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OBJECTS OF THE JUVENILE
JUVENILE COURT
COURT RECORD

The object of the JUVENILE COURT RECORD is to dis- of the rights of the child, assumed a serious responsiseminate the principles of the Juvenile Court throughout the United States, and, in fact, the entire world.

When the Juvenile Court was first established the sociologists of the entire country stood by watching anxiously the outcome of this new departure in childsaving methods. It was realized that a medium was needed whereby the results accomplished by the Juvenile Court might be set forth in an intelligent manner. The JUVENILE COURT RECORD stepped into the breach and has devoted its pages exclusively to news of the various juvenile courts. As a result of the publicity thus given to the foundation principles and routine work of the Cook County Juvenile Court other States have passed juvenile court laws, and bills are being prepared in nearly every State in the Union to be presented at the next sessions of the Legislatures of the various States providing for similar legislation.

The foundation thought and idea of the Juvenile Court law is that children should be kept in the home to the greatest extent possible. The child's own home is preferred by the Court, but in lieu of that it is intended that any good home where proper care and training will be given shall be provided for the child.

The State, in assuming its relationship as the guardian

bility. Every child has a right to education and physical care. Primarily, this duty lies with the parents. This obligation should be enforced wherever possible. The family is the unit of society, and most of the evils of society arise from demoralized homes. It is the duty of the State to co-operate with the family as long as possible and help hold it up. If, however, for any reason the family fails, then a new home is necessary until such time as the family may again be brought together. If the family proves recreant and abdicates its functions altogether, it is the duty of the State to secure as nearly normal conditions for the children under its care and custody as may be in its power. The home is the normal place for a child's education and training.

The fact that children are to be placed in homes presupposes the idea that some agency will be at hand to find a childless home for a homeless child. To the limit of its resources the JUVENILE COURT RECORD assists in finding homes for the homeless, helpless little waifs drifting about the country. These little unfortunates need an advocate, and the JUVENILE COURT RECORD acts in this capacity, standing side by side with them, pointing the way to a brighter, happier life, where the weeds of evil will be choked out of existence and the flowers of hope will bloom in their place.

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A TRIP VIA

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Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.

IS A PERPETUAL PANORAMA

The scenery along the entire route is entrancing, surpassing in variety, beauty and grandeur anything to be seen east of the Rocky Mountains. The 160 miles beside the beautiful Ohio, on whose surface steamers and odd craft are sighted every few minutes, are succeeded by miles of graceful curves along the banks of the Big Kanawha, and then come the canona of the New River with their awful wildness and grandeur; the gentle Greenbrier with its pastoral loveliness; the heart of the Alleghenies with its matchless beauty of scenery; the famous Springs Resorts; the renowned Shenandoah Val ley; the towering Blue Ridge; the wonderful panorama of the Piedmont Valley; the famous battlefields of the late war; and the surf of the Atlantic at Old Point, or the beauty and interest of Washington-just as one's destination may be.

Stop-over will be allowed at Covington, Va., where branch train is taken for Hot Springs on all first-class one-way tickets and on return portions of all round-trip tickets. When ready to resume journey ticket agent at Hot Springs will exchange tickets which have expired. A Delightful Sea Trip to and from New York Via the Old Dominion Steamship Co. Magnificent steamers sail from Old Point Comfort at 4:30 p. m. daily except Sunday, and from Norfolk at 7 p. m. daily except Sunday, arriving at New York next afternoon about 3 p. m.

I. P. SPINING, N. W. P. A., C. & O. RY. 238 Clark St., Chicago.

Unimaginable
Wonders

of natural phenomena, magnificent, awe-inspiring scenery, a delightful coach ride of 140 odd miles, abundance of good fishing, mineral waters, hot springs, comfortable hotels with all modern conveniences, and tennis, croquet, and golf grounds are found in

Yellowstone Park

When you do a thing, do it right. Make your approach to the wonders of the Park in a suitable manner. Enter through the lava arch at Gardiner, of which President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone. It is the official entrance to the Park via the

Northern Pacific Railway

The Popular
Line

with three elegant trains each
way between Chicago and

LA FAYETTE, INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
CINCINNATI, OHIO
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

and all points in the

SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST

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Buffet Parlor Cars, or Dining Cars on day trains, and Pullman's finest compartment and Standard Sleepers on night trains. All trains run solid, Chicago to Cincinnati. The only line from Chicago connecting in the Central Union Depot, Cincinnati, with C. & O., Q. & C., L. & N. and B. & O. S. W. R'ys. For reservations, etc., call on or address

J. C. TUCKER, G. N. A., 238 Clark St., Chicago

IT IS WISER AND LESS EXPENSIVE TO SAVE CHILDREN THAN TO PUNISH CRIMINALS

TJUVENILE CURT
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ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR

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A Child's Woe is Sacred.

Just An Ordinary Day, But It Had Much of Heart InterestCourt Disregarded Dinner Hour.

A change is coming o'er the spirit of Judge Lindsey's juvenile court. It is more than rumored at the court house; in fact it is asserted that the sessions most interesting-from the human interest standpoint-of all the tribunals of justice in the city and county of Denver are to be held behind closed doors.

It's coming. Judge Lindsey is even now considering hearing the troubles of his "kids" hereafter in chambers, where none but himself may see those grimy, repentant tear drops.

It is said the judge is touchy about his charges; their troubles to him are sacred and it is out of consideration for them that he may decide to bar the public from the Saturday afternoon seances, where "the sweetest sight in the world," as one woman said, is enacted.

JUST AN ORDINARY DAY.

Take Saturday for instance. Saturday was just an ordinary day. Very ordinary boys told the ordinary tales and gave the ordinary excuses, sobbing under Judge Lindsey's questioning, as they always do, "I'm goin' ter do better, if you jest lemme go this time."

The Globeville boys were accused of begging dimes to buy beer. It came to light later that their accusers had often sold them tobacco. This precipitated an open dispute between the accusers, and the boys fought with all the virulence of which Yiddish women are capable when roused by the small boys "sassing back." The judge listened patiently until he had learned all that affected his boys-and a half hour of that wasn't pleasant.

It took two hours of precious time. Twelve others waited, each to be heard with the same care. A weak-chinned youth tried to beg off from his punishment for stealing a box of cigars. Three small boys next came up for a hearing for stealing coal. Four, 5, 6 o'clock came, and there still waited the cases of four girls.

The close room, the long hard morning that had gone before had begun to tell on the judge. Always frail, the hay fever from which he is suffering has left him a mere shadow. His pale face looked almost waxen when the chandeliers were lit with the failing lights, that the hearings might proceed.

His "kids" were to be heard. What were his sufferings to

Till the farmer's wife took the child at last And carried him off to bed.

She patted the pillow with motherly hand, And turned back the cool, white sheet, Then gently kissed the motherless lad, And wished him a sound, sweet sleep.

The child never saw a bed before,
Nor knew just what it was for,
But he thought what a nice, soft place to
sleep,

As he spied a rug on the floor.

He sat quite still on the edge of a chair, Till the farmer's wife closed the door, Then he curled himself and fell asleep Beside the bed, on the floor.

Does he make you think of people you know,

Who never quite understand, But go through life with their eyes tight

shut

To the blessings in reach of their hand? -Children's Home Monthly Record.

them? Far into the night after the boys had been disposed of he sat in chambers hearing the deeper wrongs of the girls. And Saturday was only an ordinary day.

"Perhaps it is best, this plan of Judge Lindsey's to shut out the public," said a man who had been an interested spectator. "The Denver public which loves him so dearly, though it may be careless, will not have to see his slow martyrdom.'

The conditions existing among the children of Globeville who smoke and drink beer in large numbers, is to be thoroughly investigated at once by the judge. He is not a member of the large club of "never-have-time."

Judge Lindsey as an Author

He Has Written a Story of Thrilling Interest. The reclamation of a notorious "bad kid," is the subject of a strong story on the methods of the juvenile court from the pen of Judge Ben B. Lindsey, which appeared in the September issue of the American Illustrated magazine. Though Judge Lindsey often writes articles on the child, this is one of the few stories he has ever given to the public.

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"Eel Martin's Record" is the title, and it deals with the real story of a real boy who had become a hardened criminal. "The Eel" was head of the notorious "River Front" gang of robbers, and had already cost the state $1,836 in attorney's fees for past misdemeanors, when he was again captured atter a daring robbery.

The judge was at that time just starting his juvenile court, and out of curiosity visited the boys in the jail.

After the hard usage from officials to which he was accustomed, the sympathetic interest of Judge Lindsey merely caused his contempt at first. The judge learned of his past-how he had been mistreated by his father, had run wild about town, and finally graduated as a pickpocket, sneak thief and the hardest juvenile character the city had ever known.

By his sympathy and interest the judge gradually won Martin's confidence, and in the end made a The man of him. boy was later sent to El Paso alone after a recreant juvenile, and repaid the trust the judge had placed in him by returning in a few days with his charge. Martin is now holding a responsible position in California.

In this story Judge Lindsey illustrates better than ever before the work done by the juvenile court.

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