Miscellany: Taffy

At Evanston, Ill., Mrs. John A. McPherson stopped her automobile alongside a parked car. Patrolman Henry Miller asked her politely if she did not know it was unlawful to park double. She did not reply. He asked her, more heatedly each time as she remained silent: 1) Who she thought she was? 2) If she thought she could "get away with it because she was a woman" or "because she might have influence?" 3) If she knew what the penalty was? 4) If she would like to explain her silence to the judge?...

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