Show 1 t ilf AT PHILADELPHIA there is a re 111 formatory for inebriates and it t f 1 La i seems to be one of the very few institutions f t in-stitutions of the kind in the country i that is conducted upon correct 4 principles The object of course is ilr j fco reform drunkar san the work is tt 1 i performed in a reasonable effective r sort of way In his last annual report 1 re-port just issued the superintendent states the principles on which the i i home 13 managed as follows i j The object of the homo is the perman 1 < cut reformation of inebriates Intemperance 1 Intemper-ance is regarded as a am it can therefore S 1 > o cured cnly by tfa subject himself f aided by Gods grace and tho home furnishes j furn-ishes the conditions under which the trial if saaybamade with the beat promise Il I success The patieUa physical condign Jt b condi-gn is the first object of the most solicit directions ous caro Skilled pLvsicians i AS to food exercise attention and occupation J occu-pation are implicitly carried out The aody having been brought back BO far Asia possible to a normal condition the patient is encouraged mentally and morally I mor-ally but not by any nambypamby sentiment senti-ment that ho u an unfortunate victim of inherited tendencies JJ and other Don t tianse but by showing him that ha is a drunkard because of his own acts and that the only way for him to recover Si r l by an exercise of the will and by diviue aid aidIt It will be observed that the above r f I is directly contrary to the rule 4 I usually followed by temperance societies i so-cieties and by too many good people iil peo-ple who interest themselves in the f 11 i work of trying to reclaim the unfortunate il un-fortunate who have become victims If to strong drink A man who was given gambling said that after f twenty years observation and I experience he had learned how to beat a faro bankby letting it I alone The same rule applies to ° drunkenness Drinking makes the drunkard and the only way for they t the-y inebriate to cure himself is to let I intoxicants alone There is very 1 little that is sentimental in reclaiming ii 1 re-claiming a drunkard The work is 1 e 11 j practical and must be performed I wholly by the patient himself Everyone addicted to intoxication t will admit the immorality of drun j f Icenness and there probably never was an inebriate who did not mor 4 j ally resolve many times to stop 41 l drinking but when he came to carry his resolution into effect he L found that something more than i1Ji uentirnent was required A drunkard 2 drunk-ard will never reform until he is made to understand that he alone h < I makes himself an inebriate and l the eure lies with him and none Eff other The Philadelphian institution insti-tution seems to be conducted fit upon the principle that the reformation of drunkards is a practical l 4 prac-tical unscientific sort of business and is therefore successful Last I year 300 confirmed drunkards were r t received at the home and 295 discharged Jj dis-charged 142 gave evidence of having j hav-ing been permanently cured 65 f11 were pronounced failures 55 were t improved and 20 were reported as I I doubtful |