New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
OF Interest ~
" TO 6Uome11.
CHILD PEDLERS
Hailed to ChIdren's Court for
Breaking the Lac.

| Court 1t is astonishing how many OF these frail
/ craft sent out the New York streets to
| bring in few pennies the family exchequer
AS rule the parents know little English and less
law, and Judge Mayo is much put 10 it TO explain
| the latter in terms they will comprehend
OF this type is the mother of a tiny lad who is
brought in with a bunch of three. found selling
candy 23d street. Yiddsh woman. with a
face as white bone. and not much feshier she
listens impassively while the judge explains,
through the interpreter, that little children must
not peddle Then she says something in Yiddish-
She says / cannot help it. q" reports the inter
prefer.
The Judge explains again. Again comes the
monotonous
''She says, I cannot help It
Has she other children, little children asks the
Judge.
"Oh. yes. other children"
as her husband living?"
mo not living"
We'll. these boys have been breaking the law,
and they mustn't that. Nobody break the
law, the Judge tells her. 81 can't; this man can't;
one can"
She listens to this, and replies in her toneIess
voice
"she says 7 send my boy out the street to
get money"
The judge shakes his head. He turns to the boy
Abraham
Abraham" he repeats. little boys must not ped
die If you brought here again shall have TO
send you TO jail. Will you remember
Abraham digs his bare toes into the floor. pulls
up his inadequate little knckers'' to meet his in
adequate shirt, bobs his cropped head, and darts
down the steps
Another youthful pedler is Maggie Mulqueen
Maggie takes her arrest greatly to heart. She
screws up her small face and cries piteously
Maggie. I wouldn't cry" counsels the judge
We're your friends here. This is the children's
court; don't you know that?' He makes some
notes paper and dismisses her. first stretching
out his hand the bar and giving her small
shake. She retreats her mother, who, in
rusty black is lowering behind Halfway out it
occurs to the child that she has forgotten her
manners She turns and makes a funny little bob.
Thank you" she pipes with her best polite
ness, and the judge, with equal and very serious
poteness, replies:
You're very welcome
A more desperate charge is that against William
McNamee fourteen years old, small for his age.
but Respondent in high collar and long tie
of flaming red. His father accompanies him and
prefers the charge
Drunk and disorderly.'
And you want him sent away?" the Judge says
after hearing indubitable evidence of Williams
carousas-
The father hens, shufies his feet and glances
uneasily in the direction Of a faded knono out
IN the body of the courtroom.
''His-his mother don't want him put away.
your honor
He fought to be sent away. I think" says the
judge, with an examining glance at Williams thin
sharp knowing face "A boy of fourteen drunk
and disorderIy-pretty young for that. How much
could you contribute toward his support II he
sent away7''
The father deposzs that he could not contribute
anything.
why. 1t costs you something TO feed him at
home doesn't it,
Hes a small eater, Judge pleads the father.
The judge ponders. I'll give him more
chance at home" he says. William, I'll release
you on parole. Come back here the last day OF
1ber aud q 10
doing. Don't you know whiskey is bad for you.
physically and morally? Don't touch it. William.
You go to school? Yes? I'll find from the
school how he's doing. he adds in undertone
Kitty Muggins. parole" is the Kitty
is pretty small AMI hasn't turned her hair up yet,
but nevertheless she has been forger. But Kitty
is working hard in department store and
takes her money home TO her mother, and alto
gether seems be doing well
WHY did you do it in the first place. Kitty 90
asks the Judge
Kitty deposes in almost inaudible tones that she
doesn't know why she did it, she doesn't know
what took her that day. but she's very sorry, your
honor Her mother hovers behind her quite afec-
tonately, and seeing a button of Kittys is
doing its duty she attends TO it anxiously.
Then comes Cornelius Sullivan. charged with be-
ing disobedient and generally riotous Cornelius
has a turned-up nose that ought TO give him
cheerful cast of countenance. but present it is
shifting too hard. He weeps a great deal does
Cornelius, and quite sincerely. His mother. a large
bent woman, with a large fat face folds her
workworn left hand, with wedding ring over
her other hand and tells the judge how hard she
has tried TO keep him away from the bad boys that
lead him into mischief
Pretty hard for you to manage isn't he?" says
the Judge He'd better be sent away"
The woman assents, but pleads for a Catholic
institution. Cant he the Mission OF the I'm
maculate Virgin? There difficulties in
the way, but the Judge arranges to have Cornelius
sent there. and the mother goes on toyfully,
with letter she is present her priest in re-
gard the matter.
Not so sensible is the mother of William Rornon-
sky. First, Mrs Romonsky wants William put
away, and then when the judge has arranged it she
doesn't want him put away She pours foods of
protesting Ytddish into the interpreters
i can't" says the Judge, give this boy to you
while you live in such bad neighborhood. You
have said yourself that he is IN a of bad
boys there You told me you going move.
Move and you have the boy
Mrs. Romonsky holds out both hands TO the
judge, and pleads TO have him now
Not till you live in a better neghborhood" says
the Judge
Come, madam, come down." says one of the
court officers. taking her arm; and Mrs Romon-
sky is propelled away by degrees still protesting
'Isadore Romowitz, Samuel Dammelstein Jacob
Robersky," shouts another court officer and I'D
come 1sadore, Samuel and Jacob and the mill