Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1907 — NEEDED IN RENSSELAER. [ARTICLE]

NEEDED IN RENSSELAER.

Some towns have curfew bells to bring the youngsters off the streets at a certain hour in the evening. They may be a good thing in their way, but the follow*rfew, suggested by an exchange ikes us as being a better one: “Every family should have a curfew which should positively “ring to-night” and every night if needed. These curfews are inexpensive and, can be home-made. Take a piece of siding two feet long and whittle one end down to a handle; then take the child that needs the carfew and bend him over a barrel. Now take the piece of siding in the hand and use it for a clapper. Put it on hot. Divide the strokes evenly and aee that none miss. Good for boy or girl up to the age cf sixteen, and applications are warranted to cure the pronounced cases of street loafing that exist. The music this curfew makes is finer and more effective than singing “where is my wandering boy to-night.” Q