El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-13
The British Revue Girl Who Was an Understudy of the
German Spy-Dancer Tells of Her Private Life.
By NELLIE HUSTIS

9 though I never heard anybody tackle
/ her in japanese
And as the cracked piano ratified
I through the latest chansonette or you
usually daring ballad by The Poet Of
/ the Street" into the other ear she
poured a flood OF interesting gossip
about Europe and Japan.
Dangerous Companion.
The part Of the officer or civilian
table was that Of a istener-or so it
seemed at the moment When the
man got home he would discover that
in a few moments when he pushed a
word in he had told her far more than
he meant 10 tell
The Japanese character was more
subtly suggested, but the French was
just as broken-and so. apparently.
were the high officers and officials
she danced with, supped with, and
Unanswered
had no suspicion OF her real char ]
acter. Mata Harii Who could doubt 4
herr Had she not confessed behind 4
her fan that she was not japanese at I
all. but Dutch. with a splash OF the Z
wild southern blood2 Did we not all 4
tell the dead secret round7 And did I
not that establish her once and for 1
all as safe woman whose little j
secret was known2 ''Mata Hari2 OH !
she's a little Dutch Creole who pre-
tends TO be Japaneser'
Messages For Berlin.
Imagine. then, how dangerous she
wasi And imagine how much more
dangerous she was when she had be-
come intimate with a man. and could
him at that awkward moment OF half
waking. when the senses are lulled
and the tongue is loosedi
Oh, there were no secrets from Mata
Hari, and you may guess that il was
sometimes not a gull but a confeder-
ate who slipped drink with her, and
that most interesting dispatches. IN
der a number that stood for Mar
Euerite Zelle. went from the German
embassy in Paris to Wilhelmstrasse.
Berlin.
On one occasion at a cafe she told
me that she was. or had been, the
wife Of an English officer named
Mcleod. But when I met her next
she denied the fact, and said she had
been Kidding me
Though she could not dance very
well. Aata Hari could be most fas-
chatting. I think that the opportuni-
ties she sought could not he found in
our music halls. and she decided that
our cafes and restaurants were more
IsefuL Il
When She Was In England.
To my surprise, in the West End
,afe, though her English was more
broken than ever. she spoke French
quite perfectly, but OF German, God !
bless youi not a word.
1 can see her now, with her dark.
flashing eyes and strongly marked
features, hemmed in the company Of
Khaki clad men, flushed and merry.
Now, though Marguerite Zelle never
thought it worth her while TO get an
here. and though it is
possible that there are now no Ger
nan spies on our boards. II is a fact
hat before the war. and even for ,
ome time afterwards, there were .
many Germans on the English va
-iety stage
As for the orchestra. welli one OF .
he best spies Wilhelmstrasse ever
rad once played a good trombone at
me OF the music halls.
Even now there are one or two ar 7
lists who once would have admitted =
ierman or Austrian origin. and are
ow Of unblemished neutral descent. h
t may be all right. OF course, but we e
re very unsuspicious. G
Are there no more Marguerite ZelIes n
n our cafes2 Are there no girls /.
as friendly aliens or Z
ven more friendly neutrals. and dill
emily trying to tap the sources Of z
iilitary and official information
International Peril.
! Spain. and Marguerite Zeue was T
here There have been leakages in Z
,ngland. and Marguerite Zelle has =
cen here Has the danger ended in
18th her death2 Do not believe it, "
Only the other night I saw an a
fficer and a pretty foreign woman, n
18th provoking eyes and great free o.
ON Of manner. hobnobbing over q =
magnum OF champagne. II
An international artist is such a
censed person. She can travel any
here in search Of work without rails
e suspicion and nobody wonders
hen she is seen tete-a-tete with
haki
The British secret service is good.
know. but is IL not possible that IL
.ese women may sometimes succeed iii
getting too much rope With the III
alp Of information sent from Paris III
Id Madrid the secret service official III
nartly captured Margue-its ZelIe.-I
1pyright 1917 by the international II
ews Bureau, Boston.