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Show INTERESTING ADDRESS TO PARENTS i CHIEF BROWNING TALKS AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.- Packed House Greeted Head of Og-den'a Og-den'a Police Department With Hearty Appreciation. t is no doubt much truth in the theory, for "like beget like." in nature everywhere, and any general departure, depar-ture, from the mlo mast be brought about by wrong moans or by wrong training. An interesting comparison was ma!e In. an educational Journal recently between the defendants of two families of early American, times. The head of one of these families scorned to be a natural criminal. Hla instincts were coarse, his manner cruel, his course of life evil and depraved. de-praved. He figured as ore of the first Jail-birds In f 9 colonial records and ho was a great trouble to his neigh-horhocd. neigh-horhocd. The head of the other of tbes.. f tru'lies via a n-sn noted for his piety, his scholarship, and his general worth. His name was always mentioned with respect and all who knew him were proud of his acqualn-, acqualn-, tance. The decenJants of tU-jse two I men have beon traced down to the present day, tor both of them had families, fam-ilies, and their posterity show a ic-. ic-. markable equality In numbers. The statistics are not at hand Just now, but I recalj that they bore every indication indi-cation of hiring teen laborious! and accurately gathered. .A surp.laing number of the first man's descendant have been inmates -of reformatories, houses of correction and prisons! Vice and wickedness seemed to be Ihelr element and they lived in its atmosphere. atmos-phere. Their genealogy seoml'n be one continuous record of crime this manifesting itself In every generation and in every branch of the family. The descendants of the cthor man's family comprise a larger number, and are college graduates and more leading and learned men, than any other family has contribut- Chief of Police Thomas E. Browning Brown-ing gave a very interesting address in the Baptist church, last evening, to a large and very appreciative audience au-dience of parents. The' subject treat-! ed by the chief was the care and attention at-tention that parents should give 'to their boys and girls in the home, and the aid they should give to the poace I officers In protecting young people 1 from the many' vices 'to which they ; are subjected If they are permitted to I go out at will. Mr. Browning forcefully urged tho : parents to keep strict surveillance ! over Aelr children and see to it that they are at home nights and that if Ihey are permitted to attend parties or make visits to friends in the oven- I ing, they should always be under tho ed; They have been patriots, fur-: fur-: nishlng a host of statesmen, schol-! schol-! ars, ministers, authors and men i and women of the highest type In life I Certainly this comparison Is fruitful I of thought and Buggestlvvi to one of I the social problems of tho day. Tho influence and surroundings onder wh'ch the children in the different families grew up undoubic-ily had an Inestimable effect upon their later lives. Heredity ' is not alone responsible for the fact that in one fami'y nearly every member lived in vice ind crfme. While in the other family oea.-'y every member loved tho good) the true and the beautiful. Children's natures, taul even adult natures are imnw.useh cf fected, it not indeed muda, by fhe.r circumstances, by thei" "environments," "environ-ments," as tho scientists nil It. Vhr.-e purity is enjoined, and prr:vl .rrl sought after, more of it wU be found than where It is despised. 'Wren vice is looked upon with horror, and children chil-dren are taught to Bhun it as a hideous hid-eous thing, it will claim fewer victims guidance of older persons, those mature ma-ture in years and Judgment and capable capa-ble of protecting tho young people against the many pitfalls that Ho open to them, even in the best regulated j city. Ho called attention to tho human hu-man yultnrcs who are constantly lying ly-ing in wait for young girls that are left to roam the stroets at will, and ' who are almost invariably very eacily led astray. The speaker felt that the parents .should - co-operate with the officers of the city in stemming the tlde"of immorality that prevails in every community. to a greater or j lesser degree. Mr. Browning's talk was greatly appreciated by. the largo I audience and was calculated to do a ! world of good in the alleviation ot wrong doing among the young people. Pastor H. D. Zimmerman gave a j fifteen minuto talk to the congrega- tionv after Chief Browning had con- j eluded, endorsing what Mr. Browning ! had said, and urging his congrega-1 lion to put Into practice the ideas that j had been advanced. Chief Browning said in part: Ladies and Gentlemen: , Your pas-,tor, pas-,tor, the Rev. Zimmerman, a few days ago, invited me to speak to you tonight to-night and requested - that I should speak a few words to parents of his congregation, and I take great pleasure pleas-ure in doing so and hope that it will be of some benefit I see every dav In my official capa city where parents are mislead by their children. Just a few days ago th attention of the police was called to a. bad case. Young women are enticed away from their homos by human wolves, who j come in our midst to remain only a few days. Upon their first appearance ' in our city, they proceed to "get ac-I quainted with some giddy girl , and commence their nefarious work by taking tak-ing them to some cafe, where they are boxed in and supply them with a fine meal and in many cases glvo them drinks, and from there, in "some I cases," prevail upon them to go away ; from home for a few days. The girl i Jccelvlng her paronts, says that sho I Is stopping with some kind girl friend, j The police ara nnable to keep watch ! of theao girls in all cases. Hoicl peo- J pie are careless In not notlfyinj; the : police of existing conditions and ; wrongs until after the damage Is done, i 1 ask the question: Can tho police, without the aid of the parents, etop 1 these existing wrongs? It will be ne- ccssary for the , parents to see that their children remain at night under i their own roof. : In many cases we 1 have too much confidence in our cMl- ' dren, and the parents cannot escape the responsibility for the car nnd nurture nur-ture and training of their children. than where It is familiar. Where strict watch and care is kept over the lives of the young, to see that their associations are good, their Instructions Instruc-tions are wholesome, and the examples set before them are worthy of Imitation, Imita-tion, better men and women will grow up. There will be more good citizens, I and fewer criminals. Another thing, parents owe It to I themselves, their children and- their I country to keep homes attractive and stay with their children. From the 6hores of the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Canada to Mexico, our people seemed to have commenced the break-i break-i lng up of the old fashioned home, deserting de-serting the fireside to go out to places of amusement. The children of course, catch the spirit. The breaking I up of home life means the building up j of places-of evil. - - t - The'tondency of family life to be before the public gaze rather than' in private repose, must be changed. It is my Judgment, as Chief Color says, that the police throughout the United States, by arresting persons and making mak-ing the arrests , a matter of record, have been instrumental in making as many criminals as any other agency in the world, unless It Is environment and heredity. Publicity- is given to tho arrest of persons who have taken something of little value, or commit ted some other trivial offense. This leads to disgrace and has an Inevitable tendency to break down the confidence of the young offender. Many young persons who havo committed larceny and not been exposed axe now respectable respect-able citizens, and In some Instanced the leading business men of the country. coun-try. With some persons crime is a disease, dis-ease, I believe, but lack of proper environment en-vironment leaves others opon to many temptations and th first slip often results re-sults In time In permanent ruin because be-cause no difference i6 made between a thief and a mischievous boy. xsow, speaking or the Doys, a few nights ago the police called in a lot of ' boys who were found In a coffee house I at 4 o'clock in tho morning. They I said that their parents were nrtt look- ; ing for them. We find the hablU they j contract, such as the use of cigarettes, j snuff, and cocaine, all of which ma":es criminals out of them. What If these 1 boys that I mention are unruly and wayward, isould that excuse their par- ; ents in turning them adrift to become , worse? Indeed, such treatment is not Justified or excused by any right minded mind-ed people. However, where the family I relations are understood and where j the' great value of the human soul Is I recognized there aro especial and num- ; orous reasons why the love and care of parents for their children Is mere deep and more near to the hearts of the parents, than among others where natural affections do not exist. No 1 father can neglect his children, either their general welfare or their physical welfare and escape great condemnation. condemna-tion. And in a like degree every member mem-ber of the family is In duty bound to take a lively and earnest interest in every other member. Families ought to be grateful beyond exproaslon that s.uch sorrowful and pathetic cases as one may read of in I the current periodicals and newspa- pers. showing cruelty and inhumanity 1 toward children, that they find no repetition of such In tholr homes. A great deal Is said nowadays about heredity; that Is the passing from parents to children of either strength or power vigor or weakness, health or disease, as the case may be. There j t ',: |