Show WHEN CURFEW BLOWS j i FOR KANSAS CITY CHIL j TO BE AT HOME most bo parents are ar delig ted fd i udo lad to stay la in the tb hoac at t NI cats Is no necessary Ke cary la in the tb ml i oart town HE curfew as it is known in this country Is runt rung at 9 at night as a warning t 0 children to go home and stay there says saya the kansas city star about s six I 1 x weeks ago colonel alexander H 0 a g land the newsboys friend came to kansas city and it was due to his eff efforts orts that ah the city council of kansas city kan enacted an ordinance establishing establish in g a curfew which from march 1 to oct 1 is sounded at 9 at night and dair ing the winter months m on at 8 there is no bell loud enough to carry its warning to all pa parts arts of the town so the siren whistle at armours packing house bouse was pressed into service and al ai 9 each night it blowe its yarning warning to vagrant childhood the mature age of 15 years however is ia proof against the terrors of the curfew whistle the curfew law across the state line is very much respected by the little people to whom it is and ly too a serious matter parents in kansas city cit kan are delighted with it for they the are sure to have their children home betimes the children know the value of their short leme lease of liberty in ila the evening and play from cupper time until 9 with a vigor that is delightful at half past 8 the play pla grows faster at a quarter to 9 it t rushes at five minutes to 9 it is a feverish scramble then when 9 comes and the curfew roars out from armours big whistle there is a scattering A boy shouts there she goes and halt half a minute afterward there Is not a child in sight the earth seems to have literally swallowed them the small boy of uncertain age has a way of dodging the issue that is ingenious there are boys who look 13 years old and are 17 there are other boys who are 13 and look 17 it is a j tosa up as to which ie ic the luckier of the two the first is a puzzle to the policeman and the other can prove his age by the family bible if necessary the other evening a crowd of small boys were engaged in the delectable pastime of cutting a watermelon the joint property of them all in front of a minnesota avenue grocery store how do you like the curfew ordinance boys asked a man who was watching the performance huh it dont don t bother me none said a s small mall bodied boy bo with an am old face im 16 aint I 1 fellers naw yer aint said one yer ony 13 yah well yer bet yer sweet life im 15 when the whistle blows anyhow and that is the way a great many of the boys boss will reckon their ages for several era yeam to come if the curfew ordinance remains in force the little girls respect the curfew mightily and when it blows they ry away home as fast as their little legs will carry them even if they the are only two doors away from home and not a policeman within a mile they the have a greater fear of the law than the boys and their fear of a policeman and I 1 the processes of the law ia is is awful the policemen like the curfew for half an hour after it blows they the are made a trifle more active in getting over their beats and driving children I 1 home which however if ie not a difficult I 1 task for the children flee at the sight of 0 f a policeman one night a policeman met a small boy going along at about half after 9 0 clock and said to him here do you know the curfew has blew this ie ic exactly what the policeman sal said d yes answered the boy but me father sent me after a box of blackin like this and the youngster pulled an empty tin box from his pocket well come along home with me said the policeman an well see how about this so together they went to the boys home the boy not at all eager liw boys father looked at the boy and then at the policeman and said only one of his tricks hes hec worked that blackin box on the policemen 1 tor for a month so the blacking box was taken away but it is likely that the boy found something else before the next curfew blew |