Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 119, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1918 — GOTHAM BOYS BEHAVE BETTER [ARTICLE]

GOTHAM BOYS BEHAVE BETTER

War Has Tempering Influence on Youngsters, Says Settlement Worker. New York. —The boys of New York have been getting bettor gradually for the last ten years. The annual report of the Union settlement, which devotes its efforts to South Harlem,' where the boys ate representative of the entire c*ty, is authority for this statement. Gaylord S. White, secretary of the settlement, has several theories. “Thousands of boys have been so- : bered by the departure of older broth- 1 era for war service,” said Mr. White, i “and the work of the Junior police in the tenement districts has quieted an-* other large detachment of potential* mischief-makers. Things that were considered smart and amusing have lost their value in the boys’ eyes with the burden of war reflected all abutt them.”