Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-09

every school-day uf your life. until you
are thirteen years Of age. or have passed
the sixth standard, or wen clap you in
criminal institutions; and you, Tiny
Tots father, must pay for what we CONF
pei your child TO do, or we Will line you
for every absence recorded against It,,
aud tax yOu for cost of It's Imprisonment
whenever we finally shut.ff up; and
then u you cannot pny It's accrued fees
and fines, and accrued judgments against
yourself, we Will also clap you IN jail
until they are paid or liauldated by Inn
prisonment. when we will release you
and again begin the same Wholesome
care of yourself aud offspring
Out of his exquisite system has
grown. naturally aud in ORDER millions Of
sch0ul haters and Var: hundreds nj
thousands Of petty law- breakers before
the local magistracy; tens Of thousands
of childrrn-rrimnals among the good
and bad alike: an army of visitors"
inspectors and detectives. whose unim-
powered though pulvrrsally-cXc
brutality among hel less children and
distracted aud ignorant mothers is in
eApressihly Infamous; nni hundreds of
so-callcd industrial schools. or ragged
aud 'truant' schools. rs they are more
popularity termed, which. whatever their
merits Of management on the line Of
Their legnlized purposes, are an mex
rnsable outrage upon the innlipnable
rights Of child-life and hOmc-lifc IN any
civilized land
The first places on the collectors list
were round Ia noisOmc court In which
the sunlight never came. On our an
proach there was u lively scattering In
every direction of that portion Of the
half-nakel population with whom we
had business, who either totally disnp-
pcarcd or barred their doors against our
entrance. Such unpromi~ing negotiations
as were possible Were of necessity held
fitrnush l..tsh.l...s
As was the collectors custom here. he
shorty announced M a loud tone Of
voice that. us he had nothing else ON
hand that day. we wOull sit down aud
wait, We did sit upon filthy firm
which had just been vacated. Certain
indications of restlessness were soon
plainly audible from within. This seem
Ell to communicate itself to those neigh
bprs on tile outside who, themselves being
accustomed TO similar experiences from
other sources. through the natural ALI
ance Of misery, began series Of maneu-
Vers for our discontinue basin full
Of dirty water suddpnly rained down
upon rs. and the old court rang with
coarse laughter. Strapping barefoot girls.
In n sort of hOrse-play. began hustling
Ms as II by accident. making handy use
Of their elbows aud fists while avoiding
pretended tunbiings upon US: and this
became so threatening that the collec-
tors stout stick was called into effective
use. Then some rOtten garbage fell
sofuy upon us; and this was followed by
wcll-directed discharge of cinders aud
ashes. Goals could not be spared or 0nr
situation would have proven exceedingly
FESTIVE.
Then the women Of the CONT began
cdring mp TO us with cr0nnel commisern-
tions for cur prisoners. They lauded their
integrity: dcplprrd their nlisfortuncs, aud
dcclied the sad spectacle Of such fine
folk b"iug worried for a beggariy bit
of rent" Mr. Exams Remaining unmnysd,
they suddenly became historical with
abuse. shricking imprinted mnlcdicfions
aud nuathe'nas until, IA a frenzy II sor-
rovfnl indigniiy. they barred their scng-
Ky breasts aud bcsouRlit us to strike them
down. as they wrir sure we were brutcs
enough 10 do supplementing this by eu-
treating MS to murder their "hinfHnt
holfspriugs afore tler heyes." the said
skinny mites Of misery being hold oui
to us for that brneiiccnt operation.
Tho imnerturhallr Mr.. Evans. in An
aside - quiet my owl rising ircpidn-
lion, whispered, The CONS 'as no 'arm
In ms and taking metal whistle
from his wais.eoat pocket gave IL
significant movement 10 his lips. follow
iDg this with the soothing remark
Ladies' III 'ntcs TO SUMMON The psilisw
Whp"pupcr everyone of the NIB sQauiper-
ed away to their respective habitati0us
Final NEGOTIATIONS 10 iliH ccsspOOl Of
hith and degradation resulted In serving
two notices 10 quit, a weeks fun pay
Nent frnu one tenant. solemn promises
ana tears from others aud hnpenee
ha'peny from a blind female 6cggar
who sworn 20 strengthen her excuses
that she bad losI her dog. the lntitr
making farewell vicious assault upon
Mr.. Evans heels Ia proof of her mis-
fortune nnd nr0hiiv
1t WAC now nearly noon and we We're