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Show TRY THE SLIPPER. From tho Brooklyn Eagle. The more we see of our city hoodlums the less Inclined wo are to dispute the theory of those reactionary reformers who are upholding the value of the domestic do-mestic slipper as a corrective medium Mercy to the convict Is a different matter. mat-ter. Penology hardly enters Into he consideration of the facto In question. We do not want the hoodlum to be a convict. con-vict. We want him t6 be spanked' back into sanity and decency and respect for the rights of others, before he has be-como be-como an habitual outlaw. And do not believe, oh, smug and comfortable parent, pa-rent, that your boy Is to be kept straight by preaching only. Study his ways and deal wllh him as he shapes them. If you find that he hau been galla anting with other hard casHs and looting groceries, gro-ceries, upsetting ash barrels, stoning automobiles, addressing women with obscene Jests, and comporting himself otherwise ns hoodlums will do. lecture him and explain to him the folly of his course and the clanger he Incurs of being be-ing punished by strangers; then lead him Into a secluded apartment, take the old hair brush or the slipper, and dress him down good and hard. He will remember re-member that Incident when he may forget for-get your lecture. And if he lapses from grace, dress him dow harder. |