The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-08-15

faHtH IA Unknown 90 TIE luNrhiN
court Rich aua uoor hish aud low,
black aud white. vicious and re-
fined. meet here GA an aquai foot
ms The Yicluua dahnaucuts and
dependents cone into court
Some Ia RAGS
And saun ln gasH,
Aud SOME a. velvet suwnss
aud the court looks upon them all
a. children of common parent
that great Superior parent, Ire state,
A very little study into the work.
inHa II the iuNefHe court brings
uut the fsut that the yrime disease
a. net due 90 pefedity. Il l. found
iu almost evetY instance that tho
caueefQua growth 81 yicr and rfiml-
natty On the body 81 Haelely "a
caused By bad environment had
euvifanmont does not necessarily
Imply a dirty haNel and constant
sasoelatlen with criminals and the
dfeka OF humanity. ~ o. a condition
that nay be found eNiatine Ia the
homes u the rich, where parents,
weak hefauae af too great inte
nr Through ignorance ~ the hattrf
way let the ehiid gang bis aln
sait until he aats entirely beyond
their cQutroL dVsHndulgehse may
tevelar a character Ia the chiid 81
wealthy parents quite a. bad ami
'u many Instances infinitely worse
than would be developed Ia the
child Of the under world ~ evil.
poverty satrickeu home surround.
luHa In both Instances the cause 81
the trouble ~ the SAME 1aek Of
proper Eullanea duRnF the early.
formative period 81 the ch1da life
II has hssn found that the per
ceutaka OF those who are abnormal
ln their moral nature H. not much
larger ia the ehlltaen ~ the iowiy
ihanFin those ~ Nfii-ta-da honest
parents. Here ia court the spoiled
child y 10 has been brought up in
the LAP Of luxury sits slide b eide
with the faFlaHi. Homeless or
phaned coiored boy as Eifl. Both
are there fnr the same cause. lack %
pfupes parental eatr. and the terror
~ being iu court. 81 brin6 compelled
h 50 before Judge ami aHsNvf hts
/ quesfiona. breaks down all barriers
u class The children weep silently
o. audihiy, according TO the degree
their Eensihlliiies are rafaiFHet h1
the sffangq surroundings. aui fps
the ntanent are strange unity ~
discomfort and wee.
Ia safae oltiea a court Nessm has
been Hrt asids faf the hearing ~
rhlldren'a eases ard N used Tor no
other cases tn ehicaro this y not
the ease Judge Richard = Tuthiii .
court roam on MaHdNy ard Friday
~ each week IL nastamorphosea into
= foasa that resembles a dAa nur-
HerY. ard ora these days aalf the
cases II iuvsnlis tsfendsnts and Do
/ iinauFnts afe heard The i've classes
Z - asH.f
/ dependents coming bmfnrs the court
IN the morning and the dslluguruts
( Ia the afternoon n this Wy thrse
/ who - yet have shown no AlHrnsi.
ton - 10 wrong are kept cut 81
tasfsh with thee sho have already
started out on the primrose path ~
"a iliamce that psauia Head Enefu 80
thS ranitsNtiaFY and PERHAPS the
exlio~s " their esrser Was not
checked
The ehllAfeu's enufi b sui genera
I IL . like ne other court that ever
existed Children arc ever NheFs
soHHe under the care Of pFahaiipn
afftreFt some brauEhi IN BY thelf
parents. ana safus sitftns atoms.
1900. - -, ]. 80. -.
stirring 80 their lives L. Heing a.
Z ~ffft = any " w Af1tftNN"fA aAN ~
lng silently. A. : rule sN~Ff moth
efs an ana asakatsr ~ them SETS
40 a saii when she Judge beings 10
question them. others lock about
than wtth a atranks expression 81
awe written on their rntaii essufins
uanc~s. Onr~ ln = While = hate ~
arms breaks nut m an aFaatains
howl tefnstlfnea. too TIE elder
rhssis@s Tsa aetll shss can BE heard
nut on tho street three stories te.
isw. Nh~n they fesiin~ they are ta
be taken nom their parents. Above
al sounds ihs hust ~ voices. Hks =
oelanf u bees busting abaat a Hive
me ADULTS. The parents ard ut
rFrsae. ana rcnslnfmsf - fh~ ruvis
FsnmeatH u the court rnosns 81 aais
city wasfnw sbeut them cr aisrtz.
utterly the Injustice % tas that
" oula tear children ffom their par
rnt. g. dos nos matter that Nh~n
the children are 81 home, thsg arr
beaten afga starved ana tr~atsA iikr
little aid beasts. AZ the nHaap@ct
~ separation the desire faH pa~~ss
sion = aroused. ard FOR the time -.
inm maat u The parents are positive
anarchists IN ffsiF hatred ard con-
TEMPT fHr the iaN ard TIRE officers
~ whom IL IL nafninisfrFed.
This h not the ease IN every In
stance Many 81 The ehiiafea have
no patents. has have ben kieksa
about from pillar % post unfii mo
afteuffnn ~ aosiseane who knows
about the fpvrmii- cuurt - drawn 70
it. ard 4 - brought IN 70 - placed
unass the shaitsFing wlnE Of the
stats.
son-~os the little ores have ben
deserted By hsaftiess parents. IN
many cases the parents have become
s~uarated ard neither the father nor
the mother desffra 20 be 1Bfdensd
With she care Of The child
fiuFnstfmss the deserted =
would egr. for her little ONES n she
could 90 -. but ~ her hslplessnsas
finds thiH impossible.
This sirnpis faee remains that most
% thr children brought into the
Juvenile court are dependent o. f~a
i'nduant ~ remains faf the judge
20 RneiYrr tha conditions thst
I brought about the dependency or D.
iinqu~ucy and bring forces 10 bear
on tbs home environments that WI
neufraltxe the sFfi Influences and ~
he ssHis time encourage the growth
- good conditions n after a trial
this + found 20 b. iFuprertieabis fhs
child IL removed from the cid SUR
I rouudinEs and placed whsre. IN tho
I Judgment ~ the court. Il vii have
] The best opportunity 10 develop into
a good citizen. Every verdict found
I ~ lha a10ansla entsff N based uunn
the peculiar individual needs ~ tho
child whose case IA being cDnsid-
I cred. and The results have proved
that In almost every instance the
I Judgment OF the court has teen cor
/ rect.