The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-10

ton, and the hardened adult criminal who should he condemned and made to suffer by the law be the age of six teen years. The bill as presented to the Legislature was passed by the House. provided the age at which the boy should be regarded as entirely a responsible human being. and suffer life Imprisonment or capital punish ment be fourteen. Great good has been done, but not enough. Ye fath- CTS who think the mothers of Alabama unwise in wishing the dividing age between the boy and man be placed al sixteen years, look at your son Of fourteen years and picture him in stripes or on the seaffold! Would he not look better to you lon probation
 Regulation of Child Labor.
 One of the most important move ments for which the Federation Com mittee is working Is the regulation of the labor of the employed child. For this. the women of Alabama have been striving for six years. and bit by bit they are gaining ground. In the meantime. child life is being ground into millions. Many little ones are yet doomed to make tracks to the waters edge" and some of their stun ted bodies, minds and souls are doom- ed to form with their dead bodies a bridge on which the children of the state will cross over and be free free from themselves, from the capi- talists and from the ignorance and incidence of their parents. The bill which Is championed by the Fedora tion as introduced in the House. pro- vides that no child under the age of fourteen shall work in the mills un- less widowed mother is dependent on 1t for support, and that no child under twelve shall be employed un- der any condition.
 Six years ago baby of seven could work all night. The bill as endorsed by the women provides for inspectors whose duty will be to look to the enforcement of the law.
 The women ask. too. that no child De forced or allowed to work more than ten hours day, and that the child shall go to school for at least twelve weeks year, and that six of those weeks be consecutive. They are hBnting especially for inspectors as they deem no law without an officer to enforce it of any benefit. The mothers or Alabama are putting up good fight for their young.
 Boys ReformatOry.
 The Boys Reformatory at East Lake Is one of the objects for which the
 
 the buildings be enlarged, and that new industries be introduced That new buildings be erected, they deem a crying necessity. as at present the ac- commodations are inadequate. There are not near enough accommodations for the applicant who are turned away every day. This establishment has been cause dear to the hearts of the women of the State for ten years.
 For Humane Work.
 While so many hands are stretched out by the women of Alabama to help the children, some, too, are working to help the dumb brute, and, at the same time. to help the nature of hu- manity by awakening the people to a sense of the horror of cruelty to the brute who is placed in mans power and by him utilized.
 Mans beast of burden should be- they think. a charge to every person under whose observation it comes. An association for humane purposes has been started. though permanent organ izatlon has not yet been effected, and number of the most influential women of Montgomery are deeply interested
 Everything is moving beautifully for the Humane Society. Lawyers are drawing up rules and regulations, laws and bylaws, and corporation papers. At an early date. mass meeting will be held and a State charter will be secured. It is the desire of the inaugu- rators of the movement that everybody join and lend assistance to stopping existing cruelty.
 The dues will be $1 a year. No person can pass down d street of Montgomery and open his mind to the subject without being i'm pressed by the fearful need of an or ganization to prevent cruelty to ami mals. Help for the abused brute will be part of the 1910 movement. Rural Schools and School Improvement.
 For the building and establishment of schools in the rural districts, and for improvement of those already eX- isting, the women arc working. The School Improvement Association is do ing wonderful work in the rural dis tricts, wh. re they have planted trees and flowers and have beautified in q simple way the interior of the houses. This encourages in the pupil a love of he beautiful, and is essentially educat- ing, enlightening and refining.
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