Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-30
GIVEN RIGHT TO WORK
Children Throng Franklin
School Building.
MEM pEQMITc ABE IccICn
NEW PERMITS ARE ISSUED
Fine Little One Fails to Gain Per.
mission Because of Frailty.
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED APPLY
Mother Complains of Requirements
of Child-Labor Law Which
Kept Her Busy All Day.

Ii your newspaper was late in being de-
Gvered today. if the bOOtblaCk stand you
usually patronize was deserted this morn
ing. or if the cash boy where you hunted
bargains today was not in evidence. it is
probably because he has spent the day
at the Franklin School building getting a
permit to ply those trades as a bread
winner.
Under the new child labor law every
boy girl under sixteen years old must
get permit from the superintendent of
schools to be allowed to work. II. o.
Wilmarth. a clerk and notary public al
school headquarters. has been detailed by
the superintendent to issue the permits.
Today the issue began. During the
morning about 100 boys We're passed.
Early at the School.
The basement of the Franklin School
and the alley adjoining have been given
up to the business of issuing these per-
u's As each boy must be accompanied
by his parents or guardian. there was a
large number of parents on hand at 10
o'clock this morning.
The grOWn-ups were allowed seats in
In" different rooms of the basement.
Three big policemen tried to keep the
boys i'm line in the alley adjoining. There
idt' my youngsters waiting
all day. new ones coming as fast as
others are supplied with the necessary
permits.
AS each boy is presented to the license
clerk he is requested to produce a certit-
> cate of his birth and a certificate showing
he has been at school at least 13O DAYS
during the past year. After he has shown
that he can read and write he is turned
over to the medical inspector for examina-
ticn as TO his physical ability 10 do the
work he wants to do.
Ii the medical inspector finds the boy
all right. he is then given a permit to
sell papers. black boots and shoes do
other outdoor work. Later he must get
badge-but that is a bridge yet to be
crossed.
Requirements for Indoor Work.
Ii the youngster desires to work in a
s'or" or indoors. he must also get the ap-
proval of the judge of the Juvenile Court.
This necessitates d trip to the Juvenile
Court and a return To the Franklin School
building.
One mother spent one day i'm seeing
the teacher and supervising principal of
her boy and getting from them a certifi-
ate showing the boy has attended school
regularly during the past year. She Wis
ted the Franklin School building this
morning. went TO see Judge De Lacy at
The Juvenile Court. returned to the Frank
lin School building this afternoon, and
was told she must return about July IL to
get a badge for her son if he is to sell
papers.
He ought to get about so a week sal
iry after passing all these examinations, y
he commented.
Five boys out of the 200 who applied to-
day for permits were refused They We're
cases. it was explained, where the physi-
ca! condition OF the boy was not good
enough To permit him to do the work he
wanted to do.
in, n
basement manufacturing trunks. He was
'Gund To be frail and pale-faced.
Law Operative Within Week.
Within the next week the law will be
in active operation. In the meantime the
two members of the metropolitan police
force who are to act as inspectors to
enforce the law will be selected and al
the other preparatory arrangements in
connection with the law will have beer
completed.
The superintendent of public schools
who is named in the act TO certify as to
the ages of the children and TO their men
= al condition. has prepared a printed form
of certificate, and the blank forms of ap-
plication to the judge OF the Juvenile
Court. to be furnished by that officer
will be ready in few days.
The blank forms showing the hours al
work and the kind of work, TO be posted
by employers in every room where minors
under sixteen years of age are employed
wlll be ready for distribution by DIR. vii.
liam Tindall. secretary to the board OF
commissioners, in five six days
Preparatory 10 putting this important
taw into active operation the Commission
- had Dr. Tindall make careful ant
-ief analysis of the law bringing out the
tai and most important points of it
lis analysis is TO be printed in bool
,rm and : to be used by the Commits
siOners and the other officers directly in
ierested in or connected with the enforce
nlent of the law.
Copies will also be mailed to employer.
Of minors or other persons upon request.