Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-19

some in good country homes near this scity-and a report made to the council. =r. ,; :55l .f.. z. t.',. t.i'; VI! ,ii5,.: F "ThAre have. been numerous: cases where :runaway boys. ,'faasra { caught and .afterlj investigation sAr ekurped !. to theiE homea ih re1,ea tant tEasat fra1ne ,of mlnd. Recently r one sxoebti Fly bright, little s4fe1loW < was drought stln by, the police%sa He had ',Been Ia|hews- Boy sif3 Memphis P f4iss ihother, living in an ,Arkansas. toyth .Mas. talsYhoned, and she wired hiin "a ticket, but he gave the police the siip:t :tAfhen |t1fey took him to theatrainI for us. and the juvenile: court in Memphis ,ldcated him for our court: in; "a tough hobu's hotel.''. On our. rediieSt, theX ,eo9mipiit- ted him tor.the .a4cellfpt, iTenn6sssee Industrial school where. he will be made man of.
 .,..;sNbmeAs as1e r1mp1eye8s*v. '"We; nave sfouha. hoh1ess5'w1here tie conaitiqns were .sifdsscri9abfe.. where ignorances filth. and disease sau. pre- vaised, and by; working steadily. on them for over a year; by doing such things as curing two mot:lers of the dope habit; having necessary surgi- cal work performed oh the mothers of few of the families; forcing all to clean up and prepare better food; and keeping the children in school, we have succeeded in converting those homes into dwelling places fit for children. In one nome, we stop ped 8 mother from Illegally marry ing al fo man whose purposes were all bad. In another, we saved a ten-year-old girl from possible ruin by a vicious neigh bor, by removing the family to another locality. ~
 We could pile up instances of this sort, but wish to mention certain of the courts surcSSmental activities. The first impetus and plans for the boys free night school, which ran very successfully at the Y. M. c. A. all last year and this. year Up until spring, came from the juvenile court. The work will be begun again this fall.
 Need of State Schools.
 Scarcely day passes fin which we do not feel the urgent need of a state institution for delinquent girls and better reform school for boys, which shall be situated on good, in- stead of unproducItive. land, and shall be equipped to teach trades. The juvenile courts of Jefferson and Pu- laski counties feel that they have aroused public opinion in this state corncernipg this question, and be- lleve that the next legislature will give the state these schools.
 Under the new child Mbor act, tlle probation officer supervises the is- suing of permits to work and en- forces the law, another court activity. Promotes Healthful Sports. Lastly, and in line with the child labor work, the probation officer this summer, with a desire to promote healthful recreation among working boys. called on some athletic experts to organize a league and four teams played enthusiastic ball for a season | of month and half.
 All this is just 3 beginning. When we have extended our activities throughout the county, secured a sorely needed detention hOme as a substitute for the pail, and get below the surface with the problems of vice and crime among the, boys and girls Of this town. we shall be doing really good work in Pine Bluff. When we nave obtained our improved indus trlal schools for boys and girls, the usefulness of the juvenile courts ill ArKansas will be more than doubled and the possibilities for constructive work greatly increased.
 We believe that we are doing much needed work now, but with the nelD of the people of A,kansas, VIC lCGn and r1si il1- dO iafin ikt.,1x, a,- n1.n