Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
YOUTH IS
EN7RAPPED
BOYS AND GIRLS LED AsTRAY AT
DANCES
MANY CAFES ARE BUT START OF
DOWNFALL
Brighter Side Also Shown at Juv>niIe
Court Association Meeting by
William George of the
Junior Republic

Many points of things of Importance
to Los Angeles people, including the
California George Junior Republic at
San Fernando and also places of doubt
| full amusement for the young. were
discussed at the meeting of the Juvenile
Court association of Los Angeles at tho
directors room of the Chamber OF
Commerce building yesterday after
noon.
| Bishop Johnson of Pasadena presided
and Mrs. George Sinsabaugh acted as
| Los Angeles took the chair when
Bishop johnson had to leave. and Miss
Evelyn Stoddard,t the acting secretary
of the society, took Mrs. Sinsabaugh's
place as secretary.
William George, founder of the
George Junior republics was present
as was Judge Klamroth, president of
| the California George Junior Republic
association, and many other leaders in
| Juvenile work in this section.
| E. ]. Lickley, chairman of the amuse-
| ment committee of the Juvenile Court
association, read an interesting report
on that work. Among other points
| brought out in his remarks were the
following:
"They call a certain park here the
peoples playground. Well, older girls
get in there free. On the night of FRI
day. March 8, members of this COM
mittee went there. among other places,
to investigate.
Girls Dance with Drunken Men
ut was rainy outside Several girls
were dancing, two of them not over
Is years of age. One. not over ID years
of age. I saw dancing twice with an
intoxicated man. And she comes of
good family. There were places near
| ty where beer was sold.
| "At other times saw six girls under
10 years of age dancing there. Often
the mother of the girls is not there at
all.
1.-THE show which saw at the FREQ
| tlleater in that park that night was
not one which you would like your boy
or girl to attend, know. At Grand
avenue hall, at one at Eighteenth and
Main-it's all the same. Perfectly re-
spectacle at first. First time she goes
there the girl orders lemonade. She's
called a Sunday school girl, and
! laughed at One of two things to do
/ p
60. And 1t is sad that most often she
does the latter. The dance halls of Los
Angeles.ar are ths beginning of the down.
fall of more girls than any other
places. AS Evangelist Mel Trotter
says, the outcasts are not down in the
slums, but fall from above into the
slums."
Mr.. Lickley went on to name certain
Cafes the Imperial. Palace. Olympic,
Bismarck commonly known as 'The
Bucket of Blood" and located at Win
ston and Main), and Turner's hall,
where young people come to grief
Girls Drunk at the Bismarck
| At the Bucket of Blood" (The Bis.
marck) last Thursday night Mr.. Lick
| ley said he saw two fourteen-year-old
girls drunk. One afternoon at 5 o'clock
recently he saw some school books at
Turner's hall, and entering into a
room saw some girls who looked to be
apparently of school age.
! mo questions are asked regarding age
at the Olympic cafe" he went on, ''if
| the girls have escorts with them. l
saw from ten to a dozen girls of from
| Is to- II years of age come into the
| Imperial cafe alone one time, and the
saddest thing is their mothers often
take them to these places the first time.
Then thu girls think it must be all
right there"
The speaker added that there was a
bright side; that theater conditions,
though not so satisfactory as they
might be, were better than they had
been, and that the managers of
these places are trying honestly to keep
children of IA years of age and under
out of them.
The "Picture Penny Arcades'' are
pernicious, often murders being por-
trayed there in detail.
"But I am glad to say" he concluded.
"that there are fewer boys under age
en- the streets afterN9 p. m. than ever
noticed before in Los Angeles"
George Tells OF Junior Republic
William George of the George Junior
republic spoke next. saying that If 1t had
not been for the Juvenile Court associ-
alton there would have been no Cali
fornia George Junior republic. At the
close of his remarks he introduced
the president of the California re-
public to the audience.
'You are all invited to inspect our
repunlic at San Fernando most thor
| oughly any hour of the day or night"
| he said. "We have no ISM save Amer
| ioanism
| 'I feel like guaranteeing that IL you
send any hoy there, barring the weak
minded ones, and let him stay in the
| republic proper time, we will return
30 out of 100 cases a good. law abiding
citizen.
1--WE admit no girls to the republics
who have been what are called bad
girls. They present a problem, these
girls: either q way up or way down.
The boys have a larger percentage than
they in the intermediate classes.
1.-THE republic is not reformatory
We take many boys who have had an
automobile and small change given
them by their fond fathers, and who
have gone too far. in consequence. They
| learn money value at the republic.
There are 80" applications for member
ship at San Fernando.
Republic Is Non-Sectarian
"The republic is non-sectarian,
Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faiths
are represented, and the children go to
church or not. as they choose; yet the
attendance shows percentage Of over
ninety attending Sunday services.
1--WE have nine boys and three girls
at San Fernando"
In the general discussion following
the point was brought up that many
women of bad reputation were working
among the girls in the large depart
ment stores, getting them to engage in
doubtful occupations.
The Juvenile Court association may
appoint a committee to investigate
this matter.