The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-08
INTERESTING
ADDRESS TO
PARENTS
CHIEF BROWNING TALKS AT
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH,
Packed House Greeted Head of os-
den's Police Department With
Hearty Appreciation.

Chief of Police Thomas e Brown
Ing gave a very interesting address
In the Baptist church. last evening
to a large and very appreciative au
dience OF parents. The subject treat
| ed by the chief was the care and at
tention that parents should give tc
their boys and girls In the home, and
the aid they should give to the peace
| officers In protecting young people
| from the many vices to which they
are subjected II they are permitted to
| so out at Will.
Mr.. Browning forcefully urged the
parents to keep strict surveillance
over their children and see to 1t that
| they are at home nights and that IL
they are permitted to attend parties
or make visits to friends in the even
ing, they should always be under tho
| guidance of older persons, those ma
ture In years and judgment and capa-
bic of protecting the young people
against the many pitfalls that lie open
| to them. even In the best regulated
| city. He called attention TO the hui
man vultures who are constantly ly.
Ing In wait for young girls that are
left to roam the streets at will. and
who are almost invariably very eaEily
led astray. The speaker felt that
! the parents should cooperate with
/ the officers OF the city In stemming
the tide OF immortality that prevails
in every community to a greater or
lesser degree Mr. Browning's talk
was greatly appreciated by the large
audience and was calculated TO do a
world of good in the alleviation or
wrong doing among the young people.
Pastor H. l.. Zimmerman gave a
hfteen-minute talk to the congrega-
tion.. after Chief Browning had con-
cluded. endorsing what Mr. Browning
had said. and urging his congrega-
ton to put into practice the ideas that
had been advanced.
Chief Browning said in part:
Ladies and Gentlemen; Your pas
tor, the Rev. Zimmerman. a few days
ago, invited me to speak to you to-
night and requested that | should
speak few words to parents of his
congregation. and / take great pleas
ure In doing so and hope that 1t will
be of some benefit.
see every day in my official capa-
city where parents are mislead by
their children. Just a few DAYS ago
the attention Of the police was called
to bad case
Young women are enticed away from
their homes by human wolves. who
few days. Upon their first appearance
in our city, they proceed to get ac-,
quainted with some giddy girl and
commence their nefarlous work by TAX
ing them to some cafe. where they are
boxed in and supply them with a
fine meal and in many cases give them
drinks, and from there, in some
cases." prevail upon them to go away
from home for few days The girl
jeceiving her parents, says thar sho
Is stopping with SOME kind girl friend.
The police are unable to keep watch
Of these girls in all cases. Hotel peo-
pie are careless in not notifying the
police Of existing conditions and
wrongs until after the damage Is done.
ask the question: Can the police.
without the aid Of the parents. stop
these existing wrongs? 1t will be ne
cessary for the parents to see that
their children remain at night under
their own roof. In many cases we
have too much confidence In our chill
dren, and the parents cannot escape
the responsibility for the care and nur-
ture and training Of their children.
Now, speaking OF the boys, few
nights ago the police called In a lot OF
boys who were found In a coffee house
% -. - ~
said that their parents were not look
Ing for them We find the habits they
contract. such as the use OF cigarettes.
snuff. and cocaine, all Of which ma;es
criminals out of them. What II these
boys that mention are unruly and
wayward, would that excuse their par
ents In turning them adrift to become
worse? indeed, such treatment is not
justified or excused by any right mind
ed people However. where the family
relations are understood and where
the great value OF the human soul is
recognized there are especial and num-
| erous reasons why the love and care
of parents for their children is mere
deep and more near to the hearts OF
the parents, than among others where
natural affections do not exist. No
father can neglect his children, either
their general welfare or their physical
welfare and escape great condemna-
ton. And in like degree every mem
Der Of the family is In duty bound TO
take lively and earnest interest In
! every other member.
Families ought to be grateful beyond
| expression that such sorrowful and
| pathetic cases AZ one NAV read Of In
the current periodicals and newspa
pers, showing cruelty and inhumanity
toward children, that they find no
repetition of such In their homes
A great deal Is said nowadays about
heredity, that Is the passing from
parents to children of either strength
OF power yigor OF weakness. health
OF disease, as the case may be. There