The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-22

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to be uniform IN principle and applica-
ton as far as practicable.
ITO bring about a practical, sensible
and sane method of administrative
work through the agencies of such
courts in the correction of children Of
tenders avoiding the dangers of leni-
ency on the one hand, and brutality
on the other.
Securing the passage of laws hold
ing parents and others to a rigid legal
accountability for the moral delin-
quencies of children.
ITO establish detention homes or
schools in place of the Jail for children
offenders.
ITO encourage personal, practical ac-
tive work and earnest effort to bring
about correction as far as possible
through aid, encoura cement, proper
f1rmness and assistance, rather than
through punishment, fear, hate and
degradation"
Judge Lindsey speaks with enthusi-
asm Of the interest shown by the press,
the pulpit, educational and charity Or
CARNATIONS throughout the country,
which with hardly an exception have
favored the Juvenile court and proba-
ton system as the wisest method yet
devised LOT the care OF u0nI anu
dependent children.
He adds, The most noteworthy dec
1aration in behalf of the juvenile court
was that contained in the message OF
President Roosevelt sent to Congress
last December from which he quotes.
The work of the Juvenile court is real
~ a work of character building. 1t is
now generally recognized that young
boys and girls who go wrong should
not be treated as criminals, not even
necessarily as needing reformation,
but rather as needing to have their
characters formed, and for this end to
have them tested and developed by
system of probation"
Judge Lindsey says: 1.-THE true
Juvenile law forbids charging the child
with crime and quotes the following
startling statement from Judy Will
kin:
IF boy is convicted of breaking a
window, it will remain against him
for life. 1t will prohibit him from
entering a civil service examina ton.
1t will forbid him from becoming
fireman. officeholder in the city de-
partments, "a letter carrier for Uncle
Sam, enlistment in the navy, any ex-
animation either in the city, state or
nation
Ten states, among which we were
proud to see the Territory of Hawaii,
were mentioned as having already
adopted the juvenile court law in 1905.
In all these laws, the principle of pro-
baton for Juvenile offenders is recog-
nized and established Children are
permitted to be corrected without be-
ing stigmatiZed with crime. The de-
tention school or home supersedes the
Jail. 1.-The most noteworthy feature
OF such laws has been to make parents
and citizens responsible legally for the
welfare of children. The entire coun-
try seems TO have suddenly awakened
to this necessity. Parents are being
held by law to more rigid accounta-
bility for the moral welfare of their
offspring, than at any period in the
history of the world
Some other childrens topics dis
cussed, but which 1 can not dwell up
on now. We're:
Recent phases of child-saving work.
Institutions VS.. homes for children.
Juvenile reformatory of the goth CEN
fury
Ethical culture. in children's institu-
tions.
A plea for esthetic surroundings.
IFS VI
Child-labor legislation.
TUBERCULOSIS.
A topic which one would not expect |
to find in reports of charitable work |
was THE Warfare Against Tubercu- |
losls' to which subject an evening ses- |
sion was given, conducted by DIR. De- |
vine, and about which numerous pam |
phlets and leaflets were circulated. |
When we consider that consumption is |
the cause of one death in every four |
deaths between the ages of 20 and so, |
that five times as many die from this |
as from typhoid fever, that it spares !
no nation, no age, no occupation, no
class of people, it is clear that public I
at ton s4-o-id be called to it's alarm
ing advance, it's prevention and cure.
When we consider that tuberculosis is
both preventable and a ,cura bic dis
ease, and cleanliness and abundance
of fresh air, nourishing food, exercise,
dryness and freedom from anxiety are
essential to a cure, it is plain that
demands greater
amount of information and assistance
than can be depended upon to come
ordinary channels Informal
ton is freely and fully given through |
pamphlets and leaflets and circulars Of
all kinds which may be obtained with
put cost through the Illinois State
Board of Health, Springfield, ILL.,, or
the Visiting Nurse Association, Chi
,ago. 10 Dearborn Street In these
pamphlets it is urged that consump-
lion is both a preventable and a cura-
Die disease and minute directions are
given for both cases. But since in
ormation must be presented as well
is published, and assistance must be
'endered, especially in the case of the
Door, societies have recently been
ormed in many of the large cities OF
his country and in Europe for the
study and treatment of tuberculosis !
They have founded free sanatoria and
Iispensaries, provided free lecture :
curses and other methods of instruc- :
ion and send trained nurses into the !
ZONES of the poor, into hospitals and {
choolS. J.
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION.
Probably no class of charity workers