The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-12
Chautauuua Has 1euun

Chautauqua Has Begun.
The big tent at the chautauuua
grounds was well filled in the after.
noon when the Italian boys orchestra
started the days program with pre-.
lude. They were literally applauded.
DIR. Charles Medbury OF Des Moines
was then introduced. His subject was
on moral character and was an argu.
ment on the liquor question which
took well with his audience. He said
his home city, Des Moines, was max.
ing good with the commission form OF
government, and that wave of re.
form was speeding over the country.
There Is cry from the Dixie land
coming to the north, he said, not
war cry In which the blue and the
grey would conflict in bloody battle,
but cry for aid in which the Dixie
land asks the north to aid them in
sweeping from the south the traffic OF
strong drink. The nation, he said Is
beginning to understand that only
character will save it.
Ebert Foland, the humorist imitat-
ing John d. Rockefeller, made a great
hit with the audience in the evenings
program. His representation OF the
oil king was good. He kept his audi
ence in an uproar of laughter through
out the evening. The Italian boys or.
chestra, who gave concert, were lib
orally applauded.
From Estelle's Lecture.
An interesting story was told by
Judge Estele of two or three little
boys brought before him in court
Some of those boys. people call born
thieves No child is that" he said
Criminals are society.made, not God
made. Society is responsible for
crime"
After getting the history of one of
the youngsters before him the Judge
asked him if he knew anything at all.
No, judge, ] don't know anything.
| never had the chance"
Il gave the little fellow his chance
and did not send him to Kearney. He
made good and was showing every in.
dication OF becoming what | wanted
him to be when he was suddenly
killed in the railroad yards where his
mother had sent him."
Another freckled faced boy was
brought before the Judge for stringing
a telegraph wire across the sidewalk.
A man tripped over the wire and
broke his knee cap.
Young man, didn't you know you
were doing wrong? You knew you
would hurt someone, didn't you?"
asked Judge Estelle.
We'll, Judge, he only busted his
knee cap" was the answer the young
ster made.
Don't send me to Kearney, Judge.
Don't send me to Kearney," was his
pleading, when it looked doubtful for
him. Trust me, Judge Estelle, no one
ever trusts me-"
II did not send that boy to Kear.
ney," said Judge Estelle. 81 did trust
him. He now has a good position in
South Dakota as foreman of ranch.
The judges duties do not altogether
keep him with the boys, but he has
had much to do with young girls
which the juvenile officers bring be.
fore him. One pitiful case was
brought before him when Juvenile
officer Mogey, known as the father OF
Omaha newsboys, brought two Omaha
girls before him. Neither was over
Is years of age. They were found in
a dance hall at $50 one Saturday
night. This was their second offense
The former time the officers had taken
them home. When the case came III
before Judge Estelle, parents of both
girls were sitting in front of him.
Judge Estelle, l don't want you tc
interfere with my family affairs" said
the father of one girl. The judge ther
took the parents and the girls into his
private Office, where after questioning
the girls confessed they had on pre-
vious night met two strangers in from
of the postoffice. Later they went tt
dance and remained there unit
nearly 2 a. m.
Wayward Girls. Too.
Where did you go them" ques
toned the Judge.
ITO lodging house on lower Doug
las street" answered one of the girls
Who went with you?" again asked
Judge Estelle.
The two men," answered the girls
At that moment the father who haC
spoken hastily before, fell over thu
table exclaiming:
MY God, never dreamed of this.
Judge EStele made great hit will
his audience, who swamped him will
congratulations after he had finished
speaking.
Judge Estelle also made a hit will
the children in the audience, to whom
between the lines of his lecture h,
told stories of early days on thu