Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-13
JUDGE LINDSEY LECTURES TO
WOMEN
TELLS OF DUTIES OF PARENTS
California Congress Of Mothers at
Venice Furnishes Program Of
Lectures on Practical
Questions

R'NDiSh WIN WHICH parents are WTeSI-
ling every day was the one for which
Judge Ben. Lindsey Of Denver offered
some solutions yesterday morning at
the second days session of club wo-
mans week at the Venice assembly.
Judge Lindsey represented the CAL
ifornia Congress of Mothers and before
he finished speaking it was evident
that his title was only to please the
people for the judge does not believe
that boys are bad.
He admits that there are few bad
boys, but declares that in comparison
to the careless or bad parents they
are very few.
Boys are often deceitful," said he,
when the ones really at fault are the
parents. Some parents set their boys
up on a PEDESTAL and think they can
do no wrong. If the boy commits
theft they would rather have him tell
heart than to have it known and so
wound their pride.
mdNS buys ITuITIuI
"The best way to make boy good is
to make him truthful.
1.-The boy who will tell the truth TO
his mother and father is perfectly safe
to go anywhere in any kind of COM
pany.
when boy commits an offense and
is allowed to go out of the court with
a successful lie in his heart, he has
taken the first step toward the goal Of
a criminal. He can never get away
from that unconfessed lie."
Judge Lindsey told of his experiences
in laboring for hours with boys to
make them tell the truth, with final
success, with the result that from that
day the boy was his friend.
The speaker criticised the state of
California for not having an adult re-
sponsibility clause in the Juvenile court
system saying that while the Juvenile
in the country, it can never have the
influence which it should have until n
law can be provided which will see to
the punishment Of the parent who
sends his boy into a place where he
should not go and the man who helps
him into wicked ways.
"This law" said he, "is one Of the
most important features of the juvenile
court system and Judge Wilbur is
greatly hampered by the lack of it,"
The Juvenile Improvement associa-
ton was another feature which Judge
Lindsey says is most helpful in devel-
oping the individuality of the child.
Women for Judges
"The position of Juvenile court
Judge should not be restricted to law
yers. A teacher might make an excel
lent Judge and 1 believe the time is
coming when the best judges will be
women. 1t is a woman's place as well
as a mans, and the educator is the
one for the place The educator ca:i
do more to reduce crime than all the
courts. When the schools and the
courts go hand in hand we can skin
everything in sight"
Miss Emma Greenleaf of the Cosmos
club gave review of Schley's Forty
FIVE Years Under the Flag" giving
the dramatic history connected with the
different expeditions which the author
of the book made while serving his
country
The cruise of the Niagara to Japan
in 1860, the cruise of the Thetis and
the Bear to the Arctic regions to rescue
Greely, the trip of the Baltimore to
Sweden to carry the body of the in
ventor Of the Monitor, John Ericsson,
and the famous victory in Santiago
bay.
In closing, Mrs Greenleaf said:
"Something Doing"
This is pre-eminently the golden age
of the people who do things. Some
thing doing has come to be the slogan
of America. Nobody is anybody un-
less he has done something, is doing
something or gives promise of doing
something.
Grant did things, Dewey did things
and schley did things. Therefore, the
American people will ever honor them.
The Ruskin Art club, represented by
Mrs. W. w. Wilson. subject "A Per-
manent Fine Arts Gallery" The Out
door Art league will present the fol-
lowing program; Little Brothers of
the Air" Mrs Harriett William Mey-
ers; Sign Boards" Mrs. j. f. Kanst;
Garbage" Mrs. ]. G. Mclean; Tree
Planting" Mrs. H. c. Terrell; Public
Fairgrounds" Miss Bessie Stoddard.
The Ebell club. represented by Mrs.
Theodosia B. Shepherd. who will dis
cuss "Begonias; New Creations in
Flowers" Evening: Musical enter
tainment by the Treble Clef club.
William Henry Lott is conductor for
the club. which win be assisted by
Harry Clifford Lott, baritone; Peje
Storck, pianist and Miss Blanche
Rogers, accompanist. The following
numbers Will be presented:
(a) "Kirmess Of Mastr' Andrea"