Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-16
RECEIVE sCANT
.fTT ENT|0N FROM ADULTS
Only When Youngsters Run Amuck
Do Those Outside Home Circle
Realize Their Existence.
NEGLECT CAUSES TROUBLE
BY Inattcntion TO His Good Conduct
and Concern About Ills MisdccdS,
Boy Is Invited To DO Wrong, Edu-
cational Authority Says.
ny DIR. w'iI,l>M A. M.r>EE,Eu.

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As YOU rounded the corner this
morning YOU met a husky boy carry
inS homo Someihine from the store
I9 2i.,i srsakfaSt WHY didn't 70" say
At noon. rs You wen; home for lunch
two Nttle chAttcrins Schoolgirls. al
most nam into YOU. when you lodged
them with q scowl. May didn't you
greet Them with a jest o. pleasant
romark.
Tarce high school Youths passed YOU
in front OF the bank al y. NJ. specu-
la,ins eagerly about a football game
to come OF tomorrow between the
acme team and that OF anohcr school.
My didn't You stop moment TO
question them about this topic of alb
soaring interest to them?
To The mass OF adults who Dusty
come and 20 upou the streets the chill
drcu might rs well he lot o: dogs
or sparrows They remain in a world
10 themselves ana receive no attention
from Adults outside thc home circle
III i.ie% do some wrong or run amuclt
Inen the silence is suddenly broken
and there is an appeai for help 10
bring them 10 time.
Naturally Wander tstrny.
am growing tired of this endless
story Of some hoy gone wrong. related
so oblivous OF the hoy who is going
right. By our own habitual indifTer-
encc 70 the children we meet, ;-lcy are
given the impression that We know
the world they live in. So. conscious
81 being n3pprcciated. unmatched,
they then more naturally wander
Furthermore hy our inattcntion to
his ordinary. good conduct and our
sudden concern about his bad deeds
wrong in order 10 secure our atten-
lion. To do something tough is lis
only means of Advertising. nave
Just finished tre, of $500 miles as
$50 = J., y 4
problem. More than 1000 people were
in ms audiences, ana many conferences
Were hold Nearly everywhere
visited there was call for assistance
ing some Kind OF boy or girl problem.
Merry fcw seemed full OF tho subject
OF he many good boys and girls or
what tlcy were doing
VIII Bcg-t Fellowship.
Now, my reader. II YOU neglect TO
speak 10 the children just as you greet
adults on PROPER occasions when YOU
meet them YOU VINO turn Your back
entirely. upon the happy affairs OF the
young folks and notice none OF these
till they haVe committed some violence
to you-l say: nrst, that YOU are a
party TO the!r wrong because OF your
negligence TO greet ihcm-us interesting
young members OF society. and, Sec
ord. that il is just what YOU deserve
If they worry YOU with their i'll con-
duct. From the boys point OF view
the one who refuses TO notice him.
Would not that be perfectly JUST
Ndw Mr.. Good Man iiad- Boy Chaser.
Try out the happy practice OF speak
ing to tho children as they pass If
it is only "Hcllo. Kids. how is school
today or Iii, there, how about tho
game That win quickly beset a
nond Of fellowship between YOU and
TIC next generation below YOU. And
even this minimum OF notice and cor
oi3iiN from the busy men and wune n
who pass would ut length prove "A
tremendous influence for good and en-
enplary conduct ON the part OF tho
children. Ii is natural for the bows
anr girls 60 desire an audience. for
they are passing through the age OF
drama. II right acts do not bring
lem an attentive audience They will
try the other Kind. Can YOU honestly
blame them