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Show U i PI ? Jutlgo Willis Brown of tho Juvenile F court' docs not wait for pooplq to bo brought before him; ho goes nftcr hi i J thorn. Learning that Mrs. Kate Harris la!, 'I nnd her husband had ,ono to tho lako '4 t j leaving the baby, aged V two others is 'I aged ." and 5 years, in custody of a ,jOj boy of 9, and that another lad of 11 fil was drunk, he Investigated. Tho little I children wore hungry, so Judge Brown fed thorn. On Tuesday ho haled tho - . ! tribe Into court. Tho thrco youngest n' children woro committed temporarily to tho Orphans' Homo and Day Nursery. Nurs-ery. Tho balance of tho outfit was cited to appear later. Mrs. Harris fyjj ' f made a scene in court, fainted, was hysterical and did all sorts of stunts. The boy admitted that ho had forged his mother's name to an order on a druggist for whiskey and so tho druggist drug-gist was brought up with a sharp turn and compelled to promlso that ho would not sell boozo to babies in future, fu-ture, even with an order. Tho court Will doubtless inflict some punishment punish-ment on tho delinquent parents. Judge Brown is proving himself to bo a sterling ster-ling man. He is doing more real good than most of tho preachers. He apparently ap-parently believes in tho fact that tho children need to bo rescued, rescued irom their parents. It is a hard thing to say, but in many cases it is a lact. Judge Brown is not holding his oillco for tho money that's in It. A paltry ?200 a year is a slight consideration. consid-eration. Ho is in it for tho lovo, of tho work; for tho good he does. He ought to bo commended and supported. |