Evening star., 1921-12-03
CHRISTMAS APPEAL
FOR D. c. CHILDREN
Aiding of Juvenile Protective
Association Declared to Be
Useful Gift.

If you want to make useful Christ
mas gift this year. a gift which Will not
only benefit the children of Washington
but will eventually raise the city to an
envious height in education and IN
dustry. and which will accomplish some
thing of equal Importance. If not more
so-the elimination of crimes and GRIM
inaisyour money in the lands or the
Juvenile Protective Associat IN Will go
a long way toward accomplishing these
aims.
Mrs. Edna Bushee, executive secretary
of the association, has issued an appeal
for $4,000 with which to continue ts
work next year. The annual roll can OF
members has already brought IN sl,zoo'
according to Mrs. Bushee, and every s1-
fort is being made to complete the de-
sire. fund in the next two weeks. so that
the office can return to its proper dutS
(which is social service and not money
raising"
Many Children Aided.
The big brother and sister work is
one of the associations larseSt &c
tivities In introducing this move
ment to Washington the association
made it possible to help children VINO
were in danger of being brought pc
fore Juvenile Court as dellnquents.
Children who have been before the
court are prevented from committing
further offenses through the WORK anu
interest of some big brother or sister.
The guiding rule of the ASSOCIATION
Is that the inefficient or criminal
adult grows out of the neglected or
delinauent child. and that II Is Tar
cheaper for the community 10 correc'
the child than to punish the cIih'i
nal" This rule is carried out 70 "
nity a good place to grow up ln' Win
sufficient wholesome recreation 10
keep children out of miscnieI.
Summary of Work.
Mrs w. d. Bigelow, chairman or
the committee on Big Brothers anu
Sisters. sums up the work carried on
by this committee as follows:
",rheSe men and women are all VOL
unteerS. They receive their instruc'
tions from an experienced social
worker, who knows from vast num-
ber of cases what should be done TOT
different problems. Many times the
parents themselves have asked our
ficult teens. The boys may nave
started playing with gang when
causes a great deal of trouble in the
neighborhood. The girls of high
school age may have become head
strong and insist on continuous
halls. The Big Brother or Sister IS
always an attractive person. whom
the children like to initiate. They
are easily interested in other kinds
of recreation which failed to attract
their attention because they were not
advertised in electric lights.
Win Confidence.
Sometimes the children are re-
ported by their teachers as sullen or
dishonest or difficult to control. The
Big Brother or Sister wins the con-
fidence of the mother. who is tired
herself from overwork and the diff
ficulty of managing her children. Ere
quently some physical defect causes
the unruliness, and the Big Brother
sees that the child or the mother at
tends a clinic. If improper food is
one trouble the Big Brother or Sister
arranges for help from the visiting
housekeeper of the Associated Chari-
ties. In fact, the Big Brothers and
Sisters become the friends of the fam
ily. and help in every way but the
giving of money to remedy the causes
of trouble. And they are the most
royalty welcomed friends that you
could imagine