THE POLICEWOMAN ON DUTY

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1917, Page 3

THE POLICEWOMAN ON DUTY

The Ki.'uli.: 1 .! jiuiiL-ewsiiiiari lui.s be- s sireeiH, where unkempt .and irucaruit'ui' YOil.le.--ll I'.l :l]!cUll lllllcll of iht'U" lime*, lift' duty ir is ty look alier ~ ii, i particularly exhilarating »r exrilh,o- vwU' work] hut is iM--«if_ Hit: h:.-. t neee;!:ary, aiul the woine-il elio.sen l'"i" duty iiiiiun.j; the diikK'U are earei'uliy -elected. '" hoy are lho>;e wlm have a lav.j for liuie'chiklron and an under:;landiu" in t lie* diilieultiej. L 'i tireu, overworked mothers'. "Don't vnu get tired of the work ; I asked the enildrea's sergeant, who i(!i>'-L me- nu her rounds the oilier day, and Mit? laughed al the very idea. She had liio morning in eoiirt, hut ono of the most eroded pits of Um. ', ! dun. Out ol the doors hun- , dreds >«[ bov.s aini girl>, uKe a tro-.p , of Lnle wild things- They were dirty i an ,l nursed, but they should ami danced'and ran into the minute oftho j ~,, ,:„!•* thev eaughl the poueewomaus .ye: llith they Leeame , model:; of deportment, < it i a quiic evident mat in the family ' eireles in that neighborhood a mention of the policewoman ia a thing to eon. jure with. Vet she is such a pleasant, hoorful kind of that the smallest tiny tot places his haml in her.: and' smiles ep at her as save leads him safely acre.-* t tie road. The London child* of four is a mar-

vel of self-reliance, lie brings Himself to school and lake, himaeit home, but the policewoman sees iiiui across the road nowadays, and she sees tna" uo largo boys least- him or lake Ins apple or his "penny, 'those huger boys are me dithouUy to-day. the paternal authority, and the dinner hour must be a trial ror the harassed mother if she chances to be thereand "cneraUv she i.i not, since, she U uii "at wm'K.' or elsewhere, leaving a slice oi bread and some cold carrots further offspring's midday meal When the children are. safely out of school the children's sergeant patrols the neighboring streets, crowded with woman gossiping and children playing games or eating bits of bread on the steps of the little houses, each of Av'iuch shelters several families. She Stops lights in their infancy, checks buvs who wish Lu turn handspring, in front of carts, picks up the small gi'l* -who fall down, speaks to the weeping child w!u> has a grief she cannot express but which is noisily poignant, and keeps an eagle eye unhooded ior the would-be truant. And her ieward is the confidence of those forlorn little mites, who grasp her hand wi their small, -rimy Hn-ers. and the bri aht ( grateful smile <.f those.bedrugMed women the little- ones call mother. --"M.IC in a Home paper.