Arizona republican., 1920-01-25

of the country were realizing at last that the money invested in girls anC boys was the greatest investment ir the world. He gave credit to the Boy Scout movement, but spoke especially of the wonderful influence of the ils- tfonaI Y- NJ C. A. progress which has for it's object the bringing in closer relation the father and son He be lieved there is not as much irnmoralitH among girls as boys because of the relationship existing between the mother and daughter is closer thar that of father and son He charge parents to win the confidence Of their children and not to meet them in the spirit Of antagonisfn when the young people have their problems to meet
 One of the greatest things the Y M. C. A. is doing or any other boys welfare agency which has like policy is to help the boy along sex problems Of course the subject must be handled with discretion and by a series Of lee lures and personal interviews. boys are being helped-they are being taught how to hold themselves straight until they are old enough to have good judgment"
 Not Matter Of Sex
 Holding that immortality was not a matter of sex. Miss Nell Porter, sec retary of the Y. w C. A. states that if given equal chances the boy would be as fine as the girl. She said thai girls were sheltered in every way while boys were not given the same chance.
 "whenever a boy does not come up to the standard it is because he has not been given the right start" said the worker among girls, in whom all boys have a real fraend-
 Before coming to Phoenix as secretary Miss Porter was active tn community work in Keokuk, Iowa, i'm proving conditions for the alley chil dren of that city. In her experience she found that when the boy was tempted he had greater strength thal the girl to meet the temptation
 Because parents are not as concernec about their sons as they are their daughters, their morals have not been safeguarded. Miss Porter says.
 Boy Scouts Great Aid
 Parents should be made to see what can be accomplished. I believe the community should make provisions to support the agencies which teach the young folk right living. They should be taught clean athletics, clean recreation and clean good times and should attend series of lectures that would teach them what life means
 Miss Porter has great confidence iu the Boy Scout movement and believe that the boy who is a Scout and lives up to it's teachings is every bit as moral as the finest girl in the land.
 r superior court of Tss-apai county came in contact with many girls and boys in the juvenile court, declares that girls are endowed by nature with superior moral talents.
 Girls More Refined
 From observation in the public schools in the Juvenile courts and elsewhere. I am convinced that girls are more moral by nature than boys said Judge Smith. Their natural in stincts and emotions are more refined IL is because of this that we see such contrasts in the careers of girls Their both for good and evil is greater. Their natural superiority in readily responds to refining forces and we then have the noblesJ creation of God:
 "A perfect woman. nobly planned
 To warn, to comfort, to command the inspiration of the artist, the sculptor and the poet since time began
 But this same latent superiority in moral capacity, subjected to debaSlns influences readily develops incompar able consequences for evil It is trite to compare good women with angels and bad women with the rulers or the inferno. but all who Have had practical experience in criminology know that woman on evil bent cannot be matched. Kipling's poem of q few rears ago created great discussion, but he fact remained that the female Of he species is more deadly than the male
 "A we'll known psychologist statei he other evening that after personal contact with thousands Of men i'm Drisoned for crime, he had never met ,ne who had not responded at least ln some slight measure to kind treat nent; that without exception he had ,een able to discover some point or contact with each of them. Those who nave studied women charged with .rime find the problem much more diff ieult.
 Boy Will Own to Truth
 Tn the juvenile court l have oo- served that It is almost impossible O find a situation where a boy will lot, in the end. own up to the truth. md if caught in lies he will be abashed- abandoned in crime he nay be-" the lawyer stated.
 "As rule. a girl who has entered ore the court, faces the disgrace and les with a latitude that no boy .nows She will unhestatingly assert hat what is patiently black is white. nd will never confess the contrary she admits the commission of an ffense she does it without pride or hame-
 When we find the greatest forces oth for good and evil. on the femi- inc side, it seems to me that the con fusion is inevitable that girls are iure fortunately endowed by nature rith superior moral talents. It is be- ause of this that even among say ges more care and attention is paid Q the protection and training of girls han of boys.
 "I do not mean to minimize the ecessity of throwing every safeguard - nF erfx n he est of training at home and in school. nt I mean to emphasize the necessity thoughtful and careful attention to ne American girl in the home and in he school. As long as we have nohle nd pure women. civilization is safe When they disappear, we will be sav- ges once more.'
 LEGAL NOTICE.
 No. 2S22.