The Detroit times., 1910-08-17
UNMAsKIMG OF N.Y..
WOMAN As Man
AMUsEs OUPEs
II Feel Al II Had Lost q Chum,"
Says Companion Of Mrs. E. B.
Smith Who Posed Five
Years As Man.
Men Who Worked and Played With
Young Spaniard Come In For
Kindly Banter.

" AOHhs aug. l1.-S0vef0l
hundred men and women n New York
city FIRST gasped with Advertisements
and then laughed when they read the
amazing story OF alias AL Marines. q
or Elena b. Smith, who for Ave years
mad posed as q man, and In mans
clothing had gone through all sorts
OF masculine experiences, from bust
ness to rough houses" and had never
been suspected. These were the per-
sons with whom al Martinez"
worked and played, and at whom she
Is now quietly laughing, demurely
and femininely clad, at the Hotel Bre-
WORT
In business establishments where
the supposed young "Epaniard" had
been employed the routine OF the
morning was everywhere broken up
by "reminiscences, excited gossip and
laughter. The stenographers, tele-
phone operators and other women en-
ployes thought II was not 30 surpris-
ing that they had not discovered the
secret Of Martinez. because they had
not been closely associated with him.
Went 70 Boxing Matches.
Consequently they bantered men
workers who had gone to cafes, to the
races, To ball games and even to box
dreameS thsv -. aosr. eho,,t ,;th
-orsr Wornnv. IT, "a 49,,
.hsr,. th.,- acr rS.n ~. 10" ,a 80 90
s.srs r,st,smorisI S,~os,,t,a. de,ts
a. -, - IA "a $50 ,sr.,,. -,
ST." ~. s.s,,is 49, hsa.s aens, -
a 49,. so~.u o...
'o w., 49, o..,rs III ~ no,,n. r
rr.nSs hrvsv.~" ED M,s Sr,Ith
sthat III never tell any one where
I've been with them or what they said
to me. Even II am q girl again I'll
keep TO the male code Of honor about
such things."
At Tho flrst buaineas place where
al May1HA41F yp6g,le4 after taking up
that rob ~ Boston and coming here
this tobacco mandatory Of Jacob
Ninety ghth-et~~s " 10 still well ~
|membered. Mr.. StAhI was not there
yesterday. but Q forewoman OF the
factory (who asked that her name
be withheld said:
II used to have trouble keeping my
girls from flirting with Martinez. ne
was 90 good-looking and weil-dressed.
One girl wanted to marry him and was
almost heartbroken when he left
The big wooden house OF 8. Stein
4 Co., at Fifth-ave. and Eighteenth
st.. was arbuxz over tho strange story.
Henry Bernhard, one OF the partners,
was the man who engaged Marines
Their eas q bookkeeper In the spring
of 1906. He was inclined TO De
trifle chagrined at nrst wnen asked
about this.
"of Course, He Worked Here"
But when he saw the smiling faces
Of the bookkeepers and heard the
omen sirles Of the girls about the
Mace Mr. bernhard endowed n hearty
iaueh At his own expense.
A. the cloth importing house of
Greer a Co. at Mercer and Spring
sts. most OF the laughs. apparently,
were AT the erpense OF w. James
Faith. the manager. who not only ad-
vanced vounp Martinez several times,
hut when he left gave him a letter
testifving To how honest and capable
a "voung man. the bearer was. Mr..
Faith however aid not appear yester.
dav
.non,t ask mo about Martinez"
.s,d Mr. nav. fhe head bookkeener
GOT course. he worked here. rye been
hearing nothing hut Martinez ali day.
Mo- never knew he was q woman
never suspected. But ask Mr.. Faith;
he's the boss."
In a sprinr-st. cafe nearby thew re-
marherad the slim voung Standard
and the bartender. with an American
nronnad mn hack NJ him. enioyed tell.
sr~ ko~ Martiney used Ia mt his feet
~, ~. rail With tba rest az the Green
emnioves That was in the fan
~ 1908
Nearly "a n handbook man. who
laws odda on IN ehorse races. az
Lnsw Mart,nez we'll ne said. "On
dava when he couldn't get to the track
he used 10 bet with INV book. and he
Ala nrettv we'll"
Not one nerson could be found in
snv ~ the nlaces that employed "Al
M.r+tne," who ever suspected that
inc oih cPou