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“We‘sn overwhelmd with nucdia' state law- or juvenile com. maul neglect, wife mundan- neat puole Intern 3nd the like. u. :11 indium u deny o! the America: hang and the urdinnl virus of domestic life. ‘ “Them III III old farm: down In Egypt who odd he did at» boll.” in Wu; H. Inch-In our too any pun-ha. beam h. gets too thin by such 3 prong. and I. not new so sweet.” We need more of the ‘mmud 3 while “an we do 0! the ‘ltrennou lue.‘ "We need for 3 while to pay more “(cation to quality thsn qumfity.” A speller number of juveniles well raised. if neceseery by the hed-slet prooees. is worth e horde turned loose for future citizens from juvenile courts end reform schools. “Rhee degeneretxon in worse then use suicide. Dilution ie less desirable then eoneeutretion. Themfou. up with the bed s.et end the ‘conoen- mted life‘ for 3 while.” These are some of the wise laws of Lient.-Gov. L. l. Sherman, and like all inch. they must be ac- eepted for what they are worth. We have had President Roosevelt's ‘atrenuoua life,’ and from Wagner we are told of the ‘eimple life.’ and now from Sherman we have the ‘eoneentrateq life’ with an openendoraement of the bed-slat doctrine. Sol- omon said there is nothing 'new under the sun, and if we go back to his wisdom we shall find null these thingsâ€"not excepting the rule thet to spare the rod spoils the child, which is a vaatly better ex- pression of the whipping-post law than the alangey and ungraceful bed- slot. The {ellow who eon:- too nub territory ueuelly runs out 0! water end “hope-dry. Then the wide? the current the shallower the wear. You Ind better get Into echennel end he" eome wet" power with wide]: town she wheele. Hourly everybody bu we sort. of a publicity nootnun to can the man] 111- of adults. 1 an 5 Guelph of Mtyor Fred A. Bum 396 hi- hed sluts. Then in gm: virtue in early discipline. All maul union or :11 bed sht- might be wrong. Tier. in mom danger of nee deteriontion thln m which just now. Probably most of us are blundering nlong with- out much thought of the philosophers. For amidst. :11 the doctrines of science, politics and philosophy we find that. greater than all in experience, 3 Of course It wine to be expected that some ul- sant ma gallant knights Would be bn'lnmlw as: tend Chicago. Ind Cam:- H. Hen-hon hu distin- guished himself by his polite Mimi-lion thnt “ Ne w York is the most more] city but. oue"â€"â€"Chlcego. Now it la in order for some one to spook in behalf of London, Berlin, Perle or Glngow. But what There is rivalry just now as to which is the most mornl of the great cities of the world. It seems to have been started by District Attorney Jerome, 'who declares that "New York is the most morn], the most decent, the most law- abiding city in the world. " This sounds nther ntrange from the man who bu but recently posed as the mun with the muck rake in the most demoralizing and degrading story of mill depruvitj that was ever expo-ed to public Shgimn’l Idea of Modem Life. obout Tomb? Eon not our Mi cousin- curled 0! tin humor. ond do they not um ‘00- l‘hen won on old tumor down In Egypt. who an n f; L New York or Chicago? 0m° flat/oak- “10' £0! 'At the Chicago Commons a distinguished as- sembly met on Monday, May 27. and when Profes- sor Graham Taylor told of the amazing amonnt’ot work that was done in that center of congested population where no less than twenty-eight lan- guages are spoken. he held his audience spell. bound with surprises. Gandhi, if olther Now York or W I. to be rogue“! .- flu high.» yet» atuinod we are my a... how the milk-ulna. On tho othor bandit on moral. oooono could ho uken o! tho min noon! and benevoiont acou- cios am are constantly a work in any of our [nu cities In might. hikrly china-nun .11 as much distinguished for their good u lol- their evil. There in indeed n continul auntieâ€"o holy wnr W in terrible ennui. again“ _l.he evil force- whieh nflict Chicago. The struggle of hun- dred: of tho-undo for here existenceâ€"the nwiul monotony of the modern tnctorlee where men. women end children are compelled to work out their liven like onwmntie machine- with n contin- uous mouon of head end fool. in response to mech- nniemâ€"the greet eeething Inns- of men unidet we make and stench end blood of nnimnle oi the stock ynrdvâ€"nll theee‘nnd mnny other forms of human ninvery nre’met with mirnoleo of nervioe end devo- tion for the relief end betterment 01 these people, Everybody bu heard 01 an Hull Home and Min Adduns is the pstron sum. of Chicago. And then there urn were: of other benevolent Ind edu- ution‘nl sgencioc. Certainly no less interesting wu the story told by Prof. Ttylor'a son of the splendid work being done in the small parks and pity ground- 0! Chi- cago, when literally hundreds of thouunda of men, women ;nd chndren romp 3nd pluy and bathe. Rnilroadingyrisonéri to the bridewell menus sending their families to destruction.” So says Judge Mackenzie Cleland. He strongly protests sgsinst the use of ancient forms of law and clsims that the better treatment of men who commit crim» insl sets is to place them out on parole. Quoting the case of a men who, when intoxicated. attacked another man- to the dsncer'of his life he says: “I will send that prisoner to jail for thirty days. He will then call himself s fool s.thoussnd times over, and thereafter will be As good I. citi’ zsn as any of you. He was 3 good father until his act, and why should his wife and children suflerfiiy imprisoning him ? tht possible benefit is to be rived by making this man s convict insteid of let. ‘ting him resume his place as s good citizen ?" But the most telling word of Prof. Taylor's speech was that in which he said, ”after thirteen years of experience of work in the Commons nmong theee people we hove yet to see ndvsntsgo token of the freedom of our institution by intro- dpeing gambling or liquor. ” The people do not choose vicious things when others are oflered. But they are often driven to a. choice of saloon and vile resorts -or nothing. Judge Cleland’s beneflcent'iden of justice is not. “together: new. In France a law exists known a the “Ben-enger Luv." It was passed in 1801 through the anors of Senator Bereng'er. According Co the provision cumin lnw every of- tender sentencedw imprisonment for e period not longer thin two )eeu bed his pennlty suspended Ind ultimetely remiued, provided he committed no new misdemeanor during the Inboequent five years. The object in to upped to the honor end alt-re.- Ipoct of the culprit end also to give him nn oppor- Judgc Cleland’s Crime Cure. 0a;- flat/oak tank, to redeem the put by freeing him from a» Win: Influence. maiden! to penal institutions. Be in put upon n prob-flan under condition,‘ Son“ Bouncin- uprate- .t. onloulntnd to re- nnin {collag- o! honor. rennin.“ caulk-co. nnd money-'1 A new And haul“. II nude podhlc to him. The writer humane“ theopetedonoflhle law since 1003. but during the am ten yea- ". 01' {noted 880.000 persons. with the MM. Ml“ “not the number of cue: o! mam whleh formerly would hove been a per cent at the whole bu tellen to 5.4 per cent... It is than eoea “It ‘0 per cent of thoee who under the former I’m would heve gnvitnwd into criminel life would hue been eeved. We ere reminded by these reenlte of the ease of en incorrigible soldier who hed been so frequently punished for his oflenees thet his superior ofleer “yes in despeir. The conclusion wee ebont resehed thet there wes nothing left to bedone but to drum .him out of the regiment in ding-nee. His eom-‘ mending omeer. who cherished towerd him s teal- ing of kindly interest. reised the qneetion. nt the court-mertiel, whet more could be done to shve this men .from his undoing. when some. one en- swered, “Try whet forgiveness will do." When the oflender wes celled in he expected to hnve visith upon him the severest penelty poeeihie. end when told thet he hnd been forgiven. his heert wee broken with oontrition. s new motive force («in posee'uion of him, end from that hour he beeeme s new men. In an Midas- It the tnnunl exercises of the aelbct school st. Washington, M. which Archie Boonvelt is s schohr. the President said : I went to nee the boy enjoy himself. The boy it. play sometimes exhibits those quelfia which determine the king! of 3 men he will make.1f_he dislike: his work, it he shirke his studies, he will develop into 3 great tenure in everything elee. lt- he hun‘t chere'eter to study he won‘t. have chum- ter pley. ,. ' Play hord while you ploy and work hard while you Work. Right here there is I greot lesson !or the grown-ups u for the younger ones. [went to see y9’u brave and strong and gentle and kind. Those are the qnolltlee the: make up good citizen- ebip. I want to see you so conduct your-elf that among your father: and mothers there will be e feeling of regret, not of relief. when you ere away from home. ‘ President Roqscvclt on the American Boy GIVES BAP! 1'0 BULLIIB. The many, the boy who would mmm the weeker boy or en mm is one of the mesneet boys in the world. I went to see you protecting those who are week aflinst those who ‘wonld op- press the weak. Such I. boy when he becomes s citizen will be strong enough to sbhor end‘despise the belrsysl of street end strong enough to stem! for the right. You will and s. eertsln number of boys who hsve strength and who have misused it by oppresslng the boy or the girl who is wesk. ’I’hst kind of a boy hes n menu stresk in hlni end hes not in him the reel strength or the reel cour- sge thst makes for chsrscter. I ebhor the boy who uses his strength sgslnet those who esnnot help themselves. , i When you! are out among your phymetes don’t be afraid of the little boy who heppens to be rude to you. The boy who in too "nice to hold his own is notihe boy who will grow up to be the bent citizen. When you boy: grow to manhood I want to see you put the wrongdocr out of the way ond mike the man who does wrong feel that you are his superior in strength and character. If you cannot hold your own then you will be a cum in any environment. 0ur Out/colt HOW TO PLAY.