Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-01
CROWD is GROWING BIGGER
Issuance of Permits Is Progressing
Slowly.
Ill CLASSES AND CONDITIONS
Time of Registry Extended by Su-
perintendent of Schools Because
of Volume of Work.

To get some idea of the number OF Ju-
venile jobs there are in the District or Co
lumbia one has only to visit the ElclnitE
OF the Franklin School, at 18th and n
streets this week.
Permits to allow boys and girls 10 WORK
i'm the District are granted from thal
school All day yesterday, until 1o O CLOCK
last night. and all day today. since shortly
after daylight, there has been long line
of bows and parents waiting to get IL
censes.
I'd TO noon today 10 permits had been
issued from the Office of the superintend-
ent of schools. Judge DeLacy has ap-
proved several score moro.
In that line waiting for permits there
are all sorts and conditions Of humanity.
There is the widowed washerwoman. with
her three bows, who add to the family
excheauer There is the government
clerk in white fiannels. who is teaching
his youngster to work as discipline. There
are boys in bare feet with big patches on
the seats of their trousers. There are
girls whose toes reep through the sides
of their shoes. There are boys with
crIItcheS and others who are humpbacked.
Some one who saw the line suggested
it was parade of "the lame. the halt
and the blind" Bright faces and lively
limbs Of some youngsters. however, indi-
cate there are many embryo captains of
industry.
The crowds Of last night and today were
much larger than that OF yesterday.
When the hour for closing the permit Of
flee came last night r. o. Wilmarth. who
is acting for the superintendent Of schools
In issuing permits. announced to about
300 youngsters that had been waiting all
evening that they must return the next
day. There was waiting and gnashing Of
teeth and "ominous murmurings."
Time Is Extended.
Finding that Juvenile Washington is
more ambitious and Industrious than he
realized. Mr.. A. T. Stuart, superintendent
of schools, announced this morning that
the time for obtaining age and schooling
certificates, which give children under six
teen years of age permission to work, will
be extended for several days after this
week. There is no necessity for employ
ers of children to discharge them, he says
until the youngsters have had an oppor-
tunlty to procure one of the permits
Mr.. Stuart explained this afternoon that
he learned that several large employers
of boys and girls have discharged their
employees for fear of being charged with
violation of the new law. On account of
the large number Of children to be dealt
with and the time required to investigate
every case separately he found it would
be some time before all children entitled
to work can be provided with the neces-
sary certificates. Supt Stuart consulted
Commissioners West and Morrow and
the announcement regarding the tempo
rary suspension of the enforcement of
the law was decided upon. 1t had been
expected that all the permits could be is
sued this week.
Little Girl Made Unhappy.
Keen disappointment met several OF the
youngsters who applied this morning. One
eleven-year-old girl was led before the
permit clerk by her mother.
What is your daughter going to do?'
the mother was asked
Tip umbrellas" was the reply.
She can't do it until she is twelve years
old" Judge" Wilmarth told her.
oh. she doesn't have to work hard
pleaded the mother. She runs errands
and brings materials. and between times
she puts tips on umbrellas. and that's all
she has to do
She couldn't do that if she only worked
one minute a day, because she is under
age stated Mr. Wilmarth.
We'll. you can't have that new dress
for the picnic" the mother remarked to
the daughter. All the childish dreams for
months had faded away with the refusal
1t took several minutes to dry the girls
eyes.
II. Insolvency., superintendent Of jan
tors, is acting as the usher at the office,
bringing in boys and their parents from
the waiting rooms or from the alley ad-
joining, as fast as they can be attended
to. He heard many excuses for prompt
attention this morning.
MY baby is sick. mister; want to get
home one woman told him, as she
pushed a boy forward
Il have a dying brother at home;
want to hurry home to see him before he
dies another pleaded. Mr.. McSweeney
gave much consideration to these cases
as possible.
Mr.. Stuart's Announcement
The announcement of the extension of
time made by Supt. Stuart Is as follows:
The announcement that the child labor
law would be in effect Monday, July 6.
has caused considerable apprehension
among employers Of children lest they
should be prosecuted for the violation Of
the law if the children employed were
not provided with the necessary papers on
that date. The law made no provision
whatever for clerical help, and the task
of Issuing duplicate certificates Of having
necessary physical examination made and
of satisfying ourselves Of the child's men
tai requirements is one which cannot
possibly be completed in less than three
or four weeks.
Upon making this statement to Commits
sioners West and Morrow. in the alb
Sence of Commissioner Mcfarland from
the city. they decided to postpone the
enforcement or the law until the CnllOren
employed or seeking employment should
have ample opportunity to establish their
claim for the same by filing necessary
certificates required by law.
Il will proceed as rapidly as compatible
with the proper investigation Of each
case to supply the children who make
application with the necessary schooling
certificates. but this work cannot possibly
be completed under several weeks.
Hereafter Mr.. Wimarth and those as
sisting him will issue certificates for the
rest Of the week as previously announced,
none being issued Saturday, the Fourth of
July. Beginning Monday. the, hours will
be from l to and from to 10 pm.
THE evening hours are designed to
accommodate parents who may he at
work during the day and who otherwise
could not come with their children to
furnish the necessary evidences OF age
and of their education. / have been
obliged to call upon the teachers for vol
untary assistance in doing the great VOL
ume of clerical work entailed by the re-
quirements of this law.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.