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Show ! HANDCUFF DEATH AND CRIME. Nlghl automobile smash-ups caused 3223 deaths in 32 representative cit-lies cit-lies last year A sixth of the deaths .were directly due to poorly lighted streets This Is shown by a checkup by the Illuminating Engineering society. soci-ety. Death and crime grow like asparagus, aspara-gus, in the dark. Crime, In particular, hates light. It ! keeps under cover in daytime and con 'ducts most of its activities behind tho mask of night Economy, in the form of dimlv light-ed light-ed streets, is the worst form of munlci pal extravagance. |