The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-24
HOME IS BETTER
PLACE TO REFORM
Recorders Unique Sen
tcncc Imposed on
Boy Cases.

'n Christmas ,Nc.. and mo- prrsruts'
10 sounds IKE u rrw puzzle nr "a
'Iuo lHw. but DO was actually the
sentence pass's upon three mis-.
'hicN"us boys 90 West orange. y. D.
Recorder John T.. Lander ls rr-
sponahlc for the unique robuhr to
Juvenile delinquency The sentence
included he'd at $50 c,cr, nisht.
aud very sharp $50 ON the cvo.
nng of December e. Aud no
suited stockings vr presents ~ any
sort
C'uol ana hcnrlcss OF the rc.
'"tdcr is the superficial reaction up
on hearing or the verdict.
But L. 10 hotrtlcssr The mis-
h''N"uS lhr"c. purposclv namcIcsa.
sin'" their Nemesis doesn't wan.
mem publicly impaired committed
d"prcdatious thlf might have nat
lhrw In q Ictnrw3tory ana if they
wcro older. BOO Jail
Enforce reform measures i'm tho
home BE- Recorder lAudors remedy
Tor WuHward children Instead of
making the miscrcant 40 to the re-
I"tmatorN bring the rctormatury to
The misrrcdnt.
Discipline is not thereby offset
uN Now and C,il association. Bcttcr
to be- punished by father aud mother
VINO ar" not apt during the process
to teach the pickpockct business or
bond -suatohing trade.
Better to stay home and crack
nuts over resentment than to Ian.
guish Ia rcformatorlcs, learn to
crack safes and become a graduate
guttcrsnipc.
Recorder Gives His Reasons,
Many boys come before mo for
trivial offcnscs. But their pranks
often result seriously" SAYS Ro-
cordcr Lander.
They pun down The hook that
sum mons the fire depar mcnt. Just
to seethc engines hurry by. They
Knock down tailor's sign that nave
to he replaced II they get broken.
ION such charges as these boys
can be sent TO the parental home
but I've always held that there
exists enough virtue and lntelli-
gcncc on tn" part of our parents IN
West orange to enable them 10 aid
the court by bringing up their chill
drcn without polishing them orr AT
a rcformatory.
Boys OF a tender age always got
n lot OF sympathy. Suppose they
were oldcr--oycr slNtccn--and com
mIttcd these same Crlmos AZ the |
three boys ] sentenced. They would
do time in Jail for II.
"Rcformatorics are damaging To
tho morals of the young and to their !
futurcS. At an impressionablc age !
they meet older boys experienced In
& Tlnp and .na
~ don't hold with such ideas.
! cant take boys away from good
homes and put them in correctional
institutions.
II put the correctional idea In
tho home instead.
I'm Newark they claim. that I
have no right TO put curfew on
boys and no cnll 10 try their cases.
hear they will haul me into their
court about II.
"rhey can commit me 10 an in |
stitution II they like. but they won't |
commit little boys,
Remembers own Punishment.
These kids burst out crying when |
! told them they must go 10 bed at
$3.50 every night including and es-
pe1ally-- Christmas eve, and get no
Christmas presents.
Il may seem cruel" continued
the recorder. but ! am that way
to be kind. The idea came to me all
of a sudden. | remembered my
father.
"When | was boy. long ago--I
am seventy -ono nOw--f stole an ap-
Pile from mans orchard. My
father made me ask the owners
pardon--I had eaten tho apple.
inttut, nd Il f.. !
for two days. seem to remember
a spanking In connection with the
event. Anyway IT made great i'm
preston on mc--thc long stay In
bed. | never took another apple or
anything else that didn't belong to
me, | was absolutely cured.
These boys will remember this
Christmas Of 1920 when they feel
constrained to commit crime again.
- put the parents under oath
and have told them that | must get
good reports on their boys. both
rom public schools and sunday
school.
"Lct me ten you that every lime
you see boys In mischief n means
AK discipline In tho home.
Just think OF thcBo boys sitting
n church looking up innOCently AT
ne parson, singing hymns ana then
stealing the parsons watch.
Denounced by Old Lady.
Comm. down from 81. cloud in
hc bus this morning. live up on
/, mountain. GlO feet above tide
water, as far up as a Jersey Justice
AN goa cantankorous old lady
attacked me. says shc, Judge
Lancer, ! want 10 say to you that
'ou'ro very mean man
Madam ! said TO her, IN what
'cspoCt?'
'Dcprivng children Of Christ
mas presents shc snortcd. putting
hem 10 bed at that time. whom an
festivities are at their tOp-nOich,'
ne went on,
'Madhm,' I replied. these boys
deprived the parsou Of his watch.
.Ic needed that more than they need
presents. They flled his auto lamps
pith dirt and the gears with -and.
rhoy sang for him, then stole.
Ana, madam, | added, they
Fuu't do n again.
"Of course. In q hamlet like 81.
loud whore / live and whore IN"
boys live, there is lots of gossip.
They can mull over this til they get
lrcd ana thcn turn their minds 70
else.
Mountain boys, as a rule, man
igo 10 keep out ~ mischief and !