The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-22

outer attire so that the effect was nor
NAL. But, through some minor neglect
in the genera, plan. the inspector became
suspicious. and the event terminated with
the young woman paying both the fine
and the duty. They belonged TO aristo-
cratic families and were well able TO pay
the tax imposed by the law. But the in
terent desire to evade the customs duty
was stronger than the moral sense which
enables one TO pay the law.
II is a common trick for women 10
haste all sorts of valuable fabrics on the
inner side of their garments and To stitch
jewels in the seams of dresses When the
fashion OF wearing pulled material at the
shoulders was in vogue women took adj
vantage OF the space created TO conceal
many valusbles at that point, and when
the fashion changed and the loose mater
ial fell below the elbow, why, they sim
ply followed the fad and kept up the de-
ception.
1t is not uncommon for women 20 adorn
their necks with priceless lsces and TO
protest that the splendor o: the display is
a regular indulgence and consistent with
their usual taste.
Transatlantic travellers of the richer
class who carry many trunks have
habit OF mixing expensive gowns with the
cheap attire of their maids. forgetting
that they possess this valuable rairnent
when making their declaration TO the
treasury officials. IL they are caught In
the act it is a simple and safe defense to
feign establishment and regret that the
poor maid should indulge in such ex-
travagance while the mistress must be
satisfied with palmer garments. But as
a last resort the wanton display which.
alas. she knew not Of before.
There Is ore kind Of offender whom
the custom house officials have especial
difficulty in handling. This is the woman
vino makes an attempt at coucealmeni.
She decks herself out in the most ex-
travagant manner naunts her wealth in
the open. scatters her gowns and Jewels
all over her trunks. seems anxious ard
willing that everything she possesses on
earth shall come under the eye 81 the
authorities. IN her declaration she lays
claim, 70 vast personal wardrcbes. many
jewels highly priced and rare fabrics. all
OF which, she says have been hers since
she was a child
This apparent willingness 20 display T.
not infreauently a studied effort 20 con-
ceal. In days gone by IL was extremely
effective. but the recent progress IN mat
ters ~ this kind has In measure
brought abou; change
II was not many months ago that
Philadelphia woman strung two valuable
pearl necklaces abou; her throat. one
visible the other concealed under h~r
collar. II vas made 10 sppear when shs
vas detected that she had po~sess@s them
for some time and that they were free
from duty b. virtue ~ this fact Bat
an Investigation Developed the sor5eEha;
astounding s;ory that only one ~ The
two was eTemp, and tia; the other was
r. recent acquisition % her collection 81
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