New-York tribune., 1902-06-23

the places having short, detached sentences ai as
dreadfuIs and yellow journals Mr. Willard Is
looking for books written in the same an s syf raTT
This is the sort of thing that Nj MllLara I bnT maS
@ e aSs IN fqF the Wdek study Of and
quaintance with the boy inmates of the ToInbs;
sentence for them If it seems desirable. and then
keeping them under his supervision until It's eHpra-
The new probation law. which went into effect
work which he had been doing unoficialy for some
years The law is designed as a new metnoa INC .S OF
moulding of weak Character in the hands of a
sition of probation officer is insured by the pro
vision that there shall be no salary from public
Mr, Willard is probation officer for the Courts T
the latter In the Court Of General Sessions the
offences are usually OF chaT@ctfF TOO serious m so
other are handled frifng matters many Of them .hn
When a boy is committed Mr. Willard visits him
and gets his story. If il seems worth while. he
investigates this story and asceratns all the facts
brought to light make the case look too bad for
further effort In the other third IN nos MI rof WaF6 fd
warrant him In doing recommends to the Judge
Year and hail he has Investigated four hundred
such cases for the Court Of Special Sessions ana
eight for the Court Of General Sessions. .
The boys class the other morning looked as II
st-eet or the public school Here and there
tough or stupid looking one but most Of Of then them
When the boy gets out on probation If ne mas a
home friends, he Is sent 10 thefn II ne mas
none he goes and lives with Mr.. wizard MI
Willard has a nice old house at No. 1ES Chryste-st-
II looks ike its neighboTS outside except Tor a
bright bell knob. but within II has resumed the
look il wore when II home long ago. 1here
are rugs and books. casts and pictures, al! the at
Tnosuhero of the home Of cultivated and wellbred
people. A. :, 4. ,,,,,.
The first task of the boy probation Is TO hunt
= ion Mr. Willard is perfectly sceptfcal as TO any
MEAS Of inability 70 find work. He Is so sure that
any f0v who is not defective can get work that II
the rrobato not join the ranks or the en-
poved before long friend. the probation officer.
i apr to have him hailed before the magistrate on
The charge Of loafing Mr.. Willard claims that the
ceIertv with which work is found after this proves
that his theory is right The wage earning capa-
city OF bows of this class may be interesting Most
Of hose seventeen eighteen years of age earn 81
or s. a week. There is only an occasional one VINO
rises TO the height of $40 -,
After the probationer finds work he is told TO call
on Mr. Willard two three times a week. When
he gets to No 129 Chrystie-st he finds that ne has
no formal report to make. nor is he in an atrnos-
uhere of supervisoE. AS likely as not ne mas q
I,arry in progress Or ii may be games, music or a
Sst1reoutiron show to be something
pleasant going on. and crowd OF boys ENJOYING II.
For the last months the probationers have peen
ping ponging furiously If the probat does nor
obey orders and do well, ne finds out what nan
of steel lies under that velvet glove which MI
Willard wears If he does well, keeps at work, re-
mains steady shows no disposition to resume
crooked wavs the relation between him and the
probation officer finally trails off into informally