Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21

Now. you impertinent creasure.' she
SAID to me. when l had closed the door.
how dare you speak TO me In SUCH
Just moment I interrupted. You
VIII be good enough to hand me that lorg-
nette and chain. And II you are not
ashamed Of being thief at your age just
try to look ashamed. anyhow
1 was pretty thoroughly Disguised with
her absurd airs. and that's why l spoke
more sharply Than usual.
she was silly enough to endeayo- 10
browbea me-
Why. you wretched. impudent crea-
lure. she started To let out. I'm so right
This minute 60 the proprietor Of this estab-
iishment and inform him that a crazy wo-
man
Got on Light
g oh, don't think you'd do that said I.
You'd make for the door ana mingle with
the crowd outside, and you'd sun retain
the lorgnette and chain which I saw You
steal. ana which is now inside your coat.
hou may account yourself very lucky that
you're not being borne through the streets
in patrol wagon at this moment What Is
more. you haven't entirely escaped that
danger Yet. Hand me the lorgnette and
chain Instantly
Wen. She was going to keep up the
DUN, as the men say, and continue her
astonishing effrontery when I suddsrIv
reached beneath her coat and drew out The
lorgnette and chain. Then OF course she
descended from her fiery uutamed stoed
ana began TO sGuirm aud cry. / hadn't the
last particle of sympathy for her. and if il
had been my .wn cstahIf shm.nt 1 verify
DeieNe Ia have had her run in. But ! let
her go. with one OF the warmest-wor,ied
warnings I'd ever relieved myself OF A
few nights later saw her in box at the
theater and she had very handsome
lorgnette and chain. Is It remarkable that
| wondered II she had stolen them"
Always Indignant
i grieve to say that most OF the women
whom | caught in the act Of stealing v,r.
| OF the top-ofty superior sort IL goes
| without saying that they were all extreme
| ly indignant when accused, hut the very
slightest hint Of exposure brought them
around, The elderly ones as a rule. were
| less Inclined 70 blur me caught a h..ilI-
TRULY gowned woman Of middle age with
a me "ountenance and a great ppmpalut!r
mass of prema turely white hair in the act
81 iuruvcly thruS nE half dozen pairs OF
expensive silk stockings beneath her seal
skin Sacque. She was accompanied by "A
pretty young woman. obviously her dalch-
Ter. SO strong was the resemblance between
the two, and / also observed that i'm M
InS Tue STOCKINGS she took much pains
mat her daughter should not see hrr I'M
me act as she did To escape the ubs.rvu-
| ton OF the saleSWoman
" Your skirt is disarrangad' 7 said "a
| ntf IN 4 low tone. walking UP behind bsr
IL You kindly step with me. I'll put it
she thanked me with erfusiou and NJ.
about to turn to call her daughter VIII,
had gone to another counter wb.n
caught her eye and put my finger To my
up, ohe Understood. flushed furously aud
walked back to my little room
- Let there be no trouble | said IA bar
rue Stockings You took. IL you please. and
hehcetoTth 1t would be well for vou To- maxi
your purchases elsewhere No words nov
II you 90 not want 10 involve yourself IN
an unpleasant and perhaps a dangerous
pFeuicament The stockings if you pleas
What Made Her Quail.
Well she tried to shriveI me with her
eyes and assumed her finest heavy ira
gedienne manner.
How dare vou?' she started to say.
Your daughter viii he looking for yo,i.'
interrupted. The stockings?'
Al the mention of the word daughter
she quailed. and reached heneath m.
Sacque and brought forth the stockings.
For mercy's sake. 10 not let her ar
any one else know she began to saw.
handing the stockings to re
No said l. But you no Doubt r,sr-
celVe the wisdom Of my suggestion nat
you withdraw your patronage from ms
establishment in future?
Il felt a bit sorry for her >Sb. ssa-,.1
nluch moved, and she seized nv hand and
Kissed IL believe the experien.a was "a
e*son TO her, and that she resolved in taat
ncut 10 DO 40 more shOpiifting
Too Valuable 10 Lose.
Il caught a stylish young colorei girl in
hand
kerchiefs in a big open-mouthed black h3.
which she carried over her arm. / found
nearly 500 worth of goods In the bag when
dumped it out on the table In nv utt1s
room-eXpensive fans. brushes 1aces g,
manicure set, all sorts Of things I thought
she was surely professional and was 90
ing 10 hand her over to the police who,
she emerged from the mute s'upor mn,
which she had been plunged when I mn
tIel heT m ana told me that she was The
q a fhEAF
women in Washington. I verified her state
| fnent by telephone. and in half an hour
her mistress came down In her carriage
am 50 glad that you did not sr-r.s.
| her. she told me. 1t was really GOOD AZ
you. know that she is thief Goodnes.
only Knows how much she has stolen from,
me In the five years I've had her. But she
IS the only maid l ever had who really
knew how to do up my hair properly. AMI
L wouldn't lose her for anything!'
The pleasures mine said I. and you're
welcome TO her a long you can keen her
out OF jail; But she must never come here
any more
Umbrellas rs Accessorfes
Il watched pretty carefully for the UNI
brella shoplifters-for I found them a very
frequent type in New York-but only dis
covered one-a young woman who said she
was a stenographer in one Of the depart-
ments, and who took my discovery of her
SO caoily-so cheerfully. in fact-that
long time previously. 1t WAS a drizzly Say
and L noticed the unusual bulge to her
down-hanging umbrella. She had some
$50 worth of laces handkerchiefs ana
gloves in that umbrella
How did YOU guess it% she asked me.
quite smillngly. when l took her back
Are you nsturai-born guesserg
concluded that her frivolous manner
wasn't seemiy, and that she needed comb
ing down.
That Is better than being a natural
born thief, is 1t not" l asked her
She flushed q bit at that and by the
time had finished making a few more nee
essary remarks TO her she appeared 10 D..
quite glad to be permitted to depart The
umbrella lifters are dangerous If tb,v
don't oVerdo their umbrella capacities and
get them to bu!ging. 1t is much easier to
flick things off counter into a capaci1ns
umbrella than ii is to pick them up and
stow them in less hidden receptacles-hut
most Of the umbrella lifters want too
much. giving their stuffed umbrellas thar
tell-taie bulge