New-York tribune., 1911-12-27
DEFEND WORK IN COURT
Charitable Agencies Declare Sto-
ries About Children Were False.
SAY MUCH GOOD IS DONE
Quote Official Records to Answer
Charges of Charity Organ
ization Society Official.

4 letter signed by the representatives Of
the various charitable agencies working IN
the Childrens Court of New York County
was made public last night The purpose
of the letter is TO correct certain so-cailed
false statements made by an official Of the
Charity Organization Society. The letter
says:
Referring TO the articles signed by Mad
eSns e T. 70 iSi wifi Witch gaSSbeared in ne
New York Times" and 20 the article WhIch
appeared in The Evening Post on De-
cember 5, lgll, under the head, Childreh ;
Courts Needs" We desire 10 correct Ger
tain false statements made therein. II Is
not our purpose to air opinions, nor 10 pro
woke discussion, but certain HbuLes duu
certain statements have been used Whlch
are not borne out by the official records.
Miss poty I'm her article dated December
s. states. That in 1910 there were lVVO
girls under sixteen IN the juvenile court
Of Manhattan and The Bronx or these
I 0gO girls practically 500 were IN court on
charges Of immortality, that so OF these
same 900 cases Were dismissed or us
charged. that the girls were neither sent
90 a refOrmatOry nor put ON PROBATION DuI
turned back ON the streets with a reprl-
maUd. $500 g.,
THE official records SHOW that LQA girls
were brought into the court for the year
1910. Of this number only liJ girls were act
ually charged with being immoral or I'D qdI-
ger of becoming morally depraNeu. lhtIe
We're SO who We're hrousAL INTO toul
charged with being without proper suaIl-
iaushiD. of this number 20 were between
the ages Of two and seven years. IN me
cases Of the rs remaining girls cnai geo
with being without proper guaidlahshlp IL
was only i'm very exceptional cases that
there was any implication or uuinOIdli3
of waywardness against the culld, IN 9lAe-
words the charge of being without proper
guardianship applies solely io me chdi-
net. n ha
OF guardians
Ms Doty in her article of December
l.. again states. AiF U-uIts ,H t4r ,....
her OF WayWard girls were official for l-"'
and they are approximately the same for
The official records show that Miss Doty's
figures were even more Incorrect Tor I+5.
There were as q matter Of faCt, lu the yer
1903 only 81 girls before the court OF
these l-N were actually charged Win pc
iIg immoral Cr In danger oi IrtoHlihE
morally deprayed Six hundred and eleven
were charged with being without proper
guardianship; of this number H+ were n'-
tween the ages or Two anu seven EedI>.
or the remaining 4uG charged with UtlNI
without proper guardianship. again. save
i'm very exceptional cases. there was %" M
plfcatiOn OF WdywarineSS or luilofdIlJ5
against the child, the meaning o; the
ri arge OF improper guardianship haFlAS
already been set forth
lar this statement is made. III " were
not for the Big Brothers. tine children
Court would have no probation onlctrs pr
any kind" T. Is also asserted thtt tiei'
are faddists and sentiinentalsts 5ESdSSed, ,ti lil
volunteer work, that the work or 'Ht
c0urt is neglected by them when tnr\ go
10 Eur0ne ard that they attend 20 II only
curing TIE charity season
TN. Biz Brothers are not probation OF
Aside from the volunteer work which Is
done the various charitable agencies rep
resauriug the three great religions ana
trorsing hand In hand with the court. have
uresent I'm court each day throughout the
wear their paid represeutdutes. An *
animation Of the records OF thfse 5'lou5 1,
agencies shows tlat between June = ana
DecauE,r of this year the paid NlSllors
of the Catholic Protective Society, which
looks after boys, made Lob nome visits
mis- irrespective of the visits OF the many
volunteer workers OF that orSdnizauon.
Tho catholic Ladies Committee. when
looks after girls and small children ana
works with the Catholic Protective Society
und~r tie direction of the Rev. Thomas j.
Lynch. made '6 home VISITS DID the last
ygT5 Tbc records Of the Big Brother move
- chou. that for the year ended OctO-
- ia1 . 2Ol home visits were made by
its Dafd court investigator alone. this. IT,
r.srertirc Of the many visits made by the
g4f mon volunteer actively working WIN
T5s court investigator OF thc Woman
AuXillary Of the Big Brother movement;
which looks after Protestant girls ana
1
tvyeen February I and December ! Of this
vear, this. also. irrespective OF court ana
once visits and all that was done by the
volunteer workers.
Tbe Jewish Big Brothers. IN addition TO
having "A representative lu the children
CONT each day throughout the year hdd
tsg pig BrOthers in touch with their cases
nr december L. and there are fifteen men
stiU awaiting assignment
INT good work Is being done is EVIL
d-rcsd bv the fact that less than per
rsnt of the children have come back into
court within the last six wears. This state
/ t,erf is based on an examination Of the
records ~ the Children's Court Of New
York County t.t
M. figures given above are indicative Of
,,,tt- +, small part of the activity of those
| Various charitable ORGANIZATIONS In the
| Cbiidren's Court ~ New YORK County. ana
,r,. nr.s.nted here merely for the purpose
/ - correcting some misstat,mcnts ln the
articles above quoted.
THE letter is signed by Thomas j. Lynch.
e,,u,ryi.or Catholic correction work Dem
ris J. Ge-rity. chairman Boys 'Hfh"IIc
/ r,role Committee. Margaret Hanway
/ chairman Catholic Ladies Committee of
thc rhildren's Court. victor r.. Rddcr.