The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
~ HIDING.
Speculation. on the PossiIiiI,, 81 EIudInE
Pursuit.

From me .Spsc'ii0-
7 We have said nothing Of DISCUSSES
moral or material disguise = Of course
the chief par Of The secret Of disappearing
4 material dIsgui-e may be he most eT~c-
rusl mettod OF all Imagine man vi no
can permanently disguise himself as a
woman. 80 that no one would believe even
on the closest s'TItinY that he was not y
woman he might merge himself IN a new
d cOmmInily for he rest Of his lie With little
risk Of being discovered hut the posi-
biliV Of such = disguise ~ rare indeed It
would have TO he aided Nv natural defects
suoh 49, fals.ito voice. hairi-sSn~as and
. feminine cuEn'enanC~ For most fuki-
tiNs- he oniN permanent resource helped
perhaps 10. ne temporary adoption Of .
disguised Uh'-I"ai appearance Is moral
disguise
man mus pre- end 20 he Nhar he - not
10 b" sn,rh Nhen he 10 ZONES to he a
cArpenter hon he n plumber ia h. =
laborsr hen h.. ~ a skilled artisan. 30 he a
COuntTvman when he - toNnSman But
he mus, lave IN he light Of he world ~
suspicion has gradually cleared A~av
then a mole Crosd Of new AssoCiat IONS viii
belong 20 HIM and suspicion viii he less
lkeIN than ever 10 A'tAoh to him II IL IN.
principle again. Of avoiding detective
By foIloW ing him The present writer once
heard What he has res son o believe was a
true sior, ths' ~ The old davs Nhen some
Snipping rompan'e- paid their captains
inclusive sums Ia navigate the ship and
proN ale food TOT tie Assem- gers. on. Of these
CAPTAINS made - pTA"t,e not Ia reveal
his II.ntitN ia The passengers Ne used to
Iy, 10 ne 'abin IN an upper deck where
no na --ensrr- srr- aiioN -d io go h,' some
time. Le would slip doWu "a I,Ia u 'IotI..
ON ~ Tho Hs IA d-rk " here No one knew " no
49, Sas Ih"- h- aNoid~d the unpl-asant-
u--- OF ,Onirlhini- On hts last voyage
"a tho COMPANY -~rNt'r h- WAs careless
~ T.-ult- Nh,ch conii never rea,t on him
to hts detr ,mrnt and h~ made a. handsome
q pTont A. h- 'ouli out oG TIC ,oiumi.-,.
riat The complaints of the pa-s-ngrr-
Is,,tue almost tuut nous and al an. hsivLt
VI the 'ri-l- he made things pleasant FOR
himself nv fOtnins Ne "a S-~nRSr- and
IskinT = very strong Inc aga,n-' the cap
IAN
lite more suda'iou- the plan The more
likely ~ -i',- 'Ttm'nrl- are ,ommOni,
BETRAYED not by too mn.h daring but bV
VANITY OF InsrIdi'ablr ts'kRttN~Dr--. Vhi,h
NAV he NE sane ming " 'ongrntt ~ ,rttu-
mat. could only A"-p Tnlet Inor" of them
ould get nnHllv away by under akIng some
resolui~ 'harge ~ life bV ioininV a SHIN
SNORT of hands a. the las moment bN shai
sailors cslI ~ pi-r head Iump or by -ntn.
such exotic o"'upation a. one Of the s"-
conpii,er IN lIrroln'- murder - siid to
have embraced when he heCane . member
OF the PApal Guard a. the Vatican But
u man docs not b-tray him self a. bv A
fortunate dispenSat,on Of Prov id-n,e tewu-
most successfully ~. ardacSous m. 81
IRENE OF auda"itY would he "a bet ONE an
s'nDloye. N prison. Narder. OF police
man smother line OF Ssieiv would b. 10
commit . luInor offence and he safely lock Ell
up under the care ot the law 10 -oiGe sirAnR.
distract tIli the hue aud cry MS over In
fact one Of the hest refugees OF the rSis,'iy.
- TO keep himse ~ell before the public ia
some new capacity II he acre ia do some
hing pr.posi"rouslN different from his
crime. II he were 20 give exhibitions IN a
lifs saving suit Of his own invention Ike
Captain Boyton or wheel . barrel from
Naples 20 Niini-Noy gorod to advertise a
new diet With marvellous percentage of
prot eds or set M priv a. detective agency
hs would he sxertlns in his own case some.
thing comparable 10 he counter irTiiaDt
IN medical iTestmen' Nv drawing attsn.
lion 10 himself IN one sense he would repel
u in another
All this would have to he done IN IN.
most eros ded haunIs Of men " T. among
crowds that observation h a. ". lowest
Ask q servant Of a clerk IN q town TO de
scribe visitor. and you sound The depths
Of carele-~ness IN takinR mental notes
absence ~ difference IN psr-onsi chSra'r
ieristics - oppressive On all hands are
the same clothes. the same caps. The same
pSr.ss. ~. sam. Ismsb 'o Tss fu ~. ssms
ability VIII choose the terrain for his dis
appearance - carefully a. a General choose
~. ground T re, battle 10 ~. re.p.c,
appreciable efect on the art OF disappear
ance. The old naivete will he shunned
and The fugitive will become q. cunning
order 20 outwit his pursuers a. the detec-
tive has been cunning IN the past IN dis
committing his victims nv hia practical EnorI
spt Of d,.appssrsncs ". ar. M no, i no~ 1s,ns
InE of crime az fascinating game How
many ~ Ne sho pride ourselves on our
saescry could remsin hidden FOR a month
the country and all the ne~ spAners bent
on ierT etInS us ousl