Show WOMAN AS first night of metropolis has ha pott post in vicinity of wash wah ington square not afraid of thieves thieve il r W new york then said a reporter for a new york paper to a woman in white accompanied by a little girl as sho she placed a couple of red lanterns in position outside 12 macdougal alley you are the only woman night watchman in the city you mean replied mrs astrid wolfe that I 1 am tho the only night in the city when the reporter remembered that mrs afro wolfe and her alne rine year old daughter lillian carried the banner for the mothers division in the woman suffrage parade last spring he ha accepted the correction mrs wolfe wore around her neck a black ribbon which bore instead of a watch a police whistle in her strong hand band was her nightstick night stick every policeman around washington square la Is alert tor for any alarm from mrs afro wolfes post which Is a big dark echoing building yawning upon eighth street it to is the sort a place that would scare the average woman after dark the building to la unoccupied save by her as it la is being remodeled you see explained ex ried mrs wolfe after she had put lillian to bed in the ecla echoing house housa thieves dont care about the timber its the plumbing fixtures they would come for after putting the lights in position I 1 sit and read all night except at intervals when I 1 make a thorough search of 0 the building I 1 usually feel lucky it if I 1 get to bed after breakfast then I 1 get a little sleep it if the workmen dont make too much noise why have I 1 a job so strange tor for a woman A year ago after a serious illness I 1 found it necessary to get work at once I 1 had myself and lillian lililan to support I 1 had no friends I 1 was told there was a lob job watching at night in an apartment house that was being built on st nicholas avenue so I 1 went to the agent and applied I 1 told him I 1 was afraid of nothing 1 I got the job before that I 1 had been PA i probation ameer for the florence crittenden home on bleeker street it was there that I 1 saw my farst fir n t light one evening I 1 saw a man leaning against the door of a house across the way every now and then he be knocked a pine pane of glas out of the door with his elbow while he pretended to loan lean against it I 1 went vent over and asked what he was waa doing ife he struck me a blow on my right shoulder that almost paralyzed me lie ile ran and I 1 fainted from the pair As AB soon eoon as I 1 recovered ared I 1 ran caina ca an for the police when 1 lound found a policeman and led him bacy baci chuo was the tha thief back bach on the job hafl thought he had cearey me I 1 isaio a rush at him I 1 wanted to let him know that I 1 could give a punch atit the cop pot irot him instead ever since jance then I 1 have carried a rolice police whistle and nightstick night stick when on duty ibe other day I 1 made some bums get acet oil the stops they were writing till it was waa dark to steal into the ho bolge ise when I 1 told them to move in a thay defied ina in a I 1 just blew my whistle and sailed into them with my stick you should have seen them beat it |