Evening star., 1921-05-01

where you keep the latter when tick
cts are called for.
"Don't leave bags unattended any
where.
Don't forget that Notwithstanding
all the efforts Of the French railway
companies and police, flrst-class Ri
viera trains are used, on occasion oy
we'll dressed members Of clever IN
ternational gang Of thieves.
TN every great hotel along the Silver
L Shore there is new sign inside
the room. by every bedroom door:
Notice Security! Bolt your door
at night"
Yet the losses have continued. espe-
cialIy in hotels. villas. balls and ca
sinos. The sensational jewel rob.
berries of the season exceed a total
value of 25.000.O00 francs.
Put pin in the figure: In Paris
the year 1920 has been called "a year
of robberies." The figures are just
out. Counting thefts of money, jew
els. stocks bonds. etc. the years
losses amounted to e4,o00,000 francs
OF 25.027 people arrested. 4.033 were
foreigners"
You see, in this Riviera season Of
three months, when arrests have been
few. convictions nil and practically
HOlniHS TeCoNtEtu, q sIcdlCl tolai nos
been lifted than all the professional
criminals got out of Paris in a year.
BY whom? Who did it? Why, young
lady amateurs and undetected new
beginners.
Such is the astonishing conclusion
to which the best police in the world
have come. Had professionals alone
been guilty they would know 1t. Pro-
fessionals leave trace, especially in
these days of passports and teamwork
h. ntt
there is nothing TO take hold of. 1t
is scattered work of unknown parties.
undistinguishable from their victims.
1t is not the heavy touch Of men. but
the elegant hand Of the woman.
How should not women turn crook.
in the temptations Of these gambling
= cities?
Look at the white hands against
the green cloth of the roulette and
baccarat tables. Eliminate the bodies
at the elbow. Picture the coffin
shaped table surrounded by a hundred
beautiful. clutching hands!
Read the local newspapers. / quote
only from the past two weeks. repeat
ing nothing from my former letters.
'An American woman lost IL 900 francs at
Monte Carlo She managed TO get as far as
Lyons. where she arrived without money to
continue her railway travel. or for hotel or
a check, but managed to induce the American
consul at Lyons to ndorse IL. Later the check
proving to be bad. he felt obliged to make a
From Cannes:
The mild excitement Of playing Ia bouIe "a
kind Of roulette with nine numbersJ is very
popular among English women visitors to the
Casino. who hover around the tables in rows
for their i've o'clock
quite extraordinary runs Of numbers have
the o. which won twelve times in succession
and the same afternoon woman won eight
times consecutively on the nve.
"A few days later American woman.
playing her first game Of ba"Csrat at the Mu-
Bieipal Casino Of Cannes. came away winner
Of 5000 francs"
OBSERVE the succession. From
~ boule, at whose popular stakes
you can lose, al most. only few hum
dred dollars per sitting, they promote
themselves to baccarat, where you can
win tens Of thousands. The third step
Is to make up for losses when no cash
remains TO stake you. case that
has made immense sensation is thus
quoted:
"a, "Aecors,n. to an s..n;y selssr.n from
saia . have ccnssinsd 500 francs "I''" II
tbefts Of pocketbooks have taken place on fht
eour,e At Cannes. The police found IL difficult
70 o8fry OUT tHeu lnNestlRaNnms. owing TO tht
fact that most Of the people concerned were
prominent British society folk. Erentuslly
however. trap was laid and the detective,
kept watch. sguised as gardeners
''Nrs- - is thirty 1--WE years Of age ant
has done nsuch entertaining on the Rviefa =
The final step is to go in for jewels
IN q businessr-like way. OF course
their peplexity. trembling and loss
when, as 80 often happens. a girl goes
In on her lonesome and SELLS one piece
at O time. to the advertising diamond
brokers" and "1ewelry Offices" which
swarm in these gambling cities. pay.
inG the highest prices to visitors W hc
have gone broke at the tables The
only safe way is to work" with soms
honest man who knows an honest
"fence"-receiver Of stolen goods-tc
buy them.
Of course. the honest man is no pro
fessionaL.
He never sole 4 pin. nor wouldn't.
II Is admitted on all sides tha
'there is new catagory of woman
Jewel thieves. who haunt the best no
tells and restaurants by day and b,
night"
Ths London Express sees 1t from
NSeeE
1hN - cltSn partners Of svell mobsmen
snd their beautiful gowns have out o
the ponkets Of wealthy men who have bee
eesesd ak earlA etc. Tbey sit In hoeei dinin,