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Show MORE WOMEN READERS IN CABS.' I Change In Recent Years Noted by New York Writer., The Incrense In tho proportion ol women who read In elevated and surface sur-face cars In tho past ton years Is striking, says tho Now York Press. A rough computation shows at least ono In every flt'o occupies herself with bodk or magazlno and about one In ten with a newspapor. The reason for tho difference Is that the average woman prefers to do her newspaper reading nt home, .lust why must be sought In the grand answer to tho eternal feminine, unless the explanation explana-tion be that It Is harder for a woman to hold a paper steady than a book. Another reason may be that, what with purse and parasol Or umbrella, a woman passenger seldom has both hands free. Hut the percentage of readers among women in cars has grown steadily In n decade. Ten years ngo tho proportion was about one In fifty, to make nnother rough calculation from memory. And this Is taking them In bulk, shoppers and callors as well us women who work. The proportion of car readers among working women nlone Is much greater |
