Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-08

as we trudged along Cheapside and
Whitechapel Road he favored me with
an analytic uisquisition upon London
"scampers."
'Scampefs." said Mr. Evans iudicially
and hrmly us bad lot-lcastwise
nearly all on EN-. They're flyers, Filters.
slippn' IN a 'ouse unbeknowu. sta,n' as
though they howncd IL, to tn point Of
summonses an--scatl away they goes
like a passed. 70 Gipsics."
'Ow does they git that way' Some
on ems born so; most on 'cm. Some
on ems ground so. Some on ems
chased SO. Some on 'cm finds others
scampin', an Jess takes To 10 like costcrs
does to buttons and rumpuscs MANY
on ems made so by registctin, sum.
monsin' hnin' and The work us. fur II
once IN School Board claps It's paws on
yer young uus, its pay the rate cr work
line, an nothiuk but death an
scampin' can keep the young uns their
sells uuten school or prisoni'
In Justice to the old rent collectors
truthiulness ] should add that even this
language does not convey the iaintest
idea OF the endless war going on iu the
great cities Of England between the
school boards and certain classes Of the
poor and ignorant The State, through
It's various statutory provisions for COM
pulsuty free" education. enacted dur
ing the past twen,y.thrcc years, in
effect says;
You, Tiny Tot, aged five years, are
TO attend such school as we may provide,
or your parents select, every school.day
OF your life, until you are thirteen years
u age, or have passed the sixth stan.
dard. or we will clap YOU IN a criminal
institution; aud you, Tiny Tots father.
must pay for what We compel your child
10 do, or We will fine you for every
absence recorded against it. and tax YOU
Tor the cost Of its imprisonment when
ever we finally shut Do up. and then. n
YOU cannot pay iis accrued fees and
fines, and accuing judgments against
yourself we will also clap you in 'ail
until they are paid Or are iquilatcd by
Imprisonment. we will then release
you and again begin the same whole.
some care OF yourself and your oil'
spring."
Out Of this exquisite system has
grown, naturally and IN order, millions
OF school.hatcrs and liars, hundreds Of
thousands Of petty law.bfcJkgfs before
the local magistmcy; tens OF thousands
OF chi.druu-cfimiuals among the good
and bad alike. au army Of "yisilors,"
inspectors and detectives, whose ungm.
powered though uuivcrsally.cNercised
brutality among helpless children and
distracted aud ignorant mothers Is mex.
pressibly Infamous. aud hundreds Of
so-callcd Industrial Schools, or
Ragged and "Iuan" schools. as
they are more popularity termed, which,
whatever their merits OF management
on the line of their lcgalizod purposes,
are an inexCuslblc outrage upon the
inalicuab.c rights OF child.liic and home.
lie M any civilized land.
The hrst places on the collectors list
were found in "a uoisome cout, in which
the sunlight never came. On our
approach there was a lively scattering
in every direction OF that portion Of the
hall.uakrd population with whom we
had business, who either totally dis.
appeared OF barred their doors against
our entrance. Such unpromising uego.
ultions as were possible were Of
necessity held through koyholcs or
broken panes OF glass. As was the
collectors custom here, he shortly
announced 10 a loud tone Of voice that,
as he had nothing else on hand that day,
We would 90 down and wait We did
sit upon a filthy form which had Just
been vacated. Certain indications OF
restlessness were soon plainly audible