The sun., 1910-05-08
IpOLICEY0IHE OF CHICAGO
SAVING CHILDREN FROM CRIME
THEIR CHIEF WORK.


MANY CoaEt cases ths Result sf ThsaT
RRoraA but Many Nero Cases Are
Kepe Dut % Cuast-O often ne WoglS
ENpassa Ne Women 20 Real Dangor.
Much interest has been shown In chi
cagO's -polioswOmen. buA when they
gather on a Friday noon for luncheon -
Hull House beforo entering upon their
regular weakly conclave there is nothing
70 distinguish them from any other earn
eat working women.
Later on too when tho hour arrives
Cor afternoon tea. In a large. attractivaly
furnished assembly, room they sit and 5p
their tea and chat ln the manner most
highly approved for afternoon teas Even
tho prossnos Of two 90 three brother
soopa' does not suflOs 20 create any de-
Rroo Of pOliceliks atmosphere; but then
the brother OHlcsrs too are Rttired In
citinsns' garb and handle their teacupa
a. though this vas their regular Occu-
patton.
In thar two Or three hours interim
hetween luncheon and tea tims the visitor
who listens may learn something q what
a really baina dOnS By these dOnan and q
half -poliopwomsn' Of Chicago who hiring
| In their reports from tlsir districts -from
Wssa Side and EAal Side. South Side and
North Side. Each Of these woinAp on
cera has her own pracinct which 'ahe ~
trols-t Though thAnuiet manner IN whsolr
she m1haa her daily rounds % jnepec,inA
and ingeali ifntim hardly warrants the taee
Of the, technical term. Each has her
oliice' and olIldt hours Where she may he
found and her Aauista ahoe Obtainsd. g.
Why pQlinewolnen instead Of p0licemen,
the viaitar starts % Nsk. bot n the very
beginning Of tbs reports the question b
answered, for the caaes repoFted and dls-
cuaaed are nearly al considered IN The
light not Of how criminals may be pun
ished But how budding criminals may b
reached and saved and how those con-
tributing TO their delinquency may b
| punished and prevented from contklu-
| ing their Destructive ways.
This regular alaried. badge provided
group % OflCer8. nov year otd, ~ an
OutgroWth OF The juvenile court com-
mittee and the Illinois Industrial Aasoola-
ton before that. when the Illinois Juvenile
Court law went into eject IN tUly. l6So.
| Az time went on a law was secured plac-
| ing the probation OiiiceFa upon the county
payroll. and under the county civil ser
vice law the Juvenile Court huilding
! and Detention Home waa opened about
/ two VaarH aRO. bat last June q radioal
chanas In methods vas instituted when
| The orgnnigafion decided to take over
and dsvelop the work Of the Juvenile
prOtactivo leagaoa already started IN
several parta 0f the city BY private enter
Driaea.
Accordingly en- June Z. 1902 tho CON-
mittse adopted the name OF Juvenile
Protective Association, which through a
ssries OF local protective leagues directed
by these salaried oficars puts tortn ~
whole effort 30 secure the utmost prOtsc-
ton for the youth Of the city.
Each Of the thirteen districts into
which the city ia divided has its league
Of citinsns. who watch neighborhood
conditions and assist in Investigating
and frisndly visiting; but e u the SAL
AIRED ofIiCsF In each district NhO n potent
in bringing results. Ahe spends her
time trying % prevent can rushing
and cocaine selling. 20 heep The ohildnsn
out OF disreputable dance halls and
photograph Ealleriss and % Try In every
way 70 protect and nafeglard the child
she may b. found at her district ono.
reosivinR complaints, oit on patr0l
inveafig igating or visiting or IN court
seeine uhsihsr provisions made there
aTe tending 70 drag down or hie up 40
hlll8 culprlta.
fhs rsporta Of the protective odioem
for the yeap just paaf. lumped tqHetaer
and tabulnlod. givU an dee of aho apft
u work thsS Are doing: