Show vv PUNISHING THE CHILD Sad in the tho extreme for all nil persons person concerned waa wa the case cate told tol of in inest yesterday est rda press presH dispatches wherein a n child about to be punished by its ILs father died of fright right The Tho remorse that the parent must be bo experiencing surely is it far keener than any an other retribution that could be Lo visited on him It Is s truo that cases are arC found now and then in this country which show that the tho corrective methods employed for tho regulation of children In those instances are arc entirely w wrong rong wrong As A a Il proposition Pf however America is I vastly ahead of other countries coun rh R in dealing with wayward youngsters It Il also Is ib to tho the gu great lr al credit of American magistrates who havo to todo todo todo do with tho handling or of children that they utilize humanitarian methods in preference to any other r and the tho suc sue success cess met with IB Js most gratifying A boy bo living near London was accused of having stolen Lolen a lump of coal Despite the pleadings of oC tho the father the tho magistrate before whom the tho boy was as brought brou hl sentenced him to ba boa and to six years deLen detention detention tion on a training ship The British home borne secretary UT very Yer properly took a hand hund In tho the proceed proceedings ed Inca ings and the tho youngster W R returned to hH his hl parents Tho The foregoing is only ooh one of or numerous Instances instance of tho the harsh treatment often accorded Recorded youthful of offenders offenders fenders in foreign countries Tho authorities thero there s Fly Flys I 1 s lose sight o 0 the fact that the offenders offend ers ors may mar have boon been led to transgression transgression sion slon of the tho law more through mis mischievousness than because of Inclination Inclination inclination tion to criminal tendencies In this country magistrates s happily recognize the value df of f common common sense sonso principles in dealing n with boys hoys or girls Irl brought before thorn them The fie result is 18 to imbue tho the culprits with a i desire to do better In future and thus to contribute to tho the coun grand aggregate of splendid men mell mellI I and women |