Arizona republican., 1911-04-05

belief is that the boys of Boston are I getting worse instead of better This
 is because there is less chance for l them to work. Lack of work is the whole root of the bad boy problem. | If society could inspire boys with a desire to work and give them the op- portunity to work. the puzzle would
 be solved. But the boy gets out on street corners and gets fond of loaf
 ing. Recently the labor unions pass
 ed a set of resolutions because I said they were taking away the boys chances of starting in to learn a trade. But labor unions, whatever good they may accomplish, do shut out beginners and so lessen the boys opportunities for employment.
 Seventeen out of twenty boys who come before me are not really bad and society could save them. But so- ciety doesn't save them. A boy pleads guilty to some offense. What has society got for that boy? Well, it's got prisons and reformatories
 Il should like to see a system of farms for the boys that are brought into court. l don't mean places where lot of these boys are sent all to- gether; but a list of farms to which judge could send a boy and be sure he would receive good and wise treat ment. He ought to be entirely sep arated from boys of his own kind. and there shouldn't be more than two or three other boys on the farm. If there are any others. The farmer who took charge of the boy would have to feel a true affection for him. or the work wouldn't help much. Af- lection is what a boy of that sort needs, provided it is the right kind of affection.
 Then, out in the country, far re- moved from old companions and old temptations. let the boy set to work You ask, Could society provide the inspiration to employment%
 Well, we all enjoy loafing. just as the boy enjoys it. Any one who lacks the play spirit is mentally de- ficient. But there comes a time when each of us is willing to work, would little rather work than not There is the inspiration The boy will get that desire for work. if the work is such that will appeal to him. He will enjoy it, and perform it. if it is not presented to him as mere pun ishment or reform If he sees that he gets something in return for it. some strengthening of character, for example. he will work willingly
 There are fewer women offenders then men. But it is unfortunately | true that women and girls who come l into court are less incorrigible than | men and boys. There are more women | seeking to ruin women than men. | Then. too. officers are apt to deal | more leniently with women then with | men, and SO the women and girls | don't get into court until they have | gone little farther downward then most of the men and boys who get | into court. A woman has a harder time of it when she tries to reform than a man has. Society looks on man as fallible article, at best, that may improve. but it looks on wo- man as a perfect article in the be- ginning that will grow worse if dam aged. It is terribly hard for wo- man to struggle against this attitude of society"
 The judge was asked to tell Bos- ton parents how to keep their chill dren out of court.
 They need only a good. solid af- lection for their children" said His Honor. and the ability to set them | good example,