Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-04
! 's!'al Place |, g Y Hold / "a My y !
cal Horrors; One Girl III s.! Says
She Puts Her Hands In
CoatPo ckets And Whistles
to Keep Courage Up
Just Like a Man.

Local young women are not unduly
tim 0 but they do have character
istic feminine fears when they pass
certain places alone ter.-dark, &C
cording to a number OF girls who were
interviewed on the subject. When
questioned. they would respond re
.,luctantly. WE'LL there's one place
that I anf!afraid to go past at night
and only a few said they were. afraid
latter dark no matter what street or
avenue. One girl said that if h only
could keep from looking behind her
she would be all rightx but she has
contracted the habit Of trying to look
before her. at both sides, and behind
at the same time and she becomes
frightened by her own action. Every
bush, Aevery, Swallowed porchway ter
| rorizes me-" she said, land 1t really Is
because I start out with the idea that
I'll be afraid" I'm not really a
scare-cat," declared a tall young bust
ness woman. but sometimes when l
have, to walk home alone. l just get
out in the middle of the street and be-
lieve me, I'd run some IL the occasion
demanded It,"
slack the Hugger."
Nearly all the girls interviewed on
the subject. admitted that they were
afraid to pass the Diamond -four mill
at night. las far back as I can re
member" said an athletic looking
young woman, "every two or three
years the story has been revived OF
the mysterious character, Jack the
Hugger," who was reputed to make
his habitat behind the Mir on Wal
nut street. Nv never seer the
mythical amorous Individual myself"
she confessed, but probably Jack is
particular whom he hugs"
~ Moro Thrills.
A certain place Of international
avenue provides more thrills for the
young woman who passes there alone
after dusk. lust back Of the Kedney
warehouse, International avenue is
bordered on one side by a group OF
tail trees. underground. rustling corr
stalks and the like and just opposite a
string of box cars with their wide
open doors like black pockets, gen
orally form a border. Farther on. 9
building on Jacks with a yawnine
space in lieu Of a basement causes
many individuals to walk severa
usually quite oblivious Of the lurking
shadows. said that she always decided
she was in a hurry when she passed
the Great Northern freight ware
house, on Eighth street and Interna
tional avenue, with its accompanying
string of waiting freight cars.
Shadowy streets are almost Away
sources of fear to lone feminine
pedestrians. conversations disclose
and the streets and in the re
mote sections Of the city prove to b
formidable. Of urse One girl salt
that she didn't like to walk on Thir'
or Fourth avenue after dusk and an
other declared that. sherfswould b.
shot before she would pass on Firs
or Second avenues alone.at night. Still
others told of their hearts going pit
1 a-pat when they passed certain house
on their homeward routes.
The Opposite.
Then there's the type that 1s jus
the reverse from the girl who is afrai'
of every healthy shadow-the, CIR
who says "Why I'd &C anywhere afte
dark md not be afraid, One girl
who lives. on Walnut street and VIII
has passed the Diamond mill eve
since she can remember, Laughed
away the thought of h Jack tn
Hugger" story being true. TITS all Il
e the way one starts" she declared, "
never lost my childish fearlessness o
the darkness, and nothing has eve
harmed me, so. why should 1 b
afraid? 2"
Causes For Fright.
But men are mistaken in thei
Judgment when they think that girl
are "just scared easily. that's all