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Show f TERRIBLY BEHIND I" l PRESENT TIMES HSl A certain well known physician f? ' had uccn orrcstcd for speeding hla Kl machlno, When his caao was HE brought up In pollco court It vraa X, shown that It was hla first offenso j H and ttiat bo was hurrying to attend B it an extremely Important case. Never- H j tho'.cBB he was fifed for speeding. M j "I don't mind paying the fine," Hji ' be said to the court. "I must expect V-4 " to pay for exceeding the speed 11m- H;'' l It. I suppose Hut I do mind being H I ' arrested and hauled Into police Hi, j lj court. Such a thing has never boforo H ' happened In our family. I am dls- H , ' J graced forovor." X The court laughed. So also did B. I 1 1 everybody olso who beard. It Boomed ' particularly funny to thorn that any K I body felt disgraced by a mcro arrest V ' for speeding. Why, somo folks aro H even proud of tho numbor of times H' they have been arrested for speed- H , lng ami tho amounts of tho fines they H I pay! And any man who felt dlBgrac- H cd must bo terribly bohlnd tho time. There was a tlmo, not so many H years ago, when tho mcro fact of be- H I lng arrested for any cause, Just or H unjust, was considered a disgrace. H, The wholo family of tho arrested ona V , hung its head In shame. Its position as never quite tho samo again in H society. H Children and grown ups allko took H good care to obey tho laws and cs- H i cape contumely. Thoro was a sort of H ' holy horror of Jail Implanted In the H , outhfiil mind, with tho result that H the averago boy or girl grow up with H n firm rosolvo to bo good and kcop H I away from bucu a frightful place , Hut nowadays boys talk lightly of H ' i prisons and pollco. Thoy prefer to H ( ; , keep away from the former to be i i buto. They regard the latter with HS i practically no respect. In ract, tho H : police aro sometimes openly defied H by the youth of highly respected par- Hv cn(3 I the knowledge that dad has H' a "iuU" with the higher-ups and so, H of course, sou can do about as ho H pleaBes with Impunity. B Even tho penitentiary has little If fl any terrors now. J A man sentenced to a term In tho BBB penitentiary was once upon a time BBBl looked upon as a lower sort of ant- BBBl mal by all his follow beings Ho knew BBBl that the penalty of his crlmo was BBBl larger than the law's punishment. BBB The knowledge often kept him out BBB .1 of mischief. It was an Incentive to- BBH i ward honesty and right living. BBB j ' Dut we'vo had a lot of gush about By . tho man who's boon in the pcnlten- ! ' ' tlary. We've sentimentalized over BBBln ,llm until tho man who prefers to BBpll 1 live by dishonest methods feels that BBVi I it will be no permanent disgrace If BBVBj' lio Is caught and must servo a prison BBVB BBP j Moreover, wo havo become so soft BBl j M hearted that wo aro actually making BBJB j ' our prisons most Inviting. Common BBH , prisoners are fed better rations than BBS honest men aro often ablo to got, BBH whllo prisoners of high social or fl- BBH rmnclal degrco can get Just about BBH what they, want Including pleasant BBBb Jiving quarters and obsequious at- BBB tcntlon from their keepers. |