We are hearing a good deal about Mara Hari the dancer, who was arrested in Paris during the war and was shot as a spy. Under another name she is the central figure in a play by M. Charles Henry Hirsch called La Danseuse Rouge," and M. Emile Massard is publishing some curious reminiscences of her trial, at which he, as an officer, was present.
Her original nationality is a mystery, but it is known that she married a Dutch officer with the Scottish name of Macleod and lived for some years with him in the East Indies. He was divorced before she made her appearance in Paris and began to frequent artists' studios in the capacity of a model. She was of a distinctly Germanic type, softened by Oriental features which she probably had from some Semitic ancestor. Through an artist for whom she had sat, she got into touch with A. M. Gayet who was organizing Eastern tableaur. vivants, and he suggested that she should play the part of an Indian dancer, which she did with much success, After performing in private houses she made her way to the music hall stage and established her fame as an Indian dancer under the name of Mara Hari.
She was in Berlin when the war broke out. Later she appeared at Madrid, where she did her best to attract the attention of the French Military Attache, being herself on the most intimate terms with the German Naval Attache. The latter telegraphed instructions to Holland that she was to be paid a sum of money at a neutral Legation in Paris. She went there, received the money and was arrested directly after leaving the legation. She did not know that the trench had evidence of the telegram. Though quite shameless in regard to morals, she stoutly denied espion-ago until the telegram was snd-denly sprung on her before the court-martial. The blow completely upset her, and she must have felt that the game was up. There could be no mercy for so dangerous and unscrupulous a woman. press, the French authorities have consented to withdraw the French managing director of the Lung-hai Railway and agreed to the appointment of a Chinese instead. asthma Cure
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