Show Why Wh Boys ana and Girls Go Wrong Results of an Inquiry by b Milwaukee Aldermen Investigation Is IR being made by byI AN it I Irl committee of ot thin thu th com coal common moo mon mOi council councH to discover why wl hays boys mil anti Kills of ot go 10 wrong Tim The ThC committee Is II headed by EmU Emil n a I Social Demo Democrat crat ciOt crt who whir Introduced tim resolution It I I II I come Iome OIti to 10 the conclusion that the th objectionable conditions which prevail In ii Milwaukee are lre tho tim result of or city life Itte lre und oud are ure all oo nut ion to Ic nit all ni laigo cities Among Alon the 1 which kee people hold rl for tor tho 11 0 con cor corrupting of or people hoopla and which they arc equally active In iii other large e cities anti iro the tire home The or the tho the blind fond fondness ness lies of ot parents In lii II many Jimmy lan homes I omes of Qt the tue butter sort Tine The Tle penny their tendency to promote flirtations and tho the opportunity ty t thief Ihle which they present to the tho th petty The hl jiVe lve cent theaters rind and other places of ot cheap client amusement conducted proper supervision not so 50 much because of M the thc nature of ot tho en cn Itself but i because they the promote the tho tidbit habit of or the tho streets anti and forming chance chanco Sensational displays on the bill billboards bU billboards boards ord Poolrooms and UI bowline alleys which allow young boys Ios In to loaf lont In then them Lack Lock ot or supervision of boarding buses which Advertise e rooms to lot let to young youns gIrls 1110 The Tho inadequate enforcement of the thia compulsory Thi education und and child Chil labor laws hates and o laws vs prohibiting tho 10 sale sate or of liquors to minors tho the stile sale Ril of QC cigar ottos amid the attendance of ot young oung guns girls nt at saloon dance halls without their presence I Inadequate lows restricting rc disorder disorderly r rI ly hy I houses and poor enforcement ot or such laws la 11 as nl exist 1 Lack Laek Lck of ot opportunities for enjoyment such as public playgrounds and social RacIal centers As remedial agencies constructive eon rather than stricter l prohibitive legisla legislation lion tion ton Is likely Ikel to be bi recommended to the tho council counci Oho Olvo Oi e the tho boys bos a I placa where they the I ran call play phay ball without keeping a a look lookout lookout out nut for the he policeman suggests oU II 11 1 II 1 Jacobs warden worlen of it C the University ot or Wisconsin Settlement situated In lit the heart of oC the Polish district ana your you 01 1110 taken a long step toward towar tim th so solution solution lution luton of OC the tho problem Give them thorn a 1 good club with gymnasium facilities under Intelligent und and Ind sympathetic su PU they the will wi desert the gong gang which meets In lit 11 alleys and al ot which Is a l training school for Cor thieves and worse In this statement staten ent Is found the key kc keynote noto note of or the tl tl t majority of oC the tue recommendations Among mon the propositions fa ta favored f a are arc Ile the following The Tho erection by b time the city or of neighbor neighborhood hood houses equipped with wih rooms Tooms rooms lOOIS for games and dances ant nn club work bath buthi rooms und mind reading rea looms the houses bonuses to bo 10 11 In charge ot at experienced x The Thu TIl opening of or the tl public schools rift aft after er at school s hool hours as al social renters runt mul places for supervised clubs The Tho establishment of o properly equip equipped ped and conducted con municipal playgrounds 10 so us IS to 10 bo be 1 easily aC to 10 tf children rood and Ind the uw iron U of the public school as aim play Viny playgrounds plo grounds open to 10 tho the public after school hours Ito ams Tine Tat establishment I of or a school and of ot clawes for backward pupils in lit each of ot the tho city cI I schools A curfew CUrr law The rho of ot a i municipal 1 childrens theater where fairy tales tules ZulU unit Inc wholesome Juvenile plays may be bo pro pre presented tumid and Ind the abolishment or of the lIen pen penny ny IW 1 arcades anti and questionable die liters I Stricter enforcement ot of till ull 01 laws pro protecting youth and ot those o providing for tor tho tile punishment of o adults who contri contribute bute hute to thu delinquency of children Ad Additional Illonal In iii the child chiI labor law Segregation of ot sexes In lii II factories or shouter working hours for tO women so 51 that men lell antI and women do not mat leave together tu Instruction In In social hygiene and Ild homo economies 8 in to the public schools anil trade schools with both day mind and evening classes es esl Doctors l teachers and und so sociological workers mire cooperating vl I Ia the thiC Seidel committee In in the thai tion A pamphlet form torl containing contain lug a a series of ot questions waft sent Cent out o t by b the committee and thu tw answers arc being compiled complied Hundreds of ot answers are bu he Inc in received I Miss MIs Elizabeth EI H Thomas national se of or the Social Democratic par ty declares the Uie social settlements work orl is 18 like dipping up the Atlantic ocean with u n teaspoon and bases her opinion on personal work done donI In Now New York YOlk and at It Hull House Chicago before she sho became n a 1 Socialist She Sho he advocates lengthening the school age to ton 21 to tn give Ie opportunity to develop Intel and morally morU before going out into the world She Sine does doc not believe In to beleve trade schools H n Gaylord state organizer of ot the Social Democratic party part on op tho the contrary believes that the city tty should take up lp the line lne of or work carried on by b the tue social settlements and should also conduct schools of or trade Judge Nelo 13 n of ot the Juvenile court count believes b ItcH that tha tho tiza city should es os and maintain hous houses es as IS more public playgrounds po s schools of trade and parental schools and declares that this tins line of ot work should have pret preference crenco above all ul other municipal ll Im Improvements Judge Julle A C of ot the Municipal court Ur also favors oil ul the lines of ot constructive work ork suggested Mrs rs Julia Jula Kurtz superintendent of or the Milwaukee House of 01 Mercy Mere con ton for young women urges tho the establishment IA of ot OUIS a municipal childrens Miss Mary litany Berry matron of tho the State St to Industrial Ind School Schol for Girls suggests municIpal supervision of or o rooming hous houses housS es as S declaring they arc aro ar often traps ton for girls The Tho municipal theater Idea l Is iou favored by hy Mrs Mra A J president esl lent of the tho Womans School Alliance She be leye that tho the city should provide pen penny ln ny IY theaters anti abolish the ones run by b private te enterprise m tin her tier opinion I the establishment of ut municipal neigh neth houses Is the flutist finest thing the tha city cl could do with wih the tho possible Ox ep dry thin tion of ot establishing a I municIpal laun launI I thoroughly bellevo bole In tho the move movement ment for tOI the tho city to build huld neighbor trend hood 1001 centers writes the thc Rev He Fred Fled Fredriek crick riek Edwards rector of ot St James Episcopal church It I can cun spend Its ls money mane to 10 no better purpose It will wave Hoe It in lii Jails juls und and police pol u bills bils Put Iut In every ward u ii I clubhouse and n U social center with wih the conveniences for tor baths und Lurid recreatIon and anil you ou will vIII wi Inke a long bug of lie tho step 1111 community forward In iii II tint the II regeneration T P J Neacy Nency former school chool director suggests that tho the duties of ot truancy of ot bo 10 10 to penult them to put hut loafing boys over Ol 16 10 to work ork Ho lie U cites statistics showing that not miot lot more mOle I than Ilium lal 2 per nor cent of Inmates of ot state prisons were Cre ever cIer Indentured Il tlC und anti that thaL 93 9 per cent of oC tho the men In lii the tho Milwaukee of oC correction connection never near lund bad skilled skied training Ue lie thinks plans for constructive work proposed propose savor strongly of ot The he only general opposition to the tho along alonE constructive lines linos Inos comet comes train from rom Catholic priests und anti teach teachers ers ens trl They believe beleve Jint hurit only In the th parochial schools where religion is a 0 apart apart I part purl of ot tho the education can the tle problem bo be 10 mot The nEW nev H U p I 1 Fairbanks a of ot St RI Patricks church for tor no ito clubs und nail no rio playgrounds has lies hason hason on Ui knowledge of 11 and no In settlement work and believes that municipal neighborhood houses housel would noon floor loon heroine become moral mont pest past houses 1511 Agues a 11 timelier teacher of ot Ger Con German man mUl niu u children asks II kH It IC the tho th men have tho saloons i Ind nd clubs there mire lre to be lulls clubs provided for tor boys hoy anti and uld girls who Is IK to nay EtOY homo with tine the mothers N Y Sun SUI |