The evening world., 1913-02-08
Juvenile TerrOrs Made
Guardians of Property
By Appeal to Civic Pride

the flowers and leave litter everywhere.
Another favorite stunt was to stand on
a knoll. Just above the roadway. and
cars and their occupants.
One Mickey" WAS leader OF the most
obstreperous gang. Mickey travelled
about on one leg and crutch. but
even 20. he could easily keep out OF
reach OF any policeman. He apparently
flew up trees and over stone walls
when the enemy was hot on his trail.
and his follower grew boider and moro
unmanageable daily.
VIEWED FROM THE ANGLE OF
COMMON SENSE.
Such bad. bad children! And yet
there was one woman who didn't think
%: . woman whom everybody knows
as the original American suffragetts.
but whom few suspected Of q most
sympathetic and motherly understand.
Ing Of child nature. Mrs. SOFIA N.
Loebinger. who has lived for q number
Of years at No. e Ddgecombe avenue.
watched the bad. bad children" and
decided that misdirected energy was a
better explanation than original sin for
the lawless exploits>
Therefore she began taking daily
walks. And to every yOungster she met
she said: Were going to start q club.
Don't you want to joint" And each
child who said yes received q blank
slip to DO filled out with the names,
aSss and addresses Of twenty Of his
friends. who might also like to become
members OF the Junior Park Protective
League.
They held their first meeting in Il
garage belonging to Mrs. Loebinger'l
nsighbor. Mrs. Bell. And for probably
the nrst time In their lives those neigh
borhood terrors got an inkling Of the
fact that they were American citizens.
II told them." says Mrs.. Loeb!nger
that they we're just as good as any.
body else. l told them that when they
grew up they could be mayors and
governors and presidents. I told then
that the city belonged to them and tina
they ought to De proud OF 1t and hell
take care Of Il, instead OF doing the!l
best to deface and destroy II. l dom
believe anybody ever talked Ike tina
to them before. and 1t certainly made
Q hit"
II made q lasting impression. too. FOL
ever since those children have consti
tutsd themselves Jealous guardians o
law, and order. They not only refrair
from smashing street lamps and stoninl
motorists. but they keep their elder
UP to the mark. There was q dsncates
sen shop that smellsd TO heaven.
committee from the Junior Park Pro
tective League sravely waited upon tn,
proprietor and assured him that h,
would be reported to the Board o.
Health ~ he didn't clean up. He>cleanet
up. An unsanitary meat seller was In
ducsd to mend his ways by another com
mittee Of children.
And the youngsters got after their owr
parents, imprsssing on these the neces
sity OF water-tisht garbage cans ant
proper rcceptacies for ashes. Over II
the park the child citizens prop up ben
trees instead of breaking them down
And there hasn't been a wad OF papol
dropped on the sidewalk by q child for Z
month.
AND "Mickv" THE INcoRRiGieLE
10 THE LEADER.
And who Is the leader in this reform
campaign? Who but "M.cky" the In
corrlgibie. "Mcky.e the worst boy II
the nelghborhood! HIS latest exploit /
the solemn conhscation OF a pistol Will
which one OF his erytwhlle companion
in crime was threatening another. o
his own accord he turned It over TO Mrs
Bell, the treasurer OF the League
board Of governors.
There are 20 many children In Il no,
tAAt they have outgrown the garage
aed they meet svkry second Friday q
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