Preparations are being made in the County Clerk's office of Hamilton, Ohio, for the establishment of a Juvenile Court.

Judges Harthoff, Gard and Murphy will sit. We advise the youngsters of Hamilton to sit up and take notice, as pilfering pigeons will no longer be tolerated.

The impression seems to be general that the Congress which adjourned May 30th, had done nothing practical to its credit in the line of work. When one stops to consider, one finds that many good laws were passed. Among the twenty most important laws passed, the prohibition of child labor in the District of Columbia is prominent.

Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, will make every effort to get his general bill through when Congress meets next year. It will undoubtedly be one of the first questions to confront that august body.

As a national issue, it will be voted upon by the Committee on education and labor on December 8th.

Denver Warden Refuse to Accept Youth Committed on Charge of Drunk and Disturbance.

Whether or not the state reformatory at Buena Vista is compelled to accept a prisoner on a "drunk and disorderly" mittimus will probably be the basis of a test case. The point at issue centers in the dispute between Judge W. G. Alexander of the juvenile court and Superintendent Dutcher of the school, over John Conlon, 18 years old.

Conlon was a probation boy of the juvenile court and raised a disturbance in Denver after getting drunk. He was arrested and, when arraigned in court, raised another disturbance. In fact, he became so violent that Judge Alexander had him examined by Dr. Lazell regarding his sanity.

manual training work is the best example of what can be done with the ragamuffin. There are good sleds, umbrella racks, stands of all sorts, boxes and chests and all such things of ornament to the home-which by the way many of the boys have known all too little about.

Though it is essentially a boy's exhibit, the giris are given a chance off in a corner by themselves, where there is an exhibit of "Merry Widow" hats quite as novel in their way as the wonderful creations effected by the stylists of the day. Some of the flowers are a bit dingy, but the work, viewed by the student of art, gives promise that the Girl's Trade School, a sister institution of the Boy's Club, will turn out seamstresses, dressmakers and milliners of capacity and worth.

When they tell you that they took these little people from the darkest slums, the boys from "Little Hell," where they were learning nothing but the grosser arts of criminology, the work takes on a new significance. The inspiration that enables little artists from these ranks to paint ocean scenes and mountain ranges and Italian villas becomes a thing of marveleven if the interpretation is sometimes a bit obscure. -Chicago Post.

CANADIAN JUVENILE COURTS.

In the Senate, at Ottawa, Canada, Senator Beique in moving the Juvenile Delinquents' Bill, providing for special trial and correction of youthful offenders in juvenile courts, called the attention to the benefit of a similar act in England. In Canada, there was some special legislation for youthful offenders, but it related chiefly to Ontario. The present act would not interfere with any provincial act, but would promote their application.

Senator Coffey supported the bill. He would not have juvenile courts in any way connected with the police courts, and he doubted if it would be wise to have juvenile cases dealt with by police magistrates. The criminal law, which had no regard for mercy, should not be applied to the child. He quoted the success of the United States criminal courts as a reply to Sergeant Archibald, of the Toronto police force, who had issued a circular against the movement for "kissing and coddling" a class of juvenile offenders, who needed the firmest and most thorough discipline. There was no doubt, Senator Coffey said, that the special treatment of youthful offenders in the United States had done much genuine good to both the individual and the State. It was time for Canada to make a start. He urged suppression of literature of the dime novel type depicting - criminals as heros.

Senator Lougheed thought Canada was behind other countries in this legislation to an almost criminal degree.

Senator Beique said that the Minister of Justice was now examining the bill and there was every reason to believe the government would take it over. The bill was given a second reading.

Berlin, June1.-A children's court after the American pattern sat for the first time in Berlin to-day. A number of officials and others interested in the experi

ment were present. The president addressing the court explained its purpose and objects. He announced that similar courts would be established in Austria.

The proceedings were conducted in private. Of the seven offenders who were before the court to-day three boys charged with small thefts were let off with a warning. Two girls were similarly treated, but were handed over to a charitable society.

-Cable to N. Y. Sun.

AMBASSADOR BRYCE ON COMPULSORY

EDUCATION.

One of the most notable addresses ever heard in the south was that of Ambassador Bryce at the recent conference for education in the south held at Memphis. Mr. Bryce, who is one of the fairest and most impartial students of American institutions in the world today, dealt largely with the problem of education in America and in the south as seen in the light of forty years' experience in England. And, at the very beginning of his discourse, he showed how essential compulsory school attendance laws had been found. “After we had established elementary schools all over the country," he said, "we tried for some years to get along without compulsory school attendance laws, but we found them indispensable. Not only the truancy habits of children, but the tendency of many parents to keep the children away from school to help them, or to earn something, made it necessary in the interests of the community, to compel attendance.

"When you have a wide suffrage and a popular government you must have a real universal education.

"We have found great advantage in having the elementary schools supported partly by local taxation and partly by a state grant. The local taxpayers have an interest in closely watching school expenditures, to see that the money is honestly spent and profitably spent. The state, since it contributes to the cost of running the school, has a right to require the schools to reach a high standard of efficiency and to enforce the maintenance of this standard by the visits of its inspector. If the school falls below this standard, the state grant can be reduced or withdrawn. Moreover, in this way, each local school gets the benefit of the advice of a trained educational expert. Supervision by the central authority is of great value."

-Atlanta Ga. Constitution.

JUVENILE CASES GROW LESS IN CHICAGO. ENIL

Officials of the Juvenile Court figured yesterday that with a continued decrease in the number of cases presented at the rate of decrease in the last three years the court will have worked itself out of existence within the next six years. The average decrease has been 465 There was a decrease of 256 in 1906, and a further decases anually. The maximum heard was 4,050, in 1905. crease of 528 last year. In 1908 to April 1 the number heard has been 885, and if that rate continues the total for the year will be 2,655, a further decrease of 611 from last year. Chief Probation Officer Thurston said yesterday that he would be glad to know that the institution had worked itself out of existence if assured that it was the result of the efficiency of its officers.