New-York tribune., 1905-09-24

them, We have tried. with the sid OF The Rus
sian consul. 70 get certificates from Europe. ana
Most of the parents who come to this eounS
try unwitttngly get themselves into rurthex
trouble. In the ship on which came across
the Atlantic few years ago there were "a
least sixty children in the steeraSs who vsrs
from fourteen TO seventeen years OF age vttnouz
doubt, and still Were registered with the pun
ser as under twelve Ali under tWelve years
old carried at half rates. When these boys
and girls want TO leave school they have uothina
TO show that they Of the proper age. and
the records Of the steamship company ara an
against them.
by the doctors and nidwfves they give the Rus
sian or Jewish names Of the children Wien tha
children S. are OF school age their parents nay
have changed their names Many children when
they start for school give the English equivalent
for their c1n names, and their smaller brothers
and sisters follow in their footsteps The re-
sulLing confusion further cornplicates matters
and the people are often too ignorant to explain
the way matters are.
tors or midwiveS they usually fail. Another
difficulty is that the doctors and ulidufves must
swear 10 the birth certificates before the reg
lister OF the Board OF Health ordinary
notary public will not do. Children born BE-
fore 1897 are often sent 10 the Custom House IN
2 vain search for certificates and others born
after that date are sent Ellis Island After
spending days looking for certificates they
usually meet smart LAWYERS who for fifty cents
each give them certificates that are fraudulenS
and which we win not accept. So the people
are n trouble whichever way they turn IN
tue language o. Ln6 BINeFEs luEg az ~
against it.
The police have co-operated with me IN every
way possible. It is largely through their e.
forts that we have been able 10 stop crap
playing. I haven't seen more than one game
since I returned from Europe, and that was
between two big fellows over wnoIn l nau no
control. l caught little fellow OF twelve play
ing craps IN July. I talked 10 him and ne be-
gan TO cry and said that he was very sorry
told him that .-sorry'' wasn't enough and that
I was going 10 hold him responsible for pre-
venting crap playing ON the block BE said
that he would see JEaJ no more games ~ers
uIayed there and I understand that he kept
his word an summer long.
The rumor that We have no truancy among
the Jews Is absurd. We have IL here IS else
where though 1 believe that IL does not prevail
Ia the extent that il does in districts where the
Irish or Italian elements predomiuate. There Is
only one idea concerning the East Side that has
crysrallized in my mind since / have been WORK
Ing here. and that is that there is re use gen-
eraliziug about b community or SUOOJ0 people.
and especially 81 community so complex as this.
I can show You here every grade or ethical, IN
teIIectuai and physical condition.
Last year I reduced truancy By forming
thirty-fuur special classes. with special teach
ers ] put in these classes boys and girls vsho
were three Or tour years older than their class
mates. They Wore taught special courses with
the lLou-essentialS LETT ont. and were promoted
two three times term. As the result Of SUCH
classes have seen children entirely Fsfcrusa