Show cr DISGUISES Are Never Used By Detectives of the Secret Service OVashinston Star No snch tlilnfe as disguises are ever used by the moh of the secret service bu r11t said Chef Wilkie of that organization I organ-ization a few days ago The boy Who reads the 10cent literature describing Urn many lightning changes and disguises made by alleged sleuths of the government govern-ment und other services imagine these storitis to be true and the impression receives remain with him for a long time A a matter of fact no such thing as a disguise for a secret service detective is known and I do not know of a case ever worked by an operator of the bureau in which fait faces or oilier articles of this kind htive < fver been used I do not knowQf a reputable detective in any city or state who uses disguises They arc not eflective and the best informed mesi in the running down of criminals believe that they do harm and quickly expose the man who is attempting to operate a case I The men of the secret senice of the gov ernment frequently clothe themselves to I suit the vicinity anSI the people umomr whom they are at work For instance if a man is at work in tm agriculturalcpm Ifi munify and among > prop who would suspect sus-pect the attlro of ki ell dressed persons he docs not Wear the best clothes or linen 1 which has been finished by Chinamen or I a steam laundry Ills attire is in keeping with his situation and circumstances He may let his baird grow long and become careless in keeping his eothes dusted If he is at work in a city among Italians for instance he deports himself in such away a-way as to keep from advertiting himself If he as a detective of the government did not he would be unable to acquire information in-formation from the class of people who were perpetrating the violations of the laws of the United States Everything depends on the necessities of the case but under no circumstances would we permit I jn operator of the bureau to bother with such cheap articles as wigs false faces moustaches and tin like I |