The Washington times., 1930-06-02

ting UP or down at the table and
many others too numerous to
mention. AS for the hose" we
receive it for such offenses as
running away, smoking and for
not doing our work properly IN
the shops or at school. We are
made to bend over and touch our
toes with our hands, and receive
from 10 to Is lashes while in this
position.
The hose" does more than
sting; it makes red and blue
welts, and frequently tears the
skin and draws blood. We receive
this in addition to Zine" punish.
ment. The penalty for trying to
escape is 80 days on line" from
10 to Is blows with the hose"
our hair shaved off, and more
time added to our sentence. For
other offenses, we sometimes get
the Line" or the hose" or both.
Always when boy is punished
with the "hose" he is made to
stand on the Line" for an indefi-
mite period of time. While on
Zine" we lose all chances of rec
reation, all of our leisure mo.
ments being spent on line"
In two companies, &C" and C."
the boys have been put on line"
for missing a ball or not playing
a ball game to perfection. Now
as to smoking. We are not al
lowed to smoke but, like prohibi-
ton, it is extremely hard to en-
force this rule. Some of the boys
here are too young to use tobacco,
but the majority are not. Ciga-
retteS are always scarce. Some
times there are as many as six or
seven boys using the same ciga-
rette, which makes better the
chances of disease germs. Ciga-
rettes are sold at Is cents per
package after being smuggled in.
The boys cannot be stopped from
smoking altogether. and it would
reduce disease chances and many
runaways would be avoided if
that rule were discarded.
To look at this place from the
outside, one would think that this
is paradise, but we wish the pub
lie to know conditions on the in
side as we'll as the outside. The
boys are often mistreated -
whether they are to blame or not.
Sometimes we hardly have
chance to explain. Everything is
taken for granted here; we are
"convicts" and our words amounts
to practically nothing.
can not sign my name to this
document" as it would cause me
to receive the hose" 30 days OIL
line" my hair shave off,
shackled for 30 days, and for the
rest of my time I'd be treated like
a dog.
Will you please publish this
article? Expressing the boys
feelings, I am, AN INNATE
Editor Times:
What moves are being made to
guard our children from suffer
ing the same fate as the fou;
Baltimore youths whose lifeleSs
bodies appeared in a stream
where they had been washed
from a sewer?
1t wasn't so long ago that five
youths in the vicinity of the 2800
block Warren st. N. W., nearly
suffered death from dread sewer
gases when they, in their child
ish innocence, wandered in search
of adventure into the open duct.
1 have heard that nothing has
been done about that opening
and several others leading to the
largest interceptors in the city.
We who have families cannot
take the time to constantly watch
over our brood but trust to the
city and God. that they will
safely return home after wan
dering about in their play, ex-
ploring and investigating.
Some definite action should be
taken at once. it seems to me,
and I know many of my friends
and neighbors feel the same way
about it.
Imagine the CONSERVATION and