Evening journal., 1912-02-09
ORGANIZE
CITY NEWSIES
Probation Officer Farra cut
lines Plan at Child Labor
Conference
SETTLEMENT TO
BE THE JOY PLACE

A proposed branch Of the National
Newsboys Association in this city was
a practical item announced by Proba-
ton Oficer e. Ross Farra, at last
nights meeting of the Delaware Chiid |
Labor Committee in the New Century
Club parlors. Mr. Farra showed the |
badge OF the organization, a silver /
shield. Boys who are bona fide news !
boys and between the ages of II and
II may become members. The Or
ganization Is self-governing, a court
Of investigation made up of members
passing upon violations Of the rules, |
which forbid selling of association
badges, going into saloons, gambling,
smoking and cruelty to animals Mr.
Farra and Miss Sara Pyle are work.
ing upon plans for the organizing of
the local association. This body is
very popular with the newsboys in
the large cities and gives them the adj
vantage Of a club room and lots Of
social festivities It Is proposed locally
TO throw open the gymnasium and
game rooms of the Peoples Settlement
to the boys on their meeting nights
and make the Settlement their meet
ing place.
Mr.. Farra paid a compliment to the
Wilmington newsboys last night. when
he said that none of the cases OF tru-
ancy coming up before the city Juvenile
Court had been nowsbOys. and that
only three boys brought before the
court for any reason had been news
boys The visiting speakers OF the
evening. Miss Eschenberger and J. II.
Cheutte. of the Pennsylvania Child
Labor Committee. thought this very
remarkable, as I'm all other state re-
ports the great majority of juvenile
delinQuonts had been uewsboys
Mr. Farra considered conditions
amo"a nowsboys here much better
than I'm many other cities, but he
urged that there be an age limit "
12 years. Mr. Farra said there were
not so many very Young "newsies" I'm
the city as formerly Referring In
other street trades. he said there We're
few bootblacks that were boys. and
that there We're not so many hoys n
the night messenger service as Tor
merly; the telephone being used Al
great deal where messengers used TO
be called for
The Rev Hubert w Wells, who
was chairman Of the evening paid his
COMMITMENTS lO the iUiANl1 AnNU1N'RAt f.
saving that perhaps the inspector was
not wholly responsible for the way he
did and didn't do things, MS Il was un-
fortunate that the state should ask
man to devote his time without suf-
ficient financial reward compelling
him TO run work of his own In addi-
ton TO inspecting all of Delaware Mr.
Wells said the secretary OF the Board
of Health had told him that there was
no record OF single prosecution
brought by the factory Inspector. Mr..
Wefls said that according TO the In
srector's last report he had visited 3S
factories and seemed to have found
them remarkably sanitary. and from
the light and airy way in which the
Inspector dismissed the subject, Mr.
Wells said he seemed 10 think the
factories in such state of perfec-
ton that no improvement was need
ed Mr. Wells opened the meeting
With a brief report Of the Nat onal
Child Labor Conference at Louisville.
which he attended as delegate.
Miss Eschenberger took up the sub
iect of street trades She spoke of
the aholishlng OF the night messen-
ger. service for miners in various cit
les, and advocated regulating the age
anu h'ui1 VI Whlh ol ntMoDblhi DHt
considered that newsboys We're In
danger of falling into bad environ
mcnt on the streets and that they
gained a certain restlessness which
untitled them to go TO school
NJ SIS Eschenberber said there were
1855 illiteiatc voters in Delaware
and that this state could not afford tC
neslect the education of It's boys. She
also spoke OF the popularity of the
moving pictures and the ice cream
sandwich man with the newsies.
j. II. Cheutt advocated that news
hoys be licensed and wear badges, ane
that this be done by the school auth
0rlties. He also urged that yocationa
schools and bureau be established il
Wilmington. He referred as the on,
child labor law gained In Pennsyl
aNnia last year, TO the new law tha
BOYS under l6 I'm that state are M
longer allowed to work IN the mines
The following officers were re-elect
ed at the meeting: The Rev. II. "
Wells. chairmani Miss Margaret II
shearman, vice-chairman; w y. Ban
nard, secretary; Henry r. Bush. treas
urcr. Elected on the executive boar
were. Miss Elizabeth Briscoe. Josia
Marvel Miss Mary H. A. Mather, A. I
B,ily. II. II. Ward. Peter J. Ford, Wi
mington; George b. Graef, Bridgeville
Robert G. Houston. Georgetown.
The nominating committee were N
Rev G. A. Henderson, Mss Emily
Bissell, and George B. Miller.
The meeting forwarded resoutio
10 Congressman William H. Heal
asking him to support the bill for Il
establishment Of a National Chi
Labor Bureau. which has passed q
Senate. and comes before the Houl
next Thursday. A letter receive
form National Secretary owen
Loveioy. suggested the resolution
the Delaware committee