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Show 1 ft' lPiMlR Happened toffet MV : '-Vr- !::.: ' ' '. ' . ' . ' ' B:::y-v; : . - j li;!! : ; . ' , , - i. . - ' ..' , ', ...!!. .. -: - . ' ' ..' -'. Ulysses and the Sirens From a Painting in the Museum of Fine Arts, Leipsig, Germany. And a Lesson Every Y oung Casliier and Bank Clerk May Learn from the Ruin of the Promising Career of Ralph Lovell, Teller of a National Bank in New Jersey Bank Clerk Gets Two-Yea r Term Mrs. Munson Will Begin to Serve Maximum Sentence in Jersey State Prison To-day. yr'cpnper headline October !'. SIREN A fascinating woman, danger- !. for her enticing arts. StandarJ D :Iionary. A NATIONAL bank Is about the !a--P'.aoe where one would expect to find the li'erature on sirens.. A tt:- young, arr.bltio'is ani ftuJioui ra-i;er in a national hank is about the '31 person one would expect to know -ytlir.g about sirens from personal experience ex-perience or observation. Of all very y yir.z bank tellers and all national banks, te'rh E. Lovell and the First National Ba-k of Kdeeivaier. New Jersey, were ap-Pireiitlv ap-Pireiitlv the least likely to be up in the theory and practice of sirens. Liie the bank where he was emp'.oved n teller, young Lovell was Interested ,c-;.. in bankin?. He was an Ideal banker it the makinz. faithful, trusted to the Sssi-. ambitious but ambitious only in the direction of banking. To this end he -s frugal in his way of llvinz, and he feet most of bis even-in?- pursuing tcse special studies most likely to ad-f-'ce bim In his position. He was only twenty-two years old. A more woful state of defeneelessnes3 s?2inst sirens could hardly be imagined. The ancients were differently trained. E'en the youths of ancient Greece knew ail about sirens, understood their deaily 1 ianjers, kept carefully out of their way. Possibly young Lovell may have heard of ! Calypso, who lured even the brave and raaing Ulysses into her toils; of the Ureiei, perched upon a Rhine crag, who Tith her beauty and her siren song stole -ay the wits of honest Germans; or of 'ae siren-enchantress, N'imue, who overcame over-came that arch enchanter of King Arthur's time, Merlin, flnaliy burying bim inler a great rock, which waa proof against all his Incantations. But it is the way of youth in tliese modern times to scoff at such "old tales," thonph cider and wiser men know that 6iren3 were never so powerful and un-ning un-ning in their enticements as they are to-?ay. to-?ay. Thy also know that innocent an;l M:j.nrions youths like young Lovell ari tie easiest of all prey that is stalked hy '!"eri. Gniv one such is mentioned in ,!,e Hterature of siren- as having pscaped. , .That ras Parsifal, who remained proof aziinst all the organized allurements of Knnlry and her flower maidens. But I'arsifa! w8k armored by his holy mission, '': rescue of the Holv Grail. He was a ,r")l. but "God'- fool." Any such armor as this young Lovell lacked. Older and wker men know that the bravest and most resource-'''! resource-'''! of ancient heroes, was enabled finally to escape from Calypso's tolls only by reason of his superior cunning. Olher-!se Olher-!se hie doom had been complete, like "H Merlin's was to be at the hands of le siren Nlmue. So, when unfortunate chance brought !"ng Lovell, all innocent and Ignorant, '" to face 'with his temptress he was a lamb led to the slaughter. He had "rjt. even enough of the lamb's natural iri'tinct to cause him to bleat. From that moment he was lost probably willingly ion. N'ow, the siren- of (hese days do not. "Miiiie thenir,el ves upon enchanted ilei , t(' lure poor itailors to their destruction; "or do thev -,lt upon crags of the Hudson Ri'er nulisKrlr-s with their beauty and ,r,r!r siren songs to r-teal away the wil.3 "f young rnen passing by in motor boats. ' "ualiy they are not even professionally kr'0'.-ii as Kirens. '"i '.ho surface, at first sight, they are aK to be entirely worthy and -eputablei The Detectives Description of the Siren and Her Young Victim The Siren The Victim Age, 34 Years Age, 22 Years Height, 5 Feet, 11 Inches Height, 5 Feet, 9 or 10 Inches Weight, 230 Pounds Weight, 140 Pounds Build, Stout Build, Slender Hair, Very Dark Brown Hair, Dark Brown Eyes, Brown Eyes, Dark Brown Complexion, Medium, Good Color Complexion, Sallow Good Looking, Regular Features Smooth Shaven, Neat Dresser young women though beautiful. Thev mingle) In respectable society. It sometimes some-times bRDpens even thru they are lawfully law-fully married and have child-en of thri-own. thri-own. Times have changed' respecting sirens, as with most other thine?. Alas' young Lovell had no Inklini of ;hi '. when, in perfectly rc: pectable society, ha chanced to meet his si-en "Mr.;. Lillian Camp Munson." She did r.ot s,ng ") siren sop. to him. That was the pneient. inefficient siren wav. The modern wren is more direct in her attacks. Her method is r-rnr lM-ig like this: Her soft, little hand tre.-nDles a little as she places it in yours for t;ie first time, and leaves it there as though making y'ou a present of it. S.tp gaze'i frankly Into your eyes. The modestly rapturous look in her eyes, tinged n li'tle with joyous surprise, seems to say: V7,v why, YOU ate different. I thought all men were alike. Nov-, all at 0f.e so unexpectedly r realize my mis-take. mis-take. How sttange! Already I fel as though we had been dear friends for BgThen she dazzles you with a smile which v0it are perfectly sure she has never flashed upon another human being. It is a heart-staggering, heart-surrendering smile which says as p'alnly as though the words were uttered; "At last we meet. Instantly each heart recognizes its mate. How happy I am!" It is because you are so very young and unsophisticated that the siren takes this direct method. She is older than you are and that is a distinct advantage when the victim is an tinkissed o itn. She Is beautiful, and soft, and yielding, with the clear eyes and I he perfect complexion com-plexion which go with a dependable digestion diges-tion and a total lack of moral scruples. During the remainder of that, fateful evening other forms in the social gathering gather-ing are vague and distant, other voice.; meaningless echoes: you see only her, hear nnlv the words she utters. You find vourself constantly drawn to her side welcomed bv that same Irresisl ible smile which confesses to all the deiir-.ous emotions which have utterly tran.iforiiied vour whole being within an hour. " A the moment of parting site surrenders sur-renders her HI tit; soft hand to you again, whiie her eves speak volumes to gtve lo you alone their secret, meaning as she whispers: "You will come and see me, of course soon.'' . 1T What chance had young l-ovell? He was no youthful Raphael, devotedly deaf and blind to every allurement save that of his art, who could walk calmly by while his fellow stiidonls dallied with their enchantresses. Rv what narrow margin did even the aged, noetic and pious St. Anthony escape the consequences conse-quences of similar templrtlions exerted in his vision? The young bank teller never made a struggle. He was doomed from the moment of the siren's lirst attack. IL visited her "soon." As a result of that visit the whole order of his lire was changed, save for his hours of duty at the bank. In place of classes m accountancy ac-countancy at Columbia Cnivtr: tl v am r,uiet evenings spent at hom with special -.ludics that were to advance him in h'.s position, were gay evenincs at the theatres the-atres and the garish Drofidway cabarets. An old-r and wiser man would have found something significant In the siren's familiarity with this sort of life. Also in the circumstance that the apartment of the Munsons was located right In the titorm centre of the Broadway bright light district. Also In the frequent absences of Mr. Munson from the domestic steam radiator, which furnished opportunities which mi capable modern tdron has ever been known to overlook. There, at the psychological moment, he finds her In tears and most alluring nenliree. "Why. darling, what has happened?' She jays her moist cheek on his shoulder and sobs: "You are all I have In the world!" He understands. She Is one of those wives who are "misunderstood at home.'' She clinrrs to him. Her sobs strike him to the heart: but they also fill him with a sense of triumph and what he is convinced con-vinced is a manly and noble resolution. In the midst or their embraces he bids her bo of good cheer; he will "find a way." Thoso cabaret excursions have been eoslly The siren would be "only too (,la(p:but unfortunately, she is behind In her rent. There are other troubles. She is on the verge of hysterics. What is to become of them? At the btinlc youug Lovell's superiors aro disturbrd over his changed appearance. appear-ance. He i "working and studying too hard." There are friendly suggestions of a vacation for the promising young teller. This benevolent spirit causes him to suffer a few qualms in the absence of the siren. Nevertheless, when he goes to his siren that evening he carries wltn him several thousand dollars of the bank's money. ' He displays his loot to her. Did he not tell her that she could trust him to "find a. wav?" She is radiant. She pats him on Lie shoulder, hut gently reminds him that the sum is not nearly enough to enable them to "go away to a far country and live their lives." ' , , . . The siren finds that the "enticing arts which the dictionaries attribute to her are no longer necessary. The game is in the bag and with tt $2S.nun in cash and $10:uOO In securities, which her eager victim has stolen from the safe of the First National Bank of Edgewater. Kortunatelv, Mr. Mud son Is away from home again." The coast is clear. The siren and her dupe still away to South America to "live their lives." Thy were Imrely in time. Only the ne.o d;iv 'the ICdgewaler hank officials' missed the stolen cash and securities. A iurried search 1'nr the "over-worked" teller, w-ho was most unaccountably missing, miss-ing, loO! Detectives who have no illusions jibont. sirens were soon on the trail. It led lliem lo Panama, then to Rio Janeiro, nnd flien lo London. In the latter city they found a Sadler and wiser young teller a vmith no longer innocent, and with a hitter knowledge of sirens that would fill an encyclopaedia. He handed over what stolen cash, Ihero was left, nnd (),,. .....Mrt'-es. .vhic'i Ik.1 been of no use lo him or his siren because the7 proved lo be non-no got I'ible. Then, in company with his captors, he started hack to America to faco the music. Meanwhile tho siren had returned to Now York practically empty handed. Almost Al-most her lirst act on arriving was to marry .Mr. Munson! Her next act was to hurry to Pan Francisco, "to see tiie L'xpo-siilon." L'xpo-siilon." There the siren-proof detectives found her. They brought her back, and Mr. Munson now a husband in fact got her home to the Broadway apartment on ODD hail. She put on a virtuous blue-choeked blue-choeked plneham apron and w-ashpd the dishes while telling her said storv to the rcporteis. The purport of it wns what the lawyers "call a "general denial" that is. of the embezzlement part. She was a poor orphan from Georgia, alone in New York trying to nv.ike her living through drawing and painting. "I met Ralph Lovell." she went on. "He was a frtscinat ing boy, only twenty-two. His wealth and his flattery just swept me off mv feet. He lavished money upon me. My life had been hard. The temp'a-tion temp'a-tion of a home of my own was too great to be resisted. I forgot all about the lovo of my sweetheart. Illll (the same Mr. Munsonl. who has been so faithful for ' five years. ;jnd went away with Ralph. "What did I g--t out of it all? Torture! Torture and a few Junk pieces of jewelry!" She was no longer a siren, but tho indignant dupe of a profligate youth, who was drunk most of the time, who threw his money around recklessly, and who, to her awful shock and amazement, turned out to be an embezzler! She had pleaded not guilty. But when she was arraigned in court, and heard Ralph Ivovell put upon her all the blame for the embezzlement and his own ruin, she suddenly confessed and threw herself her-self on the mercy of the court. Was the court wise in the ways of sirens? What the court gave her was not mercy, but the maximum sentence two years. It was the si'me as had been passed upon Lovell. Probably the imprisoned young bank teller could now add something to the dictionary dilinition of "siren." That her "enticing arts" seldom outlive the occasion for them; that when she has her victim secure, she Is as "coy, uncertain, uncer-tain, hard to please," as the average woman and considerably more exacting. One thing seems certain. When young Lovell comes out of prison, two years hence. If he lives, and is fortunately restored' re-stored' to his old position which does not seem impossible, as the bank officials of-ficials have exhibited both understanding and sympathy there will be one young bank teller in the world who is thoroughly slren-nroof. (Ralph E. Lovell the Victim of the Sifeni ' -r- " : f " ; :: .Sit ? , " A, : r - ' ' r . - .... - - ..-... a -" -. : c- - i. : '- - ' . . " " , . ..; -.i ' '. " :. , . -x"- r .. . - X-.- " ... ... f " . -, -.. " - - - -v ,. - V: y . if rsey , t f ".'- i " -; r '.. .-. - - - ;'-.;. " r A J - i ;- - ' - ' " .-. ", : :. f t '.. - - i f" ::'---:.- ! ' V -'- I r ' f it. : .- f I ' ' ' t . I t '. : .... r I :-- p...' '. . . ; .-. - .; - ? .. I I Lillian I ; Camp k t Munson, I ' ' j the I Modern I Siren I - . j Who Is I ' j Now - . - . . ' - . . j Serving , 1 a Term the Sifeni in ' f ' Prison "N. ' - for - i Her v f f Share v ? 'n the A f, , i Downfall 7 sr" ' ' 'S YUn ' 1 l" : Bank )Y j Cashier Jical lit, mil) fvisliU Uvii-ClJ. Lillian Camp Munson, the Modern Siren Who Is Now Serving a Term in Prison for Her Share in the Downfall of the Young Bank Cashier |