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Show QO CHILD 'CROSSING SWEEPS' FORM PICTURESQUE SIGHT ST JOHNS. N. F., Pep. 1. The J child crossing sweep. a character that seems to have stepped out of the pages ; " t" Di.-kfi.s. h::s . f.tiir 11. ;. h,s .is,,,,. al occupation In thi polonlaJ capital. 80 far as known St. John g the only I place in North America, where the I institution survives. Th old world touch given by the young iatterdemal-j iatterdemal-j ions and their brooms h.ls much of i the picturesque and In 'a . Uy subject : to weather conditions that make foi snowbound orosaings ahd muddled flag stones, the children have mnd themselves them-selves -so familiar and useful on th. I streets as to have unofficial statuh as a public utility. No white-wing pity lahoreiof chi- ago or New York does his work more 1 faithfully, ("alike (he municipal employe, em-ploye, the r-hlld Crossing (cndci-s ply their sweeps independently and without with-out wage. At the end of the crossing, howover. the pedestrian almost invariably invari-ably finds ihe little ones hold'ng their broom in one hand and extending the 1 other for alms. Payment In pennies Is given freely, but tho pedestrian has II problem Wll.-n he find-- t-..r;i! seek- I Ing to clean lii-s way and awaiting their payment conbatl) al the urb. |