The Unadjusted Girl, With Cases and Standpoint for Behavior AnalysisThomas, William Isaac
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The Unadjusted Girl, With Cases and Standpoint for Behavior Analysis
Thomas, William Isaac
Female juvenile delinquents -- Case studies; Young women
Visited Mr. Morse. He showed visitor every corner of their rooms, which
were in good order and clean. He does all the work of the home. Marie
refuses to do anything, even very personal things. Mr. Morse’s young
married niece (aged 26) came in to cook his Sunday dinner for him. She
stated, when Mr. Morse left the room, that Marie had absolutely no moral
standard at all and when she and other relatives would advise her, she
would say “That’s nothing—mother does it.” She states that Marie has
told them absolutely dreadful things and thinks nothing of it; thinks it
is all right to “pick up” with and go with any man....
Found a place for Marie with Mrs. R. M. Harriman, Winnetka. Marie will
care for two children, under three years of age, will receive $3.00 a
week, room and board. She will have her own bathroom and very pleasant
surroundings. Mrs. Harriman is a woman of quality who will be able to
give Marie personal and home standards.
Mr. Harriman ’phoned. Wants to know a little about Marie, as they
already like her but she seems so lonesome; wanted to go to movie and
they told her that there were none out there. Marie asked to let her
“beau”, a chauffeur, know where she is and Mr. Harriman told her that
his daughter of seventeen is not yet old enough to entertain, so he
surely would not let Marie have men call on her. Marie said she was a
Roman Catholic, and as the Catholic Church is but three blocks from the
house, he told Marie he expected her to go every Sunday. There is a
splendid girl working next door and he had Marie meet her, as he knows
she will not let Marie do anything she should not do. Mrs. Harriman will
be very glad to see visitor if she will ’phone first. Mrs. Harriman took
Marie out on Monday and bought her some good sensible clothes.
Marie goes to church with Julia, the Catholic maid next door. They often
spend the evenings in one another’s yards. This is Marie’s only friend
and Mrs. Harriman states that she is often quite lonesome. They are
interesting her in books and she has nearly finished one. They felt this
would keep her mind off her old friends. Mrs. Harriman states that she
often keeps her busy unnecessarily “rubbing up the silver or dusting
books” just so she won’t become so lonesome and sit looking off into
space as she did do much during her first week there.
Mrs. Harriman states that her duties are not heavy. All the washing,
including Marie’s, is sent to the laundry and Mrs. Harriman uses the
vacuum cleaner herself on the rugs once a week. When Marie was told to
put her laundry in, it was found that she had none—wore no underwear but
skirt and corset cover. They were too large, so Mrs. Harriman showed
Marie how to fix them and let her do this evenings. Mrs. Harriman told
how Marie’s eyes beamed when she heard Mr. Harriman talk of a drive they
had to Great Lakes, and later in the evening she asked Mrs. Harriman
about it.
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