THE LAKE SHORE NBW%%EPN!SPAY> MAY 18, IQlfc .iiiTOiiijajiiipyfi!â€" PI!" MB«PPP*P<^ M. Thurston of the nois Children's Home and Aid SIS Society Discusses Institu- = tions for Children. MANY APPEAR, IN COURT HALF HOLIDAY Board of Directors of Evanston Commercial Association De- cide 4o- Hold Debate at . Next Regular Meeting. DIFFICULTIES ARE FOUND At Trial of Miss Mary Gunther, Charged With Disorderly == Conduct, the M istake_Was^ Brought Out. -t* fey :K'» ~vtT*"?":'t^'"^^^ ,E have been doing the c|ganing, dyeirig, pri ssirig anH rfplit ffig for particular Deop'ejar more ;iness ha/grown sfe*nly.^In,bt|)er ords, carefuK and int llimwil !H rk il WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY - Henry M. Thurston of the Illinois Children's Home and Aid society, who has recently been called to the chil* dren's work in connection with the New York City School of Philan- 4hropyT^was-^heTspeakei-^t-the-eur^ -fatg-at th^^extr^egulaT-mee^ng-ef rent Events elass at the Congregation- al church, Evanston, Sunday morning. He insisted that upon the matter of :|p;|t1-children's work Illinois is very much ;|||!^:feLbehind the times.. •'-.' ^|£r "Illinois .must be placed among the j^^^^1»«kwardr states/txsaid the speaker. Jg| | "Why, we don't even count the chil- ;^:>^| drfen that are born. We count the cof- fp||ij;; Itfins, but we do not count the cradles. |^|«f| The birth statistics are far from cor- â- ^lpiSreet' One child in every four dies be- ^||^£fore it reaches the fifth year. Forty- ":fe;l|^JQine per cent of the boys and girls -of' ^K||||:the city, of .Chicago do not get a full *JpiI"""elementary education. Almost one- ^^^aW of the children of Chicago do not :J||fe-:-: get through the graded school. We (2S talk aD0Ult America being the land of y g OPDOrtunltv, bufr it la nn niifih thing -At a meeting of the board of di- rectors of the Evanston Commercial association, held Monday afternoon, it was decided that the half holiday plan should be given its final hear- the association^ Ten years ago.if anyone criticized the p|^fe; publicâ€"school system he would be ftS§gl. called a fanatic. But the recent investi- gation made by Prof. Mead of the putt ^^^T^^hboTs of Chicago presents a very, g|^ deplorable condition of affairs. The g^- bulk of the forty-nine per-cent who do p^>! not go through the grammar school go |||S| into so-called dead occupations; occu- y|^5 patlons in which they learn nothing. IlltS: Then, too, our industrial order is far %i^f§m behind the times. Many of -our- indus- p|||i| trial processes are too costly in hu- When the agitation for such a plan was first started by the women of ^his clty~ar3oint meeting between~the representatives of the Woman's club and the association was held. At this time each bodr appointed a smaller committee to meet again and come to a definite agreement if pos- sible. This meeting was held a week ago. Following the meeting the mem- bers^ of the association^ on the com- mittee drew up a report which was presented to the board of directors last evening. The contents of the re- port will not be made public as yet. After reading and -discussing the report of the committee the board of directors decided to postpone the final decision until the next regular mooting. It is the plan to hold a A case of mistaken identity was Friday found to have been the cause for the trouble between Mrs. Charles Lass and her twin sister, Miss Mary Gunther, of Evanston, heir the lattejriwas4oubdzsotKui general debate on the subject at that time. ~ 7~- ~~~- ." man lives. 40,000 Appeared in Court. ^ ^Think of it! Forty thousand chil- dren have appeared in the juvenile court in ;the last eleven years. The pi*. juvenileâ€"courtr hasr rendereda^great service. But a civilization that needs a juvenile court to care for forty thousand children isn't a Christian civilization. We are openingâ€"play grounds and we are creating recrea- ^Thenaction of the board was caused by the different ways in which the .EEQPOsed plan would effect the vari- ous business men. Many of the mer- TShantlTglve their clerks~a^summer va- cation, consisting of one or two weeks. These men find that it would be impossible to allow the clerks the half day off each week together with the annual hiatus. â€" The clerks who recetve-the-annual vacation claim they would rather have the week than a half day each week throughout the summer. On the other hand some of the mej^aMOMt^ of disorderly conduct by Justice of the Peace Voight. Two weeks ago Mrs. Lass had her sister arrested because Miss Gunther is said to have made charges against Charles Lass. The name of an Ev- anston girl was linked with that of Lass. The arrest resulted. AJt the trial it was learned that Miss Gun- ther had named the wrong Charles for it was another man with that cognomen who was said to have been jfith the local girl in question. All the trouble started some time ago when both Mrs. Lass, then Miss Minnie Gunther, and her sister, Miss Mary Gunther/ were in love with Charles Lass. He liked both - girls and was very friendly with them. appreciate other. 7 up and give us a trial? this business as in every n't it pay you to call415 -4 â- |#|f| When it was learned- by Miss. Mary that he had proposed to Miss Min- nle and they wore going to Iowa to be married, it Is claimed her jealous] got the better of her. glgjoff the supply of delinquenT children. Ijjlp;Why can't we do such constant con- ^IH struct!ve work that there will be no ^Hl »ttCh awful wreckage o| child life?" â- â- â- "^psptMr. Thurston _went on'to-say there ^l| were-five things needed. "First, the p||| John Worthy school ought to be |g||moved from the neighborhood of the "fSBf^ ought ;|||griot: to. W under the. influence of jjg|gtcnronic adult offenders. Second, II- 3|^,ilnoJajieeda^a^-homeâ€"for epilepticsr |pf§|$f| There, isn't a place- in thia state :^^Jbe;fsentpSTiiird,' we need a Standard JlflP0* the ca,,e of children "that1 are-sent stores in the afternoon and still not lose much business. The general opinion among the business men seems to be that the plan could not TJOssIbly be a success unless every merchant in Evanston, including thoi agree to keep closed. From the information gathered by those investigating the conditions it has been learned that the business men cannot come to an agreement as to the afternoon to shut their doors. The afternoon that would suit one merchant is the busy day for the^nan next door. Believing tb.at by closing the local stores people would go to Chicago and trade many ofi±re merchalo^are opposed to tfie plan. "I do not^see^ ^^o-privatejnstltutions.: or to', private g^iomes. One institution cares for the â- g^p-children one way; another institution jjj cares for them in still another way: g^Tuere are 'placing out' agencies in Vgjg":*'iklUi state that send children to homes which they have never visited aifdT lo peppTe~th^Byr have never seen. yourth, we need sorqe powar try the state legislaturlTthat will control the placing of children-^n private homes. And Fifth, we' need very greatly to strengthen our work for delinquent girls in this state." ~r~~ Accused Charles tliir- ~~ After her sister and^Ktr. Lass had gone to Iowa and were married Miss Mary is charged with writing to the new Mrs.Lliss stating that tha jm§« band had been guilty of misconduct with an Evanston girl. Mrs. Lass said nothing to her hus- band but waited until they returned to this city and then took the letter to-the-girl in question. The girl de- nied it and they went before Police Magistrate Boyer and swore out a warrant, for the arrest of Miss Mary Gunther, charging her with ^disor* ..ftjirly_g^iJJftctT' ' y â€" TELEPHONE 1730 ^BERNSTEIN LADIES' TAILOR iff & Reasonable Prices." G A SPEeiALTY i90r^ENTRAl^STREEr North Side of the Street, connected with Electric Cleaners and Dyers PHONE 1409 -â- •VJSs :ft m The case was set for four o'clock Friday afternoon before the police magistrate. When It was called a change of venue to Justice of the Peace Harrison was asked. This was granted and when it was brought up where a bright minded epileptic can jwrhy~we~ should close ^our floorsâ€"on Kj^sjexjPrejJiied. > = Mr. Sherman Kingsley presided. y|| He told of the exceHent-worlr that ^g Mr. Thurston had been doing. He ______ ^^carefuily the HoTctftiss report He ^ deplored the fact that so many capa- ^ Me social workers were called out :f||. of Chicago. ««'Lafit Sunday," he said, g "me heard JMisa Julia Lathrop, who II has been called to Washington, To- y, wo hoar Mr. Henry Thurston, io^»w-1ie^n^caire«Fto Isfew York. These other cities know a good man "SISM the local people and drive them out of the city to do their buying," said one prominent business^man. The business men, without excep- tion, agree with the members of the Woman's club, who startedfthe agita- tion, that a half holiday system would be a most humanitarian act, but, be- cause of the many difflculUej_4o__he_ overcome, they oppose it. * ^ â€" The subject has-not been feje by the business men and even those who are strongly opposed to the plan are in favor of the general de- bate to be held so that each man may give-bis views and, if possible, come to some suitable agreement, ^wj^ Siceâ€"Ha:rSs^^s--cdurt~-another- change was asked, this time^to Jus- tice Voight. This change was also granted. It seems that between the time of the arrest and Friday afternoon the parties concerned in the case learned that Mr. Charles Lass* was not the man wbo~bad been: wlthTthe7 girl, whose name has been kept out of the case entirely. It was another who also goes by the name of Charles. There was no^ prosecution offepfld-^Mid- ^iss Gunther was declared notrguilty^ by Justice Voight.â€"The whole isquab= ble-proVed^to-be but-ffr-caae of mis- taken identity. Itlsn'tWhaiYouPay: But What You Get d but a slioit: time, it is practi ing the purchas as new. If you are considej fElectric Car and warS*p#dflffSXfN Phone oi/writc us without delay ^ilM •! Anderson Electric Car Co BensonA^.w Phone 1048 ff? Evanston Branch IS' ii T^etf^P^ Jtiii WAS BOUND OVER, len arraigned berore Poircalffag^ l5^«i®°yeJr;Jlaturjda^=i^»igldZwKK niak was It was through the action of the keeper himself that this action was taken as he entered no defense what- ipt:oj| woman when they see them, i _____ made. The cases against the inmates, week, were WILL SPEAK ON VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS | T^^Ly^aIsjj|p^t_Mrs.Xoung'_L sug- gestion, a group of Chicago high school principals traveled thTOUgfa"the" east for the purpose of visiting schools and bringing back the results of their observations for the benefit of Chicago schools. They paid special attention to ih- dustrialj_and_^thejLrvc^ Now GetThe^Be«t vanil One of these men was^PrincTpai Began of the Lane Technical-school. He will speak at the Evanston high schooTf ^?tJf_5G^y^evenJng at4 o'clock xun-^ dejLtha^«8plcea^f^he=^4_^a^choo^ bound over to the-, grand | vision of the Parents' and Teachers association IfHis subJecOsZ"S_me Problems of technical Educajion."ff2A8 pHnnipai of a school of 1,700 boys Mr. Bogan se^ comesTip fn ^eetfcthes^prc^ms^fac^t^i^ tha=gi_iERr7ury^ Everyone who wants to know what a ind,ctB J1^1^^® fl^ht^ it cannot do for the boys of America snouid come to hear Mr, Bogan and [ank hfm queaUouH. such as. act that TT is not necessary for us to give ou&gpICa fancy Russian Oil, oi Frtnch Oil, in or^erlo sell tttt rnFTTTrn fur iYi '/jAâ„¢]f< 'â- â- ' â- "lygfapjinuiiilW in in mi ton , is evidence edouLrfhatTwe give saMfac4 ion Gen nine Penn- sylvania Oil is knMlFthe world over to be4kgJkMMm^mto Use. We have for saM Auto Oil, Gear Oils, Greats of All Kindt. 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