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MANCHESTER WOMAN'S CLUB. 
The first November meeting of the 
Manchester Woman’s club was held 
Tuesday afternoon atthe Chapel and 
was very largely attended by the mem- 
bers. ‘The speaker of the afternoon was 
Warren F. Spaulding of Boston, whose 
subject was ‘‘ The New View of the 
Bad Boy.’’ 
Prior to the address the business of the 
meeting was transacted and Mrs. F. M. 
Johnson, the president, gave an account 
of her visit to the meeting of club presi- 
dents at the Vendome, Boston, on the 
24th. 
Mrs. R. C. Alien sang a group of 
songs which was enjoyed by the gather- 
ing. [hey were: 
“Mighty Lak ’a Rose,”’’ Nevin 
**Little One a-Cryin’, ’’ Speaks 
“The Robin,”’ Neidlinger. 
The speaker of the afternoon is a man 
who has made a study of civic and econ- 
omic conditions, especially that branch 
of the work having to do with the ‘‘small 
boy.’’ He related a visit to the Charles 
Street jail some years ago, on invitation 
of a sheriff, where he found two young 
boys in jail for 30 days. Inquiry re- 
vealed the fact that one was in for defac- 
ing a voting list, and the other for throw- 
ing stones on top of freight cars. One 
was a dull, heavy looking boy whose ap- 
pearance would at once convince one 
that he was a boy who would not be in- 
terested in books and such things, and 
the boy afterwards told him that he had 
been up once before for truancy. The 
other boy was one of those nervous act- 
ing, bright boys, of French Canadian 
birth, and he had been in before for 
walking on railroad tracks. And there 
were these two boys, in there among 
criminals of the real type, for a petty of- 
fence such as any of the boys you know 
would be likely todo. ‘‘I submit to 
you,”’ he said, ‘‘ what the jail means to 
those boys. Punishment doesn’t end 
with the end of the term. Is it fair to 
put a boy in a position where he shall be 
Subjected to having this thrown in his 
face all through life,--- that he was once 
in jail for stealing, for defacing voting 
lists, etc? It seems as though boys 
‘ought to be dealt with differently. I 
found on investigation that there had been 
372 children, under 17 years of age, 
committed to that jail in one year. 
_ There ought to be some other way. of 
dealing with them other than putting them 
in jail. 
_ “Under the new law the court ad- 
judges him to be * delinquent,’ which is 
acondition. ‘The idea of the court un- 
der the new law is to deal with the boy 
as a parent should,---to aid and guide 
him. Under the old system you dealt 
With his past one act. But under the 
hew system you deal with his future,--- 
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what he is, and what can you do for 
him. ; 
‘““ What shall you do for him? That 
is it, what can you do? Punish him? 
But will punishing him help him? One 
of the new things about the new system 
is ‘ reparation,’---‘ restitution.’ Instead 
of finding him $50 and letting his father 
pay it, you find him $50 and let him pay 
ita dollar a week until it is paid. After 
doing that for a year he will not feel in 
the stealing mood again in a hurry. If 
he breaks a window he isn’t find $10 
which he must pay to the court, but he 
is fined $10 and he is made to pay a dollar 
a weekto the man whose window he 
broke. Do you suppose he will break 
any more windows? 
“* Anything that will give him aid or 
guidance will benefit him.- We are try- 
ing with the new system to change the 
character of the boy so thathe will not 
want to do bad things; up-building him 
rather than forcing him. In the West 
they have a great many volunteer pro- 
bation officers who are willing to take an 
interest in the boys and help them. Per- 
sonal work with the boys will very often 
accomplish results. 
“The problem is to restore, to re- 
claim him. The purpose of the new 
movement is to realize these boys are 
products of something outside of them- 
selves. There ought to be committees 
in every church to look after these boys. 
Provide places for them where they can 
goand enjoy themselves. Make them 
realize there is somebody interested in 
them.’’ 
Folfowing the address tea was served. 
Mrs. Evelyn F. Decker was hostess and 
she was assisted by Mrs. J. A. Lodge, 
Mrs. L. W.. Carter, Mrs: W. W. 
Hoare, Mrs. Charles E. Williams and 
Mrs. F. C. Rand. 
‘The next meeting of the club will be 
on Nov. 17. Mrs. Alice Worcester 
Weeks will give a talk on ‘‘ Ballads of 
British Isles.’’ 
Not Favorable to Amalgamation. 
A joint meeting of the Business Men’s 
association and the Beverly Board of 
Trade was held at Beverly Wednesday 
evening to consider the matter of con- 
solidation of the two bodies. The sen- 
timent seemed to be against any such ac- 
tion as the time did not appear ripe for 
amalgamation at present. The Business 
Men’s association is composed of _ busi- 
ness men of Manchester, Beverly Farms, 
Beverly, Wenham and Hamilton. The 
matter was indefinitely postponed. 
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neatly. * 
TOWN NOTICES 
MANCHESTER 
IN COPE Es 
All bills and claims against the Town 
should be presented to the Selectmen on or 
before Wednesday of each week. After 
approval the bills will be paid by the Town 
Treasurer, at his office, on the following 
Saturday. The regular business meeting 
of the Board, will be held on Thursday 
evening of each week at seven o'clock, al- 
so on the last Saturday afternoon of each 
month from two to four o’clock. 
EDWARD S. KNIGHT, 
WALTER R. BELL, 
GEORGE L. ALLEN, 
Selectmen of Manchester. 
Water Board Notice 
The regular meeting of the WATER 
BOARD will be held at their office, in the 
Town Hall Building, on the last Wednes- 
day of each month, from 2 to 5 o'clock, 
P. M. All orders for shutting off or letting 
on of water, reports of leaks, and all business 
of the department under the Superintendent 
should be reported at his office at the 
Pumping Station. 
Per order, 
MANCHESTER WATER BOARD. 
Town Treasurer’s Notice 
The TOWN TREASURER will be at 
his office in the Town Hall Building, on 
Saturdays, for the payment of bills, from 1 
o’clock to 5 and from 7 to 8 o’clock P. M. 
When a holiday comes on Saturday the 
pay day will be Friday previous at the same 
hours. 
EDWIN P. STANLEY, 
Treasurer. 
Notice 
The regular meetings of the SCHOOL 
COMMITTEE will be held the first Mon- 
day evening of each month at which time 
all bills against the school department of 
the town should be presented for approval. 
ALFRED C. NEEDHAM, 
Secretary. 
NOTICE. 
For the convenience of any person having 
business with the School Committee or Supt. 
of Schools, Mr. John C. Mackin, the Superin- 
tendent, will be at the Principal’s room, on 
the second floor of the G. A. Priest school 
Thursday afternoon of each week, from 4 to 5 
o’clock. 
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 
