Evening star., 1921-04-03

had done time" at Berlin before the
war. At sixteen she had a fourteen
room house. carriage and pair and
handsome motor car, in which she
; den Linden. During the war she was
at Brussels. At Nice "imperially con-
nected." and had even been seen,
some say. 'taking tea with real
banker out of $500. She changed
hetels six times and never once was
prosecuted. Go, beat the - Ho-
tel as you beat u.s." each manager
concluded. And if you succeed we'a
call it square" She disappeared with
the arrest of Jean de Jong, of whom
more presently, and was in the con-
fidenee of Nine de Chateaubriand at
the moment the latter's private sec
retary was planning tas de Jong af-
| pearls and emeraIds. 1t is just
glimpse.
But now. an inexperienced little
English girl has started in on jewel
take her far. She arrived at Nice
with a valise, handbag and one
stylish brand-new tailored gown. She
put up at an expensive hotel. one
where you dress for dinner. And l
think her strongest comedy was how
she came down to dinner those first
nights-the only female not in silk
or chiffon. or whatever they call those
things in which good women play the
cat against each other. She had por-
ters going constantly to the station
for her luggage. which. however, was
| delayed. And her demeanor was SO
simple, modest. yet assured. that she
seemed all right-not criminal-to
suit:
TN the lounge the ladies liked her.
She was waiting for papa" who
would shortly join her, A rich Amer
lean widow took her on excursions
to Grasse and Cannea and asked her
advice shopping. The girl had new
clothes and things arriving daily.
Another American family took her to
teas and widened her acquaintance
ship.
When the hotel pressed foF pay
ment. she showed money. But she
did not pay it-she had q better use
for money At Casino baccarat (she
went only with married women. pre-
ferably elderly. folks went partners
with her, somehow-and they bought
they won, they divided honestly.
Otherwise, there was no dividing. The
girl showed money, but held on 10
It absent -mindedly, and rich widows
are So careless. More and more
And this was her great idea, all her
own-to have nothing to do with the
boys She cultivated only her own
sex, playing the useful kitten. And
it is astonishing how such a one can
borrow money, win money. hold on
jewelry is. when older ladies love
her. When the crash came, she was
!, safe at the hotel Of San Reno. with
a lonely American family. That is
where the jewels were lost. But 1t
was Italy, and SO escapes this story.
The new rich. says Constance.
Duchess Of Westminster. at Monte
Carlo, are crazy to make acquaintan-
ces Being able and anxious to en-
tertain the new poor. isn't 1t natural
| sip and the papers are full of Russian.
Polish and other aristocrats working
as porters in Nice hotels, where for
merly they lolled in lordly suites. or in
lonesome lodgings. all but starving
F. not to sacrifice their last possession,
some great blazing gem. the family
F, glory. Now and then they put on
their dress suits and slip out for one
Cinderella night at the Casino:
The thing has happened-enough
men got into trouble and dramatically
showed his family parchments. his
T DECORATIONS and-his porter's strap
harness for toting trunks. Count
Xavier Brandicki walked the streets.
with "the Eye of Warsaw" in his
shabby pockets. 1t was the great
historic sapphire of his family-and
| he lost it.
.'The Eye of Moscow" was a diff
ferent proposition. He was Abraham
oyitch, but called himself Prince
Robanoff at Nice. please do not give
me my title" he said confidentialiy
to the hotel man. He was tall. slen-
der, athletic. handsome. full of jewels
and cash. and led a lovely life. But
Lenin called him ''The Eye of Mos
| cow" and he was in France on
7, business.
When the Nice authorities arrested
| him, they called him DIR. Zalensky.
| leader of the soviets in France. They
found forged passports on him and
all kinds of debris of a gay life. but
| the Jewels with which he dazzled
| many had disappeared with Zelma
/ Bertin, beautiful young creature,
described as his wife. She was ar
rested-without jewels-later. and let
go. But the jewels existed!
So, when jewels turn up for sale.
| there are triple reasons incompatible,
| equally reasonable, why they may
be really the bargain of lifetime.
They may be soviet 5ewels-Swit-
zerland and Italy are full of the
honest men and women have quietly