New-York tribune., 1905-07-28
CHILDREN AT THE BAR.
A Morning IN the JuUenile Court
Al Sorts of Offences.

A morning IN the Chfldre-'s Court q. -, q.
make tbs world look very gray. That CON
stGEL neverceassng procession Of ch1srs- a.
after cay year after year. th9 procession OF
parents tha' accompanies them. the oabies in
those parents arms. the proba biIitv tbs, ~.
baoies WI! take the places OF their cider broth
and sisters IN court some 6av a,S 10, e.
youngsters VII make the same kind OF parents
y tlne-aA combine TO make depressing A.,
InosPhere- Il isn't much the things the
children GO. Some Of their offences seem .ab
su-1ly small Il isn't the runishnents r,e4ad
out 20 tnem- Justice tempered with mercy
s1o administered with kindness seems +o
reign n the child0en's Court Il is the chill
eTens faces that make this court an unhanpv
rlsce-their faces sne their features
FcT instance. there Is key. a tola ,,s1a-
factor. whose head comes inst sbova .ba -,
q the judges desk key Is eight wears old
though JUST big enough for six He is A .,ost
uheoaceTneo looking youth. and when the Judge
ssks ain L ne has ever been in court before
he 1oos an a1hrrna tive in the most unconeerned
way A hardworking little tailor is there with
e suit OF clothes over his arm The suit NJ
clothes is worth 81 He saw key, little eight
Ss2r-olo key, come out OF bis room carrying
o-na!e carefully wrapped IN paper. He in
Fssagatec the bundle and found his 81 suit
Of clothes key looks perfectly unconcerped
with one baby in her arms and two tugging
Al her skirts. begins 70 cry. but he doesn't mind
hsr any more than be does the Judge
The judge looks grave. A thief al the age
q eight and the second offence! He sends
Ikey 20 stay with the Gerry society for 3 few
days while be decides what had better be done
with him
Here comes tiny girl Of six. weeping bitterly
her father holds her afIectionateIy on his knee
Erlr IN he
syes-aTrlhcially black-swoilen almost shut
Did you give your wife that black eyer
says the court
Never. sor." says the man az the bar firmly.
NOW. look here" says the court, when the
ocncer reached your house he found Won and
your wife fighting and yelling, and to-day her
eyes are al black In not going to let a child
stay II a house where there's such goings on
You're not Fl 70 have charge OF her" and SO the
baby goes away 70 institution
Here come three straight, nice locking bovs
dressed with anxious care TO go 10 court: hair
piAstered tight, faces shining clean collars
Sunday clothes AL three faces are rather
anxious They are evidently boys who never ex-
pecteo 70 get arrested Playing ball IN the
street Is the heinous charge against them The
:rdEe explains:
'Of course, you mean no HARM" says he but
the streets are not to play ball In. They are
for people to walk In The other day man
came in here with his eye nearly put out by 2
bal that hir him when be was In the street
windows are broken. horses hill and runaways
caused You must hnd some other placs to
play ball This Is your arst offence. I'm going
70 lei you OF, but II you are brough, before me
again shall be very strict with you"
Then come a whole Of boys arrested for
Jumping on moving cars An effort is being
made 10 break this up and detectives are beinz
sent out on cars. There are messenger boy
DeWs5oy. and three little pickaninnies. like three
chocolate drops IN rain
The Judge talks to them In e fatherly way
Boys lose their legs jumping on and OF NOV
ing cars" says he. "An the tine they're being
taken 70 the hospital and crippled for life It's
goJ 70 be stopped"
Hext are Two beautiful girls. Italians. born
IL America or brought here very young Dressed
II deep mourning. with the iustrous eyes and
coloring OF Italy and the pfquancy OF America
r. theiY faces they are little beauties both OF
them One is twelve the other fifteen The older
ons has already beer. arrested for disorderIy
condEcr and is on parole Il has been report
&c that she stayed out after 10 o'clock at night
which she Was forbidden TO do. She offers an
excuse, which proves sufficient, and is dis
charged with warning The velvet eyed Htte
oLe has been swearing a. her mother and call
ing her the nsughtiest kind or names
TWO young infants in trousers are brought
70 for selling uewsps pers without q badge
there are others brought in by their parents
because they are unruly. disobedient and car
1ot oe controlled Sucn children. when IL is z
-rst oEence. are generally paroed with the
.AreaT OF i-1prisonn1ent should they 6e brought
Before the courI again
bu1 there Is another SIDE to troubles between
parents and children. There was Alice for IN
stance, yesterdsy-a slim. sweet looking girl OF
L-'---seL or fourteen Alice applied al the Gerry
r---sIy saying that her mother abused her SO
l-aL sne could stay al home no longer Then
L-ere vas Agnes. child of seven. with q clean
re ven head and little babyish face Agnes's
amer beats her 50 badly that the court has
I7cdeo 70 send her 70 g juvenile institution