The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07

vfdual training and attention that
bring the best results, as we can here;
but we lack facilities, as yet, for CIV
ing them industrial training, and where
we get hold of boy that doesn't know
how to work, the best thing we can do
for him Is to teach him.
We'll, then / concluded to send him
down alone. We usually send them
down in charge OF an officer, for then
we're allowed the money for their fare
and the officers, but when we don't
they won't allow us anything. for they
say they have no assurance that the boy
will 60 But we hustled around down
here and among us we made up the
amount we needed, and I gave him his
went across the bay with him and saw
him started. He cried and hung to
my hand and said, How do you know
I'll go?' and I told him I know because
you're Frank, and you've given me your
promise But when you come to think
about It, It was kind of wonderful You
and / wouldn't be blamed for confessing
to sinking Of the heart at facing new
and untried undertakings that prom
fsed the best, and here he was only
boy, with only my word, as against
that of all his people, that what he was
facing wasn't awful. If he'd had a
panic and bolted at the last minute you
I knew he wouldn't, and about five
hours afterward we got long distance
call. They wanted to know what we
thought we were doing down here any
way. Here was a boy walking in with
his own commitment papers, and alone"
The boy will remain in training just
as long as may be necessary and then
the court will find soma employment
for him. The judges order for COM
mffn1anf uGna11U nrnvfHaG haf ho
main pending the further order of the
Juvenile court" though sometimes II Is
until the age of 21." This LADS is to
be what ! should consider an eventful
recovery, and If I were the surgeon in
charge I'd feel inclined to issue fire.
quent bulletins of his progress, because
to me 1t seemed such, an interesting
and unusual case, but down there
cases by the score-yes, hundreds, I
guess-seem to be regarded just as
part of the days work One lad, Mr..
Hatch said, was up in the police court
for having stolen something. They
were about to sentence him when I
found It out. When we had him here
he borrowed SIS from US one day. We
lend the boys money sometimes on
their personal note. We have no fund
for that except a small one we main
tain among ourselves, by each one con-
tributing so much from his salary each
month. 1t isn't much, but when boy
needs small amount to help him get
a Job we lend 1t to him, and afterward
he pays us back. 1 want you to note
that He pays us back as soon as he
can. Well, this boy borrowed the five
to pay the fee at the labor agency that
had promised him job, but when he
got there the job was gone or they
wouldn't take him, or something, and
be brought me back the money. Now,
do you think I was going to give that
boy up, or believe his case was hope
less?"
Another beautiful recovery was that
of lad some institution that had him
in charge was asking to have COM
mitted for incorrigibility. II got hold
of him and found out what the trouble
was: cigarettes principally and nerves;
one of these high strung. Ill balanced
organizations, made a whole lot worse
by bad habits and lack of trainfng.
His father was dead and his mother
was employed all the time I saw at
once he was unusually bright and had
been we'll educated. tried him on a
little Latin and he came right back at
me in Latin, and 1 saw mighty quickly
I had lot to build on In that boy, and,
to make a long story short. he is going
to college in the fall instead of going
to Preston"
1t seemed to me that nearly every
case Of juvenile delinquency is due to
lack of care. I should say that Judge
Murasky is the Doctor Lorenz Of this
newest surgery. I attended his clinic
and on his docket that afternoon there
were more than 70 cases. Think of
thati In a weeks time 20 little children
needing care they did not receive at
home. The complaints covered almost
every known delinquency, but (and