Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-31

at the tender age OF two months
by an inhuman mother surely
His angels had been given charge over
her, for the lonely little bundle was
borne up in sweet hands and carried
to one OF the snowy white cribs in the
! street home. Sound and healthy In
every particular was pronounced upon
her tiny anatomy. following her ar
rival As weeks went by, however,
despite all care, pure foods, and every
known thing sanitary. Brown Eyes
completely baffled physician, trained
nurse and matron by beginning TO
quietly pine away. with no apparent
reason. Her eyes grew larger and
Brighter, her quick smile, still angel
sweet, became wan. and her only an
ewer to those lowering about her. was
the continuous giving forth Of soft lit
tie signs that went TO the hearts of all.
When she was all but given up, and
her life seemed to be merely hanging
by a little sigh, come mother-heart IN
attendance suddenly received the d.
Vine impression. that Brown Eyes was
actually dying for need of love Ma
ture In giving n baby n mother insures
to the child health happiness and
growth. Institutional life at best Is
a poor baby raiser. I'm that It neces-
sarily lacks the vitalizing mother love
10 the individual child, So with Brown
Eyes When surely by the guiding
hand OF tender, brooding Providence,
q mother was found 10 take the little
life into her own, to hold the tiny fra
gle body close and warm against her
breast. to pillow the wee soft head be-
meath her chin--bchold, a miracle?
Reaction In Brown Eyes WAS immedi-
etc: ana as we see her today, forget
ting how to sigh. Growing aud laughing
with Joy and health, comes to US no
miracle, but the truth Of One who
taught how love will meet all human
need and longing.
A motley group of "incorrigibles,
all sizes. compilations aud dispositions,
is not infrequently lined up for a hear
ing in the Juvenile court OF this city
where provision Is made for the parol-
ling of young offenders, and for COM
pulsory school attendance, or for the
placing of the utter failures" In the
Industrial home, In ogden, where they
are carefully watched. cared for. edu-
Gated and given a chance Of becom-
ing respected men and women. capable
OF holding positions Of trust and hon
or.
one boy will appear peni,ent, and quite
willing TO go 20 the Industrial home,
another will set his firm little Jaw,
meaning by this, no doubt, that re will
never go II given his liberty on the
way to the train. still another will
hang his head, perhaps In shame, per-
haps IN downright sullenness, while
his brother In disgrace will sit and
smoker as though the whole proceed
Ing were joke
Not all Of them really bad boys. but
boys glorying in sensations of being
notorious, of passing as young des-
peradoes, after the Jesse James order,
perhaps; or priding themselves in
their tiny gangs as being terribly
tough"
III one or two instances where a
boy may appear bad to the very core,
the onlooker finds himself taking sides
with hm--the lack of training from
babyhood being so plainly .isible in
every turn, move, look and word on
the part Of the parent who stands to
testify and accuse.
1t is marvellous how the judge--"the
chief factor, the personality behind the
law" gets at the better self of THESE
boys. II is a rare instance where the
boy fails to warm up to me-" as the
Judge sometimes puts II. Even I'm the
case where he IL apt 10 say, 80 you
threw me down, didn't you Johnny? L
trusted you; | placed you upon your
honor, and yet you threw me down."
the boy will probably look shame
faced, but In the end, a shifting In the
chair shutting OF the feet spark
In the eye, signifies that the Judge has
reached the real boy at last.
Now, here's Benny; ] know he
won't throw me down--how's that
Benny?"
NO, sir"
mo, sir And you'll go to the In
dustrial Home, EN-, Benny"
Yes, sir; / want to go, think / kin
be better boy. and think ! kin learn
somethln' too"
That's said like man. But there's
Billy, over there, he's going to give me
The hot foot whatever that may
mean--Bllly evidently knows and be-
gins snickering, and by the time his
hearing is on, "the hot foot Is evil
IDENTIFY lost sight Of, and Billy is ready
TO Join his pals" for the O'Clock
train and advancement along the up
ward way,
Perhaps there is one who has not
given the Judge "a fair deal and the
two talk II over in a calm sort of bust
ness like fashion and 10, it's all aboard
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