The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-04-25
KENOSHlS TO GO ONE BETTER
Believing Prevention Is Better Than
Cure, Local Committee Advises Lodge
Lodge to Watch Over Children
Before They Reach Courts.


Seventy FIVE "big brothers" to the
fatherless boys of Kenosha is the goal
set by the Kenosha Lodge of Elks as
their part in the nation wide "Big
Brother" movement which is being
carried on by this order. The Keno
sha Lodge, if the work of the COM
mittee is accepted, will 60 the lodges
of the nation, which have adopted the
plan, Zone BETTER" for they intend
to become protectors of the orphans
Immediately and not wait until they
are in the Juvenile court or have taken
the first steps towards crime before
they try to reform them.
DR.. Herbert L. Wright, who is chair
man of the committee for the Keno
sha Lodge, is convinced that the plan
will offer a wonderful field of civic
service to the Elks of Kenosha. He
has already gained, through the help
of the Associated Charities, the names
of seventy Kenosha boys whose fathers
are either dead or have deserted them
and who are in danger of starting on
life of bad habits if not of crime
unless they have the protecting care
of some older man as an advisor. The
committee expects to report to the lodge
within a few days the results of their
investigation and. lay before them a
plan whereby each of these boys may
be watched over by the members of
the order.
"Our purpose in this venture" said
Or. Wright, this morning, els to head
OF heartaches for some Kenosha mo-
theirs and to help make citizens out of
boys who unless they were watched
might become criminals. We do not
care bit where the boys father may
be; he may be in the war, in the peni-
tentionary be dead, or just be wander
ing somewhere forgetful of the rights
Of his boy. We intend to act as ad-
visors to these boys, to help them over
the rough places in their lives and to
make them see that someone is in
terested in them. We are confident
that it will be one way of ending the
presence of so many boys in our NUM-
cipal court and will in the long run be
work of great value to the city,
''We are not going to stop with the
boys, though, continued DIR. Wright.
After we get our work thoroughly
organized, we intend to suggest to
some active woman IS organization in
the city that there are scores of young
girls in Kenosha who need big sis
ters' just as badly if not worse than
their brothers need destringing and
comforting brother and we are going
to ask that they assume the duty of
supplying these big sisters I be-
heve if we get both plans started as we
have planned them, we will mako Ken
osha known as city which cares for
its own fatherless and its own mo.
therless before it is forever too late. y
DR.. Wright is anxious to have the
name and address of every boy in
Kenosha, rich or poor, who might need
the guidance and advice of a big bro
ther to help him avoid the pitfalls
that beset boyville and lead to failure
and a poor start for life. He has util
lied the assistance which can be given
BY the school authorities and by the
Associated Charities but he is desirious
Of emitting no one in making his fna
report to the lodge and completing his
plans for the work of the Elks in the
Big Brother movement.