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Prison Was No Cure for This ImDOSter who
Started UP Business as Soon as Released, BUT
OVerplayed Her Came when She Attempted to
Destroy Beauty to Make Clients.

been so successful in the past. and
told Mrs. Pearse how some of the
most beautiful ladies in the land
were among her clients.
How much would it cost" asked
Mrs. Pearse.
-Four thousand dollars" an
swered Madame Rachel, scenting an
other rich victim.
BLACKMAIL.
But Mrs. Pearse protested that
the amount was far too great for her
to pay, and ultimately she left the
shop with a few hotties of complex.
ion washes. But the washes had a
curious effect. She had hardly used
them more than few days, when
a terrible rash broke out on her
face. and she hurried around in
great alarm to the cunning old
swindler.
You are in a terrible state" de-
clared this woman who had delib-
erately supplied her victim with To-
tions to harm her skin and send her
flying back. "and unless you place
yourself In my hands, and let me sec
to you. you will be disfigured for
life"
What will you charge me7-
asked Mrs. Pearse, appealinglx
"As you are Signor Mario's hugh.
ter. will only charge you s2,5OO,
answered Madame Rachel.
But poor Mrs. Pearse could only
raise $1,000 and that by handing
over nearly all her jewelry. Luck.
lily Mr.. Pearse heard OF the transac.
tion. and promptly called on the old
Jewess, and demanded his wife's
property back, and on her refusing
to part with II he set the law In mo.
tion, and once more Madame Rachel.
queen OF beauty quaclSs, found her.
self in the dock. Some remains of
the face wash which had been sup
piled to her victim were anaylzed
and found to contain acid. Once
more Madame Rachel was sentenced
20 five years penal servitude. the
maximum sentence the law allowed,
and after serving two years she died
of heart disease.
Madame was one OF the worst
women who ever lived, for behind
her beauty swindllng schemes she
ran a blackmailins business and .
bogus matrimonial agency.
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promptly replied that he had never
written to Mrs. Borradaile in his
life, and had certainly never received
a single letter from her.
A warrant was promptly issued for
the arrest of Nine. ltachel. The ar.
rest caused an immense sensation
throughout the country, and at the
trial both she and Mrs. Borradaile
were the center OF attraction. The
amazing story the widow told was
made all the more amazing when
one saw her in real life.
PRISON FAILS TO CURE.
Madame Rachel employed the fin
est counsel in England to defend
her, for she had made enormous
sums out of her swindling trade, but
they were unable to obtain a verdist
in her favor, and she was sentenced
to five years penal servitude.
"I regret" said the Judge, when
sentencing her. that the law limits
the power I have In passing SEN
tence on you, for I should not feol
myself Justified in remitting for q
single day the sentence which the
law permits me to pass. II only
permits me to give a sentence-and
that I do to the very last letter-of
five years penal servitude."
And there the story might have
ended. IL this woman had been con-
tent with the fortune she had
squeezed out of her wretched dupes.
But greed was In her blood. and on
her release she opened another shop
in the West End, and actually had
the nerve to have the sign painted
on the window, Arabian Perfumor
TO the Queen" And once again she
found that women Of the Mrs. Bor-
radaile type were as gullible as ever
in their serch for everlasting beauty.
As luck would happen, however,
Madame Rachel's second and final
downfall came through a lady who
really was good.looking. a Mrs.
Pearse, daughter of the great singer,
Signor Mario. Tempted one day
while passing the shop, she stepped
in to buy some tooth powder, but
Madame Rachel was certainly not
going to let her escape with such
paltry purchase
She praised up the soaps. pow
ders, ointments and baths which had
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UNCLAIMED STOLEN
ARTICLES INCLUDED
i'm ODD COLLECTION
Women Sometimes Find Bargain Hats and Gowns
at Clearance Sales Held When ShelVeSOf Big
StOrerOOmS Become Overloaded, and Auc-
tiOneer lis Called I'm TO Clear Out the Surplus.

Frequently stolen articles, re-
turned TO their owners. again find
their way back To the property
room. For instance. 1000 pounds OF
brass, stolen from a foundry. was
returned TO it's. owner, only 10 be
again stolen and recovered from a
junk dealer who had purchased II
from the thief.
More than 200 unclaimed automo-
bile tires also are held by the police.
The tires were recovered from sec
ond.hand and automobile accessories
shops by the police. 1t is said that
IL Is with great difficulty that tires
can be identified by their owners.
as few Of the latter keep a record Of
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was as white and clear. and now"
she finished with a gesture of de-
spair.
Madame Rachel quickly summed
up the foolish woman before her as
she had summed up hundreds Of
others. She was extensively dressed.
and the beauty quack decided she
ought to be worth a considerable
amount of money to her. She put
out a feeler to find out how much
Mrs. Borradaile was prepared to
pay.
II don't mind paying anything to
be made beautiful again." replied the
middle-aged woman eagerly.
All Nine. Rachel's clients were
difficult cases, IL they had money.
The more money they had the longer
and more expensive was the case.
Mrs. Barradaile was no exception,
and soon she was .using the most
expensive face creams and powders
and soaps Nine. Rachel could supply
her with. as well as taking a series
Of perfumed baths at a nearby and
well.known bathing establishment.
The beauty quack soon found out
all about her new client. She learnt
that she was a widow of an Indian
Army officer who had left her, be-
sides the pension to which she was
lAI h hta xtrtIn Nf
$4,000. Moreover, Nine. Rachel
quickly discovered that Mrs. Bor.
radaile was vain to the last degree
and willing to believe almost any.
thing that was told her, and accord
ingly she thought Of a plan for get
ting hold OF all the widows money.
a plan which was as despicable as
1t was cunning.
LORDLY BAIT.
One day after Mrs. Borradaile had
taken one Of her expensive perfumed
baths she called round to see Nine.
Rachel about some wonderful new
liquid face wash that had been prom.
ised her.
MY dear Mrs. Borradaile, I'm 80
glad you've calledr' cried Nine.
Rachel effusively. II have the most
extraordinary news for you. A gen.
tleman I know-a wealthy nobleman
has seen you, though he does not
yet know you personally. and he has
become absolutely infatuated with
you and wants to know you with a
view to marrying you"
"Who Is her" she asked, trying TO
conceal her eagerness.
Lord Ranelagh, one OF the wealth.
lest noblemen In England" replied
the swindler. "He is simply dying
for an introduction. and when he
learnt that knew you he would not
rest till had promised to bring you
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OLD HOSS" SALE INCLUDES NCUBATORS TO EMBALMNG FL
WHEN POLICE CLEAR STOREROOMS OF UNCLAIMED PRO

sands OF quarts OF wh.skey and other
alcoholics kept In a large vault In
the basement OF the District Build
ing and which is under the "protec-
tion" Of Chief Clerk Hesse and pro-
perty Custodian McGrath.
There is a variety OF unclaimed
musical instruments at the property
room today to supply musicians 10
organize hand. and there also is
an undertaker's outfit, including en-
balming u BILE and fluid. A body can
be laid out in the property room II
an undertaken would do the work OF
embalming IL.
There are hundreds OF law books.
novels, dictionaries and medical
works among the miscellaneous
stock on hand in the property rooC,..
A dope fiend could be provided
with an outfit TO hit" several
opium pills, there being a number
Of the outfits held by the police.
All stolen or found perishable
stuff brought to the property room
Is Immediately auctioned off by Gus
todian McGrath. Horses, pigs. cows
and such livestock found lost, stray
ed or stolen by the police are sent
10 the Dog Pound, kept for "A week
later appear. he or she is given the
cash received from the sale,
To encourage policemen TO be hon.
est In turning over TO their superior
officers articles they find, such as
jewelry, clothing or umbrellas, the
District Commissioners deliver the
find to them after six months II
the owners fail to call at police
headquarters and claim them.
The same ruling applies to chauf.
feurs who deliver to the police any
article which is left by "a fare in
their cars. At the next sale Of
articles at the "old hoss' sale,
which will be conducted by a Penn
sylvania auctioneer, will be
pair of crutches. They were
turned over to the police recently
after their owner, a veteran of the
world war who lost his limbs In
France. died. His family claimed
the body and his earthly posses
sions, everything he had owned ex-
cent the crutches
There are four Automobile wheels
and tires in tie property-room
which the polic+ are trying to have
identified by their owner. The
wheels and tires were taken from a
stolen automobile belonging to the
Potomac Electric Power Company.
Officials of the electric power COM
pany were recently walking past
the District building and they saw
the body Of a high-priced car which
had been. stolen several days before.
The wheels of the stolen machine
had been removed by the automobile
jack and others, those now at the
property-room. duplicated. McGrath
and his assistants removed the
stolen wheels and the company
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the police are anxious TO return to
their owners.
Any sort of tool. such as saws,
hammers, screw drivers, can be
borrowed" for the asking. A comb
or brush, a suit case. handbags OF
the various types. pocketbooks.
brief cases, all help TO loiter up the
property room.
There are thousands OF dollars
worth of stolen and unclaimed jew
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THOMAS McGRATH,
Chief of police property room.

There are probably several thou
sand keys. taken from thieves, in
the property room. 1t is said that
the variety OF Keys would permit the
police to open any door in Washing
ton. Not only does McGrath and his
assistants, Policeman Montgomery
and Edward V. Wall, look after
stolen and lost property. but they
serve on requisition all the station
cry used in the precinct station
houses and at headquarters. They
also ship the effects of suicides and
persons who die in the District to
relatives if the latter live out Of the
city.
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THE DISTRICTS CURIOSITY SHOP

NTO the storehouse
l. for missing things
which the police depart
ment maintains at the
District Building may be
found everything from a
needle to a limousine.
The photograph gives
one a limited idea of
what reposes in this
modern curiosity shop.
Most of the articles are
never claimed and when
overstocked the police
sell the surplus.
The Washington times., 1921-10-30

THIS is the second of series of articles ON
Il "The Worlds Greatest Women Tmpos=
tors by Nazarienne Daan Kannibelle,
famous crime Investigator. The third ar
ticIe, wElicEH will appear next Sunday, will
tell of 1.-THE Servant Girl Who Posed as a
Princess and Hoaxed All Britain.
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IL is taken TO court by Policeman
Charles ]. Montgomery, an assistant
TO Property Custodian McGrath. II
only leaves his hands while the po-
liceman In the case presented the
evidence to the court and jury.
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elry kept in the vault in Mr.. Hesse's
office. 1t is sold every year at the
"old hoss" sale. There is pract-
cally everything that is sold, except
livestock, shelved and kept in the
property room.
Very little liquor nowadays
reaches the property room. This is
due to the fact that under the Vol
stead prohibition act, all liquors are
turned over to the Bureau of Inter
nal Revenue. Yet, there are thou
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INFINITE VARIETY
i'm PROPERTY ROOM
OF LOCAL POLICE

Every Trade, Profession or Business Could BE
Fully Outfitted From Stolen or Abandoned
Property That Finds Its Way IntO the Hands of
Police and is Sold at Auction.
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3y NAZARIENE DAAN KANNIBELLE,

(Fanaous Crime InueStigator)
n YER since the world began women have sought ways
T. of making themselves beautiful than nature made
them and in every country and in every age unscrupu
ous people have taken advantage of womens weakness and
preyed upon them with promises of making them beautiful
beyond their widest dreams.
One of the remarkable of these beauty quacks was
undoubtedly Madame Rachel whose shop in Bond street.
London was patronzed the highest to the lowest In
those days Madame Rachels known from end
of England to the other by advertisements in nearly
welknown newspaper, headed How to become beautiful
forever"
Madame Rachel wrote small book urging upon all her
own sex the desrabiy of the study of oveness have
conv of this amazing book in front of me as write
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POWDER PUFF, y
USED BEAUTY SHOP
FOR SCHEMES THAT
BROUGHT HER GOLD

Madame Rachel Also Carried Side Lines of Plain
and Fancy Blackmail and Fake Matrimonial
Schemes, All Worked lin With the Regular
Business of Promising Restored Youth or
Beauty Where 1t Had Not Existed.
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:GOID FISH FREE.

Absolutely Free a beautiful Gold
Fish. water plant and pebbles given
Free with every purchase Nyal Tooth
Paste. Full size. tube Csc, War Tax 1c.
Nyal Tooth Paste cleanses, delightful
and antiseptic: imparts to the mouth
a feeling Of comfort.
. Gold Fish are beautiful and inter-
esting household ornaments, requir-
ing very little care and expense.
Globes and Fish Food supplied at a
small: cost. Full instructions how to
care for gold fish given with every
fish. .-.
We. extend a special invitation to
the ladies and children Of Lexington
to visit our store and see the many
pretty gold fish in the Aquarium at
our place. Not necessary to make a
purchase.
HARMON DRUG CO.,
Lexington, S. c..
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jockeying and delay which charac-
terized the earlier debates on tariff.
Plans Of the Republicans leaders
concerning. revision Of the perma-
nent tariff were made public in the
form Of a letter by Mr.. Fordney to
Representative Frear, Republican, OF
Wisconsin. Any program, Mr.. Ford
ney said, which did not contemplate
immediate action on revision OF the
Underwood tariff act, would not be
in accordance with the "overwhelm-
ing expression of the people in the
November election
The house ways and means COM
mittee. it's chairman indicate, will
launch into the work Of framing the
new tariff law Immediately after the
hearings, now in process, are con-
cluded, probably within the next few
days. The bill then will be made
ready for introduction and considera-
ton in the house in the early days Of
the extra session.
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PERSONALS.
PERSONAI.Se


Miss Naomi Stuart, who has been
seriously i'll for the past two weeks
we are glad to say. is Improving to the
delight of her many friends under the
sikllful treatment of Dr.. ]. J. Win
gard,
Mrs. Will A. Harman and grand
child returned Sunday. from visit
to her sick daughter at Smithfeld,
N G., leaving her much improved.
Mrs. Matthews and family spent
Sunday with Mrs. D. E. Hammond at
Gilbert.
Mr.. P. C. Keisler, one of Hollow
Creeks model farmers and good citi-
zens, dropped in this morning while
here On business, and renewed his
paper for another year.
Mr.. Geo. E.. Roberts, one Of the
best men and substantial farmers, in
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WILSON TO VETO
TARIFF MEASURE

Washington, Feb. 14.-Develop-
ments centering around tariff legisla-
ton, came fast in congress today.
They included:
Declaration by Minority Leader In
derwood in the senate that he had
received assurance that President
Wilson would, veto the Fordney
emergency tariff bill, not by a mere
Withholding Of his signature but with
comprehensive statement giving his
reasons coupled with final attack
on Republican congressional policies.
Announcement by Senator McCunl-
Der, Republican, of North Dakota
that a vote on the Fordney bill prob
ably would be. obtained tomorrow
tight.
4 Statement by Chairman Fordney of
the house ways and means commit
tee making definite the intention Of
Republican leaders to. press legisla-
ton revising the, permanent tariff
through the extra session. before at
tempting consideration OF taxation.
:, The Fordney bill was pulled out of
It's pigeonhole for several hours: Of.
debate late in the day. Nothing came
Of it, however, although it had been
expected that vote would be had on
the amendment. of Senator Smoot, Re-
publican, of Utah, changing the i'm
port rates on sugar from those ac-
cepted by the senate finance COM
nittee. =.
Senator Underwood was reticent
about his assurance of presidential
veto.
The statement of the minority
leader, however, was the cause of
speculation among senators on both
sides of the tariff question. IT. TwsS
generally accepted that as a result
of the White House attitude the
Democrats were more than willing
to- let the measure go to vote where
all senator's records could be proved.
At any rate the session today gave
no evidence of the parliamentary
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Providence, was in town this morning

Providence, was in town this morning
on business. =
Mrs. Ella Keisler Of the st. johns
section, while here shopping Tues
dav was thoughtful and called and
renewed her paper,
Mrs. Matthews and daughter, Alice,
spent Monday in Columbia shopping.
Did YOU get that sweet valentine ?
It was perfectly lovely.
We are glad to state that Mr.. Scott
Hendrix, while confined to his home
has so improved that he has walked
out into the yard time or two, with
the aid of his good lady.
Sunday was sure an ideal day for
auto riders and many persons from
Columbia and the county around
passed to and fro, enjoying the lovely
sunshine and cool bracy weather.
Mr.. Lonnie Addy has new conner
at his house, and he is awful proud
it's a girl.
Mr.. B. D. Clark made his usual
home visit Sunday. He is employed
by the Ruff Lumber Co., Columbia,
S. c.
Miss Thelma Kieckley was the
happy guest of Misses Lettie and
Maude Keislerr Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. J. Nichols. the principal of Hol-
low Creek school was seen in Lex
ington Saturday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Hallman spent
the weekend pleasantly with Mrs.
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fAlaAC PROVED
REMEDY. NEEDED
For q. Year l Was Unable to
Co.. Mel cclellan Declares
FEARED THE FUTURE
Wuiamston Man Gives Tanlac
Credit for Putting Him
Back on His Feet. rys.y

ssTan1ac got me back on my feet
aadsproyed just the medicine I need
,4d.nn
In that sentence, J. L. Mcclellan, Of
Williamson, S.. c., summed up his
experience with Tanlac.
when began taking Tanlac was
in a very weak condition, and was
told that I was threatened with
paralysis. became so weak I could
not get about at all, and for one year
] Nas unable to- go. had no appe-
tite and I never felt we'll. Even
though I was under treatment got
no better to amount to anything and
I had begun to fear I would not be
able to get myself back in good shape
again.
ssI took seven or eight bottles Of
Tanlac and am in fine shape now.
Ny strength has increased "a great
. deal and, 1 am working; regularly at
night. I have very fine appetite,
and soon after began taking Tanlac
I began to fatten up right along. The
Tanlac got me back on my feet and
proved just the medicine I needed,
and am glad to recommend it.
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COMMON WITCHHAZEL
FINE FOR SORE EYES

1t is surprising how quickly eye in
fammation is helped. by common
witchhazel, camphor, hydrastis, etc.,
as mixed in Lavoptik eye wash. One
elderly lady, who had been troubled
with chronic eye Inflammation for
many years, was greatly helped in
two days. We guarantee small
bottle of Lavoptik to help ANY CASE
weak, strained or inflamed eyes.
Aluminium eye cup FREE. Harmon
Drug Co.
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in England as the hobby-ridinS pawn


brokers Of America have done. While
we were debating England was still
initiating, for productive purposes, and
getting foothold in trade that will
bring her back billions in the days to
the sort Of dehation our amateur ex-
perimenter in the Treasury was prac-
ticing could only lead to disaster.
They have seen the disaster come. A
government in Great Britain that had
arbitrarily Topped eight billions from
the value OF domestic agricultural
prices in one season would have been
kicked out Of Office so fast that the
cameras could not have kept pace
with it.
There is not an honest financier in
the world who does not know that
the scientific and honorable way to
debate is to increase production and
ton. Members of the Federal Re-
serve Board repeatedly SO stated. But
that process was not fast enough to
suit them. They knew that they had
it in their power to compel defation
by refusing to let money be loaned,
without previous notice to the pub
lie and without public hearings Of any
kind, SO they decided to go ahead on
that line, knowing the disaster that
would result.
When any man says that the. panic,
through which We have been passing
was inevitable, he is either Financially
stupid or, he has a motive Tor pre-
tending to believe what he knows is
essentially not true. The return to
normal could and should have been
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orderly. It was not orderly, but be-
came q routs because Secretary Hous-
ton and the Federal Reserve BoarG
were overwhelmed by their own prop
aganda and. by confession of Cover
nor Harding, in September lost con-
troll of the situation. Directors Of a
private business enterprise, on a SIM
liar presentation of facts, would I'M
mediately have been asked for their
designations had they not been sufi-
ciently appreciative OF the properties
to have offered them voluntarily.
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FISH FRY At BOILING SPRINGS

The ladies Of the Boiling SPRINGS
school Improvement League will have
fish fry and other amusements at
Boiling Springs School house Satur-
day night. February 10. 1921, BEGIN
ming at $50 O'Clock. Everybody is
cordially invited to be present. Pro-
ceeds to be used for the benefit of
the school.
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DEFLAT1oH IS 1MfRACTICABLE:
Manufacturers Record, Baltimore
Md

MQ.)
Reginald Mckenna, formerly tinan-
cial secretary of the British Treasury,
now a director and chairman Of the
London Joint City and Midland Bank,
Limited, an expert in high finance,
with a broad vision Of world affairs,
last week at a general meeting Of the
bank stated, according to-. the cable
dispatches, that the Governments
proposed dehation policy, .. involving
dear money and rigid restriction Of
credit; was impracticable. ...
Permanent monetary defation. he
said, could be accomplished only by
a reduction CT purchasing power,
which would necessitate decrease in
the amount of the great war loans
outstanding. Curtailment Of the war
loans. in turn. would be contingent
upon paying part of the national
debt. This pyament could not be
made by additional taxation, but by
economizing expenditures. amy at
tempt at def1ation of this kind would
only end in the strangulation of busi-
ness and in widespread unemploy-
:ment Any premature attempt at
monetary defation by methods which
do not touch the causes which pro-
duced imitation must lead to disaster
So speaks one of the foremost
financiers Of the world, and every
wor dthat he utters is the solemn
truth. They have not sought to deflate
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Now Seek Drafts.

Chicago.-The "boys who stayed
home" and wore silk shirts and went
to work in motor cars during the war
are now the principal ones seeking
loans. according to the Illinois Indus
trial Licensed Lenders association.