The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
HOME OF THE FRIENDLESS is ONE|OF
KENTUCEYS MERITORIOUS INSTITUTIONS

and Innocent lives rescued by means
of this work.
THE board of managers, now en-
larged to the number of IL, repre-
senting all the churches, has from day
to day and week to week during all
the succeeding years devoted time,
thought and energy unsparingly to the
interests of the home. They have
dealt with difficulties and perplexlties
and borne anMeties of which the gem
eral public has had little idea; but
backed by the sympathy and liberali-
ty of people OF all classes they have
long since developed the work from a
feeble experiment tor an assured and
splendid success and all this time the
possibilities and necessities OF the
work have been such that It has en-
tlrely outgrown the present bounds.
The Home Of the Frlendless is the
only institution in Kentucky and with
In a radius of several hundred miles
IN two OF three adjoining states which
is endeayorlng 20 do a permanent
work on the broad lines OF charity
combined With moral, mental and
Industrial training.
II is house in which every individ-
ual regardless OF. caste of prejudice is
Interested and as TO the lasting and
really beneficial results Of which there
can be no difference Of opinion.
1t appeals at once to the ordinary
instincts Of humanity. and Is in line
with the reasoning and approved meth
DDS of the best minds OF the day who
are giving scientific study TO the sub
iect of child training. the prevention
of crime and the different branches of
sociology
The man or woman cannot be found
certainty not IN Paducah) who is not
IN sympathy with the idea Of shelter
Ing feeding. clothing and giving med
zeal attention to needy, homeless wom-
en- and outcast children.
This part OF the work which in
wolves heavy expenses throughout the
year and most careful and frugal
on the part Of the board
90 order 10 meet them.
An excellent school Is maintained
On the home ten months in the year,
where the children have equal adj
yaniages 30 the public schools. and In
they are daily and systemat-
.cally trained In the practical domes-
he work Of the home.
The principle upon which the insI- !
tuition Is based and operated Is that
regular care. home training and edu-
cation OF children Is the most telling !
moral force IN the community, and IS
az the same time the best financial in
yestment the city can make, saving |
thousands Of dollars in the case of
naupors and the prosecution and pun
.fhmont of criminals.
Numbers have been sheltered and
taught. helped 20 new and better
Ideals and placed in permanent homes
Or positions OF respectabilhy or self
and his good Is craving
patiently, laboriously and quietly ey-
cry day.
Statistics show that between 1000 !
and twelve hundred persons have been
cared for since the opening of the
work.
Many children lave been reared
nom practical infancy to young wo-
manhood and have no recollection Of
any other home. These figures would !
ave been increased bat for the fact
hat boys over a certain age limit are
iot admitted or retained.
There are forty-four children ROW
n the family Of the home. the largest |
number IN It's history; twcnty~nire of
hose are in school. with the exception
,f Mary Poe, the blind girl, are under
.chool age and four of the number
iuder the age OF three years.
4 prominent man recently remark
d that II any one in Paducah Is luke |
warm In his interest IN the Home OF
lie Friendlesl he has only to visit il |
as he has done, witness the comforts
and happiness OF the children, and re-
llize something OF the labor of love
hat Is being done for them.
Means for charging and extending
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