The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-03
Chief BROWNING
TALKS TO PARENTS

AT the request of Ward Superin'
, tendont Gus Wright of the Sixth
ward. Chief of Police Browning de-
liyered an address TO parents Sunday
afternoon which drew forth large
and interested audience. The chief
was asked to speak along the line
of parents duty 10 son or
daughter OF an age when young peo-
pie are tempted 10 roam the streets
evenings unaocompanied by their pa
rents
Tho speaker chose for his subject
The Street Corners and In the
course OF his remarks made some
very plain statements for the benefit
of fathers and mothers present. whom
he feared were not familiar with all
! the conditions existing relative to So
cIal evils and the first steps that
usually lead to downward paths.
, Mr.. Browning. In opening his ad'
dress, reminded his hearers that
what he WAS about TO say was CLEAN
ed not only from his personal cxpe'
riences. but from statistics and writ
lngs, the yeracity and strength OF
which there could be no doubt. He
stated that he would not attempt TO
mincc matters, but would speak very
plainly on number of subjects which
he was convinced were of vital I'm
portance to fathers and mothers who
arc today rearing families In the city
of ogden.
Among other things he cautioned
parents not 10 expect the police de-
partmcnt to be wholly responsible for
their girls and boys as long as they
allowed them to frequent the streets
late at night. unaccompanied by es-
oorts or in company with unknown
or undesirable persons.
Where Do They Cor
When your boy or girl said the
speaker. steps out for little stroll
after supper with this friend or that
friend, are you always certain that il
Is the friend named whom they ac-
tually meet Wnen George stops over
night at his chum's house and gives
You a full account OF II the next morn
ing are you always certain that that
is where he was? Or when Mary at
tends Il dancing party at So-and-So's 6
home. returning at an early hour IN
the morning, do you know positively
| that such was the case? OF course
| none of YOU have children who would
deliberately deceive you. but my queS'
| tion Is. Do you always learn the
| facts
Associate with your boys Mako
| chums of them. The reason why SO
many boys, and girls too. for that
| matter, take the wrong road Is be-
| cause their fathers maintain an indif-
ferent attitude toward them from the
| time they are two years old until
| they are is OF 10 You cannot reason.
| ably expect a boy to turn out as YOU
should Ike to have him If you take
no personal interest in his welfare -
The Black Plague.
The speaker then quoted from va
rious literary authorities relating 20
"race-suicide' and deplored the fact
| that large families Of children, are
almost thing of the past He also
/ touched on what is now termed Tho
| Curse of the Black Plague and quot
ed from many publications facts in-
dicnting that rs per cont OF male In
habltants Of our cities, between the
age of IS and IS. have been OF are
now infected with venereal poison,
Authorities state" he said, that
four-6fths of the men of America who
reach the age OF thirty have been
poisoned That three-fourths. OF the
operations upon women In the hos
pitfalls are because the husband has
sown his wild oats and poisoned his
blood and infected his innocent and
uuoffending wife. Four -f1fths OF the
| children born blind become so because
their fathers. when young men. had
sown their wild oats and one-half the
| childless marriages are traceablc to
the same cause, The social diseases
arc the great threatening dangers oil
this nation"
Chief Browning then closed his re
marks with plea to the parents to
beware the Social blood hound the
male parasite and his female accom-
pllce, who lie In walt for the young