The Washington herald., 1915-08-10

| Service, In the Treasury Department.
which has to do with the smuggling
problems. and also In the State De-
partment. the work done by women
would make very Interesting reading.
"As an Investigator" said an ofial
OF the Department Of Justice. there
are many lines In which . woman not
only 10 Tar better than q man. but in
which her employment IL necessary.
Women detectives are not 30 open to
suspicion as are their brothers.
And these women who go into the
game" he continued. do 80 not solely
for the pscuniary gain. but also for
the love of the game; for the excite
ment there II in II. Working with
ure. And. what 10 to their advantage,
they seldom figure in the public print
II Miss Jones works out a case and
an arrest follows. Mr.. Jones makes the
arrest and gets the newspaper credit.
Not because the department doesn't
appreciate the ability OF Miss Jones;
not at all. But we want to keep her
under cover. Publicity and her pic
ture would destroy her usefulness"
Women DO Not "Fake."
. The big private detective agencies
have long employed women, and are
using more today than ever before.
according to the superintendent OF one
Of the largest agencies In the country.
I'VE couldn't get along without
them." he said. And what is more.
they are more trustworthy than the
average male operative: that is, they
either succeed or they don't. and II
they don't they 30 report. They do not
fake
. And even when they fail they gen.
orally unearth q clew which is valua-
ole. The woman operative is clever, in
telligent and able. While cautious, she
Is as a rule more daring than the man,
and because she 10 q woman can get
away with il. II she IL in q tight place
or makes a blunder. The most desper-
ate criminal will hesitate to harm a
woman, even II he knows she IL after
him, whereas a MAXWELL. a mans q
man. He wouldn't have a chance In q
thousand where woman would escape
Furthermore. and DO not know why
1t 10 90, q criminal or any person might
come face to face with a woms n today
and q week hence he would never rec
ognize her. A change In dress. in the
hat. in the way she combs her hair
that's all. the dissuise the clever female
operative needs"
Excellent Store Detectives.
To the average person the term woman
detective means the sharp eyed young
woman who is employed by the depart
inent stores to look after the evasive |
sands a year. despite, the vigilance OF
the store detectives. who are as Q rule. |
There Is not a department store |
In New York city that does not employ |
one or more Of these watchful. tactful |
who more than earn the salary |
they receive. Younsest OF these women |
detectives In department stores-she 10
barely turned swenty y-one-and one Of
the most clever. with hundreds Of ar |
sases to her credit. 10 Miss Amelia B. |
pc Saints. chief Of the Secret Service |
Is Gimbei Rfothers. s-'-
Miss De 9Antif has held her present |
position for four years, graduating |
from the cashiers desk. She 10 the
last person In the world that one
would suspect Of being q cow" She
1oesn't/ look the part at all. Pretty, |
charming in manner. she Is
he last person in the world a shop
litter, roaming about the store. would |
AXE for . detective. Miss De santis
Is the busiest little shopper. the most |
,roqigal shopper that enters the store. |
md not nine out Of ten Of the en-
oloyes know her. But the shoplifters
TO-. They know her and they fear her.
She has a card index system in her
office. many of the names recorded In
Which would startle you. They repre-
lent the high. the low and the middle
slasses and include every profession
rom a clergyman to a street sweeper.
rhe public has come to look upon the
,hoplifter as a woman. Miss De San
lis exploded this idea a. she did other
generally accepted views.
There are five men shoplifters and
sneak thieves-.moll buIxers.' the po-
ice call them,' she said, TO every
woman. The woman shoplifter 10 not
aking the chances today that she did
several years ago. The men are the
hief offenders at the present time"