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Show yvth On T: ThePeelndehqarten HE Juvenile court i'rfflin of Utah ts amnny Tti6eaf, form ralculaird to reach every boy and irl and every man and woman In the state. If It does not do so, it Is owing to There is k of funds for its proper support a chief probation officer provided in every county of to the small amount paid lh. state, but owing most of them, it cannot be exacted they will be rb'e to glee their most Important labors more than ianal attention. Every one of these officer should it paid enough to enable him to devote all of his lime if Iiecesaary, to looking after hia official duties.' Ami . icse duties do not consist of merely admonish in? the duty or girl against whom complaints hac Jean lodged, but to hold meeting Allh pare nts. instruct mg them as to the law regarding their relation with their children, and with the children to imbue I hem with a love for law and right, and how to conduct themselves In order to keep out of trouble. PncUcular'i should they post the people on the sublet of the curfew law. In some counties of the state this wholesome legislation Is entirely neglected. Even In gs't Isvke eounly it has received strong opposition from a few parents who were Ignorant of its When shown tluit a large peralms and benefits. centage of the delinquency of boy and girls occurs after 9 o'clock at night (the curfew hour) they be11 la to have their chilgin to renlize how Important dren at home, off the streets at night. CURFEW A GOOD THING. As an Illustration of finer Indifferent some parents 'f concerning the safety of tbeir children the folcited: lowing A 4i termined move to keep chlldhen off the streets was begun some time ago by the Juvenile court of Hilt Lake county. For this purpose not only the r, gular staff, but many volunteer probation office i. 0 put to work. Merchants kindly furnished us Teams oil Multi street to hold temporary cdurt. One n ght among other children brought In were three who gave their ages as 4, 6 and fl years., This mi about 11 o'clock, and the youngest one whp could r arcely talk plain was very drowsy. Indeed he fell on the knees of one of the officers white lad iUlt-eHie oldest boy was giving Information as to how i h. y came to be out on the street so late at night, 'ihi Story was that their mother, who lived several milts out of town on one of the street car lines, was in the habit of giving the boys car fare and sending incm in to Suit Luke to attend moving picture shows In tile evenings. After the show this evening they li.id wandered around looking at the sights until At nearly one in the found by probation officers. morning, shoitly after returning home from tho i ght s work, a shrill und angry female voice called over the pnoner is tills the Judge of the Juvenilo court?" its, it is" Well, I want to tell you to leave my children .done, wlnn I send tin m out ut night. If you don't in going to have youi whole outfit sent to Jail. I knew how to take care of my children and don I want none of your buttin' In" I our aetjon In permitting your babies to be on t!' Street ut night without a proper escort, not only i a uses them to break Ihe law, but places you In the pniiliun of a law breaker. And you are given fair ".lining, thut if your children are found on the street ii,a!n under the same conditions, you will very likely he the ope sent to Jull." Die phone was dropped with a gasp, and neither in i her nor children have been aeen by tbs probation olliccra since. WhtlJ there are still too many children on the Mm t at night, a wonderful Improvement ha been v ought in Halt Lake C'lty, especially 1 this true of Where we found scores He main business struct. lie first nlgbt we commenced operations, less than n dozen were brought iu the last night tne search was nude. OFFICERS WORKED OVERTIME. Ihls work has all been done overtime, so to speak, lor the paid officers of Salt Lake county dgnot get eiy largo salicrii i, and work hard aid day, fully '.lining all thry receive; and yet they are out night .liter night performing curfew and other duties with o it extra compensation. Too much cannot be said f the good men find women volunteers who are imdeilng us most valued service absolutely without t ay, oiher than the cumfort of knowing that they ure helping boys and girls to be honest, true and virtuous, who might otherwise fall into evil ways. It would be a blessing to the state If all juvenile officers would kindly but firmly Insist on the observance of the curfew law. 1. -- 1 l0, 1 i , the tobacco evil There Is a good law on our alatute book governing the use of tobacco by minors, which makes It unlawful for any minor under It year of age to have in hia poaacwslun, cigarettes, cigars, or tobacco In any form, am also makes It unlawful for any person to furnish tobacco In any form to minor. If all our probation officers would insist on the observance of fill law, iu,.y a bright boy would be saved to good tlilreiisnlp who i now destroying his mental and physical power and hastening to an early grave, or Si weak and Imbecile life. The baneful effects of tobacco, especially sigsrettes, upon young boys who form tho vile habit, cannot b exaggerated." Almost every delinquent boy that come Into ntir" court, and ihere have been over a .thousand within tho last year. Is a cigarette user, and to tho beet of my present recollection, not a single boy has been sent to tho Induetrtal school by me, who bad not been user of the weed, tt l my opinion, after long and rareful study of the question, that the cigarette habit hag demoralised, debauched and ruined more promising Glass boy than any at The free Mntepaten Orphan's Home, . or porhnps nil olhcrx-baha hit combined Juvenile court worker, end fath- era and mother of I'tah, let us stamp put this habit among our boys, and see that tho-- e who contribute to It get the punishment they deserve. THE CURSE OF ALCOHOL. . Many of the evils following the use of tobacco also accompany the use of beer and liquor, and although our legislators have passed stringent laws on this subject for the protection of boys and girls, there are many saloons, restaurants and drug stores selling the poison to our youths. There are men who seem to think mure of the 1 or 10 cents they rveeive for the drink than they do of the soul of the boy or girl whom they debauch. One of the bad feature connected with this terrible traffic of liquor to children is that many more girls who come before the court drink beer und liquor than boys. The inhuman fiends who make a practise of luring young girls to ruin, almost invariably resort to beer or liquor as the agency through which to gain their end And what has been said of boys and cigarettes, can be said of girls und liquor, that not one has been sent to the industrial school for immorality that did not point to liquor as the cause of the beginning of her downfall. "Prohibition or no prohibition," let us go to work without fear or f,icor and put out of commission every scoundrel or institution that sells our boys and girls liquor. If1 we do Ihls by next year, Christmas time, many a boy and girl will be home In the family circle whose place will be vacant If present conditions" ' " are permitted to "continue THE BRIGHTER SIDE. The above points to the gloomy aide, but thanks to the Intelligent end untiring devotion of Chief Probation officer Guardello Brown, and his assistants, Charles Sperry and I rancls Hardie and Mesdame Anna L. Y eking, and Hattie James, and our young clerk. Mis Ethel Hansen, and the volunteer above referred to. there Is another and brighter side to the picture. This year over 1.500 boys and girls have been through their hands, every one of whom has received earnest, kindly treatment, and the vast majority of them have been benefited and blessed havc been turned froth evil to good wavs, and many of them saved from becoming real criminals. In nearly all cases the court hah had the cooperation of the parents of the children, whli h has made our duties lighter and the permanent Correction of the children easier and surer. Unfortunate Indeed Is that boy insist on justifying whose parents, seeing his faul him and covering up his delinquency. other on . d THE BOT FIRBT. - Lt GaafdelloBrom lkln order fiTrM wnmi?irof 0i rlty wfuP hir tim, At th tru ana tun imr untiringly tn its rat r4tit rntrt iLpment given under Ita direction about $KA wh t leu red for th benefit of the kindergarten, and other pajit entertainment given through their en-trhove from ttm tn time aided In th current of the institution. new movement branching from the work will ! MWtHt mean, ahieh It hoped may b nut phfd through the generosity of those Inter eeted In the aue The present quarter are nil fcxii crampfd for the nefdaHmg through the new en- Among them u Jarge assembly hall de- terprh- qnttte f r the meetings of the girls and mothers luM and the program outlined for the future wnd it In the hope of all thoeo interested to be able to set tire a new building which will meet these r uuircmenf All t h work in fonnection with tho west side moviJtjef.t hne n able coadjutor in the person of V. Fox of the Who bus had Mi tni'n'ng hth In kindergarten and settlement work Among others who hae volunteer he work are Miss Deiancywml Mur head of the Kniverslty, Miss Elsie Ward of the end Miss Cannon of the la. O ft I . ami hgh lines conit is hoMd that any who fian in tribute to the sure ess of . the enterprise will from time to time take part It is hnfted that the Free Kindergarten mtv be able to branch into dav nursery work, and plans are being formulated towards this end. Thf board of tors are a.tiMy Interested in its ariout alms and lose no opportunity to work and plan for its welfare The board comprise: Mrs O E Richards, presldrrit: Mrs Elmer I Jones, vke president. Miss I Ax lie Frank seretar; Mrs. C W. Watson, treasurer. Mr Simon Hamburger, Mrs William H Child, Mw p.Uin Clawson. Mrs I E Hall, Mrs J K Mrs. 5 W Moyer. Mrs. V Hardy Mrs E. O Mrs E V. Kilter, Mrs S M Comtek ol Siegel, Mrs h A Wedgwood. Mrs. Mr F H Kttph'-n- s Mon K Um, Mrs J W Rooklldge, and Miss of pr.milt cnl women saw the necessity of a Fro Kindergarten, where those wlm could not afford to place their little one in a position to enjoy the of the hlld's . garden, could have them without (harge. Demonstrations of the m hod proven it almost a necessity in the carter sljgos of education, and it seemed a rule a well a humane W'Nh duty to provide Its opportunity to all i this In view, a number of local lnb women began experiments In a district on east Smonrt South s street, their school being condta ted in the of the Thirteenth ward hall of the Latter 1rv Baints chur. h Here with the assistance of trained teacher, the work wa begun, it result in a short time showing the value of the Institution Mothers used to looking after these small units of the family together with innumerable household duties found relief in a half da v's surcease from incessant watchfulness. knowing th.it tho little one were under efficient care, and in an atmosphere of kind'tm-ss- , mingled with enough discipline to keep the pupils well in hand, and one also breathing gentleness and re- km vestry-room- hd Losing its first shelter, the institution wa removed for a time to the old St. Mark's sihool building, ttun " the basement orUhity hall, and there d with the same efikient tutelage as before Then it became evident tp the board of directors of the nc. d of a permanent institution on the west side aud tl.o School was moved vto a building on Fourth West, between Fourth and Fifth Bouth. La nt (or the of a kindergarten in connection with the Sch'ool abolished the rued of the public special s, ho, and It was removed to its present quarter on Fir-- t South, between Seventh and Eighth West sire, ts. where In a little cottage leased temporarily until money can be secured for the purchase of another , full list enrolled there number 42- and the average attendance la about 35 The school Is In charge f Miss Nellie Bhermer. a graduate of the fniversilv nnd school training assisting her are two other fni- verslty girls, Mias Margaret Bhurer And Miss ' Frances Ferguson CHILDREN AT PLAT. Every day the Jlttle pupils gather In the kindergarten room, and there by the pr. ttv play system devised by Kiwbel, spend their time from 9 unnl noon, gaining at the same time experience In gentle training, and In making definite use of faculties m such light work as thdr years can compass. Holiday are marked by apeelal pastime rm Thanksgiving day a luncheon was served from and the children were told the and observance of the day. Blrthdava are meaning also, marked, a childs birthday song being sung to :the one honored, and he also being allowed to choose the gnmes for the day. Christmas work Is begun Just after Thankeg.vlng ha pupils being Imbued with the Christina lid making little to be gifts distributed at their homes at tho holiday time. A speel.il hn'idnv session Is hrid also at which game, aongs. and story telling together with luncheon are Ihe rmtures Special training far tbeir Christmas carol will be gU.,, them by MraXEmlly Sltxer of the University. The opening of the Free Kindergarten on the west side has led to several Important (octal undertaking In the lotfiHty, among them a girl' club, al uhlrh tho who qro employed during the dy, and thus prevented from advantage of study and Jiraithy recreation, may gather nnd enjoy nn opportunity for their Indulgence This movement Is under the direction of Mies Mvv Fox. president of the local Frocbel loclctv. and In the one month of Its existence number member The work ha beeti ,o far chlefiv mlscellaneou. but fier the holiday the Dub will U1 down to Steady work Peveral specialist from the University, high school and L D B University have volunteered to devote certain evening to the rlub. ahlch meet every Friday night. The first Friday will he devoted to gvmnastlc dancing, which will Include the Folk and other dance, tending in develop strength and grace In body and movement On Ihe second Friday Instruction will he given In hand-a- rt work, lace, hammered brna and other work to be Included The fourth evening will he under the direction of the girl themselves and will consist of such entertainments a they may devise. Tim club meet at the Free Kindergarten booms. MOTHERS' CLUB INAUGURATED A Mother rlub also ha been darted In the localaa Its nucleus. The local ity, wflh the same Mothers' enngreps Is Interested In nd nearly yery member of the parent body ban volunteered aid In the work. Mrs. Bell Oemmell ba volunteer. d her services free In many case with the alrk children of the netghbortiood. and has furnished r, A library has been Instituted for medicine. this and the girls club, and It la hoped that n good collection may be gathered for their use. These ar some of th Important project Instituted chiefly under auspices of the Free Kindergarten association.- - IU board It happy In pnaseaalng as Be member gome of tho moat refined nnd highly eul- -' Nursery recently rci led fur the Orphan, Home and and Twelfth East XuriMrv, on Tenth Boufh eire. ts. few can rcnlixa what Is being done for the . . , . - i 1 Div Hunfoit and iaro and welfare of its host of little The ward vary In ages of thClr occupants from Infancv to perhaps 14 and 15. and every is provided fur cleanliness and comfort Th in's nre of the bct material and scrupulously clean, end the many bmh room throughout furnish Important risquMtes fur both cleanliness and health. Bended (lie general reception room for visitors there la a well furnished sitting room where ths larger ones nre allowed to speyd thetr evenings, and the wide porrlir and ext naive playgrounds furnish quarters fur ouldisir reireatloh (hat could ba hardly surpassed. During the summer tho children sleep on th ponhes, and every liberty Is allowed them, comet persistent discipline of patible with the light n.-ii- t more reient institution established lit of the young. Is the Lund school for bo)-- bieat--d rat Ninth East between Sixteenth and Hcventen!h Bouth streets The school w as organised In 190S nnd retched Its first pupil in January Its first. Instructor wa Joseph L Horns of 1909 who remained with It until July, when Supt Arthur Welling took charge having since then continued to act as supervisor. During this time there have been enrolled 71 boys; the present enrolment is 32, being the largest at one time-- , up to dale, and being within a few of Its present capacity. The Idea from the first was to make of the Institution a home and it Inmate a big family. 'duplicating as nearly os possible, the life of a normal boy In a home. Bimple, wholesome food, fresh air, plenty of outdoor work and play, participation as one family In all ward activities, regular school work, and shop work, all under Intelligent supervision and permeated by the spirit and teachings of the gospel, are the elements of the "simple life" relied upon to develop the good that i In every boy. Saint institution under the diIt Is a Latter-da- y railed the rection of the Zion's Aid society. It Lund school for boy, afeer it founder, President Anlhon H. Lund, and t governed by a board of director of which President Frank Y Tajlor of. Granite stake la chairman, other member of. this board are: H. B. Elder, vice president: Joseph J. Cannon, secretary: F M. Mic kelson, treasurer: John M. Cannon, Edwin Bennion, B F Grant, Matthew Koall, Frank Bodcrberg, Niels Thompson, and D B. Jones. , Arthur Welling, superintendent. The school Is Intended for ho; s w hose misfortune It I to have fallen under she influence of bad environment and who in consequence have formed, or ere In danger of forming, h vblts w hich are not good. It is the mission of the school to take sucli a toy before he has become "bad" nnd tave him from the evils which threaten him. It is better and easier to form than to reform What moat boy need is a little encouragement, end e square deal and something to do. These the school alms to furnish; to , prepare bo s for work anil to provide work for boys; to develop a respect for law and order end for the rights of other-- . Indeed the aim and purpose of the Lund school can lie no better summed up than Hi that greatest of nil pedugogliai nronunciamento, 'Be ye not overcome v 1th evil but overcome evil wltlt good " Ths school is equipped with kitchen, dining loom and UormltiT), with n shop where the boy learn the use of tool-- , and with 10 acres' of ground which affords training In gardening nnd In the care of animals Tvveni-flv- e scgci of garden land have been rented for next year. Th bo) s attend Sunday school regularly In Winder ward, where It Is Intended they will participate In ell ward activities Dally Instruction in theology I also given. The forenoon Is devoted lo regular school work and the Afternoon to manual (raining. Including if possible, pome form of productive labor. The boys would Hke to be known e a crowd nf workers. They Insist that their la not n school for "had'-bo- y but busy boy, and quote someone to the effect that " "the Idler must reform or die Ample opportunity is afforded tor recreation end study " Any boy above I years, of age who Is In good health and who needs the help the school is preA boy vihoe pared to give I eligible to entr parents are unable to contribute to his support or who Is without parents or home nmy b admitted free upon th recommendation of his bishop end th approval of th board ll Is hoped that opportunity may be found for sue li s bv to do something to-- . wards psVlng his own way. nnd It I lioped'klso that-s- s th school become established it may be able to help the boys find profitable mplomrnt, and If, m needed, permanent home. Though ihe work is new the necessity for It' Is ui?? doubted, snd the field is sa broad as the earth. lh work It la considered by those Inchsrgn la as yet merely experimental, but it Is believed la be potentially one of the stp.nirest factors In th field. In the grant present lV problem, of JvivenlM) reform. It is th hop of Its friends that It At tenet may grow Into A gresl agricultural school and Ideal , Orphans Home and Day lt-- owm homes. ANOTHER laOUJse ClHUMon. 1 ' their e. Lund School For Boys I. Id! the In spel the establishment. The children who are old enough are trained In care of their own cots nnd clothes, and on of the larger girls has harge of the bath rooms connected with hir dormltorv. nnothir th floor, and another the r hading from their hall, none of the tasks uffi It ntlv onerous to tire, yet regular enough Besides the dormitories to teeih litem mu fulness for cm h grade there Is a large room devoted at th present lo a plavroom, where the toys and plaything are kept, and the Inmates have full sway that Is, f general order. within rub lu the yrvrd sfe swings, ''tetrrs," tjrA allowing fir pic, snot outdoor pastime. An Interesting ward Is the infants', where both orphan and th children of poor par nts ara cared for It la In charge of Miss Jessie Horton, and at this writing had, besides many others, a tiny Italian baby which taxed the (are of the young nurs to the utmost. Babes of all nationalities are among the car's Inmates. In the othtr wards, and the history of conditions pertaining to each, make sometimes thrilling narrative. litre I one llltle one, the child of a mother sipnrnttd from her husband who kidnaped an older vhlld aid look It away out of the state. There ar fuil nnd "half" orphans, and children of parents who annot afford to take car of (hell1 little onea beta use of the nicesslty of earning a livelihood. On nr tin so mothers lisa managed to take the elder of brr children from tho Institution, and Is anxiousmay permit her to ly Jioplng Ihnt circumstance have l(oth t home Every tot has bark of It some In rest some Inti tale," ;'h'imaa rqars too harrowing to he related. All those children, permanently or temporarily deprived of their parents, ara surrounded with an atmosphere. whlvh make up for much of what they mix from thetr rightful home heritage. Love, gentle- ness, svmpnthy. min, led w'lth the firmness whlvh make for good order I the predominant rule at the h- i- home, and confidence g all the things written in the farrs and attltudl of the llttl charge; matron and her assistants. toward their The Institution I happy in having for Its matron Mr. H M. Iiskln, who In th short tlm sine lir Instalment ha proven her fitness for th trjing position. Mrs. loikln came to th Institution without previous experience, and at s tlm whn an epidemic of dangerous disease mad condition all th more difficult Into thia trying situation Mr. for bringing utent to thieve m! beau-ehart- di-r- finement. thins. AH through tning time Mrs Ukm tood at hr r ereing th care f fhe sitjk. beabira the general needs of the Institution. Mrs. tkouglas, rwhort ruining as a nufMlian proved a valuable aid in the home, came to it also during this time, her wrioe proving so fTl lent and necessary as to result In her permanent present at the lnstU tutlon The three "heads .work together In unitv, and hMp to make an ideal of th place designed for one of the most blessed and r Th rules there, as before stated, are light, cono'clock sisting of instetonr on hours for rising etc., and am) retiring oYUm k pm meal hours, time of gemral reporting during the dav. Most of the children attend the Emerson school, from o'clock am to 4 tn the afternoon. Saturday Is chiefly recreation dav, that Is; after the usual household task are completed .It is a wonderfully excellent refuge provided these httle onea, some of whom ar more rfthienily cared for. and ail more comfortably Thee and the SEVERAL year ago a number brought an Innate Intuitiveness from results jcene Free Kindergarten -- But In my Judgment the- - greatest, the best and richest asset that w or any other people ever had Is ths boy. Therefore. I would urga the member of the coining legislature before a dollar is devoted to any other purpose, however Important It may be, to see that the children's court of the stats ha fully equipped with everything necessary to safeguard the boy,- to turn him from the paths pf delinquency to way of virtu and right; to prevent his becoming a criminal and help him to become n good ettlsen; to lead of being a burden to ths slate and a menace to society, a glory to ths commonwealth, and a blessing to family and friend. Onr Jsftnll court commission should hav sufllrirnt money under thslr control to pay aa good salaries to our officers ns ara paid to those of other slates, that they may ha assured "while they r spending their beet 'energies for the welfare of ether that the svolf will Wot rrne their ewn threshold to pliut ahd worry them." us have the best and ot Templet detention horns. tba finest and most thoroughly equipped Industrial school that It la poaalble (or money and the wisdom of men- - to construct. Give- us thc-ri trgtstaTor,' and 1 will .promise you that in the saving of the mighty dollar." to say nothing of t he. redemption of our boys, all these other things will be added unto you In the language of our University football Mot era: "Do It now, Utah; do It now I" ALEXANDER M'M ABTER. e, 1 ArFEAL FOR HH the legislature eonVene this winter, Fortunately and we appeal to It to give u thevhelp we need It is not necessary to appeal to Gov. Fpry. for he is already converted to the necessity ora liberal appropriation for the Juvenile court syWm of the state, and is one of Ihe truest and bestfriend the boys have in the country aa are also Buprv of 1ubllc Instruction Nelson and Atty Gen. Barnes, 'the other members of the Juvenile court commleslonX These gentlemen have done the best they could with the means at their disposal to make our Juvenile courts the great boon to the delinquent boy they are intended to be. The trouble has been that the boy, that wonderful creation which has truly been called the masterpiece of God's handiwork, ha been consigned to a secondary place, and other things of infinitely' less Importance have been elevated above him. No one In the State of Utah Is more desirous of seeing a magnificent state building erected on Capitol Hill, the beautiful site set apart for that purpose, than the writer I would like to see a building there whose architecture, construction, furnishing and appointments would be the admiration of the world, would and roads In our love to see a system of blghway state that would surpass. In grandeur. In usefulneaa and every other way even the famoue roads of Rome, which beglnnlt at the golden poet In the Eternal City, radiated M the shafts of the sun In all directions, reaching Into every Important city of tho known world: roads, the very right of which would make the heart of the most fastidious automobile Bend leap for Joy: would like to see bounties on wild animals so ample, that ths skin of every coyote, panther, wolf, wildcat, and other animal that In any way Interfere with the flocks, herds or crop of our ranchers amt farmers, would be nailed to the barn door, or, more correctly speaking, filed with county clerks of the state. I would like to see all these, and every other Improvement made that tends to develop the resource of our state and contribute to the comfort, enlightenment and prosperity of our people. - , , hf bom. ' 1 i t 4 Us iJL i e , |