The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09

tell him the truth Then next month YOU " II
come To me. And II l fnd you have both
hecn good boys and have told the truth.
! will be ~ easy on you az ] can. But
be good to your mothers and behave your
selves
The listener cannot but feel after hearing
such case that this isn't like most criminal
courts II IL a pretty comforting sort
of court in these days when some people
think the world is going to the devil.
vISDIcArIoS or IKEY.
Tl,en there il the csse Of key Silver
stein. He came over from Brooklyn with
his big bro,her 10 buy goods at wholesale
store in Grand street His brother X
teaching him the business. for key is II
YEAR, old and SHOWS more already than
many merchant ever dreamed OF.
His brother had quarrel with the whole
sale man about bill; the wholesale man
wouldn't give him receipt for his p,lr-
che~e,s for some reason or other and III.
elder Si!versteip wouldn't take the goods
without n receipt just then the wholesale
man grabbed ikey and declared that the
little boy had tried to steal pair of gloves
and some stockings; and brhoid. the stock
ings and the gloves We're IN Key hanI
key, who had been standing with his
white little face sticking stiff up out of
his high white collar and with his hands
MIA stored down to the seam Of his trousers
NJ though he were West Point plebe,
u summoned TO the stand Does h" un-
derstand the nature of an OATH Does he
know what will happen 10 nm II h" lies
after he has sworn 10 tell the truth?
Sure. saya lkcv. -iou'n write home Ia
my ma about i, and III get a lickin
key il prompt sworn, while the ourt
mods solemn approval of the eVid"n' iamily
disciplina OF the Silverstein hOussahold.
KEY saws that while his brother and IN"
Wholesaler were quarrelling b" picked w
some things thst were lying on the floor
ard was looking at them when III" sat.-
man grabbed him.
He didn't mean 10 steal Them ne was
able 10 paw for what he bought. but he
wouldn't Have bought those things any
way
KEYS sister told how good he was and
how the principal Of his school and his
teacher both cried when they heard he "as
arrested
The Wholesale man was told that ne
ought to be ashamed 81 himself md lkoy
was dismissed with the ourt's BLESSING.
The Children's Court sl""d KEY from u
initiation and perhaps fr, m deterioration
He would never have had such n careful
examination or such sEnlpnt'e'" nearing
in any other court.
THIS ONE HAD 4 Rad MorHsR.
Then there was Ethel Miller She ia 4
years old. red checked and fat Her hair
huns. IL long Curls from her vide brimmed
hat and -he was set on hi2h platform 50
tlat Size could lean her elbows on the
Judges desk and make goo-gOO eyes Al
him and siSsle mot reckee-iy.
E;heI was oharg"d win having naughty
Iu.;i-r The Gerry man Said that h" had
.,.,u %thcl with her mother and another
WOMAN walking zigzag mp sixth avenue.
40 had folio mem MO Oh" rfooh ana
4ien INTO another Wh're mere WeIe !"
ot other Nome" ana 10Y III c"'or'o mon
NiihAH'S 'ps. - r,.o,. nathan ADD had
S.'nt her 10 Bellevue, aau ne Wahteu 'u7'i =
Mayer To say "hit sh1GHi oe dnhc WIN
Ethel. All the Whll' r"nei mace preR u
BOO motions at IN" Judge 'hfoush h'r
hngs!N.
tIy a@k,u liie 'u"s'' uo ~" WIN
yoGr rn,h"r'' >,
t,t 81 Nv 'ked her hcan ana e,Hg'u. y
j. furry TO have man WIN a hlacE hiSE'-
COVE AMI big, round sp1 tales ASK q"es-
10 = of you 40 rerpcIuuhy .
Did YOU get enough 70 ear TINS morrlHs'
n a. il good"
Ethel nodded violsntiy and rubbed her
mall stomach with 'ranN rein'h'scencc,
Want to go back to That place win the
E"rtlemHn AID have some more To 'a'
!. More yiol"'t assent
The Court ordered car'inl mNeS' Isa',ot
J Of ttncis mothers home, search t"r n''
father and fun report 20 be mide To hun
in three days so that no injustice should
b. done in sending Ethel I" some hon,
| 50 hHra she r?u'dn got her airines III hhc'
! AID tan sal on-.
HARDER CASES TO DEAL WITH.
Thon there ar, nlory puzyling cases (,
,tih mall hovs arc arrested with rul
,,i,s -, Lurgl,rs''tonl. and -nI,maIy as.er
%,,, Ih,v fou,d rham under IN, son. ~ ,
,ra,t G,nra ard ,,a,,, .tnkiu them HON.
-, INN wi,n ',m." along with ON,
| aI,,.tl, ,,arrhor1i,e uirkrI mn in in,
80 ,,I,cn
>"rl,,,irna. tho Judge believe. tina. ,h,
| ,n,, h,vn merely hqDp,nad ,.pou a rra
,r,,,,, Lur,iar'. "a he sometime. II, ,akr
! :" 80, I',r;o,. ,,in,, IF IN, n,ttnr IN,
- . ..,,,. ,a,, Is con s,olI them mos scyrr.l