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Show THItVtS Ht STUPID. Jf'1rw Invsallna llns llrlvra On Ihe Hitlr fftlarl. Tli" piople who noivndiiia Bive lite di-tc tin-s most lioulil- are Ihe loeiii-lwr loeiii-lwr .,f Unit vt h,,r,,. r p, lly llilevi Imth w hile mid l.l.i. k. Ili.il Infi-st every itreiil cllv." snli na "f Ihe most ll. li-lit il.'tc. I'm-s ,f ihe Vnlnlii;l. ii deiiarln I "T lo of inn Iilirirlin lea, dlniiion.) r..l.l..-i I.- mid br I-li.llil I-li.llil IhielliiL- o.-i -ill. .lis Inite tnlssc I, perlmiis iu-ir to rciiiin. but Insieod of Hie ronllv aluettil. -.i!. iiiuiiug "l I" :.l thief of b ilf n .-.-in,,! y we In,.- tleilllV III. ill of M-flv pilferers. Ml,.. nre fnr from ji.s.-s-1iik one-teui h p.iil of Hie I, i, ill,, mid nil nl Ho- ilil-lin.c Ihler. but iimnne. mm ci I h.-l.-ss, lii ulu the police n vnsl iiiu.oltil of trolll.le. "The progress of lnvelll..tl InlB pot the shrew, I thief mid l.ui u-hir mil uf tilKlliess. Mill, r.ir ,-v,,;ile. a li,ll steals several II1..11.11111I d..llnr. 'I lo llli.liictil ho docs so he renllcs tl.nl in order to i-elnlll his III :;iilteti unllls l,e mist leine Hi,. -, .1 f Ihe 11 i 11 -. reiilir.lllii Hint he Is nowise Jirefin 11 .1 to cope Willi m.Mleni il.-tccllve inn'. Iiollil- li.elln.U 'rl I,,. fore he lenvea Ihe city tel. .-i,.n,s nil, I IcVnlloi e nii--"lli:e h:lve pi led him lo II. e cities of Ihe I'nlled l:ii. s nod Ca In. ntul he la ti.ililicd lb.' moment be reaehea Ills destililltl, in. Itnr supposing that be esenpes nil Iheso traps mid reaches aoinc fon-imi eoittitrv. Why. he I simply In na bnd n pllL'hl there n ho waa liefore leaving home. Now-ndny Now-ndny there la hardly goveriiiuetil or rounlry with which Hie lulled Slnles bus not cliler. .1 lino nil liuiler-Htnndlng liuiler-Htnndlng whereby criminals nre ciumlil and relumed, ntul what few and far-illstnnt far-illstnnt ainlea wllh which our (iovern-men (iovern-men I haa failed lo draw up any su, h nrrnngeinenl can be very easily man-ngeil man-ngeil In rase 1'iiele Hani want to get any of hla n-Usluu- children back. "The result la thai no really lirlirht or shrewd person would think of undertaking under-taking a Job of burglary or stealing lu thl age. None but the desperntely poor. Hie di geneniiea, morphine users, the eubinergeil tenth, so to apeak, nowaday, now-aday, iiractlis- atenlli a. They nre too tupld lo reallxe the danger of an, h a course, and plunge hcaillong Into a career that niu"t sooner or later land tlteni behind Ihe burs. They spend their nights hanging about aristocratic quarter, like Hint surrounding nupntit circle, nnd If a door hnuhl happen to te open or a window up something will 1e missing from the plnco next morning. morn-ing. They dispose of their stolen plunder plun-der lu a aotuewlint linll. roii. jftrkstliiw, animal aort of wny. hiding It n a dog would n I", ne. nnd thus giving the He. lectlve nnd lsilli-n a deal of trouble hunting It up. not because they are ahn-wd In Ihe mailer, but nwlng simply to Ihe stupid, mingling manner In which lliejr dliioae of tiiff In wnya that a sensible person would uorer I think of." Washington Post. |