The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01

t'N' ssh % 2 NE NiNDltltt LAat COM iDils
woman deserted Ey husband and
left, heavily in DEBT to ieat a family
Of four was shown be Alz. Shank
man. She explained how she has eu=
acaForcd to solve it,
John ShGnkman. Eelta's father. de-
serted his wife last December Not
only did he leave his wife and chill
dren with no means OF sustenance. but
he left a debt of nearly Sl80 for the
former 90 struggle with as best she
might And she and her daughter.
Hetta, and her son. Maurice IL years
Of age, have strugsied faithfully.
Regrets the Necessity.
For over three months. stated Mrs
Shankman. "T have sold papers to keep
myself and little family a-,oIng. 1t
was bad enough for me 60 have to
90 on the street aud earn a living in
That way, but I did hate to see my
children also. Ny little girl Yetta, I
have kept I'm school right along
Partly because every little counted
and partly because it YVES lonesome
for her TO be at the house alone after
schpol, 1 set her 20 selling papers. She
has not fallen behind On her studies at
the Oquirrh any and I have been care
ful 20 see that she tended 10 business
when on the street
But she and have net had it
easy at selling papers. Both Of us
have been chased from one corner to
another by boys. and even women. un-
CD we no longer have steady place
90 stand. Between the three of us we
make lalr amount of money, but
everything goes quickly when there
are Tour children to support two be-
sides Ietta and Maurice
But / am going 10 help mv boy and
girl along as best I can ann now
trying to get Maurice a place Of some
KIND so that he viii not have to stay
on the street; only through the vaca-
tiol- though, because I'm going TO get
both him and the little giIl back 10
school as soon as il begins again L
want them both 10 grow up with am
education, / cannot see them alto
gether on the street, but 7 must keep
them together, and to do so it re-
CURES all the money that we can
make
win ten you that I am as much
against children selling papers on the
street as anyone but I am trying to
give them the best i'm my power"
Club Woman Gives Views.
Mrs, G.. S. Kinney. president of the
Utah Federation OF W0men's clubs. ex-
pressed herself yesterday as strongly
opposed 20 either boy or girl selling
papers ON the street for the purpose OF
helping support q home or otherwise
AT heart most AN of us are opposed
% children selling papers" said Mrs
kinney, but the solution Of the prob
lem is not easily reached. And the Sc
cfeJ of this fact seems 10 ME to lie in
the fact that we cannot get down to
the parents point of view nor can they
See things as We see them. It Is largely
because Of this inability of the cOmmu-
nifty az large and those whom ii would
help 10 think and act together that the
presents such puzzling aspects. +
what DO these girls mothers think
about it? DO they realize that they
are robbing their children of an edu-
cation? How are we 10 help them in
diligently If we do not even know
their desires and inclinatiOns?
There certainly should be steps
.aken however, to lessen the evil Z
should approve of the dependent chill
dr7n being afforded a home Of some
kind rather than that the mother be
given financial aid. Financial assist
3nce tends TO pauperize and in many
cases would be distasteful 10 a woman
who is doing her best 90 maintain
home.
Thinks Loans Possible.
ION the other hand. such financial
aid might be given iu the nature Of a
loan with the understanding that the
recipient might repay AT her cOnven-
ence- Again arrangements might be
made, as I'M various cities of the east
70 give the mother the equivalent Of the
mild earnings and thus give the lat
er chance To go 20 school.
There can be no experience nor iu- .
luenCe harmful TO a girl that viii not /.
prove equally harmful or degrading TO (
q boy. or vice versa. IN view of this +
belief I disapproye as heartily of q hoy ].
going out on the public street to help
support a home or for any ether pup /
pose as I do of a girl.
And again. I do not believe that a I
BOY or girl can spend only part of his I
lr her time on the street and part i'm 4
school and escape these degrading i'm
iuences. They viii be confronted with .
hem just as surely as the child who
s 0u the street altogether. to the eN-
.usion oil school and home life"
Declares Problem Difficult.
Miss EmmeliHe b. Wells. president
n Cleofan, expressed the opinion that
le compulsory educational measuresd
should be more rigidlv enforced il the
'ase OF The boys and that society
should lend hand iu the case Of the
girls.
--It is a difficult problem with which
Fe have 90 Wrestle.' stated Miss Wells
6sterday and it is apparently grow
ms more SO every day. While Z am on
'osed 10 boys and girls spending any
II their time ON the street selling pa
'ers [ should hardly like to take the
espousi biIty OF suggesting any way
b which toe practice could be stopped
should bee Goo favor of any school or
ome the purpose of which would be 10
roVide RELIEF for the mother by taking
nd educating the child.
-ft seems to me that the laws gov
iDing tho attendance Of children at
cGlOl might be enforced 10 advantage.
md yet it IS not 90 my liking TO advo-
ate anything that would result in TAX
lg the food out of tine mouth of any
Ie of the fact that there is much
o be feared in experience which sel-
lg papers ON the street brings to a
oy or girl there can be 800 doubt
"fhe majority of the children are az
% age when every habit acquired.
itneI for good or bad. and most Of the1
ireet habits are for the worst. Is be-
lg nodded into their future character.
he majority. too once they have had
bought OF going back 10 school
1all De glad % witness any movement
bat VIII tend TO bring these children
ack tu home and school life and solve
be- problem FOR mothers confronted
Ith it,