The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

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The next letter is in striking contract 70 the
last, as the author seems content with his lot:
DEAR MoTHER: 1 write you a few lines to
wcgot all the food we want, Please come down
Locke Z Is very nice 70 tho boys. 1 Will nov close
,,S A. . masterpiece Of imagination the letter
by a poor little Italian waif who is homeless and
friendless. Ho said:
ING p yaa INC MarHE na ! 1 send you ns = fcw .I llPe o., tell;
trouble, l am. not lonesome. We play ball In
the yard and Mr.. Locke said that am purht
that tho family Il ali Welt. Your loving sSp'"'"S
A small motherless boy says:
viii b glad 70 see you H ON Friday IDA sfternoon ant az 5
o'clock. When are you going to take mo home
sRs d E5Ss sna f iPSa sSo s isSsP: ln5 make make Z, Sy 'f ssS.
1 am In the eight grammar grade. q. b."
Some Of tho very largest boy" " said Miss
hard to keep Spd them mI oceu I%a 'a ali the heN Time ~ E Thse
VA, than it is in the public schools, and, these lit
Of the boys, which viii be- most helpful. 1 OK.
pect to move into the building next Monday and
these boys are very much behind in ali school
shall give RSI them t as much Uil1 oSse GvSt r' work sG Is
possible. When l was about to give them a
icSbOn on the 01lkWOrm, ana showed Lnem ono.
several OF the bows thought It was . peanut
They became Intensely interested y the lesson.
S ON th so sPii% Se .ne nex Tr ssS. very W ' ssfk sss % pspsr q
planted some seed in tho boxes over there. just
their regular lessons in spelling. reading, and
s ah,anm lnssSes sed i sH so sa; i rom H 3 70 G ). f Il Is Stt ssfg
impossible to use. the same methods here
s fOr !S sas sh TSG,a r are i aoa q Psss and sSiSiS a sSs' SS
half dozen OF them are in the ZANE grade, in.
had HATTIE thss' .Piod pf Pipor a OF RRSsmafilfnn' aSsie they e Mc
ESaso lesson and they learned. some ""S grammar
without knowing it., l love the truants very
SSeSriS ssd they sav are e q aeS v Ssan e, Z MT aiSSt 10 T sas
them all crowded around him in the evening and
to hear him telling them stories or playing
the boys when l come to live with them"
The teacher then went on with the lesson
SUMNER r1Sn' She Is toid them si a great TN many neDyfi interest /
then asked II any boy could tell hor how a bird
got ssuot Its IS, nest 9s ~ 70 Sn stay ~, ttS SgHiS 49,; A lion l,o5Sg'limbed'
T . me all you know about it, Carnio,' she
said TO him..
don't you know the little bird picks up horses
hair that, the horse don't need and throws IL
down ,h and ba the Il little lie, bird dnt carries ca rnS 1t dI to a an tree S and
1t gets ready to At its nest it sits down in It and
stretches it IN it is the right size and shape
aglow, my mother. shes Irish, told me Q pretty
little story about some birds she knew when she
to catch it these s,f little BIRDS to sell them. They built
their nests under the big. rocks by the sea, and
peoplef Tho people watched the little birds and
caught them on their nests. Well, when the
were the little birds fooled them. They would
fly to q rock way oyer yonaer.. gestisulating
I the 5IKf;d " 1o%lS Th msk the of pf 10 i.s T Tssi Hssa. sw shfFs
wasn't there at all. but way over yonder,'
pointing in an opposite direction: - cato,
every word that Carnie said. and when he
finished his little story many an admirins eye
What a nice boy he is said the visitor.
One OF the toughest OF the whole lot" said
BY this time it was the hour for school to close
came in and marched them down to the play
ground. where they were soon as happy as
The Building is well suited to its purposes. On
the upper floors are the dormitories-large,
ranged iii II ' ToWs. BE" Below 1hsss are tSs t sehool-
E DeIns and they ., also . Are lhS sf ,b Light hnb and sr more
rooms. There is a large front room which viii
be used for industrial Gle 1ses, and a good-sized
s so@p inSn poo (Which r Esi d% R1iGSsn aSo he t iaanSly tns snd &
baths are complete and well arranged. There
arc no bars on the windows, but there isn't much
are well guarded: Miss Byrnes says that
the change in the appearance of some Of the
ing, food. and frequent baths have done the
checked. The boys 60 to bed q hsif.psst 9 and
gel up at half;past 8. Mr., Locke PEEssides at
inmates ofthe home are the housekeepeF and
his wife. who give the boys careful attention;
assist 1istpi In the e'f hoiuseWofk. and most OF them
enjoy it thoroughly; Everything ABOUT the
and Dlenty Of elbow RraAa0 can make III. In
speaking q the School Mr.. Locke said:
The idea of establishing a truant school
authorities realized that while the Juvenile
Asylum. the House of Refuge. and other reforma.
purposes they were not the proper institutions
10 receive truant children; Reports were made
tions 70 the same effect were offered by, super
necessary in a large city to have a school
for the diseiplins OF truant and disorderlS
Gnsp public ca School system, so that Children may
be committed directly to j. or released from 1t by
the school aa uthfi.tsa .l Now y f dIsd,n SiG3rporai c pun
Is more necessary than ever. The compulsory
education law went into effect Jan. ], 1888. Thii
ages OF 8 and IS found wandering, In
incorrigiblo absentees may be COMMITTEES
, ordered to attend b, tie city Superintendent Of
, Schools. The law holds parents responsible fol
! the non-attendance OF their children at school
and u father or mother may be fined 30 for the
first offence and $50 for the second. One parenI
who not only neglected to cause his children u
7 attend, but abused them 80 physically that they
D were unable to go, was committed to the work
house for six months.
"A boy who 10 a truant Is not a criminal nee
{ essarily, and every one committed here has Q
/, chance, by studiousness and good behavior, X
) get out in a certain length of time. BY Rettinl
Q a certain number OF good marks each day. 1t II
!. possible for a boy who has merely played truan
TO regain his liberty In two weeks. One boy
goes out tomorrow. II, takes a boy who hal
4 been very disobedient and incorrigible at HON,
: and in school four weeks. Parents pay To-
; their board according to their means, S9.l7
month being the maximum.
There are about 10000 truants VERY few O
l them arc girls) whose names are written on tn
0 truant book OF the schools every year. or course
IL would be out OF the question to establish
schools for all of them. SO we have taken ono o
two boys whose commitment would have tn,
. most deterrent effect from each neighborhood
uhis scno3l aSSs mo- To an n Setnrront a en ecyS' a Du
a already has completely reyolutionized SOM