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Show Children on the 8treets. It has been proven boyond all possibility possi-bility of contradiction that tho greatest great-est percentage- .of boys and girls who are brought before tho courts for do-llquency do-llquency owe tholr waywardness to 1 the education thoy havo received on the streets at night, Tho school ot tho streets Is a bad one in which to receive an education. It is ono of the factors that must bo carefully guarded. guard-ed. Tho remedy must be keeping tho children off tho streets at night or to make the streets lit places for children. chil-dren. It la almost impossible to do the latter. It Is possible- to dq the former. Tho city streets are public property. Any ono is entitled to walk the streets, provided they do not violate vio-late any statutory ordinance in doing so. The city authorities have no power pow-er to Intervene Tho moral character of tho pedestal counts tor nothing. Tho parent of the child has authority to keep tho youngster at homo and tho wise parent will exercise thU authority. au-thority. MemphlB Commercial-Appeal. |