| Show cctlrsw lISrATIOV One DC the ddost fature of Amcrlean civilization lo I the domorall zatlon of children thousands of whom In the large and medium sized cities of this county hecoma hardened In Alee at 0 tender oge Protane and obscene language cigarette smoking pilfering lyIng drlnklnij and even burglary are common otrens among boy In their belie and are not raID among Ind ohio hae not passed tho age of a dozen > enrs Sexual degiadatlon H I Insepar iblo from tho other forms of wlcked itS named and In this direction at lonst tho Ucloua traits of boja containing tamlnat Iho other sex Polents wile rtnln nn Instinct per Coining to tIle parental relation are Im polled to neck oomf mellno 01 prerv leg Ihplr otrsprlne from tho moral and phllcal dtructlon which Is thrat end by conditIons Shut prtvall In clllc nnd mt 01 this dllpoltlon Itos slrUng a Iemnnd for what Is I raIled a CUrfw law thuS Ia I a local law for blddllll rhlldrn Ouder a give age 10 bo 1 upon the zldects Illier a certain hour in the tAll t-All parents Imow 1 01 ought to know Unit vicious thoughts desires and hibits arc e lOnely likely to spread among children who ore Olioocd to be upon the streets Into In the clonIng They are almoot crlaln encountr 0111 auol1l1on end the rover 01 dark nes ooom wonderfully to rneenage tho childish mind In wrong < 1lreetlon Heneo the public entlment In many Am rlcan cltlc Ihat Jutlllo legislation legisla-tion which will authorize anl require tho police to take thargu ot children found on 111oatreetsstonzestaly houA A lew Iuya ago a public reelIng was held In I a church in I vanston III to consider and advocate the Ine 01 0 eurCow ordlnaoc Cal AIxnndr Hogclard prlnclial of llw Tloj and diem NotIonal Home an1 Imploymnt ateoo llion aId reese I 110 Imetlng and t dl 17 tha following li I a synoj sis I of what he mid The Amrlcan eurCw ohollna000 proH that child undr the age of 15 > ears be tllkn home If tIey ore found In the stot niter 8 oelock In the winter or 9 01011 In 110 um mer before Ihey be Inoncelled lho orjlnaiue Is I In forco at prtsent In Omaha Lincoln Kansas City St Joelh and lawrcnco Ians Lat year not a hilt dozen children wero nrreated In all the titles Jfllcljls cortlly ton to-n decrease ot fifty pel lent I In the number I num-ber of arrcets Bupellntndent 01 schoo18 report aloBcnco 01 truancy Owner and propllelo oC mill nnd tllctorle relOrt bettor erolden from applpntlco and aewsbon tom tnt rest lhey ae000e sell mar paper Th ordlnae II I not tu yen or annoy lout to noblo pal < It SIco have chUdren de rrlng 110m rztneloln to kop 1 them al loui It It a motley or jUIIo to police omr to have thin rdlnnnc Iooeauo may hay without tho curlew grow up to he dprado mardnsore nnd thlevcennI ant a mnao to peace hod good order In zuoleip There are 1OOllennvlcla In the pntlrntlrlrs I I the country whose time Ic I sol1 t four 0 nts a do1 whip they mko allel of merehalldl 1kh ar mI ty it pert labor and 00 the earfoeoedlnr I cr1as crime by IIlty nr cuit Ills a protection for the mechanic Th re is I no denjlrg the cngenij 01 slid masons why children shouKV be J knpt off the street at night but the hillu ncc and authority tln t should ai comiillih this are those of the parents 1 not nf the police Whcn thu police power ot the state Is I obliged to Intrude In-trude within the family circle there to enforce ordinary and necessary discipline dis-cipline over the young chlllrcn of the household a deplorable condition ot society exists The love and raerewe of children for their parents lIe among the most potent means an allwise Creator has provided for the preservation preser-vation from tin suffering and Una deotruetlon of the succeeding eMro tlon 01 humanity and when there agencies wane In cffcctu cnces so far that thcj have to be replaced hy the police power of tho state a sad status lint ben rcaehd Hut If parents cannot or will not keep their ChIldren off the etreets at night In I a given town or cIty then It H I proper to have and enforce a curfew law It 11 bUr that the children houd be saved by the pohigc thnn l not at nil Cut the fact remains that the Increasing need for and popularity ot such legislation comprl one of the worst features of tha civilization ot the lime |
