Show I I I J Jp p I c I t r Th L r l ll l Mi noMi n no w i r 1 y I Mystery of Why the Alluring Oriental Dancer So SoH I Shamelessly Betrayed France r 1 s 3 H wem U r I Ia and an Then Went Smilingly to 11 a Spy's o s Death r i at Last 7 t 4 I f a ai av i v is Is Strangely xo r rt f I t Q L j jy L ly V Explained Q w orS L Lw i k 1 j t y MAY r re e I rn i L w- w m Vi f I I tSa F ALL the many mysteries the OF war Br brought one of the most puzzling was this this- why this this why hy Math Mata Hari the beautiful Oriental dancer should have played the traitor to her adopted country and risked and finally sacrificed her ber life as a spy in the Germany France had been her home for nearly twenty years It was there that her greatest triumphs as a dancer had been there scored there that she heaped up not only fame but a fortune large enough to have bave made her proof against the temptation of German gold But Mate Mata Bari repaid the people who had done so much for her with the worst of treachery Under cover of their friendship she handed banded over to the tho enemy l t military secrets that are believed to have cost the lies lues of thousands ot of French soldiers At last she was caught handed red handed and put to death What was as as the reason for Mata Haris Hari's shameless betrayal be- be betrayal of the country that had treated her so handsome- handsome handsomely J ly Iy Why should she have been willing to sacrifice wealth and fame honor and life itself to aid cause causa of Germany These questions arenow are now answered answered for the first time in a book S entitled 8 entitled Women Around the tho German Crown Prince which has just been published in Berlin c According to this amazingly frank and detailed account of ot the innumerable innumerable innumerable ble love affairs which Friedrich Wilhelm sought Bought or had thrust upon him lum Mats Mata Hari was as of ot all the women whose hearts ho broke the most madly in love lovo with him It was as for his sake Bake that she ri sheri risked everything e and at last died a aspy's spy's miserable death y t s Mata Hari Han had ver seen the Crown I Prince except at the distance that sepa sepa- separates sepa- sepa separates separates rates the royal box in a theater from the stage stag had never even even heard leard the sound of his voice And yet she Confessed that she loved h hun a frenzy ti t at mado her willing to risk risk everything In the hope that th th t some Gome day she might capture his heart for her very own and hold it forever She spent money lavishly pulled every wire she could to have havo herself com to give a private dancing ex- ex exhibition exhibition ex exhibition fo he Crown Prince Once he sa saw her at close range her every mus mus- muscle muscle muscle cle moving to the seductive rhythm ot of otone one of her Oriental dances she felt sure he could never resist her The outbreak o the war however spoiled these plans And then more madly in love than ever with the m man n she had never spoken to she determined to try to draw his attention to her by selling herself herselt to tho the German secret service and agreeing to betray the military mili mili- military military tary secrets of her ber adopted country A letter written to a friend during the early months of the tho war and now made public for the tho first time in the book published in Berlin reveals iii bi Mata Haris Hari's own n words the truth of ot the strange infatuation that made her here a 11 traitor to Trance France and sent her ber at last to death It may sound silly Billy and grotesque grotesques she wrote that I J a mere mero professional dancer should have dared to lift up my eyes to the German Cro Crown Cron n Prince bus bu buit it is true I 1 hive have always ed lo him 1 d although I never met him personally I Iwas IV Iwas Iwas was for done the first time I saw him V His face his eyes c e es his whole personality Just fascinated me me and from that day dayon dayon dayon on I have hare had the feeling that my fate would depend on him All these theae months in France Franc I havel have I l Math Hari the once idolized dancing queen of France whose name is now only a hate l I II memory there because her sand infatuation for a royal prince she had never I spoken to made her sell life and honor to the German service 3 p t ba V R d p 4 v p I k 1 n S N t tn x t wu t e f H Hb b sa c v it The r w ws s 3 t M Ma a I 1 I l ll lr l r an in n f ti k iJ r x r f p pM M k so a y k i i t rg a 4 mt o e N r 4 a I p r N 2 i 4 9 fraKi C w i N F N w rp 4 js F 1 di Y loving Javanese dancers from whom fr o rv l Mata Hari in her girlhood days t learned many of the seductive t dances with which she later fascinated Europe the people Here who never grew fired of blaspheming him Perhaps lt it as unwise to contradict them but I not help standing up for tor him and has been aroused against me mev v in France But I must re- re return re return turn birn and remember when you see seo him that I have done and suffered a great reat deal just gust because I love him For months the she deceived her friends in fI Paris and baffled the French secret Appearing frequently at et bene- bene benefits bene fits 1115 for the Red Cross and other war c lauded as the most loyal friend of France she was continually using be r charms to pry secrets from French army officers and high officials in the scar far department p And once those in Mats possession she had the means of transmitting them quickly to agents in and Spain Spam who sent them on onto in the German high command i Her mad love for the Crown Prince Made her grow bolder and bolder in her activities until at last last one day a leak leak rge I rge of information information that had bad resulted Irge In an important German victory was traced directly to her ber By an ironical turn of fate her ar- ar arrest arrest ar arrest rest came the morning after her tri tri- tri triumphal appearance at lit a II benefit for the I Red Cross Coas When the certain rose on Iata Haris Hari's act the prin principal pal feature of j the program the he audience saw five 1 Hindu musicians ians crouched on their heels I against t a glowing Oriental background fro ro 1 instruments queer and outlandish they they produced a IL music strange monotonous monotonous n nerve rYe racking racking I 1 Pr Presently n silk was as drawn Iback back and aid a form appeared sup sup- supple supple p e harmonious serpentine gliding beI between between be- be I tween light a and d shadow half haft naked shining with precious stones stones and wyth withA her head bead half halt hidden bIdden In ina a scarf of white I gauze gauze 1 4 Ii r I 1 r rIf If i tr N t r 1 J fJ M V 1 4 I W 1 Ao iO a r A Cambodian tem temple le dance which Mata Hari stripped of its sacred character and made the basis of some lome of her Cher most astonishing performances h 3 b r r a rJ J tea t k s TA d T t w A p Ai N i 4 y Y lh ak w- w wV i V kg C 3 4 M The innocent little daughter of the former Crown Prince of Germany German It was Math Mata Ha Hari Hai 1 and and nd the dance danco she was giving oh on th s fateful fateful night nig t was call The Oft d Legend of the Pince s arid and the Magic Magie Magic Lover An enthusiastic spectator has has described b d it ah as follows Mata Mats Harf Mari represent represented d th tb the 3 enc un ter of a young girl girl v figured d as asa asa asa a marv marvelous lous flower that che she discovered ov inthe where garden she walked Would she d dare re to to pluck the the In Int Inthe t the e eye eyes eyes o of c b seen the conflict and aid modesty Chaste r M II r T To- To f f T- T Tn n fr r t sf J v I and sil sinuous she approached timidly s at atthe the lower which at v enticed her by hy its e beauty and frs frs- fragrance fra fragrance f grance prance but when l M quite near it her Sa body would trem- trem treble trem-f trem i e f ble and she would Y dart aVi away sy willIe while the floating floating- veil veilS S f covering e could not inner e eInner Inner trouble of ot the vir vir a princess gin a f Again she near drew drew near and this time the veil and fell from h her r grasp and she felt herself defenseless de- de defenseless against the strange attraction Seeking to to- to draw away again she revealed her her p by her ber trembling lf limbs bs The nt eyes cyca ey s Tho Tho dance waxed more passionate the illusion self imposed ir reality incapable of ot resisting further the the pr princess as seized the re- re redoubtable redoubtable re redoubtable doubtable flower pressed it Ups to a her heart heart MeG musicians musician's played played tl tle their their e r- r instruments instruments ments as asif asif s if in a frenzy reni of ot the the mo move move- move movements ments of ot the dancer dance and d more inre in re rapid themselves ili ilia a J hads the curtain fell teU r h 1 wa Itis was Tbs one of the the danele l with r rt rh I t 1 T Tf f tV Vf r h Y t r which Mata Mato Hari had often delighted the theatergoing public of Paris Pans and theother the other capitals of Europe But behind the carefully curtained windows of fash fash- fashIonable fashionable fashionable clubs bet before re an audience lim- lim limited lim limited to a few millionaires and noblemen and sometimes even royalty itself she revealed still more daringly her ber charms as as a mistress mistress of ot the art of ot Oriental dancing At these performances the room was darkened subtle incenses filled the air sand and and rom om off afar afar off came strange strains of o oL music Suddenly the music ceased and the lights went up on a stage usual usual- usually usually usually ly set to represent the interior of a Hindu temple The white body bodt of ot a worshipper could be seen prostrated ted before an idol The profile was pure pure and the fine Kne marvelous marvelous n in n nf f the way of ing ing with its eff effect ct ot of o sculpture Wave after wave undulated over the nak naked d body b body dy as as Mats Mata Hart Hari H ri drew nearer to the idol 1 as a serpent might By the same same soft sott an motions motions m she drew herself up u ui until she could pass her ador adoli ador- ador adoring adoring ing hands bands over over the feet and limbs otner god A J Lightly very lightly while hile the tho invisible ble ble ble musicians played a sacred chant chant the dancer lifted herself her hands bands then on her ber arms very eret v lifted toh in the the rite rho of of an an orison At length turning turning slowly with her hAild beh nd h her herback r ba back k Mata Mats 7 1 an in n r 6 re a ar Ii r r sa y former Crown Prince of Germany the days when he broke the hearts of Mata Hari and other beauties Hari revealed all her marvelous nudity while a shiver of delight rippled over the masculine audience Acco According to eyewitnesses the execution execution execution tion of Math Mata Hari which so qUickly followed her trial by the French military authorities was one of the most most dra dra- draI dramatic dra- dra dramatic dramatic matic events of of I this or an any other war warThe The beautiful never flinched never showed the slightest slightest sign of regret ot of the miserable failure of her plan pIatt to Win the love of tho the Crown Prince b by plaYIng the traitor to her ler ler adopted coun coun- country country try and betraying its soldiers to thu enemy On the morning set for Mata Hans Haris death she was awakened by one of the religious sisters who had been assIgned to attend her in her last last hours As she glided oitt out Olt of bed and an drew on her shapely limbs a pair of her favorite gray silk stockings she noticed that the nuns nun's nuns eyes were th tears But why are you weeping weeding wee mg little SIster Mar Mario asked I II Mata ata Hari IIan in apparent astonishment There are arc no tears In my eyes eyes and I promise promise you OU that thai you will see none there And sure enough the smile which Mata Ians Ian's face wore when she awoke to her herla la last t few hours of ot life never left not It-not it even after the rifles of the firing sq squad n had done dono their deadly work work She dressed hex elf olf hi m a robe of ot gray gent satin gra satin atm gray kid gloves and after ap appearance rather thought thought- thoughtfully thoughtfully thoughtfully fully in the mirror turned to the waiting soldiers soldiers and said sala as coolly as if she were ordering her limousine Behold me ma ready gentlemen I die dla like Ilke a in soldier soldier in my my uniform When Mata Mato Hari Har reached the court court- courtyard courtyard courtyard yard where the execution execution was to take tako place the officer in n charge approached wIth a silk handkerchief over her eyes eyes But Mata Mats Hari would not permit this No bandage it if you please gentle gentle- gentlemen gentlemen gentlemen men she Mata Mats Hari Hart will willdie willdie willdie die with her eyes wide open That is the mea meaning of my name my-name na name Math Mata Mata i Hai World the Eye of or the World i Not ot of fr from m fear Cear will I close them A few minutes late Hari Uari rani died dieda a spy's death her ber last words a jest that the French military authorities should think a dozen soldiers J armed to the tho thoI I teeth necessary necessary to killo kill o one e defenseless r I Ir woman U r 1 She She had risked everything ng honor and life itself in in the hope of WIn WIn- winning win winning ning a princes prince's love and although she sha had failed she sh remained firmly convinced had taken were well that the she worth the the tha taking h i rt r I rI tie r j I II I 1 t t I l R |