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Show NEGLECTED CHILDREN OF OfiDEN The indies of the Chios' Culture club had an interesting meeting Tuesday Tues-day afternoon h'st M th- home of Mrs. oh n Karr, comer of Adams avenue and Canyon mad. Juvenile Judge C.unnell. upon mutation, muta-tion, appeared and pave tho Indie a talk about "Impendent anl Neglected Children." what needs to 1 done, bow-to bow-to do it, exposition and explanation of the law respecting such children, and how the people of Ogden can best organize or-ganize and act under the law and with the advantages given by the law, and how bent to aid the juvenile court pur-hiiant pur-hiiant to the provisions of the statute. The judge told the ladies that there are young children In Ogden who, without being at fault themselves, but being the innocent victims of the faults of others, tho misfortunes of others, the sickness of others., or the shame of others, need aid, need care, need in sonio. cases to be removed from present places of abodi-, ami need to be put into different, better hands; that in some cases the entire family should be so assisted that homo conditions of the children would be changed, Improved, and the family life cle' tted It was slated that-wherever It could be arranged for a child to remain with parents, or one parent, and have a decent de-cent chance, reasonably safe and decent de-cent surroundings, and under favorable favor-able Influences. It Is best, but where home conditions and parental control mean degredatlon. Intolerable, distressing dis-tressing poverty, immoral tone and general bad atmosphere, the child should be taken In band by the juvenile ju-venile court nnd be . put into more promising environment. It was then shown how the law makes most remarkable re-markable and encouragiug provisions for ladles and others of sympathetic mind and good heart and liberal inclinations in-clinations toward the unfortunate and s HiVrlng in our midst, to supply the n "ans and prepare the place for the reception of such children from the court and the future care and disposition disposi-tion of them. It was declared thru our country leads the world In advanced thought and actloi In the Interest of children, and that our state of Utah stands with the most progressive states and behind be-hind none in ILs legislative provisions for the cart, protection and bringing up of children. That the statutory enactments en-actments for the organization of socle-lies socle-lies (especially the ' Children's Aid society," so-ciety," as described in the statutfs) for the handling of children in conjunction con-junction with and assistance to the Juvenile court, are so grand and great a.s law that the hearts of people having hav-ing time or moans to contribute ought, to be stirred to the depths and to action ac-tion The law was read at. some length pertiining to the power and authority and dignity, as well as the wonderful usefulness of a children's aid society, such as Is recognized by the law; and those present were urged to come to a full realization now of the fact that this city and county have shamefully neglected this great work, and for too long this district, with all of Us Intelligence Intel-ligence and wealth, has been unable to point to an orphanage, a home, a place of any sort or provisions of any kind where unfortunate children were to be cared for. That the juvenile coift had labored under embarrassment embarrass-ment continually on this account; that tho judge bad been privately and publicly pub-licly pleading with the people for some action along the: e lines for more than two years; but that there was no doubt that If a proper organization should be eu'ected. and ihc movement put on fot to uS'? this law, and care for these children, the time of some and the money of others would be liberally contributed and promptly given. Judge Cunncll made no pretense of doing more than give an off-hand talk, and even without the guide of a previously pre-viously made note before him. |