New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-02
SAVE THE BOYS, " IS
L|NDSEY'S SLOGAN
J,Irist Says Those Who Give
Young a Chance Are Doing
Worlds Big Work.
HUMAN SOULS AT STAKE
Denver Man Indorses Such
Enterprises as Newsboys'
Home Club, Which Is Put
ting Shoulder to Wheel.

I'VE must learn to put love i'm the. law.
yve do not Judge men. but the things men
do"
lie had b,en speaking of boys-idst
ho,e Speaking tcnderly. understandings
" lovingly For that is the way of
nudge Ben e Lindsey, with most colks-
but mostly with boys II was he who ere
ated the chldrens court
90 hate a He but not child. went ~
udee Iindsey THAT is what ! mean
when / say we must put love IN the
law You must love the boy, hut hate
tho had thiue that he does. The boy is Of
value lie must be saved at any cost.
rs the bad thing that has To be killed.
If YOU have an apple with one rotten
spot. what do you do: Throw the whole
annie away Not q bit of it. You save il
and cut out the rotten spot, don't YOU?
That is what tell my boys-just cut
il out say. Il don't want to hurt YOU;
love YOU Hut you've got 10 let 60 OF
this thing that's dragging you down. You
have to-cut il out II ISN'T doing YOU
any good: its doing YOU harm, and it's
spreading II YOU let IT go it will make
YOU rotten all over.
Fight Square," Judges Advice.
Come on. Kid. fight square. You can
make more money. anyway, on the level
than YOU can as a crook Isn't it proved?
How many crooks do you know that are
rch?"
Judge Lindsey paused He was looking
back through the years.
DO YOU know" ne said. THE first three
BOYS who came before mo officially that
tried for burglary? They had robbed
a barn. When I questioned them ! found
il was the same barn I had robbed when
was a kid If made better Judge of
me 10 know il.
You mustn't brighten kids. y lot Of
the bad things they do are just because
they are frightened. Most kids would not
lie Unless they We're afraid. Oh. that
daredevil. misdirected age of youth. How
you have 10 love il 10 understand it,
And I'm no sentimentaliSt ] believe YOU
have TO be- firm. The law must be obeyed-
But if you want to help You have TO learn
to put patience and sympathy, wisely
used. into the construction of the law.
NO product of the world Is half SO
precious as our Young humans. We have
TO learn TO care Tor them. They are of
greater value than the am they harm.
There is tho story OF the three boys
who came before me who had stolen
shawl What did you take it for, Kids?
asked. TO get money TO 90 10 the
Punch and Judy" show they told me-
Weren't the BOYS criminals? The law
told me IT was my duty TO put burglars
in jail or in some reformatory. with in
corriSible BOYS. Sc the law would have
placed the value Of that shawl above
that Of three human souls No. sir, that
would have been wrong Thee would
have been no love in that law = is not
an institution that can overcome evil.
You have To overcome evil with good.
Human Beings Naturally Goo5.
Human beings are naturally good.
continued Judge Lindsey. thoughtfullv.
"If they have half a chance they will
stay good. That is why the homes and
the clubs and the people who are giving
the young n chance are doing the big
work Of the world. And r. is because
the people who are doius such work love
kids that il counts. One day Of love is
worth more 10 the heart Of child than
one year OF empty creature comforts
And SO ] pray that each may put his
shoulder to the wheel Help as save the
one thing in the world most worth saw
ing Help as TO bring out the image Of
God in the work that the state has to
do"
Each 10 put his shoulder to the
wheel" for the preservation of our most
precious product is What the directors of
the Newsboys Home club are asking
others TO help them do.
The present building OF the club is on
Second avenue and nth street II was
for many years occupied by the New
York Historical Society. It is proposed
to carry the walls. already two stories
high. twenty feet higher. The new room
is 70 be used as 4 gymnasium. \ new
heating plant is also To be installed. the
building wired for electricity and new
plumbing provided throughout
Il is estimated the improvements in the
Newsboys Home club will approximate
5000