Fourth Annual Report Of The Franklin Reformatory Home For Inebriates Of Philadelphia PDF Download

Excerpt from Fifth Annual Report of the Franklin Reformatory Home for Inebriates, of Philadelphia, 1877: Located at Nos. 911, 913 and 915 Locust Street; Organized April 1st, 1872, Incorporated December 11th, 1872; Charter Revised and Amended May 4th, 1874 We desire to increase the capacity of the Home, so that one hun dred inmates can be accommodated. Can not this be accomplished? IS it asking too much to request that contributions be forwarded for that purpose? Men of high social position and culture have, through the Home, been placed where they properly belong. They have been saved. Are there not others to whom the same brotherly hand could be extended? Are they to be neglected? Why not con tribute towards their reformation, when it can be' done honorably, and the whole family circle made happy thereby, and that without the slightest reflection upon their character, or any disgrace attaching to them? In the Third Annual Report, the President stated that it was the desire of the Board to establish a separate and distinct fund to be called a Memorial Fund, and that contributions of 5000, or upwards, for such an Object, would be' set apart and dedicated to special cases, as a memorial forever to the donor, relative or friend, as should be designated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.