The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-06
(BY ALEXANDER MMAsTER.)

(BY ALEXANDER MMASTER.)
" HE boy!
What feelings of love, hope and
fear this word aWakens in the
hearts of fathers and mothers the world
over! Love from the moment he en-
ters this vale of tears" until the grim
reaper gathers one or the other to him
SELF and ends the relation of parent
and child, at least until the meeting
in better world; hope as he gradually
10 manhood, hope that "our boy" will
become a good man, honest, pure and
loyal to all that goes to make a good
citizen; hope that when life's sands
are nearly spent, that his strong arms
VIII be a support and protection; that
when the shadows begin TO fall about
their heads, his bright face will be a
Joy and comfort; fear that in leaving
the home OF his youth to begin in earn
est the battle of life, that he may be
iured by the song Of the siren, or that
he may be enmeshed in some Of the
many snares with which life's way is
streWn.
The boy! The idol of the home. the
pride of the city, the hope of the ma
ton! What wonderful l .ssibilities are
within his reach! What depths he is
destined to sound, what heights to
scale. With proper home environment,
the right kind Of nurture and admOni-
ton from parent, friend and teacher,
all things may be his.
The Successful Boy.
Tt is always pleasant to speak and
think of the successful boy, to look on
the sunny side of the boy question, and
10 learn, if perchanCe he ever started
on the wrong road, that through the
efforts of his friends he was turned
again to the royal way. But in spite
of this, there are shadows as well as
sunshine, which occasionally cross the
path Of the worker for the boy, and it
may not be Improbable to say few
words relative to seeming failure in
our juvenile court work. With all that
can be done for some boys by loving
parents and dOtinS brothers and sis
tiers, by teachers and friends, there are
some falling into the terrible maelstTOm
of sin and destruction, leaving behind
blighted hopes and broken hearts,
Some boys are ruined in the home
by being fOndled and petted until they
feel thai other members of the house
hold are fit only TO wait upon and obey
their WhimS. They eventually become
nent of parents and elderly people gen
orally, They have become narrow and
selfish. and the first time an attempt
is made to exercise the parental con-
troll the spoiled boy runs away from
home, and the parents say, How could
he treat US so, after we have been so
kind to him. They think they were
kind, but the reverse IS true Other
tt1 a. = u4AlCu DA lil6 tBpbSAAt Il cat
ment. That is, they are beaten, cUffed
and knocked about till home, with all
its occupants and environments, be-
comes hateful TO them. At the first
opportunity these boys forsake home,
and il they do not commit some overt
act before they go, the parents may
deem themselves very lucky
a case illustrative of the first con-
oltiOn may be interesting;
A Ruined Boy.
About three months ago a refined
looking elderly lady, with evidences of
deep distress on her careWoTn face.
called and with fearful eyes besought
us TO aid her in finding her boy, He
is good boy" she said, but l think
he has had a little too much Of his own
way. / am a widow and have let him
do pretty much as he pleased; but as
ne is getting q big boy now, l thought
it best TO try and make him do right
and keep good hours, for he has been
out late at night, and once or twice has
stayed away from home all night with
out letting me know where he was,
and when I scOlded him for it the other
day he flew into q passion, abused me
and disappeared. THAI was a week ago
and I have not seen him since. 1 have
been told that he is staying at some
ToOming house in the city, but I have
been unable TO locate him. Won't you
please help me find him before he does
something wrong"
\ description of the boy was given
the probation officers, and in a few