Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30
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Ms: Hrl'f,son indicated several
men OF official inheritance III ,ir
r"msS "iU,c down .ater. 1t was "a.
coh:eiN2oIc To M that individuals ii
national !nIi"it.,nc: in any country
could f""u4rnt sur!. Il place. exposed
10 tEe gaze at AMY person paying for
admitt;'ncc. Ia any OF the "doubtful'
cafes Of Berlin i had never seen officers
III uniform. but here In Turkey there
was evidently no shame in overt
shamcfulness. AS for the native
women dancers. their utter nakcdness
would have appeared Il robe Of
chasi tx compared with the diaphanous
IA mtnt they affected. or their dancing
and their demcanor. as, between the
turns, they sat flirting with officers
Oh the yellow SILK divanS surrounding
the place l need not speak Al such
but was present in the Folics for pur-
poses other than censorship OF lax
morality and indecoruln.
Beyond the occasional leer OF some
half incbriated male person, Miss Hen
derson and myself managed to while
an hour away with coffee and Il
Reggie" But as We were passing out
OF the main entrance woman in even
ing dress spoke to me.
Pardon me- she exclaimed in
French. but you left your handba <
on your chair" Handing me the
HlilSbt, Which, i tnOuS IL
forgotten. owing. l suppose. TO sort
OF subconscious excitement produced
by totally new environment After
had thanked her she said
Madame is English | believe; at
east your handbag is English. il YOU
Will forgive my making the remark"
AS matter Of fact. my hand bag
from London by lady friend the
previous Christmas. was about to
deny the soft impea chmcnt" when
something told me in a flash that the
woman who addressed me WAS secret
service agent No ordinary woman
would have been sharp enough to de-
tcct my bag as Of English make-but
what was her purpose behind the
guess at my nationality? Slightly
nudging Miss Henderson. replied tina;
| was English.
Il am so Pleased to meet an English
woman III Constantinoplc. The place
is CNcrIun ty women OF all other ma :
'ionnlitirs. ], does one good to meet
!ara avis occasionally. May / ask
you 10 come and see me? Please take
my card 1 am ut home every Thurs
day at 5. DO come, And please ex-
cuse my Interruption"
Well" cried Miss Henderson, "of all
the impcrt;nence. What colossal
cheek; and she absolutely ignored me-"
DO YOU know her by sight?''l asked.
Yes. | have seen her in the strceL
FOR some few months. You viii
not visit herr"
glanced at the card. Madame
Dclibcs. Villa Dekka. rcra." and after
showing ii to my companion, placed
!: in my handbag.
Il am sure the woman is o bad char
acter." added Miss Henderson. Il have
seen her driving about with different
men various occasions"
IhDu.rbi IN ,csl,ra Mice Han
d"rson that should not visit the abod.
OF Madame Dclibcs. but tmark the
duplicity acquired by the spy) made
UP my mind TO call upon that lady next
Thursday. lnstinctivcly | felt that
Madame Delibes would be OF use to me
WHY CLEVER GERMAN
MAN SPY FAILED
As it was four clear days to Thurs
day. | had time to look around me. al
though in STEAMBOAT four days-or years
MAY pass without event. So slowly
works the Oriental mind. Constants
nople, as yet had hardly realized that
- great war was on so far as | could
see. Schnitzler Fischer, Who has been
mentioned. spent six mCn-l. in Con-
Whether ii was on account OF his ex-
tremc physical plainncSs, or his ienor-
anc" OF the psychology Of the turk. |
do not know; but Fischer at any rate
was clever. and had plenty OF money
at his becS and call. Still he was the
last man 20 make anything like an
cro;ic impression upon a woman with
normal cyesiSht: and thus it was. per-
maps, that one of the cleverest German
male spies failed ignominiously in
STEAMBOAT.
soon gathered the methods of Rus
STA and France in Turkey. They were
everywhere glaringly apparent. Your
tast European woman, with average
good looks. can play the very devil
with the Turk. official or otherwise
To = pair of bright eyes he is as pitch
pine TO lighted torch. The espionage
game of the demi-mondaincS in Stam-
bou! could he seen by a blind man
q! any nationality other than the Turk
IL MAS sim.}y this. Cultivate the ac-
quaintance Of the ottoman likcly to
be of scrvice) to the utmost. lie is
generous, though his means may be
limited. Fleece him until he gets dan
Scrously into debt-then offer TO dis
charge his liza abilities for considcra-
ton; the consideration, of course be-
ing the divulgence of information.
whether it be in the shape of state
secrets or plans. or inside knowledge
OF any kind. For your Turkish officer
fears disgrace nearly as much as he
fears ostracism TO an inland garrison.
Like the German officer. the Turkish
loves Sayety, which is not to he found
i'll the remote posts of any empire
The places of pleasure. all over the
world. are those where most money is
madc-and spent.
Through the instrumentality of Miss
Henderson. met several officials
occupying high positions: for instance.
Talaat PaSha, well in the running for
the grand vizicrShip. Teufick Iasha and
ltamdi. Bey. the director of the Con-
S;antinople museum. all Of course pro-
German. n least outwardly; for you
never know what your Turk is think
ing behind his ears. One thing. how
ever. | did gather in the Turkish can't
tai. and that is that the best type OF
Ottoman does not love the German by
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