GIRL DETECTIVES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 761, 6 September 1929, Page 2

GIRL DETECTIVES

OPPORTUNITIES IN LONDON SOCIETY THRILLS AND ADVENTURE I More young women detectives ars i in demand with the opening of eact* i London season. Fashionable hostesses have found them invaluable in detecting the gat# j crasher and preventing theft. Tb# girl detectives, dressed in smart gowns, mingle with the guests keep a wary eye open for bag ana jewel thieves. A woman detective said to a “DaiV Mail” reporter: “It Is by no means an easy jok Patience, quick powers of observation. and perfect health are necessary, and often the girl detective must know more than a little of th# art of self-defence. “Wedding receptions are *#■*£ 1 sought-after ‘cases,’ as there is * lta Ito do and the pay is good. But no ! all our calls are as easy. I | her one particularly cold XovemDe ! night when I waited four hours on ; street corner for a suspect to lea i his house. “No woman is of use as a &ete ~l i tive until she has learned the art i 'shadowing.' The subject in work has often to be followed ) days, and it is most difficult to 0 this without being seen. ... “It is a thrilling and interest)* i life for an adventurous girl. | of us are well known to the crinun** ! classes, and it is often i adopt some form of disguise. simpler the better. A coat that . be worn inside out is a goon tm ll * j to have. «. “A girl detective never earns re • big money unless she strikes oU ' , „ ’ her own and works up a con Py XO fi-a . for divorce investigations. , work means high fees—eometinr* . I £3 3s a day,”