| Show f in Ie n y AT And W What Would the Effect Be on Lively and Lovely Mrs Marion B I Shaws Shaw's Well Known Fondness for Stepping on the Gas Gns Mill Alice c Mc- Cormick the send senda fer fero woman Omaha who a young ho h hi o well will i jy V y If IT jf tf 0 Sh She of e A K Knew newl filL That 1 Ita liCH t ilS jail caught jai known 1 if editor speeding she to toS is v wv w S Some orne One of n Her j r ragain again itji jS 4 yr ff T 31 1 I 1 I q T Men Mera Friends Would W V J Hav Have e to 0 Go o to Jail 4 1 i k I rw gas t tl 4 5 e i s ry TT I o Fn r I LJJ i iW z r W V 1 lU in inA inz 1 1 Her r A Place t t t r 1 f t i e o r 1 11 1 arY 1 o oM M s 1 Iii y j J 1 t N t f U Uto I t t I t to Pi i v 1 P- P Q J v y f v Jf h t J l y eA a AC s o A 1 f f 4 r r iN r I Q k r a t r er err erA 4 v t tk i M 0 t y g k Jr A M y Sake a sa ad g s k Af Ar r 4 w a A AA A a k r V fY 4 aa a aa aNew q Mrs Mra Marion B Shaw the a a New York beauty in the E smart roadster with which INCE 10 so many women began begun driving SINCE ing motor cars car tho the enforcement of the laws against sp speeding and the violation of other traffic regulations has haa ha J 1 become a more more difficult and nd lIlg problem than thal it ever was before Women seem to be quite as much ad- ad addicted addicted ad addicted as the men to stepping on the gas more than the tha law some allows allow th a 11 great deal moro more so But it is proving a difficult matter to have them brought to justice for their offenses par par- particularly particularly par particularly when they are young and at- at attractive attractive at attractive and even when they are ar- ar arraigned arraigned ar arraigned in court it is hard to get a judge or jury to impose on them the laws law's full penalty The average traffic traffie policeman is prone to be looking the other way when some pretty woman oman at the wheel of a high high- powered high powered car is burning up the road If he does take her in hand his heart is likely to be melted by a up close-up view of her beauty and he lets her off with a c reprimand instead of arresting her or handing her ber a summons On the rare occasions when a woman speeder is 15 brought into court it is a still stillmore stillmore stillmore more difficult matter to get her pun pun- punIshed punished punished as a man would be under the same circumstances This is JS especially the case when she is an old one offender offender who ho has been fined so many times that her conviction would mean a jail sen- sen sentence sentence sen sentence tence The Tho judge and jury have yet to be found that are not reluctant to send tend senda a looking good looking woman to a cell for speed speed- speeding speeding ing mg No matter how flagrant her offense or how overwhelming the eVIdence against her they seem to be b swayed by bythe bythe bythe the charm of her smiles and her other attractions into letting her go free to burn up the road some more Where a man would bo Lo given the limit the beauty is discharged or given only a suspended sentence In most cases it seems teems quite unnecessary for her herto herto herto to offer as she the usually does doe her naive pleas that she was VIas in a hurry or know how fast she the was going t In Nebraska women speeders have be- be become become be become come so 50 numerous that the tho authorities have adopted a new and amazing plan for putting the the fear of tho the law into their hearts When a womans woman's omans oman's violations violation of the tho traffic la laws las s reach the tho point where her next conviction should mean a j jail all allsen sen- sen sentence sen sentence tence she the is required to name some somo omo man friend satisfactory to the court who will agree to go to jail in her place in case caso caso 3 he is found guilty again agam The Th law him as a hostage for her and him personally responsible for tor her oDd behavior L This relieves judges and juries from fromM ny fly scruples against putting a Ii pretty woman in a cell ell alongside of thieves J tl w 1 so sets ct a rapid pace andon and on the right r Fred Preston the Patchogue Ls policeman whom Mrs Mra Shaw called a hick and anda a silly ass nas when he handed her a n summons ammons the tha th other day for speeding w murderers and other criminals and at atthe atthe atthe the same ame time it is expected to have a salutary effect on the woman motorists motorist's for speed A woman w will l not step on the gas so 50 recklessly it is thought when hen she knows that sho she is endangering the liberty of some tome man perhaps friend perhaps a sweetheart s Miss Alice McCormick of Omaha is the first woman to put this novel plan to a practical test A well known Omaha editor IS i the sponsor for tor her future good behavior and he will have to go to jail she keeps a more watchful e eye eyo e on the speedometer than she has in the tha past The NewYork New York York authorities are watch watch- watching watching ing lug with interest the results of this ex- ex experiment experiment ex experiment and wondering what effect such an arrangement would have on Mrs Marion Marlon B Shaw one of the tre prettiest and most persistent violators of the speed la laws s they ever had to deal with Ith Young Mrs Shaw is the divorced wife of a wealthy candy manufacturer and If ither her husbands husband's chocolates and bon bonbons bonbons bonbons bons were ere one-half one as delectable to the taste as she is to the eye he would never have to worry about competition Mrs Shaws Shaw's surpassing good looks are believed to e explain why in spite of tiro tho fact that she she has been reprimanded lr- lr arrested ar arrested rested and fined hundreds of times she has never been sent to j jail all and is still free to go blithely on her speedy way So little is Mrs Shaw in terror of the law that in Patchogue L I the other day when hen a traffic policeman held her herup herup herup up she denounced him as a fool a silly ass asa and a hick cop But even these forceful expressions of her disrespect disrespect disrespect for the majesty of the law as rep rep- represented represented represented resented in the tho person of Officer Fred Preston cost her only a small fine It is true trul of course that she the had something of a fright because she thought at first she the might have to go goto goto goto to jail for thirty days Judge Johnson of Patchogue threatened this Now eve everybody body is wondering if she really had enough of a scare to make mako her keep her engine any cooler than before She pleaded guilty at the trial but she declared a few hours before it that this stuff about speeding was all nonsense and only hicks would interfere with a busy womans woman's attempts to get from one stupid town to another at something more than a snails snail's pace pace And id anyway she really wasn't speeding speeding she says Bays At least it wasn't speeding for for that car of hers which wont won't go any slower than five thirty five miles an hour unless you OU put it in second speed W Why h y I wasn't going b fast ut at all that exclaims time ex- ex exclaims ex- ex claims ox-claims claims the theLong speed queen who whom m the traffic cops of rs 7 Long Island jt a X know as IS hell ell ellas as they know the their i ir r own Yf j names The first thing I knew we about this par pm- pai rya titular speeding z bus business i in n e s 5 was when when hen I heard a rough voice olce yell yell- cell ell w r ing mg after the ca I was as in an n awful hurry butI but I slowed ed up and asked the officer v very cry ery nicel nicely if hei he i vas as speaking tome to tome me a e eme me Of course 1 told him hun I hadn't been speeding and andI andI I was so sick of the ideas these inhabitants inhabitants tants of the sleepy villages between New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and Southampton have hale of driving that I lost my temper and told him what I thought of all hicks lie He II interrupted me with Ith that ever ever- everlastingly everlastingly everlastingly lastingly slow low Long Island drawl and It'd said I should come coma around to court with him and answer to the judge for my impertinence I had a party on at the Ritz and I was late alread already so I lust Just told him bo ho was a 8 silly tilly ass and he certainly certainly looked it in spite of his hi officers officer's uniform I could never describe him him- him you'd oud have to see him Hed He'd get rich In vaudeVille All this country talk about speeding makes me tired Ive I've got to make time and certainly I am not going late to par par- parties par parties ties tics because the they want me to travel around in second speed peed all the time A Acar Acar Acar car like mine wasn't built to go slow So spoke Mrs Mr Shaw after her en- en encounter en encounter counter with Officer Preston of Pat Pat- Patchogue Pat That morning she had read rend over her coffee that she tho might have havo to go to jail for thirty days day and that she tha must appear appeal in court to e explain why she had told Officer Preston what hat she ho thought of him All this mado made the lady furious The Idea of arresting her because she sho sim- sim simply simply sim simply ply had to get around in a hurry How perfectly tiresome I 1 I 1 D n 6 r i r g a w rr 5 4 5 ry M P Pp x p daF p o d 1 S a A Aa a j ff q Y i y i e a s s J r i iK Kr v A Wi w w yg K 1 sw w l r C tg u au rim s a s r s a q r r Jr i I y y i l za a r f a ay ax y x f ro FJ rf s x 3 s 1 f a Y tP iH ra ri W r y aty I a I v t ari Y t n nn n l l t d r J t 3 P 4 Y 41 79 I c X Xo o w d s 's tr 1 F r r dk v v's a rf vt a ab at aby b rf ar t s r I ti sa by r 4 r Yi ya i k w fy as 2 o t I Y yr iM a rA rF q NS N'S 4 n G dr h f hF t tIvE 1 Y a w Y bS d vw a F U The charming countenance which Mrs Shaws Shaw's habit of being always in a hurry has made almost painfully familiar to the police and judges and prosecuting attorneys of many of New Yorks York's suburban towns Now that Officer Preston had rounded up the terror of the roads this lady lady- who put her foot on the gas and waved cheer cheer- cheerfully cheerfully cheerfully fully to the motorcycles fading into the distance as h her hr r insane little car sped toward her fashionable destination a whole avalanche of complaints showered down on her Whenever she sh was through with the judge in m Patchogue it seined she was as wanted in six other towns for speeding There was a summons from the judge in a town called Yaphank and then on down the lin line she was wanted now that shed she'd at last been caught caught- caught Moriches Islip It Islip it lead read like a railroad time-table time I Mrs Shaw sun eyed in her morning paper the long list of villages all anxious anxious ious to have justice brought down with a crash on her pretty curly he I lei It certainly certainly tamly looked as if she sha might night really go goto goto goto to jail but she kept up her courage re- re remembering re remembering perhaps some tome of the occa occa- occa- occa occasions occasions when traffic cops had had a close close- clo up e-up up view of her big bro brown bron n eye eyes and pile of golden curls and had coughed apolo apology and said aid perhaps S she l had a aright aright aright right to be in a hurry hurr but to lookout look out next time On second thoughts it seemed foolish to go away down to Patchogue ue for these hicks anyway Sho decided shed she'd play sick and dodge the whole thing But she sho reckoned without Officer PJ Preston's eston's hurt dignity On the day set for the trial there came right into her charming little apartment off Fifth Avenue the tho clump of great heavy Long Island boots and nd two police police- policemen policemen policemen men one of them Officer Preston himself seated themselves elves in Mrs Mr Shaws Shaw's Shaw beautifully beautifully fully fully decorated foyer Mrs Shaw who w wio o in i n li had slept late settled herself comfortably among the pillows s and sent out word wOld that she was ill lIt all well right right well we'll fix that Of 0 0 Officer Preston replied to Mrs Shaws Shaw's maid and the two Intruders went out the front door It was not long before pretty Mrs Shaw now sitting up in bed in a lovely cry nory white negligee realized that vic vic- victory vic victory ic tory was not hers this time tin Outside on the street treet she heard hoard the clang of an am- am ambulance ambulance am ambulance belland bell and in a few seconds two o homen men bearing bearing a 8 stretcher stepped into the house If Mrs Shaw is still ill she may come out to court on a stretcher announced the insatiable hick cop whose hose hurt dig dignity had evidently quite blinded l him liim to the appealing prettiness of this speed d law violator So Mrs Mr Shaw had to agree to appear In court on schedule time Plainly there was as a large larg chance of her fragile self d being transferred to an uncomfortable cell She phoned her lawyer la now really a bit frightened He advised her to plead guilty and let hUll him take care of the rest Mrs Shaw arrived in quite court court quite a abit abit abit bit late but looking as lovely as us the heroine herome of any novel in a long and fa lath fash fashionable h mink wrap which when hen opened revealed a gorgeous diamond CI crescent pin Crowds from all the neighboring villages made way for her as she stepped from irom her car accompanied by a very ery attractive at- at attractive at friend Miss Anne Anno DI a tall and somewhat some concerned young man and a very diminutive e Pomeranian dog If It the pretty defendant was vas still dis- dis If posed I to be bo annoyed by the hick cus- cus customs cus customs toms of Long Island she hid her feel feel- feelings feelings Ings very ery successfully She spoke amla amia- amiably bly to Officer Preston smiled a distract sweet s smile at the judge and judge pleaded guilty The judge ad admonished monel shed her sternly for having baving menaced life and limb tho the Long Island roads and tined her liei 25 foi for speeding The young oun man mau who sat beside her looked mightily relieved as he counted out the bills Several Se days latel later her law lawyer yer settled seWed with the fudges in other Long Island courts to the tune of 25 apiece for foi speeding Have all aU these fines and her lawyers Vers fees and the fear of jail that for a time hung bung over oer hr r cured Mrs Shaw v of her habit of stepping so O vigorously on the gas as The Long Island authorities who ho know her propensity for being always In Ina ina ina a hurry huny hun are arc doubtful They wonder r what effect the plan no now Ie lerg g tried tn d out in m Nebraska would hive e en on her hel If she knew that tho the young mau who raid pail her fines in Patchogue and sew sew- sewers severa eral ers other ether towns towels would hl have hale e to go t to to jail I in her place the next time she wat wa isburn caught would she be any less eager tc is t bUi burn bum n up the road Isn't it more than probable that even evenI evena evena I a young oung woman oman who flirts with death on the speedway by way of recreation and who ho thinks little or nothing of the tho terrible arm of the law taw when it str stretches out in m her heir direction might be really terrified at the tho picture-of picture this well well- ata groomed young man sitting for days at a time in m a narrow cell with ith his head shaved anda and a striped jacket on allon all on account of her desire to get to parties on time I |
