The sun., 1910-11-27
BOY CLUBS A CURE FOR GANGS
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on m.ip.... r,uLnr.. Gangs instead
OF clans. -. rect t-h.s instead OF border
for,tvs. a -r.,r'.. Ipf' NJ a basement hole
in4t,td u' A u.utuu tower or cav" in
the hal, o B., tN- details which are dif-
fer.nt, no. rh' -pIft
Sofu- 4 rn. more. not orIous gangs OF
young 'ouEt- az" knoSn hy nam" To tn.
publ, EJ' those thai get into the
pAs,rs a-ruf e. .oTporal- guard COM
pared Vlin 'u" r.g.ug"ni that would turn
oui Il every \.w NorA gang could be-
summoned parat"
..ir'l- fellow, -, w"ll a. hlG are banded
toge. hrI "a fn", way and II lsn pnrelv
Cor d"v'tr- r.Ih"r II - largely for
mutual prot "''tpu Almost every street
in the more UnnE"-r.'d districts has it,
gang ui small boys In most cassss ~
goes by the nam" of th- street itself. a.
tA- Seven y--rNth street gang They
n-e quite unor-anIE"d except thar there
il generally an acknowledged leader
ILi, leader achieves his power IN on.
q: two OF TIRE" different WAYS He may
be a p.ttv rhief ~ho can steal the things
BOYS want or IN" money 10 buy them
Th!s pla % h!Iu IN the proud position Of
a dispenser Of iavurS and he makes rh"
most of II
Or a boy NAV ha "A bully and lirerallv
2 "a. his way to- power o. sonnet In,s,
the matter gradually settles itself by
proS oSsact.I Internal scrapptng. the best
tighter gaining h.s leadership by .limi-
nlting his rivals n a seri's oI fights
The photograph ii two boy having
one of rhcse encounters IL one 81 many
pictures II -uCh -Ccne- which will he dis
played ~ tn,. ChId Welfare exhibit in
JanuE-y IL shows IA typical gang with
even ;sw feminine hangers nn. There
are an ia.t Es-aL- uf girls. mT>t If them
very young. They are organized for pro-
,"cItpn against tr" older girls. who would
torment and tease them II they had no
hacSinE
Grown men ~ no wer" boys in New YORK
e. twenty-five -. thirty years ago. when the
cfty wI-u,t -" crowded with t.nemeEts
"a At i now. vii tell you tina; the gang
eNFted then d. at present. hut a. a rule
IL wa formed inside pniIt zeal boundaries.
Tho boys called their gangs 10y m. num-
bers of IN" I'D ward and II young-ter
was CaugnJ ou; -tde hts own ward he had
t. give. A good cNcus. Tor has presence or
else put up a mint
Most IL IN. little fellows gangs nova.
davs draw their force, from 4 single street
fr ~ Fd~~- NisrF Ile hli-NTlft u not con
gested from p-ThaTe three parallel streets.
II " u a one street gang the, members
rnr-t stia X to their own home street At
least they are wise To do 80 when they
are out by them elves II they venture
alone inro the street Of n rival gang they
Are handing out an urgent invitation 70
trouble
Talk about Young T.ochnvar coming
e Q No. r-fA a ulI r,1nv..f Tho Nagv
York bov l. turning the same rick when he
rer.rrat"- 'n" - rect Il rIval gang
Bat - %" border 'p-av whIcn l. initiated
most rarf..-tlv hv rn--.. twentieth century
lad-
Sometimes m" whole force ~ n gang
turns ouf for raid INTO N. enarny'S
country Sor"'i'-l"- a small group sud
denly l.el- tho Thirst for BATH. and makes
a dash which :. nora!ly results IN a more
~ loss satisfactory compound Of glory
snd cor"
4 few v"ar- ago there were tw, rh.rrv
Hin cnnR- which ch~ri.ha,l for each other
an especially animated aversion Some
~ fha pnr-p,i"- which resulted w.r. not
Ia-s picturesque. 'lough rather NOR.
rac~1ro. than the old Scottish border
ra.ds
Tn membership Ot one gang vas drawn
alr11z' "r''rnly from N" hOy~ employed
~ -orn" big tables IN the netE Ehborhood
wh.u r.r k,r-..- were brought back 10
rha -flui' a, night 'h"-e boys would take
them from the wagons, mount them and
6htg-. rHIrd"rrg through n" -traet Of
the r.ai Iau- :, wa- Wild kind of per
formanr.. ~hl"h -"ur everybody. gang
nn"0n"er "r mIuon garden human being.
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