CITY MOTHERS.

White Ribbon, Volume 29, Issue 345, 18 March 1924, Page 1

CITY MOTHERS.

iU> i U i M l I ■ ■ Mo i M| cit) tl «it) ICot un "i . 8, California. Mod arc the) dotag it. d<> you I rii<\ an dotaf M bj • baim, Bad I md und< ist lading The) are th< .»nfi< Jan' ' • '*>!■ ,\h(» wksl in' lo •'■< m to id ii.i obbbbi 1 Whi e tin ( 'it v I Bl D IIIOIBOOITM B 'Hi tin liliMtK l.'M .. ,is ~r tin- <*\\. t! .• nt? Mot hew iv »,» keep tbi heait-tir. "1 'ln ournwm brlghtl) and the boaa \hat it should !»• Wisdom, is borfl "I' mh him <>r tin ir v| „ ibh- tO DOlp tin to eohre tl I nit problomi "' 'hew daily li\ Let me tell you how I dMOOV< thwt, BJ ■ tourist I WBt nuni Hill Ooatn BaUding. vhi.-h is nn adjunct to tbx Cltj Hall. and T *aw above an eBtfUBOI dOOf tIM • mi. ' city MOTHBRI ' Corloi a what tIM lljU mitrlit stand for ' found m ' " n ''""" Um CKy Hethoi - Th* n i taut m oi- twenty Boreoui waiting tl turn to the 1 ■qfSOM Bad beiran t,. Otad) r .|. who wore waiting Th«A w< n .in well dio aod, Bad looli ...i to i>< eoaoldorabii ahon the avt B int.-lliu.n*-. Th«' first ink tag I I what • | ■'"'" dog ~„,i tool i ohali at it lim ,. i;, | t. m mlaatoi tl.. women

on t la- ot In i .s|.|, ( it I, ..\i i ami ulu.sotM.i to her, "Aie yotU child u i roub • If) , uiMi en? laoV ••«'. ohe aiisw. i ed in BUI pi is. 1 iia\ i I have io w fit ta dm ;*".< trouMo. But i hart a Mead thai hi If §,Jot Of trouble, and 1 am In.. , k thlßl i turaod I ■ taood ttttk waaaui on the ..tin i side of in. . BBd BOB* ''• "Waal Bath oi tin Cltj Mothers" • lla Qtt] Mot In i> at. BBMBdftd eroaioa who an ban to halß aaj aae in trouble in any BBJ that thOJ BBa. M:s Mot ha (JllU-rt is tin- BOad BBft and she is a fine woman. Mis Harris is hvv assislant uni In I IBM Mother <iiibort bojaod bm aal trouble ahOB 1 \v;»s I girl, BBd 1 1!l1 horr ;.. gi t ii- i adrlo in ngpri to in> \i> daufhtei is just thir i oat is gattlag t«. b. aaman ageabi«v I an I dlforood aooaaß, am: her tether is responaiWt H. wants to a. tin ■ :ni t..i mo. I Mint < ".il>K-rt to talk to m> CO Bjhtl • BO listen t.. h. :• aoa't m . Sh<- I- WU) v.ith m tends them" eh< add i wattod i oouaoi of boai -i" fore it m> turn to eater the ofß< < mo i.itc I esked hfothei <'.iii« I I no i.:nti\ poniothlßff of her wort • tol.l hot that first I WO aid lilv to kinov I l.ition »( th" i ••\v, :i . t ot tin Police iPopart : thi i Itj bm foa poopk N thai taot. We i»«v«- pob.r oawor, but \\ • do not want OUI

um k authoi it) "I think >ou ha\ • I i< <i adBBU i ha\. wotchod the Eat <■ oi the -iiri• i enl i!n Ir turn OBBM U) soo > iiu, and tin I looh <" ploßourable anticipation. if jroa willing to b-ll BM soinetlung of a few of tin- OBBM that lutvi OBBM t<> fOU, it will \ • me a bettor l.loa of youi uork than anything else could There i rOUBg man waiting this after 8008 thai interested BM ver\ much lb bad an unusually intelligent face ami a ■tralfhtforward ooußteaano He wore a light gr<'\ suit, and was ver> tall," I said. \ tmlle played ovoi tin face ot \b • !ici ' '.ill- ed: "H. tie of on o "in <.f the boai ounlllee in the dtj iereral ot in with i baad of bo) burg in M' was not a bad DO) I' ! to him fu mi Bdrenture He was in it t"i th. £;iiii« ii,.i th. ua.ni When we found out ahOßl Jim WO took him in baad ami kept him out of tin poin • ooui' Wt 'i him from ins donißaaloßi and tust mothered him. H. m.v. ■ tine mnu He has I in Text ' BBd at mad- over a million dollars in oil m a legitimate wa) He i oaa see us every time in oomei horn . W< v found Of Jim." and there WBI a aaar Mar m her • "I BBdOialßßtl now The pleOßOd loofc on h, t.-o • when hta t urn obbm t \on One would h.i\e tbOUg*ht In- WOJ going '" Mi" • hiv iwi • tlealt. i 11 plied.

"Then I. anothl i young man Waiting that 1 would like to know about He waa oi a rerj different tyjw om iii the plodding-, hard-working kind, i agfest i know m bom you dm an. John, 100, It "ii. e; (HI | - til lh man) miles from bore, hut be comes tc as whenei er be la In trouble Hi uiiiu to know fi in from seeing the sign, vu\ Mothers' ovei thi outei dooi of tin- building*. At tbt time in covered us be bad just burled ins nuhei and his mother Th.re urn- ti\, \n children in the family, el which he was the eldest At the death of bin parenta the children were left conaidi i propert) a.- ta. i bildren bad known onl) hard umk and bad ft had tii. handling ol mom j the) did not know boa to car. Cm what the) bad Inherited. One ■harp i aftei another bad oheated them until h look i .1 as if n psagnt aooa all be goni John waa dJaessmagod and down hearted when be saw our alga and ha mil the need .»t a littk mothering Hi i m and toM us ol his misfortunes. Wi gave him the nam. at a lawyer whom we knew oould i* truatad and adi him to ooneuU him before making an) deal John «l«i as wa advised and bis losses ceased, hut hi (mail) m w it ii other t roubles, a bid) hi bringa to ai Ha loved ins mothei dearly, and I believe wi bavi coma in a naaaann to taka her place to bk life." Just tht'ii Mother Gilbert's phone rant: Winn tli> conversation was "\.: ■ha Lumed to me and said: "Thai ' anothernasa wa have been able to help. The father Of the girl we .issiste.i just phoned to tail ua bow thankful ha In foi what wa have dOfM foi his daughtei and ins boane. The daugntei la a \.r> pretty girl eighteen yeara old. The girl is not bad at heart hut aha Is thought and la always doing foolish tiling without regard to consequences, Borne ■me ago a young man picked her up on the ■treat and took her to her home m his ear. Ha ill fine looking and ■he t.»ik a Cane) to him Shi learned ins nauna and whore be was employed, and da) after da) aha phoni d t<> him The) ni'' a number of tun. and aftei a t hue ha took her to a < abin In t he mountains where shi ita) ad 11 n • four 'lays. The parents found out w hat th< ii rlaughtei had done and the) were heart-

look- n iii. fatbei and tha mothei ram. to us and brought the girl witu i hei guilt and i less. .I tk had mad.' lh. tirst ad van. "•\\ . - in foi t h< yOUOg man. H<' Waa well connected in the cit> and w» \ h< w.mid not want the affair to n< known. When ii' came we I ion. <i him and be admit ted hit uiii. but when w him it hi aarr) the girl h< answered quickly, 'Marrj that kind of girl! Nen 'When Wa told the girl his SASWei wi show..' bar that hei partnei in sin did not considi r her a St mat*' Thai that vifw point was a inatt.i ol tradi tion hut that it hrid in the world at lame. That it la) with hei t<> decide whether she would become a woman est looked down on ba tha men. That in looking loi a mat. tin young man always sought tha pure woman. "Tha girl want boane aaddei and wiser for her experience. The father nays she la doing ail In her poavi to make their borne Ufa hasp) and that be nan nevei rasa) ua for saving ins daughter." These an i few or the etories '<>m im in the short time that we talked "our principal work la with the children. We try to keep young often out of the Juvenile Court tor it always brands a child to be brought In to court When you gal the view point ol the child you know bow to deal with tin in. Then we tn '° keep boaneafrom being hfoken up. Wa do what we -an i.iust matters between husband and wife, parents and children," Moih. , Gilbert continue "With what CSJUSJ do yOU work prillIpally?" i asked. "With all classes. The rich ami the poor, the laawnad and the Ignorant. Man) doctora of philosoph) com* to us with then- troubles, Mast people bavi IrouMoa thai the) sill not confide to thnr most intimate friends hut the) will come to us for advice. The) aaem to think that out of th.- varied eases we have helped thai we have probabt) met with some cast- very much like theirs" So the good work an da) after day. it is evident thai the Clt) Mothers are fllilnir a meat need in the Ufa of tha art). nasj nil tins aeed inee they are women of sympathy, tad and understHiiditm Though tft \ have the power to coerce where coer

lion i> m..s-ai\. the) are thought oi onl) as friend and counsellor and mother. Bverj on. speaks of them aa Mothei liiibert and Mother Hal lis and theil nam..-, ate Bpoken With affection and i« spect They are mothering a big cit) and th< good the) have done it WOUM taki volumes to tall. "Th< Light.'