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Show ft; " BRACING A DESPONDENT. H , A Chicago judge suggests a new duty for the courts. lie says-. H I ait is a11 right for people who do not come in contact with these H j classes to say that there is plenty of work for the man that wants H I it .but when a man is down and out and has no place to go he needs B I I j some one to take an active interest in him and get him braced up HE again." HI 'j i d thcu tho court suggested that some provision be mado Hi ! Whereby it may assist the unfortunate man, says the Columbus Hi j Journal ; give him some assistance; although the man may be down Hi, and out and hasn't a cent to pay a fee. For this duty there should '.' be, it suggests, an attache of the court to represent it and the cer- H-- Y ain influeuce it may carry in finding the man work. The unfor- Hj i j . lunate man himself, under such influence and care, might spruce up, K do bis work well and make something of himself. ' ' H ' It is the clear duty of the public to do this; but it is also the HI P clear a"ty of individuals not to hold previous conviction against a H down and outer who is trying to reform; and until individuals rec- H j ognize that duly the public, officially, can effect nothing. How is a HK court dignitary to get a man1 or woman work when nobody wants m to give a "jailbird" a chance? |