The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09


can resident While the newcomers
trust IN the good old fashioned way the
sophisticated ones go to the other eX
treme and suspect everybody aud every
thing
In one of the pensions where stayed
there was a young woman from Boston
81 the latter class She had come over
last December. was paving twenty
two dollars a week for her board. and
had spent her time in getting clothes
for her family and few friends which
she Intended To- take back in August.
when there ~ little incoming rush and
the attention of the officials IL not Az
keen ~ a month or six weeks later, when
the regular crowd begins To return. in
Guiding the dressmakeru.
This girl. who weighed somewhere
in the neighborhood Of 10 pounds. would
often appear at the pension evenings
in dresses which even to a p~r-on afflicted
with an acute case II stFabismus or
astigmatism II would sasm were made
for person weighing 80 at least
They were IN reality destined for
her mothers wardrobe. Bat she wanted
10 give them that nice look 81 hav-
ing been worn which 80 often deoslvaS
the inexperienced attsche 81 the customs
service She bala need this careless dis
regard Of possible observation 10y a per
spicacity in other direc, .ons which hardly
seems credible but which. | assure you.
10 duplicated by NV foolish country
women all the time during their visits
In the French oapital.
she would neysr allow any ono to
sign for a package hue hertelf and when
In the boarding house spent a good deal
Of time peering over the banistsr In order
90 prevent the porter asking any qu.S-
tions OF carriers who might have goods
for her. Csually she brought home her
own purchases in q taxi hired for the dav
She knew oil the hywavs and back alleys
81 Paris where sample dresses may he
, bought and costumes made fur l.s-
sKtravagsnt sums than those asked on
the grand boulevards and in each ~ these
places she had given dihersnt name 80
that she would often lie awake nights in
fits % insomnia trying 20 recall the special
cognomsn she had used at "a particular
shop where II was necessary for her go
20 the nsIt day She made a. excuse
20 ma on one excursion where she legged
nv companiunship a. she was afraid ="
venture alone that ~. did not intend
20 be traced by the detectives employed
10y the Government aud took This pre-
caution Shs had once had 20 pav duty
on a SIS dre-s che had not declared aud
her mind was actually diseased by this
Ohse-sion: bat she had plenty II company
and in the came tension L.tOT" cam"
away another American woman displayed
all even more remarkable zeal II Possible
This second one would never allow
her room 20 ~. mad. up 10y tho femme d''
chambrs unless she was ia IT, aud II
accident prevented she would stop out
side and listen through "a crack or kew
hols 20 fird ont II the girl was oI-.uIng
any packages Oncr she was pusi'iv"
sh. dstsc1ei ~. sound 81 Tissue paper
being unrol"d and did not re1 until
'hs maid was die harg"i. going about
among tho ether I.usiunaiT"- and IL"
scribing ~" Rirl- suspicious actions
: until all III. w"Iu"I w.t. had goods they
iniand-d o. smugsl. IA and every one.
had combined IA insisting that new
girl bs employed,
THIS S.rDnd one was 'he StIpidssi
thing ever She was fresh from the
provinces and did not ha v"an idea abOV.
her wages food and led You could see
that In her Doyins face and her .lsthan-
tine movements When Won heard her
coming up the stairs ia the morning Won
Thought that "A moving van had broken
into tho establishment aud was making
for your door n Won saidti0Od morning
sh. responded 'Ouh and she -pok. an
unintelli gibls language which was more
diffic,ht than that ~ the bOar,l-rs Who had
all taken lessons the winter before. pre-
pairing for their summer tour But do
Won think all these qualities prevented
her from beng under suspicion She WAS
under constant surveillance. p+-r"d al;
through k-yhol-- asked all sorts -
foolish questions, regarded IN ~av that
would have made a-Hsrvous person throw
up her pO-iiiDn immediately She. how