The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN WORLD OF SOCIETY MarSh-Fulghum Wedding on
 Yesterday Afternoon COUNTRY CLUB RECEPTION MT. and Mrs. T. C. Thompson Enter tain for Their Debutante Daughter,
 Miss Bessie May Thompson.
 Judge Lindsays Visit.
COUNTRY CLUB RECEPTION

.Judse Benjamin Lindsay of Denver will arrive in Birmingham this morning, and will be the guest of Col. and Mrs. T. C. Bush. Judge Lindsay will make an ad- dress on the subject of the juvenile court this evening at o'clock at the First presbvterian church, corner Fourth ave- nue and Twenty-first street. It is eX- nected that one of the largest audiences of the winter will hear this address, as Judge Lindsay is widely known as an eloouent speaker. while his work in the establishing of the juvenile court gives an educational value to all that he may say mon the subject. He comes to this city upon the invitation of the Council of Women's clubs. The lecture is free to the public, the expenses being assumed by the council.
 Birmingham should show it's apprecia- tion of the efforts of the council inf bring ing to this city each winter distinguished workers by going to hear Judge Lindsay discussion of a subject which has so re- centlv been considered adversely in the Alabama. legislature. The repeating Of the juvenile court bill mas caused disappolnt- ment to those who believe that the Ju- yenile court will yet be established in this city. and they will be especially inter- ested in hearing the arguments or the Vis- fling iurst whose work in Denver IS Ill the same channels of altruistic endeavor as in those to which Judge Feagin di- rects his energies.
 In an article in McC1ure's magazine the worl, and personality of Judge Lindsay whose reputation is national, is strongly set forth:
 Almost by accident, Ben B. Lindsay the celebrated judge of the juvenile court of Denver, became judge and founded ms famous system for dealing with JuVenle offenders. Incidentally he became one of the most noted men of the day and added lustre to the fame of the state of Colorado.
 of was while filling an unexpired term as county judge, by appointment, that this brainy humane young lawyer hau his attention called to the unjust, inet'ec- tive. positively criminal methods in coiil- mon use in our courts in trying and pull ishins children. On the impulse or d ,noment he took it upon himself to stop the machinery of the law and to become personally responsible for boy. Instead | of sending this boy to prison he sent mn | home. and he himself became the boy | moral guardian and friend. He and the bows mother, working together, saved | that boy, and this was the beginning, he will tell you of his practice of putting de- linouent children, not in prison to be pun 1 isbed hut on probation to be saved. .He didn't know what probation was when he said he'd take care of that | boy. The idea of a juvenile court hadn | l dawned upon him, but this and other ! cases set him thinking, with the result l that he has created in his juvenile coui a new human institution, the beauty and use of which is spreading initiative move ments all over the land.
 1 "Fortunately. there were laws in exis- tence under which juvenile offenders | could be brought into court as depend | enti .neelected' or delinquent children, and these laws were enough as they stood for the starting of a juvenile court We
 hoped,' he said, to get other laws later;
 but those that we had would enable us l to treat the children, rather than the 1 childrens crimes
 Judge Lindsey went to District Attor-
 nev Lindsley with the request that all
 children's cases be brought to his court and that they be accused there of de- linauency instead of the particular
 crimes for which they were arrested | The district attorney was willing. Lind | sey's request was regarded as queer
 but nobody wanted the bother of these l kids cases" so the judge was per | mitted to found his kids court" And | he founded it, and it is the kids court, | there very own. It is run in the interest
 of the .'bad' boys and girls, and there
 fore of the state, and the children need ed the court, and so did the state.
 By close and careful study of this question of dealing with bad boys and
 girls Judge Lindsey became more and
 more convinced that the ordinary crim- inal court method does not prevent; it
 fosters crme and he talks with them
 as child to child, as friend to friend. Now the judges talks with boys and
 girls are regarded with superstition by | some peOple, Hc Scts oucH Woiiuci LII
 results-the truth, for example. Chil-
 dren who lie to their parents, their
 teachers. and the police, tell him every
 thing. The police started story that
 Judge Lindsey Is a 'hypnotist," and
 others speak wisely of his method" His
 method" is very simple he employed
 it before he knew it was method | with his Italian thief and his first
 trio of burglars" Friendship is the
 key. Judge Lindsey talks to boys as
 one boy talks to another.
 His personal appearance helps him. The
 "jedge'' is a short slight boyish look
 ing young man, open-faced, direct, sim | cere and he lays off the ermine, figura-
 lively speaking, very readily indeed, he 1 hardly ever puts 1t on now. even on the
 bench. In chambers he comes right down | to earth, using boy talk, including slang. | For this he has been criticised by good | people who think of English as an in- I stitution, to be kept pure. The judge l answers that he has something else in | mind than the purity of the language. I He has found after four years experi- | ence that the judcious use of few OF these slang terms not only does not hurt | the boy, but actually helps him and wins | his confidence, and since the boys are l what he is after, he. declares he will | continue to talk to the boys to a certain 1 extent much the same as they talk to one l another.
 "Of course" he says, 'the law is im- I IL. kf.@