Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05
PRETTY MISS A
/. BIG HIT AS "C0P"
IN "BEAN-T0WN'
Husky Truck Drivers Hauled
Up Street at the Merest
Flash From Her
Eyes.
BY HERBERT CARYL.
~ International News Service Staff
CORRESPONDENT.

Correspondent.
Boston, Oct. 4.-Glance over the
list Of the professions, high salaried
and low salaried, and you will find
hardly one that was not represented
on the roster of the volunteer squad
that directed Boston's traffic during
the policemens' strike.
There were bank presidents, law
yers, automobile manufactures and
statesmen, schoolmasters, real estate
brokers, insurance men, stock brok-
ers, veterans of the Spanish Amer-
can war, veterans of the late world
war. still bronzed from their life in
.hs trenches and many others.
Loads of Fur.
And there was a girl, too. Bos-
ton had one for just five minutes.
Miss Helen Coran, 20, pretty was
the young Miss whose dainty smiles
and innocent eyes just naturally
made chauffers and yelping team
sters automaticD ly turn this way,
and that. She thought her exper-
fence was '1oads of fun" but admit:
ted that she did feel bit skittish.
Miss Coran and party of Boston
beauties strolled into Copley Square
during lunch, hour to get a glimpse
Of Handsome Jack" Geraghty, the
chauffeur who clipped with : his
wealthy and aristocratic employers
daughter Jack was. giving an imi-
tation of living semaphore. They
had read of his sensational marriage
to Miss Julia Estelle French, of the
swath he cut in society and later OF
Ills marital troubles.
Handsome Jack"
The curb of Copley Square was
fringed by several score of equally
curious girls and Handsome Jack"
stood in the middle of the street in
all Of his gfories Of close-htting
brown fall suit, white band around
his hat and another one around his
sleeve, a white flower in the button
hole Of his lapel and with both arms
waving cursing drivers hither and
thither. A radiant sun served as
spotlight. Calamity he escorted
giggling girls across the street be-
tween rounds with the teamsters.
Just at this point along came
I. Franklin Brown, director general
Of the traffic squad-the traffic
battalion of 104 civilians. Brown
wanted to give Geraghty relief. but
no male candidate was in sight.
Then Miss Coran saw her chance
Dimpling delightfully."-, She volun--
teered. With a white brassard
around her coat sleeve and
Geraghty's white gloves amply COW
erine her hands, Miss Coran direct
ed the teamsters with surprising
ability until she, too, was finally
relieved"
Women Were Nightmare.
Stsnwood Miller, a piano manu-
facturer, former football star, did
traffic duty in the Back Bay. "My
neck was so stiff after my first day
that Icould hardly put on my collar,
said Miller. "The women were my
biggest nightmare. They wouldn't
stay put. They scoot past before
you KNOW IL.
Automobile manufacturers and
statesmen are doing the greater part
Of the work." said Director Brown.
eve have SO points in the city COW
cred by traffic volunteers. There
has been fewer accidents than in
normal times. Some of the volun--
tcers are on duty eight and 10 hours
a day. They pay all their own ex-
penses. We tell our squad that
smiles and courtesy go farthest.
This is no time for friction and
argument. The public has been fine.
Some of the younger fellows have
christened the squad the Crossing
Comedians" but every man is full OF
pep and is breaking his back-and
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