| Show ChUM It it I I M In I IulI that Him id tb IMI rl t tiit i ii Ih h i iii il tl 41 I ui II i ta lit II lt Ih Ii lb f Ih I hit I ill II kill k II U I III lit liti IiiI i II I h In III Ii I i H I 1 I t i u I I 1 Hi III I Ii ot of IUN M mun t taa o evill 1111 it I til wl u of I In tI 1 ua tin 1 u At II I It 4 t I f niti til idl li b I si t in inI n I KM I in II lit r l rill rii i iti k i ti It in III l ti hol i til I II I MIll b Id IM 1111 ai III In I excess o 01 IH ir zor l or cent a as It compared with At t ono one time It 11 ie argued that hard times Umes caused cn sed poverty overt despair cut sui suicide cide robbery robber ural mind murder but tho the thoy y year ari for tor or which the above figures are arcs II otc l were years yar of almost unparalleled prosperity CIRII there 1 Is no way WI of or accountIng for tur the Increase than by bya lJ a n general tendency nc to l I for tor law leads to te contempt jar tor human law la no o matter mattor 1 how hate ho many mall laws are put on the lie statute book hook or how they are it IC thoy ire arc held In contempt and amid en cn enforced enforced forced only fitfully fitful they will bo be broken brokon without compunction As a 1 fearful or of the tho de ic depravity nt oC our ow RK jigs can bo mentioned m the lime recent discovery In New York of ot n it regular school I hool of It thieves Tho The Kay 1 Ir tn In of Clr it the guns lm JiM been L en and his hla method of If working ha ims been ex ox explained Ho lie operates chiefly among school children boys bos from froll ruin between and 1 11 yours enra being his hi pupil pupils lie He first rBI attracts the children by offering ort thorn them five or ten t 1 cents and then Ihen he shows them heat how hOI they the can cnn make more pennies by picking i Pockets ll When they be become conic como export expert he starts start them out to work stork and everything they ther Rot get to 10 him A favorite scheme of ot hU lilt hUIs Is to m get two of or Ms hili hiI boys bos lighting Of or course a n crowd collects quickly and the this theother theother other othey pupils who are on hand haveline have haveline line Held fIeld Then they thoy go to the theaters and work wort among ninon the Iho galleries When they the thie work worl on an the streets they usually around store toro corners and operate In gangs o ct at three A peculiar thing ID Is that ot of these boys boyn Who sha ho havo have been discovered to 10 bo be thieves are well itch behaved Jn school Two of them In tact were wem monitors when finally dl covered Iho Tho youthful offenders are arc organized Into regular bands hAnds with rec recognized r leaden leaders They The go train from little things to 10 greater until they the become proficient and holdups The flue wonder IB Is that children can con continue continue In such business toe for any length of time lime without being discovered They are n a share of ot the tho pro teede so that they thea the have hiye money for tor theater tickets and other little luxuries but how can they hey have havo money without being required to 10 give Ive a true truo account Ie count of at how they thoy the obtained It H Were Vore parents vigilant as 08 they the should be the tho buys boys would not for tor any length ot it time bo ho able to pick pockets and steal They Would I toe bo detected det ted before they the had time hate timeto to Lo 0 harden In crime Hut the tho existence of ot such regular rel schools for tor evil Is la Itself illicit n ri discouraging proof of or the tM general goiters laxity lo lt of oC thin thu ot of this thus n I ce e |
