Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . )i)y thoughts. This, as we have said, is a mans charity, founded andgoverned l)y men, and it justifies their best opinion oftheir own management. The •• Home for Incurables belongs to women, andalthough they have an Advisory Board of men,tlie members of it consider a better title would bean Indorsing Board, as all they do is to o1)ey. THE 7;A7y7;^-y/^>rN/;. .hi orders. It was foimded on a legacy of one There was in West Pliiladelphia a v<mu-1 who had been contined to her bed from . a
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . )i)y thoughts. This, as we have said, is a mans charity, founded andgoverned l)y men, and it justifies their best opinion oftheir own management. The •• Home for Incurables belongs to women, andalthough they have an Advisory Board of men,tlie members of it consider a better title would bean Indorsing Board, as all they do is to o1)ey. THE 7;A7y7;^-y/^>rN/;. .hi orders. It was foimded on a legacy of one There was in West Pliiladelphia a v<mu-1 who had been contined to her bed from . arlv rhildliood, and she, often thhikhi- of those wh.» sulVrndas much l)ul were not cared for as she was, longed tomake them as comfortable. She nsed to talk to hermother abont a home for incurables, and one day whena gold dollar was given her she said it could be putaway as the foundation for a fund for such a home. Itwas a hght enough fancy on her part, but it became aninspiration. After the girl died the money was remem-bered, and her mother and her friends determined to seeher wish carried out. It was easy enough to arouse m-terest, as every one knew the need of such an In the hospitals established for curative purposesthere was no room for patients pronounced beyoud help,and even at the Almshouse the transieut pauper waspreferred to the permanent patient. Every one knewof helpless sick who
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