Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-08-02
American and Canadian Officers
Visiting London Also Fleeced
by Sharpers.
GIRLS ARE USED As DEcOYs
international cotsrie Usino Private
Houses for osmss Operates In
overwhelmingly Of sn Aviz-
tors Wifs--Womsn Worse
Thar Men.


London. There II man living Ia
retirement In one Of those fine. up
standing old Jaeobean manor houses,
not nfty miles from London model
country squire. popular with his ten.
ants. lbogoughgoing sportsman. who
rides 10 hounds mont religiously and
cnsertHins on tho most lavish scale.
lie can afford II. His annual income
u somewhere ia the 100000 line. Yet
before tho war this particular man
hstini penny 70 his name
Tho secret Of hss extraordinary sue.
cess lay IN quiet sumpiuously fur.
nishrd back rooms In quiet. common.
place houses IN those s0mbef streets
that neatis In aud around Mayfair.
chsmsn d. fer. poker faro, sometimes
roulette wheel and the giided oilers
Of old British arissoeraey would be
s~nrsninx round like moths about
candle 9sey seem 10 have an
iniuifisr sefs@e for such places !
these folk Where the average
man would pass by without com
mnni. they nudge ones elbow and
svhssper That's old so-and SOS place
II ever you feel Inclined for quiet
euiser'shat notorious quiet nutter'
slgiifying anything from fiyepound
note 50 500 or 20
Among this select rotefie are men
and women ~ doubtful nationality.
who make best pse % their business
Tor extracting Information Of their
more highly connected clientele. This .
vac proved Ia the r,ise Of a recent
raid ~here Che woman proprietor was :
discovered 20 BIO an agent 10 German :
:,ay Thus they attain a double OBJ =
bot
Women Worse Than the Men.
Hut there Is also another class who y
frequent these places Manufacturers
rom provincial mnnlsion districts.
lashcd with their new and easily won .
'ortuncs. and wishing to be Ia the so ,
.laI swim. run biindly into these well. a
saited traps. Perhaps their unpless- =
znf experience gives them wisdom.
they never repeat the performance.
They belong 10 that eternal type which 4
links Il esu beat tho thief az his own
'nlne. They are gamblers for the same
esson the. drugtakefs aud dipsoiEani
g. are what they are. They can't
elp u. y
The women are worse even than the
,en. Az least 90 per cent more OF ne
Their scx favor the green table. They
AXE their gambling seriousiy~-dcnd
eriouzsy To ;bem, IL nothing of the
porting element Of the affair. n -
atihront business Of pay aud receive "
'nce y Wofnnn Is seized with the w
amhliag bug nothing on earth can
old hrr II Is the first step OF the
any great tragedies Of llfe o.
Tragedy Of an Avlasor's wife.
Perhaps ons OF the most tragic in
anccs u this nature IVES that Of the
~ of commander Ia the British ny.
< corps Prior 70 the war he was a
rgnhsr o. the stock exchange and
~ lived IA quiet Village 30 miles on
PIN London When he Joined che col the
: they sold their home aud the wife ~
'nt r. live IN toun-~tn n tiny fiat in =
aight<brldEe. She was little more NJ
M child. and charnlngiy unso- An,
isticated ose nj that 50 fell easy out
tim 70 The gamblers wiies. ~
They get hold Of her through the haa
Sire dhote ~ the restaurant she ~
qucuted even the Smartest maitres ,hs
ctei and head walters are some 49,.
'es. though n1uitlingly. the lnstru. mir
nts ~ the confederates who SO 10 r
restaurants as part Of their daily .,.h
'lness 10 get at the lonely men and ~,
men with money Who are to De DIS. ,,,v.
ercd IA every London hotel One sata
/ q charming woman Of distinguished ,h.,
searence stFoiicd over 20 her table ~.
b . polite request % share Il with Me-,
Consent was readily given. aud ocr,
> got Into conversation a,
he 9cicome stranger sympaihlzcd ~
her loneliness. aud flashed by In 49,.
nx her 20 dainty maisoneste Oft no,,,
\ lane After dinner cards wers am
dueee And the fleeing had begun i,
she time her husband was able 20 III.
hopse sn leave and rescue her the esr.,
Isppy woman had been robbed OF Mana
berg Yart % s2tlNa fyo,,
ORGANIZED Like Company.
bar Il only one 81 the brilliant Al
hods cmpio3ed. This International whe,
( Its agents cover every city and cent
= town Ia tae world even In the drap
as rountries-is organized like a sumo
'g4ny. an prodt.sharing basis. wom
r. are trusted SCENTS uf every port. And
l0n eenfsS ADD high class health crs ,
r. Is - the business q these fenr
- 70 i've 10 prihceiy ssyie. grad cove,
, ~orn.nx their way inte the con Mn h
w - ne notsbies q the locality not I
* fiji detailed reports % their ,am
ssoerts and business transactions undo,
general headquarters mhw
he's : moneyed man Or woman Only
%, from one country 10 another Move
ssert - The port - snbarkatIar come
: fuh particulars Of his--or her move
hess available capital and intend A.
'erioa 81 WRIT to his confederate ~
ae other end The victim Is shad- way
and enDrnH ctseft % the train wo~,,