Show SKATING RINKS ROUNDLY D Influence Upon Young Girls Demoralizing Says Judge Brown MOTHERS ARE WARNED GIRLS UNACCOMPANIED BY PRO PROPER PROPER PROPER PER ESCORTS TO BE ARRESTED to Willis Brown Drown judge of the juvenile court ourt has Issued IssuE tl an open letter to moth mothers ers IS in which ho attacks tho tim local loe tl skating skating ing rinks and in which he lie says sas that the environment of or the rinks Is not of such sucha a n character as will tend to promote the morality of or the young girls who attend those these th e places of amusement Judge Brown states in the letter that ho bo has Issued an order to probation of officers officers of the court instructing 1 1 them to take into custody all girls found in these rinks who are arc under the ago of or 18 years and who arc are not accompanied by their parents or some responsible re adult com corn companion panion Tho Tim letter in full is as follows follow In the tho past few weeks a number of or mothers have hac appealed to tho the juvenile court for assistance in finding their daughters laughters A few days ago HgO lx of or these laughters were brought before the tho court rhey had Imd absented themselves from their respective homes without tho the knowledge of parents and had stopped in various rooming houses bouses The police pol co officers re report port lort ort an unusual number of young girls on n fl the thC th street In iii the evening many stay sta Ing out until lato late hours of or the night Amenable to the Law Because B of ot lack Jack of or facilities In caring for or girls who are aro brought to the atten attention attention attentIon tion of or tho the juvenile court the seeming negligence of or the officers in interesting themselves In tho the cases has been ben misun But girls who wander about khe streets in tho the night time are aro as amenable to the law as are arc the boys bos bosIn In hunting for tho the girls who are arc re reported reported ported to the court as missing or 01 out in n defiance of or tho parents wishes the tho quest usually begins and ends In some roller skating rink I want to warn mothers of t girls 01 Ot tho he danger in letting daughters become almost nightly visitors I Ito to some of these rinks The Tue fad fall Is bor bordering bordering bordering dering on a craze From the tales rc rt felted In court and to the probation of by girls and boys bos and the heart pending episodes which have resulted from association with companionships formed at these rinks anti anil the character of some of the people seen on the floars of some somo of or tho the rinks I do not wonder that so 80 many mapy girls are causing moth tS the greatest mary anxiety It Jt is hardly pos possible sible Ibl for f r the proprietors of these rinks to know the personal p character of every visitor and It Is not the well velI known dis disreputable disreputable reputable person that entices young girls gl gi ls Into danger but hut the supposedly respectable respectable table young oung fellow or girl companion Officers to Report Our officers have been instructed to bring Into court any an girl apparently un nn uner er r 18 i years of age who Is seen een on the thc streets without proper escort cl Ort or in places of amusement amul m nt where when they ther are arc subjected to 10 uncertain surroundings I have also alfo from the chief of police to state that he h has advised the th police of to report all cases which come to lo their attention on the streets of young oun girls wandering about or In these places without proper adult company and com coni complaints plaints will be he made out and these girls brought Into the tho juvenile court and occasion warrants arrests will be bem m d S Sr dI I r fully appreciate the th fact that girls must have ha some som recreations and pleasures ind nd nl many of tho the girls girla who are aro on down downtown downtown town streets are arc there with no thought t tf f a II wrong but I hold bold the tho moth mothers ers rs responsible for their carelessness In young oung girls tp to t go about on s sll 5 streets and in skating rinks and heap places of amusement unattended bj by y a responsible adult Mothers Are Warned The purpose of this letter is not to scare young oung girls or check cheek their inno innocent cent nt amusements but to warn mothers r pC f their responsibility and that the dis disgrace disgrace grace to their daughters coming from an apprehension by hy the law Is because of ofHie the Hie mothers carelessness or overconfidence overconfidence dence Surely Sure Iy the juvenile juvenil court cannot have hae havethe the tho love for the child that is given by bythe b bythe the parent and the mothers who take tins this friendly warning will be he given glen every ever and help hll that it is possible for our probation officers to give gin The Tue greatest mission of our work is to keep kel c ut tit of the court Ourt to keep them from public notice 11 C to assist parents in ping in the home the tho children who nay nav be drifting in uncertain paths The Th letters is signed Willis Brown judge juvenile court |