The Washington times., 1918-09-15

own devices. In this environment she had
to watch for enemies ana think, not only
for herself, but for the child to be born,
while after 1t had been born it was her
task to protect It until able % shift for it.
self. She had to think not for only one,
like man, but for two. three or four. Every
rattle in the Jungle, every sound, every
object might mean peril. Through this
constant watchfulness she developed that
extraordinary faculty Of what we call peri.
pheral sight, which she shares with birds
and wild animals who possess 1t for exactly
the same purpose-the protection OF their
young and themselves.
THE image reflected on the retina Of the
human eye and carried by the optic nerve
to the human brain is not perceived by
man in its entirety Its centre is clear, but
as the images pass on to the periphery OF
the retina they carry to a mans brain hay
indefinite impressions. This Is not so with
woman's eye. The peripheral vision is
almost as clear as the direct central vision.
The consequence Is that woman can actu-
ally see out Of the side of her eye and this
explains why she can absorb so much more
detail than q man can. Add to this power
Of actually seeing more the age-long ne.
cessity for seeing more clearly and acting
swiftly upon things seen and you cave one
OF the great factors OF intuition.
The second factor-the sex factor
enters into It not so largely, but still most
Importantly. woman could not, in the
simple primitive way Of man, take a club
and beat out her rivals brains. This
might not destroy entirely the affection
of the male for the slaughtered one and the
killer herself might we'll suffer the same
fate at his own hands. Woman was,
therefore, driven to subtlety. She became
an artist of indirection. Her campaign
against her own kind had to be carried on
with cunning, much thought, subtlety.
Little gestures, intonations, the tiniest
details that could have no significance to
man, grew to be the actual signal posts by
which woman made her way.
This circuitous habit of thought, swift
deduction and greater power of observa-
woman far ADLER than man in certain fields
Of diplomacy. and also makes her a natu-
raj apprehender OF spies wherever women
themselves are concerned"
Here, then. is sciences explanation Of the
success of the women police that has so
amazed Commissioner Enright and thou.
sands who are familiar with the facts.
A few more instances OF their work will
illustrate the points Inst raised.
In one of the small hotels in upper New
York a small. inoffensive young woman
has taken a room. The fact that she wears
uniform is a jest among her fellow
guests She looks as though she were
aenemIc Her voice is soft and low-pitched.
Butter wouldn't melt in her mouth" says
the waitress, who brings her her morning
coffee That young woman is self-stationed
opposite one OF New York's most mag
nificent apartment houses.
A friend Of hers had said: "On these
hot nights have kept the shades VI at
the window have been awakened twice
by a signal from the next house. Each
time II was at 3 o'clock in the morning.
You've noticed that business sign next
door. There Is no reason why that should
be used at o'clock in the morning. Be-
sides ! locke out and each time It looked
no more like a business sign than | look
like you II was a radiograph and 1t was
flashing a signal across the river"
Glad you told me-" said the girl
That is the reason she took a room at
the small hotel opposite the business
mousse. That IS the reason the maid who
calls her in the morning finds her looking
wan and sleepess. She is sleepless. All
night she watches the house opposite, and
the apparently innocent business sign. She
is acquiring evidence that may he of ire
mendous Importance.
Il is a matter of little moment that a cat
should be shot in back yard. The feline
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