Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-05
PLEAFOR THE CHILDREN
CORRECT THEE YOUNG AND RE-
DUCE THE CRIMINAL CLASSES.
River Revivalist'' sof Greater New
York Declares Thissto Be the Only
Way of Solving Problem.

1.-THE criminals in thesUnited States have
increased 70 per cent within the past year.
The population OF Thea United States IN
creased q per cent during the same period
This is only oneeof the remarkable state
ments made thiss,morning by DR.. A. $.
Orne, the river revivalist" of Greater
New York. DR.. Orne comes to Washington
with an admonition to the public to stop
SHINING, to repent, rest and rejoice, TO
choose between holiness and hell, to seek
salvation He is going to call on Attor-
ney General Moody this afternoon, and
hopes to be able to arrange conference
with President Roosevelt tomorrow or the
day after.
DR.. Orne says he will remain here some
time, and is about to begin street cam
paign in the interest of INDECENT and III
treated children. DIR. Orne claims to have
been a student of sociology for the past
quarter of a century, and says he mas just
completed a tour of the United States ana
Canada, where he personally inspected
most of the charitable and correctional IN
situations.
1.-The laxity in parental control, care and
culture of children he said today, rs
something too shocking and shameful to
speak of. The attitude and indifference on
the part of the majority of mankind has be-
come criminal. We are raising crop or
good-for-nothngs and gamblers, OF crooks
and criminals.
"a few facts and figures should satisfy
the skeptical The offspring of one aban-
doned girl, traced through six generations,
numbered 900, and all were either crooks or
criminals. insane or idiotic. A young man
married a woman in poorhouse IN l'So.
In 1860 thirty of their brood were living as
constant county charges and when out OF
the poorhouse or prison existed by begging
or stealing.
Care of the Children.
Heredity and environment make crimi-
nails; prisons and poorhouses confirm them.
Ninety nine per cent of the criminal classes
come directly from the INDECENT and ILL
treated child. From the same source comes
90 per cent of the 100000 tramps, the
great menaee to the civil institutions of
this country. Creatures of circumstances,
born of no volition of their own, they have
no control whatever over the first ten years
of their life in this wicked world, no option
whether they are trained as criminals or
trained as Christians.
Beaten and buffeted about in contin-
uous atmosphere of drunkenness, dishon-
esty and dissipa ton, how can their course
be other than criminal?'
what cure do you prescribe for these
ills?'' the revivalist was asked.
THE cure?' repeated DR.. Orne, 1.-The so
luton? Why the one and only solution of
the juvenile delinquency problem, which is
acknowledged by all officers of the law to
be the most perplexng problem with which
they have to deal. is the juvenile court.
This is prevention versus the poorhouse and
prison. 1t is much cheaper and more Chris
tanlike."
How does Washington compare with
other large cities with reference to this ne
glect of children?"
The doctor waited a moment, then replied:
washington is the most careless and
corrupt community concerning the care,
culture and control of children that I have
encountered in my extensive tour but the
conditions are better now than when 1
made my last visit here, eight years ago.