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Show " " ''ni, ni. irtj.Mi ii rt Xfg CR05SINQ THli BTREET. A Htu.lj of Ilntti flexes i'lrklns Their Way ' nt n lluny ( orncr. Did you over wntch women cross tlid street? Thero Is the uwect young thing who plcka her way cvon though tho atones lo iiwept bright and clean. Plip all ivs possesses small feet nnd wenro pi ct t.v shoes mid smart gun na and hns nn appealing1 look in hor eye when she starts mer. Tho policemen always help In . t hough they know sho needs no In lp and she knows they know It.. Hut thti. ronkc. no illlfriotieo at all. Tho imn nl-.vtij stop on the euiblng to sec if ,hv reaches dor dostlnntion nil right. 'flH'n, snys the t'btongo Times, there 1 1 t'us l.uulness young woman, who plume" into tho fray In awful nb-ent-t .Irtdi'iliiCiH. Nnmetlmeaahe picks up Ikm- ilit . skirt, but alio usually forgets nil nlmt it. nndhcrhkoos nro not now, ii'jh-it.. The polleonien know they might to IkIp bur, but sho Is always aero,- Is f.uv they gt t to her, and iho I ivi". t'.i ni fe-rful shocks becauaa tboy I.- w i ho In doomed to 1m run down t v .'ay nnd they only hopa lt will bo . n the iut fellow's crossing, lt all ei'inci. of lur having her lulnd occupied. A vrman with nn occupied mind Is I'ourd to 'lp'fit thliipa. And tlnnlly there Is tho poor little timid wcinnti who Is deathly nfrnl.l of truth lumen and Is shabbily dressed ami Hal le to heart disease. Sho gets ncros.' nnyhow. no one knows just how, liecnn e thn tlr t two varieties tnko up rll I he tittclith.il And having watched tho woman for feme time, hut o you over turned your attention to tho men? If you havo you miit liuto realized what a calculating animal man Is. ' lie never runs ncross that is,. If ho Is n city man. He doesn't got flustratcd and excited and be accomplishes It by calculation. A quick glance up nnd down the itri et nnd ho knowa Just how long the fib'e cir will be In coming up ditto In coming down, how soon tho express w e ron nnd tho coupe will take to reach Id eroilng, and so he picks his way tnlmly over, almost saunters, In fact, niul. perhaps, rescues ono or two hys-teri.t hys-teri.t 1 vcincu en routo. i c can all do It In tho sumo way lt w i will force our nervous systems under a 1 1 rtui.i control. Mui, too, bollcvo that no driver will run ihtm down If ho can help It. Women per contra, feel convinced that the aim in life of every "grip-mun" "grip-mun" nnd "Jehu" Is to crush them if they can. |