Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
WALKERS SPURN
CROSSING ORDERS
Schooling Needed, Officer De-
clareS-Taxi Drivers to
See Traffic Film.

1hat there Is an urgent and i'm
mediate need for some method OF
teaching Washington pedestrians to
walk properly across interesting
streets--to quit Jay walking In
more truthful but less digniffed Ian
Suage-is the outstanding lesson Po-
iiceman Joseph Junghens has learned
in the last few days.
Ioiiceman Junghens Is the man In
spector Albert J. Headley assigned to
conduct the school for walking" at
Eleventh and F streets. For the last
two days he has been taking up his
station there and calling the atten-
ton OF Jay walkers" to the danger
into which they put themselves by
refusing to obey the signals of the
man at the semaphore.
u was amazed at the different
kinds Of walking you can see at Il
street corner" Mr.. Junghens, said to-
day. 'Truthfully, | expected to have
a hard time. 1t is impossible for one
man to regulate Il corner alone. But
was not prepared for the things |
had happen to me and did see
Policeman lis Ignored.
1T didn't take the people long TO
realize that ] could try to stop them,
but that, being alone. they could
sweep right past, If they chose. And
they did. ] held up my hands. talked
to some Of them, and even resorted
to pointing to the semaphore In the
middle of the street, which was
closed against them. But they jus;
looked at the semaphore and me, and
kept right on going.
1T was just plain ignorance. The
walked sQuarely into the vehiculaT
traffic, and several times / thought
l would have to run out and drag
some one from beneath a machine.
Men and women, both alike; ther
was no difference in their walkinG.
L remember one woman who was 5"
busy running across the street thar
she ran right in between two stree,
cars.
u thought surely she would H.
hurt, but one of the motormen sue
ceeded in stopping a few inches :
front of her and she kept on goirs-
There were many less close Ia
equally dangerous situations 1T tn
corner. l knew conditions Were !'i..
but those two days at that corn.
were revelation to me. Some poop
of course. realized that L had be-
sent there to help them, and tin:
waited at the curb for the seia
phore mans signal to go. But. Il
vast majority paid no attention
it or to me.
Walking Lessons Needed.
There is no doubt that we y
have to find some way of teaching 1
pedestrian to walk right before
cidents can be materially reduc.~
My idea would be to have a law co.
polling them to move. with the sem
phore. just like the motorists. tt
we could make them walk rig
There may be another way to do
but / am afraid my experience for :
last two days has convinced me the
isn't"
Policeman Junghens will contiu'
on duty every afternoon from
o'clock until through Satura.
1t is confidently believed that DUR
that time he will have succeeded
bringing home to some NashinE'.
walkers at least the need for PEG
TRANS to obey the traffic offic.'
semaphore as diligently as motor
have to.
Drivers Arc Invited.
The Rfalto Theater announced
day that it, too, will be glad to invi
to any of it's morning Performance
beginning al 10: so o'clock, the drive.
of both the yellow and Black az :.
White taxicab companies. Mrd RAJ
mond. manager of the Rialto, place"
no limit on the number that may "a
tend. and stated that all they woui'.
require for admission would be the.r
uniforms.
This was done to make 1t possible
for the taxi drivers. whose business
keeps them constantly in traffic, t.
see The Stars motion picture Oh
traffic conditions. which will be shown
at five of Washington's leading mo-
ton picture houses all next week
the Rialto. Palace, Tivoli. Metropolitan
and Columbia Theaters. The Palace
and the Columbia had previously OK
tended a similar invitation to the
Yellow and Black and White men.