Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-10
WANTS TO co HOME
TO LIVE WITH FATHER
Florence Carey Says She Is
Anxious for Another Chance
in Life.

II want to go home and keep house for
father" declares Florence Carey, the
young girl who has given so much trouble
to her family, to the House of the Coco
Shepherd of which she was thrice ar
inmate. and from which she was thrice
fugitive, and to the Juvenile Court and
its officers. ''I'll stay home and behave
myself"
Florence Carey is only sixteen years
old. Her assertion that she was year
older and therefore beyond the jurisdic-
ton of the Juvenile Court, has been dis
proven by a search Of the records OF the
parish in Baltimore where she was chris.
tened. Judge De Lacy, who sent for the
record, has received the returns, which
show that her father, Edwin c. Carey
knew best her age.
Il want to give the girl chance. says
her father. "She isn't a bad-mea ming
girl. l guess 1 was a worse boy than
she is a girl when 1 was her age.
Girl Has No Mother.
Il want to do the best can for her.
She has no mother to look after her. and
But she is affectionate, and I want to
keep neT dnQ lOOk dLteT HcI.
She hopes to be paroled in the Gus
tody of her father No institution for
erring girls wants to take the CUSTODY
Of her. Her record at the House of the
Good Shepherd has induced all correc-
tional institutions for juveniles TO decIlne
to take her in. She is glad of 1T. II IT
gives her the chance to go home and try
again.
II didn't intend to go away this last
time. But Benna Polling came around
and said she wanted to go to Baltimore
and get her clothes. and said she Woulo
take me along if 1 would go. i thought
it would be nice trip for me and l
went. intending to be back the same Day:
when we got over there Benna sald
she didn't have any more money, aiiI,
that she could not pay my way BACK: !
told her she hadn't ought to have asked
me to 20 with her If she hadn't intended
to get me home. She told me she mao
pawned her mothers wedding ring ana
got 81 on it, and that she had spent al
of it, and that she intended to stay with
her aunt in Baltimore.
What was I to do? / Couldn't wax
back, SO l stayed at her aunt's with her.
And then we were taken up.
A Bride at Fifteen.
Benna Polling is the fifteen-year- old
Mrs. Rose, who was arrested with
Florence Carey in Baltimore at the
instance of her mother, Mrs. Virgil
Polling. The Polling girl ran away with
Reuben Rose. a few years her senior.
several weeks ago, and was married
at Rochelle, Va. Rose has left his
wife and gone to Michigan. Florence
Carey says she was told by the bride.
There is no mother in the home OF
Edwin c. Carey. His wife died about about
eight years ago. leaving him with
Ave children. Florence Carey has one
elder brother and two younger
brothers and a sister. the baby Of the
family. The three youngest children
are being cared for in an institution.
What disposition to make of her
case. Judge DeLacy will determine late
this afternoon. when Florence Carey
comes before him. He expresses anx-
iety to aid the girl to a better mode of
life. In. view OF the fact that the
father, the girls natural guardian. is
willing to take her back and no cor
rectional institution wants her. it lis
possible that he will parole her in the
custody of Mr. Carey until her next
birthday. in October, makes her of age
to decide her own future.