hospitals. — Boston is one of the foremost cities in the country in
the number and equipment of her hospitals. A stranger suffering
from illness or accident ought to feel no hesitation in availing him-
self of the comfort and care provided by these institutions.
The Massachusetts General Hospital, on Blossom Street, had its
origin in a bequest of $5,000, made in 1799; but it was not incorpo-
rated until 181 1. It is the most complete and perfectly organized in-
stitution of its kind in the country, and the oldest, save one — the
Pennsylvania Hospital. The stately main building, of Chelmsford
granite, was designed by Bulfinch. It stands in pleasant shaded
ground. It admits, under light conditions, patients suffering from
diseases or injuries, from any part of the United States or British
Provinces; and provision is made for free treatment, or treatment at
the cost to the patient of the expense involved. No infectious dis-
eases are admitted, and chronic or incurable cases are generally
refused. On proper call the hospital ambulance, with medical officer,
is dispatched, at any hour, to points within the city proper, north of
Dover and Berkeley streets. Every arrangement is made, in the
hospital, for the treatment, comfort, and happiness of the patient.
In connection with this hospital is the Convalescent Home, at "VVa-
verly, and the McLean Asylum for the Insane, also established in
Waverly. The hospital maintains a training school for nurses, and a
dispensary which gives treatment only.
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143 HANDY GUIDE TO BOSTON.
The names of many men eminent in the medical profession
have, at all times, been on the list of its visiting physicians and
surgeons. In one of the operating-rooms of this hospital a capital
operation was first performed under the influence of ether. (See
The Ether Monument, in Chapter III.)
The Boston City Hospital occupies the entire square between
Harrison Avenue, East Concord, Albany, and East Springfield
streets, and a part of the adjacent square to Massachusetts
Avenue. It is maintained by annual appropriations from the
municipal government, and it is governed by a board of trustees
representing the government. The hospital staff, consisting of
visiting, out-patient, house, departments, and medical and sur-
gical assistants, numbers about seventy. The hospital is chiefly
intended for free patients, but there are accommodations for a
number of pay-patients, at prices varying from $10 to $30 per
week. The hospital proper consists of the central administration
building, and eighteen other buildings for patients, forming an
effective architectural group. The hospital for contagious diseases,
completed 1894, is known as the Chester Park Hospital, and has
accommodations for 260 patients. It is intended for such infec-
tious diseases as diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, etc. This group
of buildings has cost about $350,000, and is the best of any
hospital in existence devoted to this special purpose. No American
city, save Boston, is provided with a place like this, where gently-
nurtured people may have all the comforts and attentions to
which they are accustomed. The Convalescent Home, connected
with the City Hospital, is at Milton Lower Mills, about four miles
from the hospital. It is a fine old family mansion, which has
been extended and enlarged, and accommodates thirty-six patients.
It is in a beautiful park of fifteen acres.
The Massachusetts Homceopathic Hospital, on East Concord
Street, was incorporated in 1855, but was not established and
ready for patients until 1871. For five years it occupied a house
at 14 Burroughs Place. The present beautiful building was
opened for patients in May, 1876. The funds for its erection were
raised by a grand fair, which was held by its friends, and netted
nearly $80,000. The hospital has recently been enlarged at a cost
of $100,000, and is pronounced, by competent judges, one of the
most successful and satisfactory hospitals in the State.
RELIGIOUS AND BENEVOLENT WORK. 143
The Carney Hospital, on Old Harbor Street, South Boston, was
incorporated in 1865. The location is, in every respect, desirable.
It stands on Dorchester Heights, and commands an extensive
view of Massachusetts Bay, and also of the city. The land on
which the hospital stands, and a fund of $53,000, were a gift
from the late Andrew Carney. It is in charge of the Sisters of
Charity, and is a Catholic institution, but patients of all classes
are admitted, no distinction being made on account of creed,
color, or race. It is a hospital of the first class, with well-equipped
operating-rooms, etherizing-rooms, and other departments.
Other Hospitals. — Adams Nervme Asylum, for persons of both
sexes affected with nervous diseases. West Roxbury District, Center
Street. Bost07i Lying-Iii //(^j///^/, No. 24 McLean Street. Chan-
71171 g Home, for women and children, chiefly incurables, No. 30
McLean Street. Childre7is Hospital for medical and surgical treat-
ment of children, Huntington Avenue, Back Bay District. Co7isump-
tives' Hoi7ie, for both sexes. Homoeopathic treatment, Roxbury
District, corner of Warren Street and Blue Hill Avenue. Free Hospi-
tal for Wojne7i, for treatment of diseases of women, 817 Harrison
Avenue and Brookline Street. House of the Good Samarita7i, for
the treatment of women and children, especially incurables. No. 6
McLean Street. New E7igla7id Hospitalfor lVo?>ie7i a7id C/iildre7i,
under the charge of women. It offers young women studying medi-
cine opportunities for clinical study which other hospitals afford to
young men; Dimock Street; dispensary, 29 Fayette Street. Sinai Ipox
Hospital, near rear entrance of Forest Hills Cemetery, Canterbury
Street. Special Hoi7ie, for both sexes afflicted with spinal diseases,
homoeopathic treatment, Roxbury District, corner Warren Street
and Blue Hill Avenue. St. Eliz abet lis Hospital, for women.
No. 61 West Brookline Street. St. Joseph's HoiJie for Sick
and Destitute Serva7it Girls, for incurables especially, Nos. 41
to 45 East Brookline Street. St. Marfs Lyi7ig-l7i Hospital {sindi
Infant Asylum), Dorchester District, Bowdoin Street. U7iited States
Naval Hospital, connected with the Charlestown Navy Yard,
Chelsea.
Other Public Institutions which come under the jurisdiction of
the city government, are the Houses of iTidustry a7id Refor77iatio7i,
and the Trua7it School at Deer Island; the House of Correctio7i and
Lunatic Hospital Sit South Boston, the Abns house sdX Rainsfordand
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Long Islands, and Charlestown; the Marcella Street Home ior
neglected boys and girls, and the Parental School, at West Roxbury.
The Associated Charities of Boston. — The objects of this society
are to secure the concurrent and harmonious action of the different
charities in Boston, in order to raise the needy above the need of
relief, prevent begging and imposition, and diminish pauperism ; to
encourage thrift, self-dependence, and industry through friendly
intercourse, advice, and sympathy, and to aid the poor to help them-
selves ; to prevent children from growing up as paupers, and to aid
in the diffusion of knowledge on subjects connected with the relief
of the poor. To accomplish these objects, it provides for the thorough
investigation of the case of every applicant for relief, and places the
result of such investigation at the disposal of the Overseers of the
Poor, of charitable societies and agencies, and of private persons of
benevolence. It makes all relief conditional upon good conduct, and
sends friendly visitors into the families of the poor. Their offices
are in the Charity Building, on Chardon Street.
The Private Charities of Boston are numerous and efficient.
They meet almost every want to which suffering humanity is subject,
and they are conducted with rare intelligence and devotion. It would
be impossible, in a work of this character, to mention even the more
prominent private philanthropies. Information concerning them
may be obtained at the Charity Building, on Chardon Street.
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VIII.
CLUBS, SOCIETIES, AND MILITARY
ORGANIZATIONS.
The social clubs of the city are not of special interest to strangers,
since, 'without an invitation from a member, no one is admitted to
their privileges. Boston has many clubs, social, literary, professional,
business, and commercial. Some of these clubs have palatial
houses, wherein every appliance of comfort and luxury is to be found,
but many of them are confined to rooms in some convenient
locality.
The following is an alphabetical list of the leading clubs and
societies in Boston, with brief remarks:
Algonquin, 217 Commonwealth Avenue. This is one of the lead-
ing social clubs. Its membership includes bankers, brokers, mer-
chants, lawyers, etc. It was organized in 1885, and occupies one of
the finest and most perfectly appointed club-houses in the cit}-. The
exterior, in Italian Renaissance architecture, is of Indiana limestone.
The reading-room, library, and billiard-hall are each over eighty feet
long, and the dining-rooms and other apartments are convenient and
attractive.
Apollo Club, 153 Tremont Street. [See Chapter V.]
Appalachian Mountain, Tremont Building. The objects of this
association are to explore the mountains of New England and the
adjacent regions, both for scientific and artistic purposes, and, in
general, to cultivate an interest in geographical studies. Its mem-
bers make frequent expeditions to these mountains, strike out new
paths, establish camps, construct and publish accurate maps, and
collect all available information concerning the mountain regions.
The Atlantic Yacht, Commercial wharf.
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146 HANDY GUIDE TO BOSTON.
Boston Architectural, 5 Tremont Place, composed of architects
and draughtsmen, and non-professionals interested in the aims of the
society.
Boston Athletic Association, Exeter, corner of Blagden Street.
[See Chapter v.]
Boston Camera Club, 50 Bromfield Street, composed of amateur
photographers, and devoted to the advancement, among its members,
of a knowledge of photography in all its branches.
The Boston Art Club's handsome home is at the corner of Dart-
mouth and Newbury streets. The club entrance is on the Newbury
Street side, while the public entrance to the art gallery is on th'^
Dartmouth Street front. The building is in the Romanesque style
of architecture, with hexagonal corner tower wnth a massive project-
ing balcony.
This club was organized in 1857, with a membership of twenty
persons, nearly all of whom were professional artists. In 1874 the
club was reorganized and now numbers 137 professional and 650 non-
professional members. The objects of the club, as stated in its con-
stitution, are " to advance the knowledge and love of art through the
exhibition of its works of art, the acquisition of books and papers for
the purpose of forming an art library, lectures upon subjects per-
taining to art, and by other kindred means ; and to promote social
intercourse among its members."
The interior of the house is convenient, sumptuous, and inviting.
The exhibition gallery, on the second floor, is 47 by 47 feet, and 18 feet
high, and, by the arrangement of the interior of the house, the gallery
can be thrown open for public exhibitions without encroaching upon
the rooms devoted exclusively to club purposes. The club has a val-
uable library of works on art and books of reference. Its regular
spring, summer, and w^inter exhibitions are important features of the
art season in Boston.
The Boston Society of Decorative Art is located at 222 Boylston
Street. The purpose of this society is "to raise the standard of
design in hand- wrought work and in manufacture, and to guide all
those who use the needle, the brush, or the modeling-tool for deco-
rative ends, to an appreciation of pure form and noble design, so that
the objects produced or decorated by these agencies might be beauti-
ful to the eye and satisfactory to the cultivated taste." The rooms of
the society are open from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. on week-days, and many
CLUBS, SOCIETIES, ETC. 147
beautiful specimens of decorative work are on exhibition. Admission
free.
The Boston Turn Verein, 29 Middlesex Street, was organized in
.849, and it is the leading German society in the city. The club
house contains a thoroughly equipped gymnasium, billiard-rooms,
bowling alleys, a hall having a seating capacity of 500, and a stage
for private theatricals, concerts, and other entertainments; a reading-
room and library, and restaurant, parlors, and reception-rooms.
The Bostonian Society, Old State House, is an organization to
" promote the study of the history of Boston, and the preservation of
its antiquities." It has charge of the upper stories of the Old State
House, and maintains the rooms on the second floor, with the collec-
tion of antiquities there, for public exhibition.
The Boston Merchants* Association, 56 Bedford Street, was
incorporated in 18S0. Its membership represents various branches of
business. It has regular standing committees on transportation,
arbitration, debts and debtors, and postal facilities, telegraphy, etc.
Its annual banquets are features in the mercantile life of Boston.
Boston Chess Club, 18 Boylston Place.
Boston Fencing Club, 20 Beacon Street.
Boston Press Club, i4Bosworth Street, composed of newspaper
proprietors, publishers, editors, reporters, and managers, and persons
regularly engaged in literary pursuits.
Boston Yacht Club, 817 East Sixth Street. It is the senior yacht
club of Boston, and dates from 1S66. Its club-house is at City Point.
Caledonia Club, 694 Washington Street, composed largely of
leading Scotch citizens.
Catholic Union, 1682 Washington Street, composed of leading
Catholics.
Cecilia, 153 Tremont Street.
Commercial Travelers', 694 Washington Street.
Elysium Club, 218 Huntington Avenue. This is composed of the
leading Hebrew residents of the city. The club-house was erected in
1891, and it is, in every way, convenient and attractive.
Mayflower Club, 7 A Park Street, a social club of women,
organized, in 1893, to provide comfortable rooms down town, "fur-
nished with periodicals and conveniences for w^riting, and where a
simple lunch may be obtained." The club-rooms are pleasant and
comfortably furnished, and the restaurant is especially inviting.
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Massachusetts Yacht Club, Rowe's Wharf,
New England Woman's Club, No. 3 Park Street. This is one of
the most prominent clubs of Boston. Its organization, in 1868, was
closely followed by that of "Sorosis" of New York, but the latter
club does not resemble its predecessor in its aims. Sorosis is purely
a social club, while the New England Woman's Club is not only
social, but has a wide-reaching work in many directions. The
Woman's Club was intended as a center of rest and social convenience
for women already active in various philanthropic ways to the extent
of their ability, with the hope and belief that the time thus econo-
mized from fruitless search of each other, or spent socially in a less
satisfactory manner, given to this sympathetic intercourse, might
turn to still more fruitful use from the reaction upon each other of
minds so well trained in varied service, when brought to bear upon
the special needs of women.
Paint and Clay Club, 419 Washington Street. This club was
founded in 1880. Its constitution requires that members shall be
connected with art, literature, or music. It gives occasional recep-
tions and art exhibitions.
The Puritan Club, 50 Beacon Street, composed of young men
of social standing and wealth. It has excellent table d'hote din-
ners for members, and pleasant dining-rooms for private parties.
Republican Club, 19 Milk Street.
St. Botolph Club, 2 Newbury Street, largely composed of
professional men. It was organized in 1880, and the purpose of
its projectors was to establish a club similar to that of the
Century in New York. Among its members are several of the
most distinguished of the liberal clergymen of the city, representa-
tive literary men, physicians, journalists, artists, and members of
the bar. A feature of the club-house is its large art gallery.
The Somerset Club, 42 Beacon Street. This is the most
fashionable and exclusive of Boston's clubs. It has occupied its
present quarters since 1872. The house, which was formerly the
mansion of the late David Sears, stands on the site of the home
of Copley, the famous painter. It is an imposing granite front,
"double-swell" house, with convenient and elegant interior. A
notable feature is a ladies' dining-room for guests of the mem-
bers, which is also open to non-members accompanying ladies on
club orders.
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The Suffolk Club, whose house, at 4^ Beacon Street, is a
modest, comfortable, and homelike structure, is a purely social
club. Politics do not enter into its plans, but it happens that
many prominent Democrats are among its members.
Union Club, 8 Park Street. This club was estabHshed during
the Civil War, primarily as a political club in support of the
Union cause. The house was formerly the home of Abbot
Lawrence. It is spacious, well arranged, and furnished, adorned
with paintings and other works of art, and provided with a fine
library. It has, for many years now, been a purely social club,
having abandoned its political features.
The Tavern Club occupies very pleasant quarters at No. 4 Boylston
Place, in an old-time mansion, which is adorned with works of
art and curiosities, given by members. It is a lunch and dining
club of gentlemen who are interested in literature, art, music, etc.
The Temple Club, located at 35 West Street, is the oldest club
in the city, having been established in 1829. It is a purely social
club, and the membership is small. The club-house presents a
plain exterior, but its interior is admirably arranged and equipped
for club purposes.
The University Club, 270 Beacon Street, was organized in 1881,
and its membership is composed entirely of college-bred men, and
includes representatives of all the leading colleges in the country.
It occupies one of the most sumDtuously appointed club-houses in
the city.
The Unity Art Club, 724 Washington Street.
Union Boat Club, foot of Chestnut Street, on the Charles River.
This is, with one exception, the oldest boat club in the United States,
having been organized in 185 1. It is an exclusively amateur associa-
tion, no member being allowed to enter into negotiations to row a
race for a stated sum of money, nor can the funds of the club be
appropriated for prizes.
There are several Literary Clubs in Boston which, having no
club-houses, meet at some leading hotel. The Saturday Club dines
once a month, at Parker's. Many celebrated writers have belonged to
this club. The Wednesday Evening Century Club and the Thurs-
day Club are associations in which the professional element is dom-
inant. They meet at the houses of members.
Among the Professional Societies may be mentioned the Boston
150 HANDY GUIDE TO BOSTON.
Medical Association, which holds its meetings at 19 Boylston Place;
the Boy Is toft Medical Society of Harvard University, the Boston
Society for Medical -Improvement, the Boston Society for Medical
Observation, the Boston Homosopathic Society, the Boston Drug-
gists^ Association, and the Bar Association of the City of Boston.
Scientific and Learned Societies.
Boston has many societies devoted to scientific and learned inves-
tigations. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has rooms
in the Historical Society's building, and is, with one exception, the
oldest scientific society in the country. The object of its founders
was "the promotion and encouragement of a knowledge of the
antiquities and the natural history of America; the encouragement of
medical studies, mathematical disquisitions, philosophical inquiries
and discoveries, astronomical, meteorological, and geographical
observations, and improvements in agriculture, the arts, manufac-
tures, and commerce." Volumes of its "Memoirs" and "Proceed-
ings" are from time to time published. Its library contains 22,000
volumes. (See Libraries.)
The Massachusetts Historical Society, which in 1899 moved
into a new building at Boylston Street and the Fenway, was founded,
in 1791, by Rev. Jeremy Belknap and seven associates. Its object is
to investigate matters of history, and preserve records and relics
illustrating it, especially locally. It publishes extensively.
The New England Historic Genealogical Society, at 18 Somerset
Street, was founded in 1844, and has for its object the study and pub-
lication of historical and genealogical facts about New England and
her people. The library embraces the largest collection in the
country of genealogies of New England families.
The Boston Society of Natural History meets in its Museum
building (see p. 69), at the corner of Boylston and Berkeley streets.
The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Hunt-