The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19

4 4 S'SyAAS "a tAe LuUot lnTllllnR cnap-
&ets In the history Of the worlds
vars are those in which women
tave played conspicuous part. The
stories Of their escapades in the role
Of spies in many cases battle ths in
teniots simaginations Of such an-
thors as Jules Verne and H. q.
Wells, and are far too intficateand
complex for the art Of the ciiemato-
graph actor.
Women Of a certain type Of mind
and character lend themselves adj
nnirably to the precarlous and highly
dangerous profession, and their serv.
fees have been retained by many
ofthe continental powers. In peace,
as well as in war, they carry on
their work. and are far more dam
gerous and far less subject to cap
ture than their male colleagues.
When caught women spies 60 to
their death quite bravely. This has
been true in all wars. and the pres
ent titanic struggle in Europe Is no
exception. A dispatch sent o1Lon-
don from the north of France illus
trates this fact. Said the dispatch:
THE shooting of spies In this and
other towns ofIthe district takes
place daily; and nearly as many
Women haye been shot as men. The
most seasoned veteran loatttes the
task of Shooting women, but accord
ing tosthe laws It mast be done.
They are lined up with the mon.
often mere girls or women Of re-
hnement at the zenith Of their
charm and beauty. who. Faccofd,ng
to their lights. give their lives for
their country and meet death as
brayely as amy man."
BRITISH DEPORT
BEAUTY SPECIALIST. =
One ofthese female spies was only
"a years old. In her possession were
the plans of all the roads and
bridges around Paris. i.
!. Nine. Bertha frost. declared nv
British officials to be the most dan
gerous spy in the world. has Just
been deported from England as a
{ German spy. For thirty years. ac-
cording to the Scotland Yard OFF,
Gals who have been investigating
her. career, she has lived in England
in expensive apartments that were
far beyond her visible income.
During most of that period she
! operated an exclusive little beauty
parlor that served rather to place
her in touch with titled English
women than increase her revenue
AS months went on influential wom-
en- fell deeper and deeper into her
debt Although Nine. frost never
demanded payment she revealed an
Unsuitable curiosity curiosity that
dealt largely with affairs of state.
The women who had revealed taeir
!, physical ailments to Nine. frost
feared to refuse and-well, Nine.
frost is charged with obtaining any
information she desired.
4 Emboldened by her continued
success. she recently began to make
the acquaintance of wounded Brit
fish officers. Then she endeayoreei to
gain access to the camp where Ger
Fman prisoners of war are held. The
Scotland Yard officials interfered
then. with the result that Mime.
Trost-now known to be Of German
birth and possessing husband in
SGermany-was deported.
j Long before the war, say the Eng
lish, Germany employed hundreds Of
feminine spies-beautiful society
women, in many cases. These wom-
zen have played important parts in
jathe present campaign.
ONE SYSTEM .g4
DETAILED.
Here is typical case as cited in
London: BY accident woman
handed sentry the very note that
she was to have given to the Ger
mans, in mistake for the permit that
sshe had to show in order to cross
the bridge between varangville and
st Nicholas. She was charged be-
fore court Of war and later exc
cuted.
Another woman dropped a letter.
which read: Hurry up; the TWEEN
tieth Corps arrives this evening"
She dropped it at the gates of Nam
cy. and was straightway arrested.
During the battle of the Aisnc a
woman was one night discovered
signaling from window to the Ger
mans by means Of an electric torch.
Perhaps the most daring espicn-
age exploit by woman at the front
was that of a pretty italian in the
pay Of Germany. Until her arres. In
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