"With no teady hand to guide him, the boy take naturally to idle way. Caught in the treet by the truant officer, or by the agent of the Children’ Societie, peddling, perhap, or begging, to help out the family reource, he run the rik of being ent to a reformatory, where contact with viciou boy older than himelf oon develop the latent poibilitie for evil that lie hidden in him. The city ha no Truant Home in which to keep him, and all effort of the children’ friend to enforce chool attendance are paralyzed by thi want. The rik of the reformatory i too great. " – Jacob Rii
