Show Parents Parents' Pare Duty to Public I rain is diseased e and it is generally admitted admitted ad ad- b by men who arc are authorities on the thc subject subject sub sub- that the malady is incurable incura le There arc more mora cases going on like the one last as Sunday than the thc public realizes The papers do not tot like to discuss them any more than they have to and the parents of the unhappy little vic vic- r 4 tims dread notoriety so they shrink and let Jet the case cuse go tO its i ts way In la this they show a a selfishness that brooks no good for the common cause They would rather let another innocent child take the risk of ruin I than thal l do their dut duty by prosecuting the guilty one We Ve believe that such cases should be heard behind closed doors We Ve know that any self respecting respecting respecting re re- re- re newspaper would gladly refrain from publishing the name of the victim or ore her parents in such a tragedy but ut give publicity only t tp J the thc sentence and punishment of the brute and that only with the idea of frightening if possible some other fiend There has been too much of this going on Public officials and parents have been too lax in their duties |