Free Advice Is Just Around the Corner When Daniel Franklin, a political science profe

ssor from Atlanta, needed career advancement advice, be didnt turn to colleagues, therapists or even his mom. He went to the Advice Ladies. Three thirty something New York women, advertising freelancers by day, have turned themselves into Saturday afternoon street-corner oracles, they pull up lawn chairs and a table on a lower Manhattan street corner and dish out free advice to passersby. Theyve claimed the corner of West Broadway and Broome Street in Soho as their own for the last several months. Amy Alkon, who, with longtime friends Marlowe Minnick and Carolyn Johnson, becomes a part-time shrink each weekend. "We use creative problem-solving to turn problem into fun," she says. On a recent steamy afternoon, a line has formed in front of the Advice Ladles table. Obviously,. New Yorkers need plenty of help. "People feel they have no control in this crazy world. And therapy can take years," Minnick says. "We solve problems instantly, its instant answer gratification." The three brainstorm before delivering advice on everything from pet discipline, closet-space management, even hair oare. But no legal advice "By far, most of our questions are love-related. Its amazing the intimate sexual problems that people will divulge to a total stranger," Alkon says. But they wont be strangers much longer. The Advice Ladies are putting together a book deal. And Robert De Nitro is creating a talk show around them, due nationally this fall from his Tribeca Pictures. "De Nitro asked us for advice, but we think hes already perfect," purrs Alkon. And their career advice to Franklin？ "He s written a book, so we told him to get a manager and go on the touring circuit. Its great money and great publicity for the book." "Good advice", says Franklin.

There were____.

A．about 30 New York women who offered free advice by day

B．three women freelancers about 30 years old who offered advertising advice on Saturday

C．about 30 women advertising freelancers offered advice every Saturday afternoon in New York

D．three women about 30 years old, who did advertising as a job, offered free advice every Saturday afternoon