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Show Hoy Criminals. A Kicnch w rltcr oneoclologlc il topics alls al leutlon to tho fneS that tho most destiroto erimlnals aro now bo) and jonng fellows under twenty hie. Up to fifteen jeara ago tlm assassin was tuuilly ii mm full grow nt in man) casos ho was almost middle aged Now tho tonjhs, tho ganj,i, tho human wild beasts that terrorize nrlghliorhoods and certain districts lu cltlvsaro from fourteen four-teen )oirs old lip to tuelity-tuo Tho boy criminals committed for bold thefts nnd bloody deeds uro uotabloin pifdons and reformatories. They teem born I murderers urd monsters. In tho words I of a jouth of sui cutei n, w ho trial tu killhisbcuefuetruasiurriiiicoi "lwould I kill, stcil, murder and do all tho Inrin 1 I I an. 1 ua o ulu ays had u detiro to kill somo one, and It woull landillght to mo to tut.olT cop!o s heads.' Tho French urller utlrihales llili )outhfnluutbreakif crlmoto Inherlte-I leuueneiea dcriieil from lnrlita ad dh toil to drunLiu!i'ss. T ho actual state lnwhlilt tho lower ilasses of r.itisliie in resiicct to aleohollsm Is deplclcil well enough in Xolisimiverful but uupliiis. aut norcls. Alcoholi.m develops the lltrcir jwisMions and np-tltelu men tonfinueHl InebriatiM trutumit tliclriil lhunsl teiprs and ovll i-a-dlons to their chll In u, henco tho latter nro born thleiisaud murileiirs. Ihotemiurary Insanllyof drnnkinneaa Ii truiimltted nnl maddiermiiieiit lulliusaino wo), oci ordliig to tho Trench u rltor. There Is now tuico as much alcohol ia Insanity ustherowres flftetn years ago. Tills Is tmo cf I'raneo. It is to bo hoped It 11 not qulto su bed In the United Stito although no hai olio ltatl.1icsto show tho actual facts. This much, ho oi er, Is as trno for tho United btntcs ns fur IViuea Tho uut desperito criminals, apparently buruui, aro noie bo)sand)ouitgineu |