Show I By Dy NO M I WW Will J confess Ms his guilt to HERE is a spot in New NewYOrk York York City If tj 41 the world has turned ned topsy topsy- irvy and where the policeman may onay lit umber tuber umber peacefully oJ on his post It is 1 crowded place full of pe peddlers ers an and d yet jet no papers bestrew w the thed d' d walks and no fruit p peels els e endanger danger passerby It iriS is a populous place yet mo school Jr p here play hookey or form i 1 ings to parade the streets and break re l peace ce Here big gi girls girts s take carer care r 4 the babies and never grum grumble le ate at e task k Here the housekeepers r cov- cov their Ir garbage cans and keep their hen off oft the the fire escapes And this spot is located somewhere J Rivington and Fourteenth ci e on the east side one of ill- ill now reformed under the Ju- Ju or Police Police Force Foree regime he here are some police e boys ad girls all officially uniformed in lue rue coats with bright brass but- but n. n ns JUs They wear wear peaked caps and irry orry little black batons baton For two e ears ears ra have been on the job The Sir her her fifty a oa recent addition differ om m the veterans in that they have its arts and long plaits the badges of e feminine force wh which ch has been as a complement to the squa squad Nomen n may be desirable in civic when their duties are arede ads ade de to dovetail not clash with ose oe Se of the men Chief Inspector Rodman serious iT cowling as befits a responsible holder was interviewed on the of his this squad Capt Celia Cclia dberg Edberg much milder with norg no rg ige of the martinet was spokes spokes- San man for fur hers hens Our duties queried Harry his brows rows into the official idS Ids Well there are a lot of or ties A fellow couldn't ire tre- ember all of them Butera's But eras era's eres ere's the pledge And he ready ide to recite promise 11 e on my any honor It to do any my duty to God d my country and to obey a Imy a aw w. w Second to obey the ilie 1 to 5 and the rules Tules and regu- regu of the Junior Jun Police irce t of th the City of cf New k Third to keep and V ver to misuse my Junior lice Arcs badge and to surrender 1 Ron CP demand demand to the Chief th he the force force A I slight pause for tor breath d Harry rry plunges into the r you you Harry Hairy speaks with due solemnity and the Captain replies In kind In accordance with the rui rules of 01 the organization you will keep his name to It If ho he fails faUsto to come t to me within within reasonable you YOU will then give me full information Etiquette satisfied the captain drops this tone adopting an entre at- at at at- Is fiLs he a good prospector the the force Harry he lie asks Well well we'll bring bT ng him round That's the Ithe plan plan- on which the boy boy force is based based reform reform the wrongdoer by intrusting him with the responsibility responsibility of reforming a his associates Amodel Amodel A Amodel model cannot very well build build bonfires smoke cigarettes shoot craps crapa or play hookey No such principle is 13 applied to the girl squad Here the appeal ds d'S to a different instinct C Celia Ua G Goldberg true to type evinced small interest in Inthe the e formal aspects of her job She opened her interview with witha a ISit ry For six gIx Ix months the fifty happy girls who are now in official uniform were put on trial to prove their fitness for their jobs jobs' Before they could be admitted to the working force they lad had to show valuable service service service ice performed Heres Here's the feat considered considered con con- a fair sample le of at her duties that thai won Celia Goldberg her spurs i iOne One day while on trial for her post H i yC f i wY Y Y-oung Y p st rs Behave she was w walling walking along Street when she glimpsed some decaying de do- prunes on a push cart Sho protested to tb the vend vender r. r Chief C ef In- In n- n spec spec- tor Harry Rod Rod Rod- man t J 1 I. I 1 r j t t 1 t ti r. r b Cy v y a s 1 i s r nty r r f Y J Y r r c 40 H r z FL 1 1 r 1 S s sr 3 n L r j jr r R U. U p. p I py A charming lit little lit Above Above Three Three ce officers of the I tie the cop p o p is Celia Girls Girls' Force grabbing a top top story tory i iman Goldberg in her man from ambush Note b Note Note L it I Iri ri regimentals lest the be said reader misled this picture was pl plowed cd n I 1 II If tz 7 n r y r y r w r M. M nr i 7 z 4 d i A w tat 1 r rN r I f 4 Y q t tf f d I y r r sr A Y rf w I 1 y i rAl I otto a Otto a lengthy list 1st of adjectives t i by y the imperative be be benot not V vats vat's Ys found in the working 7 71 of f gentlemen of his age and inid folding in- in id ng g such attributes as politeness d obedience I vote fot or until he was surprised in the charge rge of his duties did Harry o cn acquaintance with the concrete le of f his job it was ras In m the Police S Station of the Precinct Capt John Feeney F. F nay of the up grownup city squad s seated in his swivel chair To Tom m entered Harry briskly bringing Jarm arm to salute t I have to report captain that the i who se bonfire In tn the ithe wagon j I I The Tho flying flying fly fly flying ing ingI I wedge I We simply MUST break up these crap rap crap games Bad prunes Never had he the sold such things He was w am honest hone man What did the litt little e girl think well as asa asa asa Celia Colla being a diplomatist as a detective tacked Of course he ho was an honest m man She had mad never neve doubted doubt doubt- ed it But those But those prunes were bad You see I 1 know it she explained tactfully so if you want to be Q let t off Y you'd ud letter better better tell me ma where you bought them He told her and Celia Cella forthwith visited visited visited vis vis- the the source of his supply Just a glance sufficed and she turned in her report to headquarters whence it was forwarded to the Health Department of ot New York City The result was an official Investigation and the j I It t f t i t. 5 i 1 J 31 A f ir J J. J J f 7 r f r c. c L r tf y r A j f r. r v r l J I fP t i J i. i p r r a and d Girls Make p f J ai i rF jl fr i. i r dl I 0 Three Hu Hundred dred an and Fifty Fifty Pupils of the Public Schools of New York I y 2 11 Are Putting the Finishing Touches of Law and Order on Their fy I j Less Disciplined Neighbors of the Lower East Side the Theory Being I to Reform Embryo Wrongdoers by Charging Them With the he I f Reformation Reformation of Their Associates A Tip to Sister Cities J II J i I I. I 1 9 A 1 J 1 t r S LIi f I I l J if I Ir- Ir fl I l rif r f 7 0 71 B is t fj ij-D. ij HL JO o l rt 1 1 i f-i D t LI lya r i JQ t c 1 ir- ir I tJ ci l U r. r JL r w x 4 N tJ It CD r t t c I. I I 41 q hio J 1 i if f t r r I p Ct Irs 1 z a 1 L Y W l-Jl l 3 1 a- a 0 i j r t J d 1 c 11 tlc 1 5 f v c T. T t I i h 7 J. no I jj v t I iiI I. I cA r C L y Ju 1 I s 's 7 ITT l J r i J y v t Jt 1 i fb I 4 l. ii I. 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I I t ti f i 3 Ji O t tI f t jt o 1 1 t S 'S h c cl i i J i r. r ti f K f 1 a S I i i. i 2 t t 9 ri Jf LJ 1 r J I J t. t 1 t i 0 fJ r tf 1 t- t i tW tf VJ 0 f t Yf J c 0 i q IV oJ tion lion of box boxes ol 01 bad fruit And so Celia was made captain captain captain cap cap- tain of the girl squad It t was another Celia however whose second name is who under undertook k to to give details of their duties uti s. s Neither girl seem seemed d interested interested in in- in began this second Celia Cella I se see a woman put ashes In In a garbage can I I. I tell her you shou Where Is ds she heto to put them She iSh should l d have ve two cans Oh resumed the the small blue bluecoat oat who seemed unable todis pense penso with with ined compound Isee I r see b banana naria peels on the street near ra a pushcart cart I tell teU tho man lIllan to pi pick k them up up Suppose he refuses 7 I just call catl an officer He always comes I see a baby by herself on the street I take change of liar her herand and look ook for for or her mother This business ss of caring for tor the many babies bables of at the east side will probably probably probably ably be the largest p part rt of the poNce police girls' girls work They will begin at home homo The proper feeding feeding and and washing g o of their small brothers and sisters will willbe will willbe be an essential part of or their duties duties' They learn the necessary knowledge in school And then will wUl come the protecting protecting pro pro- of i stray youngsters on the streets which at present takes more than is desirable of the city policeman's policeman's policeman's police police- I mans man's time Thirteen to eighteen is the ilie age average average average aver aver- age of both squads U Unusual efficiency efficiency efficiency ency on the tho part of Harry Rodman led to an exception being made in his fa fa- vor Harry is only twelve But usually usually ally the regulations are strictly observed ob- ob served All AU are public school pupils I f r a j C w ii This This Little Lady t I Is th the c. c Ch CHief Ie f t of NewYork New York City's Girl Poli Police Pollee i ij I which m means that their hours of duty be begin n when school closes doses Ther ices are are- of greatest value however in holiday time when the tho streets are thronged with the the released rel classes When possible each cach each boy boy and girl g gets ts a post on his his his' hisor or her own block In the case of ot the to girls the ilia organization tion Hon Is simple for so far the force farce numbers only a 13 few With the boys matters are more complicated but Capt Sweeney Sweeney has ihas grappled successfully successfully success success- fully with all difficulties The district lying north and south between Rivington and Fourteenth Streets ts bounded on th the east and west weM westby westby by Avenue iB B and Fourth Avenue has r W HIS MlIS is Miss Celia Gold Gol Goldberg Goldberg THIS berg of No 72 Pit Fit Street youngest pc lice girl in New York Cit and captain of bf the squad a well Celia is just thirteen years of age recently admitted pupil to the Washingto Irving High School Her record is out of a aJ proportion to her years Though on service but eight months Celia reckons tha she has already restored some fifty childrel to sorrowing parents that she has put stop to some odd hundred crap games prevented the sale of cigarettes to som some twenty under-age under smokers and cleared man mangy city pavements of countless fruit skins And now having her force forc un in working order Capt Goldberg is branching ouinto ou ow K into a new activity She i is organizing an East Sip Sid Juvenile branch of the Suffrage Suf Suffrage Suffrage frage party for which shy she predicts a victory in 1919 been divided into twelve official zones To each zone is assigned one captain under each captain are two lieuten ants two se sergeants and twenty patrol men Each patrolmen covers a certain number of blocks each of the of-the the four tour inspectors oversees three zones Headquarters for the boy squad are are re In the police Olice station of the Fifteenth Precinct ct f for tor or the girls a room in the Second S District Court House at No Madison Street is to be set aside So Police Commissioner Wood has or He believes in encouraging the junior squads and his force shares his sentiments for tor they have thoroughly thorough thorough- ly tested he he boy police r What of the the- girls In Inspector Inspection r John OBrien O'Brien of ot the First Inspection District was asked t l lWell Well I have no IIlO mo experience with them yet yet was his reply but if th they i make as good good police as the boys have done wand done and I have every reason to bb believe be- be b hove lieve they will will will-I I I Should like to s see see see- e every child on roD the east side ISide a Tern me mem- mem her ber of the Juvenile force jj ti i And Ami the parents Well as we ha have have e said this ds is s a topsy world that has been started in New NewYork York City Here the child holds the rod and the die parent Is bound to obey How to todo ao otherwise otherwise when he has ihas neither badge I nor baton |