Barnwell sentinel. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 185?-1925, August 01, 1918, Image 2
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Ameg'c^n and Canadian Officers
Visiting Ldndon Also Fleeced
ky $fiafpe;rs. •"
GIRLS ARE USED AS DECOYS
If necessary tbey will fulloyv.
man or I onian round the' vvi
International Coterie Using Private
Houses for Games Operates Un-
disturbed—Tragedy of an Avia
tor's Wife-*—Women Worsen „ ,
* * Than Men. v
Loin Ion. :'Jlu'iv is y mail living in
retiri ihn11 In • ’^T>• ofVtt'B'i^F'Tftrr^ in 1 *
standing old .1;i<•-<> 1 »<-a11 manor houses,
not lil ty miles 11 inn d.oii'loij ; a mode)
country sqiiir't\. popYiFnr with his ten
ants, ft thot'oughgoi.hg sj*<irtst11a11, ulto
rider to hounds most ivfiglniisly and
entertains pip the most lavish .scale,
lie t'lm afford it, II* aiiiumJ ^iicome
l f s jouiiewTiefe in JtwN.'slINi.MKi lines" yet
before tin- • u|ir this particular man
hadn't K.penny to Id's.name. ..
The secret of Ids extraordinary sue-
«• *
ceps lay in quiet, sumptuously fur
nished hack rooms in quiet. coinnion-
place houses in those ^oml'ier streets'
that nestle ' in and urotlnd Mayfair.
Oheittin de fer^poker/Nhiro, sometimes
n roulette wheel, and -thK, gilded Idlers
of old British arlstoeraeysi vvpiild . be
■warming . rnmw'tjl like moms about
a candle. '1 hey seenf to hove t an
Intuitive sense for sin h places.,
trUfto folk. Where the nvi
man would puss by without com
ment, they midge one’s elbow ajj.d
whisper, “That’s old so aud io s place.
If ever mui fed Inclined for a quiet
flutter"- that notorious ’‘quiet, flutter'
signifying any thing from a live Hid
note to jp.T<Mi or so.
Among this select coterie are men
and women of douhtfu! nationality
who make host irse of their liHSinefsS
for e\j c: i ( t fnu In format ion of tftelr
more highly connected clientele. Tills
was proved 1 ill the case of a' recent
raid, wjiere thk woman proprietor was
discovered to he an agent In Herman
pay. Thus they attain a* il^mhje oh-
Ject
Women Worse Than the Men. . i
But there Is also another class who
frequent these places. Ma-nufaeturW's
from provincial munition districts,
flushed with their new and easily-'wcm
fortunes, and wishing to he in. the so
rinl swim, run blindly Into these welf-
baitbd traps. Perhaps their unpleas
ant experience gives them "'wisdom.
They never repeat the performance.
the plan of cminpaTgu
and oldest In the world.
Girl la Uced a* Lure. -•
J, • . • " K- ■ ..ft
'rids partleulnr stretch of water Is
Binds, ratines fftUT"
^ Kansas City, Mii.^-B^eieitmfiTii
I tan kiln hits Joined the marines,
und the “Immortal fouf” [of the
K a n s'as Cl ty mn r i n <* njeru.lt i 11
•dike Is now complete; The-oth
efs are George Dewey, William
.lentdugs Bryan and: John Hop
kins. P>en hailed front Imwey.
Okln., vi here he lias been “dis.
covering'’ olLwells. He sajij'lo
. ■ - f • ••. _ ■ ' ■■ : •
wanted to ’’discover" (lie
hesHt
BENJAMIN FRANKUN M
' NOW IN MARINE:
l/u
tig
;tf' Mr: Jones wilt dMbn^frfb^~TVTTt1^rin"»mxTffir^nTTyr'
Quite the snmrtest-of their-Indepen
dent missions was that established lr,i
a sleepy old world vlfhige Hnpt hugs,
the hunks of a quiet .reach of tlnyiUver __
Thames. The ^delightful scenery fluid
|dhe_, picturesque surroundings atTrart
the most exclusive clientele. A family
of the insist delightful people are al
ways then* to welcome a stranger at
all hours —a family. Of‘three, father,
mother and beuutljful duiigfiter., And
the simplest *
-. ‘ ■'
extremely popular.
Hihhirhouti ,go flashing up and down
frqiii ci
mirk.
Berlin
‘discover
v
Hated
tile most
tli>* v flvershh
annex
.exclusive I.oral
arlv morning until well after - .At last, they grow
Half a mile up stream Is sTT A friendly hand of bridge is suggested
f one of as an alCjaiat)ve. Only small stake-
are allowed at tlte stark—Bnh/is Iu im!
Thitherward every aftorno/*
nliig the-beautiful flaughti
(Be most fetrhing costumes.irnd In the ‘ and. 3 the host and lattes
tuny make anything from Sl.uud to
000 out of the gamld»*--a gamble for
daintiest of dainty canoes, goes pad
dling. The younger members of the
Vliib'nre also fond of the river. There
Is a fleeting smile as they pass In, mid
stream, and they very soon become ac
quainted. ’ . -
■ At first the mntden appears inclined
to he reserved. There are the pfopTie-
tleslto he observed. She iP ta» fooi. It
hi .eiuhs
wyud eve follow s hand and drink follows dri ik
Attired m j fhey Increase In vakie.- Between 1 1'p
in. a ml. 3 it-.—ffi
no tise frightening your flsli at the
first bite. But'toward the end of the
flirtation* she relentP f.dmevv hat. lief
mother Is giving a small da«< , «*— 4 ‘N*oth-'
know
•rage < * n k’ .fonntil, you know; Just amongst
qurselves”' that evening. "If Mr.—«*h
_£s 1 * ■ ■
'them, hut no gamble for the, unlucky
army suivaltern or the impecunious col
lege youth. ; • *;
Once they have rhj. themselves of all
their yttvallahle loose ensh tkey 'are
courteously sent home, with ii firessing
Invitation to 'return ,some/other night
for their revenge. They idon’t fail to
ncer-pt the *elial.leTige. Cllv the end of a
week tin* whole *Tf their eapltul may he
In the tiQX of their hosts. — ,
Young and*fnsYdonably dressed woth
en are Invariably the deco’ys of the
The United States transport Covington, formerly the'llner Cincinnati.which wus torpedoed while on Its return
:tr4x-froni France. Six of the crew wcji*re lost.
I»**\leljghted B», see him.’
Mr\.Fom*s goes. More ofteq than not
: he takik a friend. They dance and are
1 aeeordetBMTie most hospitable, recep-
tTnrf. M.otlrm - Is there'; 'a charming,
stnftiesque worn an in flowing dra-pvrles.
Tim game is played in’the ti'iost t:e-
speftahb* house and aiming most re
spectable people. Thift'Is the chief dif
ficulty of bringing these criminals to
book. * ,*
■ Quite recently an American' woman
Father—they apologize profusely- -Is* wrote to the editor of a London news
In a somewhat -mew~y condtlTotb ‘Tfttttjj pafnT~gT*vlhg him particulars of one of
Is obvious from tlie\thickness of liTsljtlies'e respei'table 1‘iitertaittmeuts. 1 lie
accent. iMid liis lialting\galt. The vis
Itnrs In such delightful company—
there are numerous pretty girls.- tincon
scions of smires._of ihe bat)d.\jiass- tie
matter off with a smile ar*l a Jest.. '
But father Is'tiot quite so "nn*Hpvv
as he vvouht*. Iwive them believe. \\t
least there Is nothing the leiist bit un
steadv In flint searching glance" to
which be treats them from beneath
beetling brows. And the hand that
pours ofit flu* drinks Is hardly- that of
, address of the hofise was mentioned in
fthe letter; abjkihe time ^it which Hie
j game w as commenei*<l am! the mime of
the proprietress of the place. \
! This Woman, saidHhe American, had
They belong to Hint eternal type which
thinks It can beat the thief at Ills own
game. They are gamblers for the same
reason that drngtakers- and dipsomani
acs are w hat they .are. They can’t
help It.
The women are worse even than the
men. At least f><) per cent more*of tfie
other sex favor the green table. They
take their gambling serl.uisly~de\id
seriously. To them, is nothing erf the.
Sporting element of the affair; It Is
^Titthront business of pay and receive.
Once a woman is seized vvjth tip*
gambling “bug" nothing on earth can
hold her. It is the flr«t step of the
mnny'great tragedies of life.
a drunkard.
made during tire vvni - . Many
American otlicvrs bad been d<*covcd ti>.
the- place, one lost another
KLoOti aii'l a < 'anadian Sot mi pistwkeOVuu*
' likving for tile battle front. Women
decoys VvrMe afloweil to put their los
ings •'Wi .the slate" up to ^I.OttfV'aml
fttlke windings in cash. /
AIR RAIDS ONL
arfhij
\
1 liis (h rmanVeouting airplane of the Alhiitross chiss l*n n encorinter^-vvitlr a British airman was brought to wa
The Hun pilot vyhs injured 1 in the
? fight and unable, to wreck tmichiue‘after landing behind the BrlflshMlnes. r\
BRITISH TANKS MOVING TO THE FRONT ' I COMMANDER OF THE COMFORT
They Watch^the Weather and
Draw the Blinds But Refuse ^
to Be Panic-Stricken.' *
going to "Tied !
tin
musiehiHs in .a hotel
the Tljmr.es mid
MANY DON’T -SEEK SHELTER
Tragedy of an Aviator’s Wife.
'Perhaps one of Himost
stances of this nature was t
wife of a eointmimh/r in Hit
Ing corps. Prior t/ the wii
member of tin
they lived In a
from I,bndnti. \Vherr,he joined the owl
ors they sold their home and the wifi
went to live Ip town—In a tiny flat
Knlgbtsbfldge. • She -was little more
than a child, am! a charmingly unso
phisticated one at that, *-<> fell
Victim to the giTTnhVr’s wiles.
_'f • • .
They got hold of her .through, the
uialtre d’hotel of the restaurant sdie
frequented —even Hie smartest niaitres
d’hotel and head waiters afe some
time^. though uuvv ittinglv. the Histrtt-
‘ i ...
ments of the ponfed«*pates w h<> t^>
the restaurants rnTTphTt of their daily
business to'»ct at the ioijely men and
Unrint the syuu
vvhicnyfront
Is well^-kiiovv
Atnerlep* played \n Jis Usual, ‘and yi<
cafe crfivvcl did noK ktfovv there vva
a ri>H until the “all V^ear" vyas sound
f*<T,
Club Men Talk CsTrrdy.
But tin* booming of ImavV guns in.
and around the city generally reaches
most ears. A crowd of men <ut in a
4»
smoking room at one club', with a glass
.roof nhot-o. and talked of one'thing'and
.mother dnring the raid. Seeking .shel
ter In a subway would appear as Im
possible to.them .‘is golngjhivvn Hroall-'.
By FLOYD MACGRIFF. wny> baref«W»*d. Only a v>ry small
T.oii'lon.- The thick Londmi‘■ fo^j proportion »Tp Lombm cun be m*eVimmrr"
often referred to iji Aniericn. Is one of dated in fin* stibvvays. The crowding
the British capital’s chief protections 1 of ijtlblld buildings during raids has*
(rout air raids by tin* Hiitis. If \B IfrJ.hecn dlsnmfaged. bccansi* if realized
U* n foggy x»r misty flight the searcifflghts j that very few of them can \ withstand x
of Zfppellns cannot reach their l\>ng i the hevrvy bombs. Itesidcnts now an
Busses and : Su"bway Trains Operate as
Qlsual and Club Men Srt Calmly
Under Gliss Roofs—Only the
Foreign Element Frightened.
’ 4-
t
‘ f lingers of light to thb earth and pick | oflldnllv advised to stay at home dttr
‘•A S J' inut the English coast or find their Way ! raids and take their chances, which
To London. Airplanes, lijievvlse
baffled. So a thick' fog gjv*es ii sense
of security and one buys a tlcket'To a
theater With Tar more cheerfulness
than 'on a moonlight night jvlien the
iiTr TiWclen r.
TTie* sweafher has..^lL‘4»ed a
sjdiere as f tni'i|Tti• nfirthvFTSIffttSfl
$
are | at*
Ij
hbmit one
ib .}(H».(HiO.
Despite more than loo raids orrLon
don one has to limit Hu-any evidence of
/damage, although •scores have been
killed j and -wounded.
Li
vvoiiien wirh UToriry.wlie
i'i 'V efcil . i:i e\ cl \ Lr-U'-l,
day -a cluirmiiig vv itiuirtr-o!
jippearancc strolled over
:i po'IVe re 1 in
('orc-ent -w as
z< it
have beim. .demolished an* in* v’viflelv
4iew—| scattered districts. London being : a
n t |-,T-Hf y-wdiIdr i* - sprawled qver considdra
Londoner may - greet another with: ' ble territory vvith "bnv buildings. v Bnsi
".Well it h►Hk-s-UJiik.il-' pot<<1 night for a ness houseiS.-'jqfldlr structures and fee,
W ifd.” If the evening It® fair: More ! tories show no <*vhb*nAe of attack. Bn*
than ri*hundred bombings have taugfTt.- booses _which have been bondnal arc
II! gil t l
ooyuijs
rh
her.
-.Ctlitiy
Tlie "vvilciim* sffa't; s\ 1 -.qhIz«i*J
w ith bur loneilness, mid finished by In-
vRing. her to a dainty maisonette off
Park lane. After dinner cards Were'
produced. And tin* fleecing find begun.
T’.y tin* timy.licr lmsba'nd vv.nsTildi* t.o
pet; home'.on leirve and resale hcf. the
unhappy woman. h,tid f been robbed of
tb(* best part of S'JO.OOO. 'f
Organized Like a Company.
That is only one of the brilliant
“ methods emplo.ivd.. Tills intcrtmtional
pang—Its agents cover every eityminri
large tow t _.*n tlu*/\v orld i*viu In 4 ,fr
enemy eoptitrlcs- (is organized like a.! su^mdy,
company, on a prollt-sbarihg liff^s.
There are trusted agents at every port,
fashion center and high class health
resort It is flic business of these
agents to live In-princely .style, grad
, unlly vvoriAing their way into the eon*
fidenee of thi* rnitTibbrsirf the 'oeallty
’pFv'tiig full detailed rcpoi.ts of tlnTr
—movements and business transactions
to a genera! headquarters, 5
When a .noneyed' .man o-' wVminn
..... WjL^iiLt fron. ..liiiu^umintry to
tlte agent at the port of emharkofii^
wires full parfle- ahs of his—or h^r
flhe I.omhiner to expect a raid o.n'syclr s " much niortar :ind dust, even lmnsei
1 le considers It luckv if fiohe
“Blinds must he drawn at p.
m. . toijav.” runs a line in - the daily
papers. As summer approaches *l\e
hour Is unde later, to correspond;With
that Were, four stories high.
Spirit of the Trenches Prevails.
'I lit* spirit • the tranches, vvhii b
makes mem fac ( » death 'bravely, is tlv
spirit of London durhip a Hun attack
Houses which
This oflicinl British ‘photograph shovvs some llVitlsh
Hie battle line to meet a tbrinan advance.
GUN HIGHER THAN
/ x
dusk. And the blinds are draw n. .Ho
tel maids qre instructed to attend to j
this promptly.' Hotels also have pin- f
cards warning guestT that ptdice will' I
If a light shows
0
MVuhjrs ' are the .i+e^st .nervous. a|ji,
'hnl^V them responsilih
front their
many lobbies lnrVe been taken Into tb-
! f.ldd'lifglit ,‘ilr, during a raid, too tliin
ly did, each mother believing sin** wa
doing., the best thing by going* to-y sub
wav. And these babies have died from
the exposure. •• "
Tint; -there are imkivy-overhalryncin :
cases*,,,f braverv. The
bishop .of T/vp-w
story tic:!>fg;
wimlovy.
Busses -Operate as Ufeual.
All London does net take to cover
,
when- an ah', raid i** oir. Luring a re
cent raid, "'hen l-.mbs—wmv h-ing ^p-]. aged. sejien a ml nne-k- ’fy^v
Jiped mitt ''i’s •*'• shrapnel f. !l fud who Wftft alone flu?Tng pv
the auto hnsse.s,y-w*it!i tlirtr..! amused her four youngeiMvrothers ami
o'lmm coi^luciors. oja-rVliviBrnS iisti'al.'[ sisters! hroughts t.ym d.->v. i,v,..i r
jilaec’d file]n nTvq
readings-a Bible w’
Ami there'Were ,pa>s<*n<r5Trsuij(Nriri«h'-
ers do 'not regard- the air rijids with
fear. I’eople In the street gl*t
cover, if it Is handy, so as not
bit bv faTttnik sltrapyel. But
not flash mpdly^j
Jam thdr vvny- Into safety In
ufidergrotrn.il railway stations.
under
to In’
Widow
tr»*ss.
they do. her llffl
Iter or push or
j'pi'mrTul _
snifvvty truths tire operated as Usual.
V’
*bu.slnes», available capital and intend-
t*<| poiifiiJ 1 of visit- lu nis »«>nfeflernte
at the orher end. The vldflni is shad-
~ owed aud approachtnl orv the • truin.
•board the ship, even. Iti hotels. Their
organization is the acme of thorough-
iOnly the foreign element, largely em
■idiuvtuL Ui^. wn 11 i Fl*m lm-*- bo-
^pottie frightenej. Many of these have
moved Into safety z<mds.
As an Instance of air-raid boredom
, a lirl t Uli officer _on- _leav e. 4,w'ii^ on Ills _
way to. hts -hotel room when the
warning .to take rover Tens sounded.
"What are ybtf going to-db?** he was
asked. ‘Do?" he echoed. "Hell. TTn
t
Awninp Saved His Lite.
Diisa, nkitt/— Ihitry f-'koog. an cn,
pi owe < ; »f a ynulkbig’ eot:ipan» w hit
working iq.. a: fourth- du.ui.-yi iud,« .v -h-!
an c.tliee. huildirtg lost Ills balance am’
fell out. A smarting crhzy bom* vva
the sum of his Injuries. An awning
h:H< just been Ud^ered beneatfiV Hr
wlndyw. He Jit on If and rolled to Hu
^devvajk, ligUting-on Iris feet. He hip
struck his nrtn In -the-, desrrtit onr (
flower pot tn a lower window.^.
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This Is Charles Malden Oman, com
manding oflicer of the Amerlcun Uos-
altul ship Comfort which: the govern
*nt phumeijl to so/id across the At-
laihlC without convgy to test Oer-
sinanvKs respect for the Ited Cross cm*
bhqi>. v *The plan may fie abandoned,
sinc<T\lhe German* recently, sank a
CanndlniKhosplttir ship.
’ one of the g»Hnt Britisn guns that have been).Instrumental In checking
the German offensive on the western front. A guu of this type is used only
for long-range firing, and enu Are to a distance qt about 15 miles; , They ore
placed far In the rear of the infantry.
To Lea^ftsFate of Sun.
It Ts by inert ns plNqew stars that as
tronomers Tmpe to estfrhllsdr vvhat will
lie thi* ultiniate fate of f
attendant planets. Every
the sun Is a star, Is rushing
space fit enormous speed.\*T^e s
is traveling toward Vega with a veloc-
/ - * t
Other stars
speed of
n f
ity o/ ( 12 mlTe» a second. Ot
are known which possess a
3$0 miles|H-eecgnd ; There are in’ t,he
s^y great Tiouds of darfc meteors, such
its obstruct ohr view' Ojf 'the milky way,
When a star hits one of these clouds
there Is a flash of fire ns It tears lt»
why flmmjHi. Tf The “awa rm Tf sjhnil
the star nmj,- escape, hut If It. Is large*
the star Is destroyed nn<| its frag*
ments gd to Increase the clotid' that
•Caused IU. destruction. ’ Tbe^^gllsh-
hstfonjStter who first observed the^iew "
starr-says that It .represents a catas
trophe of enormous magnitude In !»-•
conceivably remote fleld^
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