The Washington herald., 1914-11-17
THE GREAT WHITE WAY
By O. o. M'INTYRE.

New York. Nov I6--Har0Id 0sro0T
BinRey. the Et!EatiOn-lovfug LAWYER and
speedlest Of snceders, simply cannot make
h.> auto behave. II is in again and out
again continually fo- Binney He has
been his best client for the past two
Ntars| Only last week he was released
from RlaCkwelIs Island for his spped
: mama and the same night he occupied
cell again
Kinney has been prosperous lawyer
and still has a good practice but when
he gets taste Of sizz water he simply
cannot keep away from an automobile
and then he burns Up Broadway. making
everybody on the White Streak race for
cover.
It was Binncy who is said to have de-
clar~d that he could not bear to run
over babies. their milk bottles cut up
the tires so He has been released on
parole, and his wife declares that if he
ever speeds again she il going to let him
get the limit Binney bowed renitentIv
and said Never again
Paul Armstrong. who writes under
world plays and wears a Villains Eoatee
and slOuch hat. was at a theater on
broadway the other day helping the d.
rector to select a plump actress for a
position in the cast
One young lady applicant called and
the director said: 81 don't believe you
are heavy enough"
Il think I am she replied
So they got pair of scales and weigh
ed her, and both Armstrong and the di-
rector agreed she was at least ten pounds
OF
You might get what you are looking
for at some slaughter house'' she said
with just a trace Of sarcasm as sh"
departed.
DR.. Q. F. TafeI, Of Brooklyn. was not
very pleasant firesidc companion. il
tie story told in the Supreme Court by
his wife Rita Is true. She was seeking a
divorce and declared that the only way
she could get into her home was to join
the doctor in a shot o. morphine. He
insisted that she use the drug with him
as a means Of passing away tho evening.
Her story so impressed the justice that
she was granted a divorce ana SI2 a week
aI!mOny. Mrs. TafeI was young. pretty.
and styIishly clad and did not look like
the ordinary dope ficnd, although she
said she had been using the drug for
some time
She said her husband would force her
to bare her arm and then he would in
jeCt the drug and later she became ad-
dicted to it herself. When she refused
To take morphine. she said. he would
beat her unmercifuIly. She said she was
later cured Of the habit at Bellevue.
Jared FlaSg, promoter Of note, Col Bill !
Hartley. and James J. Farmer. dealers
and double dealers in beautiful books
have been found guilty Of using Uncle
Sans well-known mails to fleece their /
UnsuspeCtinE victims.
Mr.. Flagg conducted a brokerage busi- |
ness garnished with fancy luncheons. |
afternoon entertainments. and fwould .
have had the tango no doubt hut the .
tango wasn't popular. and the time came !
when the police arrived and closed him ,
up.
1t was shown that the oiIv-tongued
Flagg. who had many ministers as
clients, never won any money in Wall
street. but that he promised his guIIgble
clients y per cent annual return
Hartley and Farmer Were convicted Of /
having defrauded wealthy book lovers Of |
more than S7,5rO01O in five years They
accomplished this by personal fascinations
re-enforced with various devices Of po-
lite fim-fiam perfected by themselves