The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-13

4 that come from the schooling there
obtained. County courts land county
boards do welF 20 send the children
afflicted in these ways TO these schools
( The results in these institutions show
+ the advantage of the classification Of
the unfortunate and the different
/ treatment necessary In handling the
various kinds of dependents. do not
recall a single instance. among the
several children sent there from this
county during my term of office that
has MOI shown a marked growth in
knowledge and ability to care f.
himself
| do not regard tine state refor,
matory for boys at Pontiac or the home
for Juvenile Female Offenders at &c
neva as the proper places for the
sending Of boys or girls, except when
punishment is needed for oGenses
committed, Not because OF the man
agement. for / know personally of
much good that has come to some
who have been committed TO thosa
institutions. but On account of the fact
that all classes of young offenders
must be committed there and that
Young boys guilty Of petty offences,
more by reason eli a misehievous dis
position than from criminal intent,
are thrown in with the vicious and de-
PRAYED boys.
The New Home for Delinquent and
Dependent Boys at Geneva, now being
erected viii meet a long felt want
n this direction and there is talk Of
changing the character of grounds
Tor the admission TO the Girls Home
Another commendable institution be-
ng established in Illinois modelled af
ter those Of New York and Ohio is
he colony for emleptics, Both Of the
states just mentioned have tried this
plan with marked success for several
years, Its introduction viii relieve the
county poor houses from many in
mates, who can he placed. where. ~
Ter proper attention, their unfortunate
condition can be partially removed
ma much work secured from them,
10Th to tine advantage Of themselves
and the state
The state Board Of Charities can
llso be Of much service, though many
lines Indirectly to the county Of
1eers struggling with the paupers and
other dependents It should be com.
oosed Of practical and earnest and
'haritably inclined citizens and be non
ARTISAN in its make mp
All work Of the state institutions
are now under it's supervision and fur
power Of investigation and recommen-
lation should be given such a board
and heed paid thereto. Through the
local board Of visitation their work
AN extend even to county yairs.
Not as Intermediates, but with
pirit Of helping. anch outside workers
tould often examine your local ia
titutioa and point out many needed
improvements,
The Cure-Two forces are at work
"a human life; heredity and environ
nent Il Is a mootod question AZ 10
he proposition Of each mlt both arc
recognized by students Of social con
litions, We see evidences Of the for
.ner in the inherited taste for intox-
eating liquors in the children al the
irunkard insanity frequently runs In
families In this county one family
has had for the past twenty years al
most continuously from one to three
members in the asylum at Anna and
from two different generations A
study Of the causes of degeneration
leads one 10 the firm conclusion that
the sins Of the father are visited ON
she children unto the third and fourth
generation As an auft8asn nf this
downward tendency there must be
grated into the stock new and better