Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-03
WOMEN WHO SMDGGLE.
TRICKS ESCORTED TO Hy THEM 70
AVOID DISCOVERY.

Il takes twenty very jealous ana care
ful women of keen perception, great force
Of character and considerable nerve TO
keep Uncle Sam from fairly being cheated
ont Of his eyes by other women Snug
Cling is the way the latter do ii, and do
Il well. Women like TO smuggle, IL
would seem. They have an elastic con-
science In the matter that really seems to
tempt them to what Is of course, swim
ding the government, but to themselves
an act OF no special harm and of little con-
sequence. OF coprse there is the genuine
woman smuggler who knows just what
she Is doing, Just what trouble she Is liable
to get into and what the result win be. IL
Is business with her, and she considers IL
an ordinary business risk But she Is
caught just as certainly as the other lit
tie woman Is, who doesn't think It any
special harm just to save a little by
tncking away a few pairs of gloves which
only make her leg bit pIumper, if they
don't slip down and give her a queer
shaped ankle, or filing her corset with
some rare and dainty lace, that II pur-
chased here would cost a pocketful Of
money on account Of the duty.
Women arc far more wary than men In
smuggling. and their devices for bringing
In goods of duitable nature are many
II IS usually the case that the inspectress
can tell by the face and contour of the
person AS u general rule, the woman
who has goods hid away will look the
searcher Of her luggage calmly IN the face,
seldom turning away, and II the searcher
politely informs her that she thinks that
she has dutiable goods on her person, she
will, Of course, be greatly insulted and
Invite careful examination She gets it
and little+rouble in the bargain. The
self assurance that q woman smuggler
has Is of such great quantity that It will
lead her to do the most absurd and fool
hardy Deeds whereas, IL she had less,
perhaps she would not rely so much upon
It's carrying her through, and would,
therefore, be more careful. The hustle is
o godsend TO the woman who wants to
smuggle. They arc made large and
roomy. are of iron framework, and In them
may be safely carried yards of the most
valuable goods.
The most absurd thing for woman to
do who has goods hid about her person is
to wear heavy ulster when it is too
warm for one She will have to refuse to
remove it when graciously asked IL it is
not bit warm, and such refusal of course
results in q necessary investigation on
the part of the inspectress. The manners
Of the woman smuggler ere always very
charming, and therefore 1t Is In such o
kindly way that they inform the tired In |
spectress that she Is really tired and needs |
Q little rest, therefore need not examine |
their trunks, as they viii tell the inspec. |
tress what Is In them and save her so
much extra trouble. But she doesn't look |
at 1t In that light, and does inspect the |
trunks, much to the regret Of the owner |
These smugglers possess quiet and care
less air, but the inspectress can always |
tell them by the way they attempt to sit |
down. Their bodies then have a stiff |
ness that Is hardly IN keeping with |
tho manner la which they carry /
the head and arms, and Of course they |
are Immediately suspected Of having |
goods concealed somewhere about their |
skirts. There are many curious places Of /
conceaiment. and IL can hardly be irn-
probable that many Thousand dollars
worth Of dutiable goods are brought |
through by smart tricks. For instance, |
diamonds and other precious Jewels have /
been brought over fastened in the front
and in the plumes of the bonnet They |
are generally wrapped In black cotton and |
securely fastened in such manner that |
it would be necessary to take the hat |
apart to find them. The heel of the shoe |
Is another queer but secure place where i
Jewels have been carried. The heel is
false, having hollow place in the center,
where, packed in cotton, the gems rest
safely.
Sometimes woman is found with lace
wrapped around her form. Yard after
yard Of 1t is thus securely carried until
the eye of the inspectress looks with sus-
picion upon the peculiar shape Of the
wearer and she examines her. In the
bustles have been found toilet bags filed
with all sorts of odds and ends, such as
silks, gloves, hat frames, yards or rather
hundreds Of yards Of ribbon, stockings and
everything dear TO the eye of the female.
10 lean woman the curvatures In their
corsets offer q snug resting place for
quite number Of dutiable goods that
can DO carried safer there than almost
anywhere else. One woman was found
with lace curtains pinned under her dress,
taking the place Of her usual underskirts.
Silk has been found worn IN the same man
ner, and ribbon has BEEN wound around
the legs and boSly until yard upon yard WIS
concealed. When discovery is made the
woman elnuggler Of course attempts q
bride, bus the amount is absurd, always
very much smaller than man would for
. minute think of offering A woman
win offer the inspectress 81 and consider
It big amount Ten dollars would break
them alI up. A mans bride is hardly
ever less than $40, and frequently as high
as $50 The women inspectors viii &C.
cept no such favors. however. When q
woman IS suspected the inspectress in
forms the suspect OF the necessity Of IN
dergoing inspection, and she is requested
to 20 to her stateroom Then she Is or
dered to remove her outer garments, then
the hustle, aud, If the inspectress con-
siders il necessary to 60 further. she re-
moves the remainder OF her clothing.
e - fa+ 81 S4nn1 81 s.ItI ~.
s II 49, -, saas o11 us.a Y. s9.'1 -
season these dressmakers send their fore
women abroad to purchase goods. They
keep their eyes open. know all the women
who 60 abroad to buy goods ID the hope Of
evading duty on them. and send the IN
formation straight TO New York Another
source of information is the stewards and
zLaMarlessaa on the biz Steamship lines