| Show WARE arn TIIE THE JOY RIDE here is an all article appearing in the great divide under the caption rum barred old nick utilizes auto which should receive consideration irom parents automobiles lure young girls to their downfall and gasoline is supplementing liquor as the most potent factor in ill their rum ruin judge nilles miles E norton of the lake county circuit cobit at crown point who has bandied some four hundred cases of boys and girls in the juvenile court since the first of the year declares ninety per cent of tho the girls that are ar brought into my iny court owe their moral downfall to automobiles automobile bald jud judge ge norton of 01 course you cant blame blaine the machine but nevertheless it is true that its misuse ini has brought sorrow to many homes in recent years parents allow their children to BO 90 out in machines not knowing know inc they go or what they are doing the autos speed affords chances to isit vicious places and offers a 1 lost host ot of temptations these promiscuous joy riding parties form one of the most serious problems our juvenile officers have to cope with today parents should wake up and realize the danger to which their daughters are subjected it is on oil an auto ride they are NN disked away to a roadhouse a public dance hall or the shady resorts at Bui burnham nham then comes the realization of their ruin and sorrow sor rov the above is as applicable to sevier county and vicinity as to any part of the united states the auto is a wonderful wonder tul thing but its uses and abuses are as varied as any of the modern inventions not least among the abuses is tho the tendency of young girls to accept invitation from questionable tio characters to go joy riding 9 the evils resultant from these rides ale aio a menace ware the stranger nd ind his gas wagon |
