The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-08-15
Philadelphia Letter.
PHILADELPHIA, August s, 1874
SEASIDE CHARITIES.

SEA-SIDE CHARITIES
Philadelphia is noted for its charita bic
institutions, and although our city has
numerous homes for the poor and affiict.
ed, some of our charitable disposed citi.
zens have erected what might be term
ed summer homes at the seaside, for
the use of the poor. The Children'S
Seashore Home at Atlantic City, N. j.,
is great charity, and is doing an i'm
mense amount of good. 1t is as its
name implies, home for small child
rem, who are taken there during the
summer months, to escape the heat and
dust of our city. 1t is well know that
infant mortality is great here during the
heated tel m, children dying by the score,
whose lives are sacrificed for want of
fresh air, and the Children's Seas hore
Home has saved the life of many an
infant which has temporarily been CIV
en- in its charge by its parents.
At Asbury Park, near Long Branch,
N. j., our Women's Christian Associa-
ton has recently erected a working
women's hotel, which has been opened
for the entertainment Of worthy work
ing women, who WILDE received at So
per week for boarding and lodging.
The hotel, by next season, will be able
to accommodate 100 boarders. Above
1000 visitors were present on the occa-
sion of the opening. Mayor Stokley of
our city presided, and considerable
speech making and excellent singing
formed the opening exercises. A large
amount of money was donated by those
present, to aid the new enterprise,
which has the best wishes of all for its
success.
DR.. CHARLES F. MATLACK,
who was the first American physician
to openly practice and advocate homeo
pathy in the State of Pennsylvania, dice
recently at his residence in this city
DIR. Matlack was born in Moorestown
N. J., in 1898, and after studying phar
macy, entered upon the study of medl-
cine and its practice under DR.. JOSEPH
Parrish, graduating as a physician a
the University of Pennsylvania In 1929
Until 1888 he practised in the allopathi
school, but at that time had his atten
tion drawn to the subject of homeopa
thy, by seeing brief notices of it il
medical journals and through meetin
with foreign copies of Hahneman'
! works. He subsequently practlsed tn
system and defended it against the as
, saults of opponents.
! THE ABDUCTED CHILD.
, Charley Ross, still engrOsses the atten
tion of the public. The large reward
| offered for his recovery has put ever
| one ON the alert to secure him, and it
3 somewhat of a risk to appear in publ
. with a small boy with flaXen ringleti
: Arrests are made here every day, an
3 a number of would be detectives ha
7 visions of greenbacks before their eye:
9 and were much disappointed to fin
5 they had been on the wrong seen
1 Whether the child will ever be recover
Y ed is much doubted, as there is not "
l the slightest clue discovered as to h
| whereabouts.
3 A REFORM NEEDED
S There is considerable complaint e.
$ pressed that our FairmOunt Park is
: rich mans Park, and not for the ben
fit OF the poor man. There is too muc
It truth in this complaint, as the Par
t seems to have been madea resort whel
= the poor man feels out of place. III
It numerous restaurants which aboun,
5 charge enormous prices for their refresl
Q ments, much higher than is charged [
J, any Of our principal city restaurant
s Most of the Park is given up TO carrlal
d roads, and pedestrian is likely to