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NEW YORK'S WOMEN POLICE PROVE THEY t' """"" " " '. v ' i
CAN HANDLE CITY'S TRAFFIC PROBLEM j .neoo I
Thorough Instruction Is Given All Members of Force and High Standard of Efficiency Is Soon Attained in ft -P fr i
Protecting Lives of Young and Preventing Many Women From Getting Into Trouble. H
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STANDING there In her blue,
brass-buttoned uniform In the
middle of one of New York's
busiest cross streets with huge auto
mobile trucks lumbering by her on
all sides she resembled a prototype
of Joan of Arc leading the French
armies to ictory. A shrill blast of
her whistle, a gloved elim hand raised
upright and traffic came to a halt as
uddenly as a buck goat ramming a
brick wall. Yes! She resembled a
general, every inch of htr. Who?
Why the lady traffic cop!
Yes, the dear ladies, they've gone
and done It. The so-called weaker
ee- has started out to show that there
is still one more thing a man does
that It can do equally wcfl. It is
out to show that the hand which
rocks the cradle can regulate the
heaviest of traffic in the busiest city
in the world just as easily as the
most weather-beaten, hard-boiled
traffic cop that ever slapped a earn
mons on a careless driver.
Hundreds of the women's reserves
of the New York jolice department
have made the blase old metropolis
it up and take notice by the manner
in which they have tackled a Job
that a few years ago would have
been considered outside the realm of
womanhood. Not only have they
nhown that women can adequately
direct vehicular traffic, but they have
demonstrated to an "I'm from Mis
souri" populace that in many cases
they can do so bettc than mere man.
Response Proves Surprise.
The new task which milady has
taken upon her once-called slender
thoulders came as a result of the
strike of milk wagon drivers in New
York. The strike made such demands
on the regular staff of the city's
hluecoats that Police Commissioned
Knright Issued a call for the women
police reserves to take care of the
school crossings and protect the little
tots whose lives might otherwise be
endangered.
The response to the call surprised
oven the most optimistic members of
the commissioner's staff. Shortly
after the call was issued the women
responded in droves at police stations
throughout the city and announced
their willingness to serve indefinitely
as "traffic cops" eo that children
might have proper protection in
crossing streets in the vicinity of
choolliouses. They received only one
lesson in traffic-copping and were
then told to report for duty. And
now many of them are working an
index finger harder than any shimmy
c'ancer ever worked her shoulders.
And their job is far from being a
Finecure, as any healthy blue-coated
traffic cop can attest.
Before being assigned to active duty
the women received instruction at po
lice headquarters, where they were
told that they had a real man's work
to do and that the eyes of the world
were upon them.
"You'have the full authority of po
liceman." said Inspector Dwyer of the
traffic squad, "and if any driver fails
to stop when you order him to do so,
take his number and he will be served
with a summons. Be dignified. Don't
got into arguments, but take care of
tne children and show the world that
women can do this work as well as a
ix-foot policeman."
Women Act Like Veterans.
The inspector then ordered the
women- into company front formation
Ci told them not to "bat an eye." One
of the smaller prospective traffic ofr
Ilcers wearied of standing wnn ner
toes at an angle of about 13 degrees
and shifted.
"Didn't I tell you I'd kill you if you
moved?" roared the inspector.
The little woman showed that she
was game, however, by not "batting
an eye" but by correcting herself.
And when she got to one of the down
town crossings she took hold of her
Job as if she had been waving vehicles
fast her for the last 20 years.
Keckless drivers have already found
to their sorrow that it's unwise to
take any liberties at points where
the women traffic cops are on duty.
For while most of them usually wear
n. smile, they can when necessary as
sum a. Irowo as forbidding as that
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of the hardest old-timer on a down
town beat.
And a real natty picture milady
traffic cop makes in her dark blue
uniform, short skirts and puttees, this
equipment being completed by caps,
white glove and police whistle.
According to police officials in New
York the women who have come for
ward In an emergency have shown
a remarkable adaptability to their
work. No matter what the weather,
milady traffic cop has been right on
the job. Rain, shine, snow or sleet,
they are all ready to take their posts
every morning.
The work of these women traffic
guardians brings attention to the
wonderful work accomplished by wo
men police reserves, not only in New
York city, but In many other parts
of the United States as well. The
age has passed when women are ex
pected to be inclined to trepidity, as
can be realized from the fact that the
first police precinct to be entirely
run, operated and established for wo
men in the world, is to be found in
New York city, in a building aban
doned by trousered policemen. In
fact it is right in the heart of the
notorious Hell's Kitchen, once one
of the most iniquitous sections in the
world, which even yet has not been
entirely cleaned up.
Conditions Are Improved.
This police precinct is known as
the Hell's Kitchen station, having
been christened thus after the sec
tion In which it is ensconced. Through
;he efforts of the women police who
Inhabit the station house, conditions
in the section have shown remark
able improvement of late.
The woman's station house is com
manded by Mrs. Mary Hamilton, the
first woman patrolwoman on the New
York police force, and is the particu
lar ptt of Mrs. Isabel Goodwin, In
charge of the office of the fifth
deputy police commissioner, who was
the first woman detective on the
force in the metropolis.
Sitting at the desk there is to be
found a woman police lieutenant who
listens to all tales of woe with a true
lemale understanding.
One of the features of this woman's
station is an Information department
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ROOM NECESSARY FOR BABY
Modern System of Rearing Children Said to Leave Pleasures of
Parents Out of Reckoning.
BY SHEBA CHILDS HAHGREAVES.
piHE necessary amount of sleep
I under proper conditions Is abso
Iutely essential for the child
from the time he is born until he
reaches maturity. If he Is robbed of
the correct amount of sleep or sleeps
In rooms that are not properly ven
tilated he pays for "it later in life.
Sleep is just as important a factor in
the child's development as food, and
should be just as carefully regulated.
A newborn baby sleeps nearly all
the time if he is well: during the
first year of life he sleeps about
three-auarters of bis time. The
growth of the brain is remarkably
rapid during the first year, and the
process of repair which goes hand In
hand with growth is more rapid dur
ing sleep than In the waking hours,
so the child must be carefully trained
to sleep at proper intervals if he is to
develop normally.
According to the baby books, train
ing the baby to sleep is a very simple
matter the child Is undressed, fed
and put to bed and should not be
heard from until time for the next
feeding. If .one is to believe the
books, raising children can be done
by rule of thumb. Very careful di
rections are given which should meet
every emergency which can possibly
arise. Now the directions are all well
enough, but they reckon entirely
without the baby and his tired, weak,
nervous mother. Bringing a baby
Into the world la an ordeal from
wblcb mother does nob recover for
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with headquarters In the front hall.
Here women may seek information of
any kind.
Another distinctive feature is a
training school for policewomen
which is conducted at the station.
There recruits learn to stress preven
tion and protection rather than prose
cution. While those in training are
taught not to meddle, they learn that
many sentences for women and many
children's court records can be avoid
ed if preventive steps are taken in
time.
Sex Proves Essential.
During the eff hours many of the
women who are doing traffic cop
duty are to be found in the Hell's
Kitchen station getting new inside
information on various forms of po
lice work. In fact the work of the
New York women traffic cops is the
culmination in the romance of the
policewoman which had its Inception
when a woman was assigned to the
bureau of missing persons.
Mrs. Goodwin, a police matron, was
made a detective as a reward for a
clever piece of detective "work sev
eral years ago. Since then other
women have been assigned to prac
tical duties in the police department
until now it is a generally conceded"
fact that the metropolitan police de
partment could not get along with
out the species female.
New York's women police are di
vided Into two forces, one a paid
force and the other a volunteer force,
the latter having a membership of
more than 10,000. The paid force are
regular members of the police depart
ment, it being necessary for them to
pass civil service . examinations just
like the male cops.
London. England.' is the only other
city In the world apart from New
York where a large force of women
cops are now regularly employed.
The British were obliged , to call
these women to police duty, particu
larly as traffic cops, during the war
when so many of London's finest were
called to the front. Since the war in
stead of demobilizing these "lady
bobbies," as they call them over there,
they have been kept on the force,
having proved so efficient in certain
branches of police work.
two or three months. Then perhaps
he has two doting grandmothers who
take charge with the avowed inten
tions of seeing that the baby has his
own way in every particular. Most
grandmothers- belong to the hit-or-
i miss school of baby raising and so
nave very utile patience with the
new fangled notions of the young
parents who have been "reading the
book," as Mark Twain says. The
baby, too, has a strong will of his
own; he has a powerful pair of lungs
and all too often he dominates the
whole situation from the start.
Schedule Should Be Kept. -
A baby born In a maternity hospi
tal receives training In his habits
which simplify matters very much for
the mother after she takes full charge
of him. He is never allowed to tyr
annize his mother, but is kept in a
separate room and brought to his
mother to be ' fed and taken away
again. He is fed at regular intervals
and no amount of angry protest on
his part will interfere with the sched
ule. He is not taken up when he cries
but Is cared for and left to his own
devices. A baby thus trained soon
fails into regular habits and gives
very little trouble afterward if he is
well. And he is very likely to be
well if his habits are regular.
The modern baby sleeps from his
last feeding at 10 P. M. until 6 in the
morning, that is, he does if his par
ents Insist upon it. But once the
habit is formed the baby accepts his
schedule as a matter of course. But,
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if the baby is to refrain from taking
nourishment during the night he must
sleep alone. The best trained baby
will soon be completely spoiled if his
mother takes him into her bed when
he wakes in the night. It takes will
power on the part of a tired, sleepy
mother to allow a baby to cry in the
night when it Is so easy to nurse him
and drop off to sleep again, but if he
comes off victorious in the matter
once, he is very apt to be master of
the whole situation from that time
on with the parents Slaves to his
whims.
When bedtime c o m e s the baby
should be fed and put to bed in his
own little bed in a room by him
self. He may protest if he has not
been trained to this habit from the
first, but if he does, he should be
left to cry it out a few times. There
is a vast difference in babies just as
there Is in men and women. Some
few will give up after a few futile
attempts to gain their ends by cry
ing; The large majority are inclined
to resist to the last ditch, but once
they'capitulate there will be no more
trouble and the dove of peace will
settle on the distressed households
which have been ruled by unreason
ing young despots.
Be Firm. Is Advice.
Rocking a baby to sleep is a plea
sure to the young mother, that Is, at
first, until the novelty wears off It
is a pleasure. Later when the mother
wishes to- so out occasionally In the
The Second Week of This Record-Breaking
Event Brings More Great Savings
This is a time when everyone is interested in prices and in the value every
lar invested actually secures.
Our January sale prices in hundreds of instances are less than half of those of a
year ago, and offers the thrifty buyer the opportunity he has awaited to buy home
furnishings at lower prices.
With such wonderful values featuring this sale, it is not surprising that hundreds
and hundreds are taking advantage and benefiting by this opportunity.
If you are planning on a new dining room suite, living room furniture or an odd
piece or two for your home withhT the next few months we advise you to buy it now
while these very special prices are in force. Purchases made now will be held for
future delivery if you desire.
Remember that every department in the store except certain restricted lines, is to
be represented in this sale.
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evening, or to spend an hour or so
reading, it is rather hard to be obliged
to rock, and rock, and rock, and put
the baby in his bed and tiptoe out,
only to be obliged to repeat the
whole laborious process until it is
too late to go-out. If this wearing
labor were good for the baby, any
mother would gladly rock him or
walk the floor with him, but it is
just as wearing on his nerves as it
is on hers, so for the good of all con
cerned, be firm with the baby during
the first months of his life, even if
it does hurt to hear him cry.
Some babies are inclined to 'be rest
less during sleep. There are high
strung nervous children who never
sleep well no matter how carefully
they are trained. But, generally there
are causes for restless, irregular sleep
which can be removed. Overfeeding
is one cause, the baby who habitual
ly eats more than he should is never
easy. There are always digestive dis
turbances which cause wakefulness.
Too much clothing is even a more
common cause of fretfulness. A young
baby must be kept warm, but as time
goes on the amount of bed clothing
should be lessened. The season of the
year should also be taken into con
sideration. If a child habitually frets
and tosses about in his bed. It is
probable that he Is prespiring and in
discomfort. By placing a hand on
the surface of the skin under the bed
clothes a mother may easily de
termine if the child Is too warm.
Reduction
We Charge No Interest
Generally speaking, if a baby's wrists
are warm he is warm enough.
The child who is habitually too
warmly clad suffers with cold in
the head, so that he cannot breathe
properly especially when lying down.
Some foolish young mothers have the
habit of covering the baby's face
when they take him outdoors and
even draw the blanket up over his
face when he is sleeping this is ex
treme cruelty. Fancy the discomfort
to a grown person of sleeping In a
half smothered condition and a baby
is governed by the same physical
laws as the adult. Small wonder that
a baby who is subjected to such in
dignities develops into a poor sleeper.
Badly ventilated sleeping rooms are
also responsible for sleeplessness In
young babies. Fresh air is necessary
at all times. Windows should be kept
open summer and winter, though care
should be taken not to expose a baby
to drafts. If possible the naps during
the day should be taken in the open
air when the weather permits. Sound
common sense should govern in the
matter of outdoor sleeping. There
are times when it is advisable, but
subjecting children to outdoor sleep
ing in severe winter weather with
the view of hardening them is rather
a dangerous practice.
Romping with children just before
bedtime is a bad practice. Fathers
are very apt to play with the chil
dren when they come home In the
evening. It 1 really tb only lme
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in which they see the children and It
is only natural to wish to play with
them, but rough and tumble play in
the evening means bad dreams and
broken sleep for the nervous child,
and in fact, the nervous system of
any child should be at rest when he
goes to bed. The modern system of
rearing children certainly leaves the
pleasures of the parents clear out of
reckoning.
Chilean tYult Finds Market.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 5. Chilean
fruit growers are beginning to find
a market for their fruit in the United
States. Shipments of Chilean peaches,
grapes, melons, cherries, plums,
strawberries and chlrimoyas, a kind of
custard apple, have been disposed of
In New York at good prices, says F.
Rojas Huneeus, director of agricul
ture. The director has pointed out to
Chilean growers that the best mar
ket in New York is to be found from
January to April and advised them
as to the best method of sending their
fruits more than 5000 miles to the
New York market.
Hydro-Power Scheme Planned.
CALGARY, Alta. A project is on
foot for the erection of a big hydro
electric center which will supply the
city of Calgary and surrounding dis
trict, as well as Drumheller valley,
em ii aaUaa aertawast, with, elec
s
Upholstered Pieces
Under priced
tric energy. This scheme is being de
veloped In connection with the Cal
gary 1'ower company's plant at Kan
anaskis, and will provide for an aux-,
Hilary plant to ! creeled on the
river from runs from Lake .Minne
wanka to the Kow Itiver In the Kock-
lo!1.
Be Careful What You
Wash Your Hair With
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali, which is very
injurious, as It dries the scalp and
makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is Mulsified
cocoanut oil shampoo, for this is pure
and entirely greaseless. It's very
cheap and beats anything else all '
pieces. You can get Mulsified at n
drugstore, and a few ounces will la
the whole family for months.
Simply moisten the hair wltii wm.
and rub It In, about a tcHspoonful o
Mulsified Is all that is required,
makes an abundance of rich, crenn
lather, cleanses thoroughly, in
rinses out easily. The hair d ri
quickly and evenly, and Is soft, f r
looking, bright, fluffy, wavy, ;md
to handle. Besides, it loosens "
takes out every particle of dust, dlr'
and dandruff. Be sure your druggls
gives you Mulsified. Adv.