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Show oo COWRIDING FOK A VERY BAD BOY Kansas Qltv, Dec 23 Tho use of the "cowhldo" as a meanB of controlling con-trolling boy offenders rather thnn terms of conflnemfnt in the detention deten-tion home, was advocated by Judge E E. Portcrfield of the Juvenile court when, In disposing of a 15-year-old habitual offender, he took occasion to lament the passing of the ancient custom and "poor quality of cowhid-lng cowhid-lng the boya get in theso days." Judgo Portcrfield promised to open a "cowhidlng department" in connection connec-tion with the court for the benefit of bovs whoso parents cannot give them tho attention he thlftks fit "Let mo tell you how to make a man of this boy," he said to the mother moth-er of tho youth before him. "Have his father lay In a good cowhldo and, tho next time ho makes a break, give h'm a roal cowhidlng, not a spanking But T don't suppose your husband could give him a real cowhidlng, so the next time this boy gets Into tr6ublo bring him to me, I will guarantee to make a Tnan of him with the first application ap-plication Just ono good old-fa9hioncd cowhidlng. |