Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-07
BOY SAGE TRAVELS
FROM THE COAST
To DENVER
TO HAVE WALKED
FROM LOS ANGELES
Nineteen Year Old Charles
Sawyer Gates on Novel
Tramp Gathering Information
on why Boys Leave Home,"

Charles Sawyer Gates, nineteei
years old, an orphan. "A product Of re
form schools, and whose ambition il
life is to do "A work for the presen.
and coming generation of boys, arrived
in Albuquerque late yesterday after.
noon, enroute from Los Angeles &c
Denver. Young Gates claims to have
left Los Angeles twenty-one days age
and to have walked the entire dis.
lance 10 Albuquerque. The boys mis-
sion Ia to gather information regard
ing boy tramp life,' which he hopes
to use 70 such good advantage hat II
VIII save many boys from leaving
happy homes and viii make Of them
honorable aud useful men. The lad
Is headed for Denver where he viii
call upon Judge Ben Lindsey, the
great hoy reformer, and present him
with such Information as he has
gained on the trip.
Gates is somewhat of q sage for his
years and has Travelled over most of
the globe. Born in the slums Of New
YORK OF Hungarian parents, on Janu-
airy 10, 1890, Gates has had a thrill
ing experience and a career that is a
great deal more checkered than the
average. When but a few years old.
Gates was left an orphan. Col four
years no was taken care of by the
New York Catholic proteCtorY %associa-
ton where he obtained preliminary
education and was one OF the cornet
players In the Protective Association
bnsd. Leaving the protectory %assOcia-
ton Gates became an inmate of the
New York Juvenile asylum, where he
remained for two years. Here the
boy learned two trades. brush making
ana cane chair work. After being dis
charged from the Juvenile home, Gates
went trailing over the country, finally
landing In Los Angeles and later go
ing to SAN Francisco.
II have undertaken HE trip from
Los Angeles 20 Denver for4the purpose
OF finding out the reason why boys
leave home" said Gates last night
That boys leave home Is a sure. GER
tain thing. During the twenty-one
days have been on the road from
Los Angeles to Albuquerque, | met
torty-seVen boys between the ages OF
ilttocu and twentN-0ne. who had LEFT
home for various reasons and were
roaming about tho country. Most of
tl,cin had had @ scrap Wild de old
man and had lett their parents home
without knowing where they were go- !
on what theN We're going To do.
The boys came from New York. Chi
caEo, 81 Louis. Denver, and other
purts of the country. Hundreds ol
them pass over tho country every
The adult trumps are now go
west la drovcs. And YOU can take
IL from me that the men who are ON
bum today are professional hoes.
Most of them have good trades and
make an honest living II they
want 20, but they are lust professional
tranps and always viii be.
Reform the Boys Now.
liut there Is "a chance Tor the |
said GATES cmphutically. "If
boys only know what they are going
'nto before They leave home and know
ot the conditions that exist in the
llties n towns where they think
they VIII find traffic impedod by
twenty dollar gold pieces living on
the streets. they would remfin at
homo until they reached tho age
whore they know right from wrong I
ana ,an decide the big things OF life
themselves.
Responsibility Rests With Parents.
Parents are responsible in almost
Every instance when boys leave home"
'Ald Nonne Gates. speaking wisely and
with all the emphasis his nine
.cen years could muster. " IL the
mothers ot boys would see Go IL that
.hclr boys from 8 Go IL years old are
m hco at \ o'clock every night and
they rise at 30 or s: that they
hcN DO not play hockey from school
mo that they have religious guidance.
Z viii Dee found that their boys will
leNer leave home without permission.
Every mother and father should
zee 60 tt that their children have some
'eusious training. Every boy. no mat
or what d religious belief of his p4t-
'eHt-. Protestant Catholic. Hebrew or
dohammrdan. should have the fear
IF Sod planted in his heart and should
be- taught to Worship th, Almighty in
omr form.
PRINCIPLE HE ASDNN MfEN