Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-17
The Will Of Edwin Forrest.
he Provides II Home for Worn Ont Ac-
tors and a school for Teaching the His
triOniC Art.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 16.-The will of
Edwin Forrest is dated April D. 1866 and con-
tainS provisions for mis- sisters which become
imperative by their death. It appoints as
trustees james Oaks of Boston, James Samson
OF New York, and Daniel DJugherly of Phila-
dephia; directs the sale Of all his property, ex-
cept Spring Brook in Philadelphia, which he
fixed rs the location Of the Edwin Forrest
Home" which institution shall be Tor the sap
port and maintenance Of actors and actresses
decayed by age and disabled by infirmities, who
If natives of the uitCd States, shall have served
at least i've wears in the theatrical pro-
fesSion, and if of foreign birth shall
have served in that profession ten years.
whereof the three years next pre-
vious to application for admission into the
home shall have been spent in the United States
and who shall in all things comply with the
laws and regulations of the home, or otherwise
be discharged by the managers, whose decision
shall be final. The number OF inmates shall
never exceed the annual rent and revenue OF
the institution, and after the number of inmates
shall exceed twelve, Others to be admitted shall
be such only as shall receive the approval of
majority OF the inmates as well as the managers.
The corporation shall be managed by Il board
OF seven managers chosen by the trustees, and
snail include themselves as long as any OF them
are living, and also the mayor of Philadelphia
for the time being: and as vacancies occur
the managers shall ill them SO that only one
vacancy shall ever exist at a time. The man
ayers shall elect one of their number as prcs-
dent and appoint 4 secretary steward, matron,
and, if needed, clerk. Except the treasurer,
said officers shall be chosen from among the in
mates. The treasurer and secretary shall not be
managers. Provision is made to remedy any
failure to fill vacancies and correct any failure
or breach oftruSt by application to the orphans
court. The purposes Of SAID home are intended
to be partly educational aud self sustaining as
well as elemosynary, and never to encourage
denesS or thriltlessneSS in any who are capable
OF useful eXertion. 1t provides that his library
shall be left at the home, which shall also
| contain picture gallery Tor the preservation of
| his collection, and neat theatre for private ex-
| mbition and hiStriOnic culture, to which pupils
| shall be admitted. Lectures on science literature
and arts are also provided for, as well as cele-
brations on the fourth of July and ShakeSpeares
birthday 1t directS that a charter for the insti-
tuition be obtained from the state legislature.
GodiclS of the viii give an annuity of $500
to James Oaks, and requests of $4,000 each 10
James Lawson and Daniel Dougherty, $4,000
to Miss Elizabeth Welsh daughter of John X.
Welsh, $1,000 TO S. S. Smith Of Cincinnati, and
$1,000 to the actors OF the Order of Friendship of
Philadelphia.
Now that the sisters are dead, all the proceeds
of the sale of property go to the home, with the
exception of special requests.