Show THE JUVENILE COURT the annual report of the judge of 0 the juvenile court alexander A mcalaster le AI Is an interesting document it shows the great re at need of an institution ot of that kind in dealing with delinquency lin quency among children that the necessity exists is deplorable be bei i cause it proves the neglect of many parents or guardians to do their duty in the tha matter of keeping children in the straight and narrow 1 P path ath but since we must have a ju venue venile court it should be given the best support possible undoubtedly the legislature will ill be called upon tor a larger appropriation and it should be made as liberal as possible the juvenile court Is a non cal nonsectarian non sectarian institution it does not try to tear the children away from the parents on the contrary when children are brought before the court every effort is made to find out what the trouble is and to induce the parents to tako take greater care of them it the children have no home or it if the parents are not willing to do their duty then an effort is made to find suitable homes and in this the court has been very successful many citizens generously otter offer to adopt such homeless children or to give them a home temporarily only when it is evident that therea Is no other remedy the boy br or girl Is sent to the industrial school but there have been only 40 cases of this kind out of 1500 that have come before the court and this thia proves tho the success lot the court in saving erring children from the career of crime the judge informs us that invariably when he finds children who are ara morally depraved they are addicted to tobacco and liquor boys he sayi says who have become criminals almost without exception smoke cigarettes and girls generally have met someone who he has given them intoxicants and that was the beginning of the downfall this is a f fact act that should be well contemplated especially by b our legislature whatever they can do to shield the children from the te temptations that if yielded to open the doors to a career ot of crime they |