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Little Gif/ of Efghfi Playing with Matches, Started a F fre That, Fanned by Mrs, F rederzc C. Schoff, of Philadelphia, Grew Info a Sweep-

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N Colorado a judge has won n inline and reputa- _ '1if}?<'|

tion for his work in the Children‘.»~ t`ourt. In l’hil

` _F halt of unfortunate children in that city and State, V | carried on for ten years against the greatest dit-

,ticultiesg is second to none, not even that ot tho

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‘the 0hildren’n Court of l\onver_ Mrs. i-‘rederlc

cord to her that title

` Noi' is the titlc__|uer_eiy honorar_v_ Phliiideiphln f_f."':_“|¢_,=s '

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the recorthi ni’ tile lliile Jlitips lined tip lit-fin-e liiiii. ~-I "__f'_»'5'-‘__'fj‘ -__-5 If

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_ _ in _ 5'. ;,=' 1 li twelveinoiitlt :igu :intl iizive been :i prodigy of » ;,-Q-‘.5 , /}_{

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iii: liiivr been st-nt to it t't~l'|it'iii:itoi'_\"f “hill WHS iii 'lifroilie of this itiiiiivt-tit girl, tn lm ;t.~:st¢t_'i\ieti \\'li|| liiiiiiiniiionen \\'ini,<t~ \\»1|_v;t itgni in-ntl |»i*t\\'vtl evil? Mis. llirhoii put on het- honnei_ Sin- |ti~‘-vii lu-r own tixiliflli- _'H1 niiti ii|iri'ls-tl'Ti'otn lite ln»tt.~=t~_ .in hour inter i`titiiit1 |-iiii‘i|\ the olilee oi' the .ltitltre tvlio st-ni the ciiliti to the ' \l'ifiii‘\|\.iit>i'_\'_ _ I "But, .\ir.\_ Sc‘ii»i`i‘,“ pl.-atirti tin- .lull;`»~, "\\'li:i| :tin i to |10 with her? i have itti'otl|t-1' pi:tt-t- to send l|t~r_ ttnzl. lfiilli io tell. iiiev dw not vratni li_-r tiiere, lieetttistr oi' ilic “ii\l'Iit‘tei' of her oi‘l`t~iiee." = -~lFl_ Srlnitl’ wits in\\vlitlt»t'utl_ Slit- r<~turiietl linnit- tie- irriiiiiieti tu iinow iiiore of tin- i:t\\' iinti iitntnli-ti eight-

rllr-uiti t'l|iltii'\-it its <-|~iinln:ii~ :intl .~:eiii_ tht-in to rc- “"Iliit»i'le>~. With as sin- .~.-tv:-_ “nu liitviirtl WW Ui ‘Wilt iiiiretntliigly ittiiil .~itn|n~ililni.-_ lietttir eonlti he dune l'\ii'iniltu-ttitintti t~\\i|.1|~.-,\_" _`-|,,\ :wt to work to invusti~

¥"_|_¥ Iovul twnitiliitiits. _ __ d t foinnl." she .-ny.<_ "limi il\~r-- \\'t-re the iiuiiiiu riiildroii, \-,mnmg |-mul, ,,»|~; in ni ;it~t-ii. iii i‘l\iintlel|iiii:\ lntinty tirlniiiin '|‘|u.l-.. QU.,-‘. ft-tint tivo iiuiitlreti io i’_tit't\ ituiidretl ritlitlren t~\t nn-:iiii nnsilliiir llii"'“l¥‘{ ir>.t ‘ _ » _ , ._ ini nerr __ _i___i:_i_i_;ii_\_ii;iiii:_i_n_tit_iin ti_t_\ T-_i._\_t_i_t_i_l_t_i_,_.;_ iii__;_|_lt__i___\____v_____ "Wh i~_\_l < ittt un_ _:it-t ._ _,_ ._ __ __________ __ __ 1511 lhrre tvere t-iiiitlrtti in t-\<‘i.i Hill" l I - _ ________r_i_i::iH/i_\'tiuitk rt»ii|iiii_i_t~tl f.»t'_ i_ri_iii:ii:___Ht’i':;tit_e::__qi_i;;_ _ - i -,_ ; ~: _ i~~ §"|| iitihlis_v '1I‘l|\¢::-‘Li|“\“.':.l-_.\I;,:i'\;u ‘lttitnlred clilltlrcn lu I"°‘|\ ‘if iltt- two i'e"oi'ii\iittn-it-= ttzzti no tli»‘liiiciioii WHS i"“i|ii tis in ‘lie r'.1iltir~ii t-ittnt iizitti iiiert‘. \Vii|f\"- ` `-'itieltns |i'tl» ¢,|“.,: t_t,|f,p _|, -t.`t~---~i in <-i-inte, were oil l"|i in lin; 1; tl `- l tttiiizisiiuiie vtililil ._,_“m|t __ ___-_llillc list .illnin __ , __ _____ ___________s s_______ _______ of _t___i_ tl___tt» it r.=fttiiii;s.t\._,\ -_.t _:_ l__-____ ______l__ _O _________u __ oi. giiiilli_\. :it.il i»»_\___.\ _ __ _mt _ il~|it ,"3 ii=\i'ent'a ntttlt-un-iii. i_t.- trsu t__wi|-_ ___ -

3.' \\'\et~_ ;» - ___ - '~ gi lie reel 'viii lv” "a\i'e tzixtlh|Tll';:;:i"'l‘t:;:i:` :lll:ni¥tI:‘i‘:iuti oi’ tliroivliiu

“lion the Slate. turd ::it:t-.- thin intif the chiidreii

i, me H0iil(! Ol' iinfllgv \\'t'l`t\ illi‘i‘\‘ iit‘t‘:lii§|,~ til ~‘0|i\` -filhtsot - . . ~. -_ . ~~stt- nin-ltliei's.

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iieniilhia iniilliei-_‘i sttiti .\|i'.~ .\‘<~iii»t1'. "us it int-tiliii

_-_ ’ mill! her lim. wtitiitl ininit inn 1.l|ii to the extilii- _ ilssuelntion oi'.niiti"iit\' ini". iwt .t:isi» lie liziti tuni- ~~iitt=_ti: _" ‘ _ __ _ _ _sn t ~ did. “_ _______\§i`i-._tiil. Am] _‘pf |_ni~= \\ .\_\_\:_i|_ti_ ;li_t__ _.__i_I_ <____g____ |_|r________-___\\_t~.e in the 6|»innt.:ti_t-t-tiit.._ ._i,;_______ _______ "S4 mn Ii 1| the boys nnti _:i1'.~< unit." _ _ :_-_“_

3 lf’ things too \~||(. fn tnviitnin :itwl if-it I\ln_.. t. iii evil never to be for-gotteii!" llli-i -naterial in hei l~

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To-Sec the Fire, Burn and the Engine, _ ~Run. She, Sa_rcl-.Franidy

pettied to the New Century Club, un orgnnizniion ot t~'l,\' liutnlred tvriinen, to in-lp her. When ti eonimitlet- lizid Daren i‘:_»:‘iiietl Mrs. St-iiolt' deinonstrtitet! one tit' the rcinzxrkuhle qi\.:iiiiie~s that iissuro her it-iideiwlilp. 'l`li<~ tvoinen with in-r, lnrrritletl iiy the titles they itttil iieiti-tl. were _for prtii-eetliiiig at mice to rt-lit-ve i-iineit: c:i.<cs. lint Mrs. St-iiott i:i.~_il.~'ietl that iiotlilng he tlotie- unili ti tiioruiigh siuiiy oi’ evt-ry Stute in the Unit.-n he iniiti -_ not only its to inetin-:ls lint us to restilis. ll-iiii :is to expense and as to et`t`t-rtiveiiess iii s:t'_'lii;,' inc

ciilitlri-u. _

'l`iit~:t~ tvoinen \\‘o|:lted :ill \vliiter conipiling at re~

port, “The Stiiitiies. of I-Every State in the ifnited Siittvs t‘<nn-i=i'iii|n,f L»ei’ectlve. Delinquent :ind lie- }.t»ntlt-iit t'l\iitiicii." .\i:t.~‘~-:i_:li\niet`ts, .\iit-iiigun und lliini»i.< Inni tht- best ret-oi‘tl»', so Airs. Strlniit’ pntrltetl lit-r trunlt, l;l.\'_~icil in-r tnvn children and visited _\itt~'..s‘t\» cii\i.=eti.~'_ .iii ltI;,':tn :intl illinois. illinois, \\'iiieh lntti just lin:-t\tlin»t~ti :i _in\'e|iilt» court nntl pro|Jatlon ny,-

lein, iii'-,title-e»i ti |ii'oi'ou;:ti iinprt-s\'loii.

' Urging the Reform.

_\i'n:i\t’l uiiii ti1i.~: tlaitn the \v<ilii<'i\ Kill I0 \'»'0i'li-

_\it'_=. l~"'itnil' \vt-t:t til the (lo\'eriior of 1'ciins_\'i\'tini.t, to \'i|t~ititi.' ptilitirnl lenders, urging tlnit. refortn ' nn-tt~'|tri-_~i he tnl\cii_ \\'lien qtiesiioiis were |\.~'lic<i sin: _ “,,,,, 1-may in nnsvt er. \'»'ltt»|i stnteinelits \vt-re qucs- ` (;°,,,_.,1 _`-pg prudtirctl her diitu. At every turn she : int-t ‘tliein_

'i`!it-ti .vile t»tt1pio_w-tl it lttwyer to tlriift two hills for

the I.e_i;isitiiii;'t-_ 'i`li<-no hills [iruvltled:-

l-`i1~.»‘t-~.<<-|».'ti'tt!e time und pint-if i`t»r trini of t»liil~

di'en's t-wat--: :intl no dt-toiiliuli of cliilciren in police stu~

tit»n\' or pi'|>'oi\H.

5,-/_-mit] __ l'rni»:ttioii utiitretui whose siilnrles were not

in lic iiliiti frinn lin- public trczisiiry, yet who “ern ap-

piiltilrti ity lin' .iiiilgi-.

'i‘iti|tl~ .\ Iif»‘_t~t~ of tloteniion in all <:liie» of iirsl.

anti i~t-:-mill <-I.t~‘~i for cltlitlrt-ii :iwalillig trial

irtviirtii -~H:i:tt'<l_~\ of \‘isitoi'_~i tzuinponeti ut'__ men :ind

“.0Im.|| fnr :til t~itlltit'en’:i instiiiitlons.

iuiiiitniiitiely lin- initnit;.nrs of ilu: i~l:ti~xit‘rii House .if

Hpfllso :U-_,_`»,. in (__m;t,,tt;inn_ '|ir»pri\'e iiit-in iii' i'iili- t]|.»|t "ntl io.-:e tin-ir p!:i_~e.~i! Ni\vt~t'tiielt-:is the hill went

tin-t»t;|;l\ :intl in \i:ty, ii\ii1_ the ltiws ut-re iiiutie.

~|~|,,.|_ tit.-\;-t- ~trn_-c :t -ioriii ni' otlpnsiiimt. l’cn|i.~1yl-

vttnln !- it t't»i\<t\rv:\tlve Stale. ilitiitimtls of per:.~on.~i rottliv ft-ii tinit tho old laws were ;.:t1uti eaoutrii, huii- tlretife ot' |i|i\t'i\ litiiders sziw ret'ui'zin\\0i‘lL‘S, 0l'lf_l_i\l|ii`-lI<‘¢i :intl "ln»tnes" t-iupiied, und iiztsietied in the pi-.itluluns. Mrs. Sciiolt nnti her eoinmliico were privately' teriiied "n iittisuni-e," :ind although. as they were not otil<:l_:ii_~i, limp- im,-|tit»n .vas liiipregnnhiu. certain urgtins oi’ the [frees <ting.;lit by snllrieni t-ointuciit and much puiiilelry

to ills.-o\:r:t;_:e thein. _

lint .\lr.~. Selioff is not easily distsottrttgeti hin- fntttid tt prolmtlon ntllccr rind the New Lleiitiiry Uluii 9 izitttritntec-ti in-r snlnigv. 'ihen sue got. the Pennsyl- \.:m|;, ¢'tm;:i'e!4~ of liiot!|e|'i= to Ritirply >\ set-tl:-tl prolin- ilun oliieer. With these Mrs. Schott and her coin- ,,,m(.L,_ hull tilt- _itttige uliu happened to he sitting.

:intl who tv;t_- only tm: glad to ho helped along in tm; new order uf procc ure. onenetl _the nrst__lu_va-

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"* become, in 1903, president of the National Congress There were 1,468 eases in the Philadelphia Juvenile H

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niie court ci' l‘enns_vlvniiln, on June 14. 1000.

Metuiwhile the disgruntled. place holders, their

friends niiti :lilies stiirti-d it suit ziguiiist the constitu- tionality of the laws. iiirs. Scliofi’ at once engaged the host iepgnl talent, and when, in lfebrutiry, 1003, the in ws of ]!i0i were detrltired uni-on»;titutluuni Airs. Schott' haul :liao ready and prtrsentmi to tht_-_Legis- iature one intintli before tive new hills covering the defeets of the pi‘eviou.~i _lttw.~i.~ Tliese were fougiit every step ot‘_ihe way. Mrs. Schott' anti lier coni- inittve went to Harrisburg. The i’ennsylvaiiin Con- gresw of Moiliers and the New Century Club heltl meetings and sent .ts the Legislature hundred.~i of re- qiiesits for their passngt-_ Even ni'tt\r their presenta- tion to the Govt-i-nor :in zippeail \va= mnde for :i vote, but the hills wt-nt t|n't.~ugli anti Still stand.

But _\ii'_<. S-hotl` tiiti not feel that the work had

ended. She iiititived the .ir\vl~ih people of the- city to provide the =a:tl1tr_v ot' ti pix-l--\tl_m otiieer “lin eouitl speriii Yiddlsii, She Spoke ut pi':tyt-r ineetings in various eiiurches, and ohtoined the sitidrles oi’ several others. Then she niet these oilicers every _vviieii wltliout full ni her own inline and went over with them, detail by dt-tail, every mise. She attendpd the Juvenile Court almost daily. She became aeqnniiiied with the young oftfcnders. She also became acquainted with their pnrentn. This gave her n now idea. Sin-:e the of- feinees of the children were, in n inuiority oi' eases, directly due to the deficiencies of their parents, why not train the parents? 4

t Fathers, Too, Interested.

There hind been sporadic attempts at mothers’ ciuhs

in connection with the puhiic schools before this, But Mrs. Sehcd wanted n fathers' as well us a mothers' ciuh, and-so she suggested the new name. These as- sociations were joined for the priinnigv purpose of ns. sistiag parents in the trainingot their ciiiidren. After one year ot work there were thirty tiiousnntl pnr<>nt_~s in these assoeiritions meeting at the~pnhlit: Sclmolsi, trying to learn how to he eihcient Fathers uiiti inotln-rs.

Having set the bnil rolling, Mrs. Schott never

i=to,1pet1_ in addition to the New Century Ciuh Urs. Scholl! was formerly president: of the Peimsylvauia Con ress of Mothers, which ohice she resigned to

of Mothers. Into each one of these three organiza-

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tions she izztroduced her juvenile court work Ind parent-te:teliei~ tissocilitloiis. Amusing their interest she has been uhie to give .~.:i impetus to movement! that have in-conipilslieti wonders. Always at I crueizii moment she has left her home aifalrs in U10 ininds of her ;.:rt»\vn tintnghters and hastened to tht centre of the fr:t_v.

One _vear after the opening ot the Juvenile court

in Piiihideiphlzi. :it ht-r instance, a similar court opened at l’itt.-hur;:_ Now they extend all through the State. Olin-r stan-_- in \\-hich Mrs. Scholl has been 11 direvt intitn-nt-t- in Starling: the juvenile court and probation _~_v_<t»-in :tt-fr t"onnectic~nt, Louisiana :intl Itlttho. ’i'in~ .\';tti~ii:1| (`oti;:i'ess of Mothers, stim- ulated hy her int'»i-\n<‘e_ i_- t»r<itil»ii_~;lili\2 parent-teachel associations in t-\'er_v Suite in the i'ult:n.

.\irs. Seliotf has lit-en tin- rt-t-init-itt oi’ unique honorl.

Site in the only \vtiin:tii who ltti.~' sp--lint: :ti ‘heir FQ- tiiiest before- the iin»iti\>f\i'.- ot' the t_':\::'iiI-:it Parlia- iuent. This was in l*.itiT. Both itoii_»-_es atijourriel :ind held it joint stu;-;i_.ti '_<\ lnwir her address. AC their request she tr;;lt=i _` . - 'irwiiiation oliicers. Ind. as n result, juvenile court anti pt'-viiittion work is well starred in Cztnzidti.

Despite her suiltien neerssltlii to promieiice in ill~

tional :tl'|'tiirs. Mrs. Sr.-iioii’ is _itist the some approach- able, un::~~'vming woinzin tlittt she was before 1899. She is iii." innther ot' _<evt~n ehiitlreii.

“My t'::\-:ii_v." she sn_v.<. "ls the best part of my life,

and the ni~:=i delightful is iieing ti grand mother. W’ith- our tin~ til;-_-et resptittsihiiities of motherhood, I cal thoroitgiily enjoy my ;.;r:tndi:hl!dren."

Only one yr-nr ago 11 certain Pliiiadeiphin-mugistrnto

i‘esl;_:iit‘tl hecuiise, as he stated to the reporters, "MPL Schutt’ nietldletl too mueli and She gave too much n¢l~ vice. One had no iiiitiioi‘ii_v."

Concrete results oi' her work are best shown II

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'i`ht-re were six hundred cliildren under lixlteil

yeui-.~_ of nite in .\io_vtuiien_~'i1ig pri.~inn in 1900.

'l`o-titty titdre ure none. 'i`hei-e were three iinndred children A month pass-

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To-tiny there are 50 per cent of that number nv-

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