Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-05-24 | Page 3 | "Cigarette Smoking is One of the Least of Evils among Children"

GARETTE SMOKING IS ONE OF THE OF-THE THE LEAST OF EVILS AMONG I CHI CHILDREN MRS ette smoking is one ont of the least V i aId eald Mrs Ia president of the Nation Congress who Is In Salt attend att rid nd the State Mothers' Mothers CanBy Con Can By Itt that that I do not mean to under- under th physical Injury It does docs but Im am time It Is Js only one of or the s II Constructive C I wok k Is constructive not ream rei re- re i am chairman of ot the wo wo- ommittee that fought for and bt brained th the establishment of ot nl coult t in Philadelphia We fifteen Judges to our way nay lei Ingi and one of ot them Judge J man afman so o 0 years ol old who was wast t ry opposed to the Juvenile nally sally came ou out t and Indorsed It the rs i court IR 11 now established sr r a r r. r r MRS SAYS r fj v YOUNG CLYDE FELT t f. f n MAY Y BE INSANE a r r i s f. f Asked what she thought of id I 1 f Clyde Felts Felt's case Mrs t w r. r t said she had not h heard rd of It Y t t b When given a brief outline of m mY V w f Y the murder of ot Samuel Collins she t V t said It was the most t w p she had ever evel heard of She said V b br P r she would imagine that the boy Y y was wa Insane n y f v. v v. v v v. v v vif v. v v. v in Washington Philadelphia Chicago Baltimore St. St Louis and Buffalo al although although although al- al though there Is no Stat Stata law compelling it in Nc York YOlk l Ia Massachusetts has had a somewhat inadequate law to this effect effect ef er- ef- ef I teet forten years ears As an Instance of what the Juvenile court has done for tor Chicago and Illinois last year the Pontiac reform school returned re returned returned re- re turned to the State which was not needed to run the institution Reform Reform Reform Re Re- form schools have fallen tallen oft 50 60 per cent in the number of at their Inmates The law for tor the Juvenile court says sars that no child under 14 shall be confined In a police station or prison and no child under 12 2 shall hall be sent to a reform school Probation om ers investigate all the cases where children are charged with crimes and r report port to the court If t they a are generally e committed commit commit- nt ht oe td ted to the charge r of a probationer o and have to report to him at stated inter Intel vals Only 5 G per cent Cint of such children have come into court a second time We have twelve probation districts In Phil Phil- adelphia These have received excellent I support from the churches of all de de- de- de nominations