Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
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posing them from without.

waiting them from within rather than I'M
posing them from without.
Profanity and vugarty are depressed at
the George republic by all the power OF
the government, II necessary, and did not
hear single word or observe single act
which could have been considered Offensive
The relations of the citizens with each
other are not always pleasant by any
means, but all difficulties must be settled
according to law, and without the inter-
yention of adult officers or employees.
IT saw a girl Of apparently sixteen
years tried before judge OF apparently
fifteen years. The evidence showed the use
of bad language. The attorney for the de-
fense denied the right of the court to pro-
nounce sentence, because the prisoner had
been employed by Mrs. George when the Of
Tense was committed. and had been in
stantly discharged and had been unable
to secure other employment. The claim
was that this was a punishment already IN
| ficted. and that no citizen could be pun
| ished twice for the same offense. The
court decided
Mrs George is a guest at the republic
| and an employer of labor The use in her
presence of the language attributed to the
| defendant was personal insult. She had
| a right to prevent its being repeated by
sending the offender from her presence.
Mrs. George has nothing to do with the
| enforcement of the laws. You are charged
| in the name of the citizens Of the republic
with an offense Of which the court must
| take cogniZance, no matter what Mrs.
| George may have done to you. You have
! been guilty of this offense before. and have
| had several warnings. Now. the sentence
| of the court Is that you be confined in the
common jail for fifteen days.
! Results of Observation.
| Il made the acquaintance of a boy. now
| assisting in the administration of the af-
| fairs Of the republic with honor and credit,
who served two terms in the New York
| house of correction, and was considered in
| corrigible
| Il citizen turned away from the
door at restaurant because he was dirty
! and slovenly. and l saw him at the table
| next meal time, clean and tidy.
| II saw boys lounging in the shade while
! work was to be had. and saw them given
| twenty minutes next day in which to pay
a weeks board in advance, with the chain
gang as an alternative.
| Il saw 500 (coin of the republic) depos-
tied in bank by one citizen as the first pay
| ment toward the purchase of a cottage
! costing 1900. which is to be the home of
eight or nine boys.
II saw the bank Of the republic cashing
scores Of checks. payable to the order of
| citizens. for the weeks work. and paying
| without change below cents because an
| enterprising citizen had cornered all the
pennies and held them for premium.
| Il heard how some of the citizens had
been called as witnesses before justice of
| the peace in Freeville; how the justice be-
came entangled In the mazes of the New
l 1oth Couc VI pTOCeQuFe ana mao
| been set right by the boys.
II heard how the girls had been admitted
| TO equal rights In town meetings, and then
| excluded because they didn't do nothing
| but second notions
II was told Of the passage Of law
which made eight hours legal days work
and how the girls and the cook thereupon
| ceased work at o'clock in the afternoon
| with the result that at the usual supper
hour the restaurants and hotels were dark
| and empty; and I was told Of the speedy
| repeal Of the eight-hour law.
Il saw accomplished ladies' and gentlemen
mingling with the citizens on terms of alb
1 solute social equality. teaching and enforc
! ing right habits and rules of action by the
| power of example alone. and heard a cit
| lien who attempted to lecture another told
to go preach to the grasshoppers out il
| the daisy field
What 1t Teaches.
What does 1t all teach? Why, this. i
| am capable Of judging 1t at all: That tn,
inspiration to do this thing came to maj
! who had the power, the enthusiasm ant