The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
SAFES IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
MORE AND MORE OF THEM USED
~ PRIVATE HOUSES NOWADAYS.

Hold All Sorts of YRlunblos-Safes for
rravsliing-Men Who Mako Collections
of Satos-Conatant Improvements Made.
The latest SAFE for homo use gives no moro
outward token OF its real purpose than the
dress clothes OF a private house detective at
evening functions shows his calling. The big
bank aafe and the ordinary business ofIlce
safe may wear plain domino over their FIRE
and thief defyng secrets. but the safe for the
drawing room. the library. bedchumber and
pantry wears light and playful. or else
sternly practical. exterior. us paying due tribute
for the space II appropriates In the house.
What q pretty cabinet that la. Italian Re-
naissance. 40 graceful" is the privileged
friends comment on surveying 1t. and the pro-
prietor turns the innocent looking gilded key
that let's down tho desk portion and shows tho
steel door behind IL.
Il like to know that these things are I'M
auestionably safe when I'm away and not
likely to be tempered with. but don't like to
have the burglar suggestion staring me In the
face all the time" says the owner. This
cabinet safe docs the business and Ats In with
the character OF the room furnishings"
Since well-to-do Americans have got rich and
those that were already rich have become
nabobs. numbers Of people have become an
tiquares on modest scale. getting together
rare fans. watches. laces. books and valuable
bric-a- brao. These things arc always salable
should they fall into shrewd hands. They
must be protected. and at the same time be
convenient to the owners pleasure when he
wishes to look them over or show Thorn TO his
guests. The parlor cabinet safe provides for
this. The bachelor who lives in apartments
has his safe built in chifHonier shape,
made OF auartered oak to match the
furnishings In his dressing room ; maybe 1t
will be OF library desk pattern developed In
cherry or mahogany. but in each case It Is so
every-da looking as to deceive tho beholder
into the belief that II is really what 1t pretends
to be and not piece OF mechanism that could
go through flames and survive q six-story
tumble. The new safes for the buffers pantry
are Of convenient height have q smooth pol
ished marble top and can be used for any pur-
po'e to which an ordinary table is put
The family plate Is not kent In the deposit
vaults any more. as 1t used to be-" said a safe
maker. Numbers OF the lately built houses
have burglar and hreproof safes set up In their
dining rooms or in the pantry quite MS mat
ter OF course. and only last week we furnished
two safes made to order for q wealthy widow:
one for the buffers pantry. costing 5000. and
the other for her drawing room. made in
unique shape. and only trife less expensive.
Tho butler is. OF course. to have the mbina-
ton OF the pantry safe; convenience demands
that: but the com bination for the other one she
intends to keep herself. Heirlooms and pane
and thousands Of dollars worth Of iewelry will
be slowed away in that. The drawers and
cabinets for tho jewelry are lined with violet
velvet and fitted as conveniently as any Dress
ing case Jewel box The false front OF the
safe is handsomely inlald and ornamented. and
only the initiated could guess its real pur-
pose. The pantry safe Is OF white metal
shaped like a sideboard. with doors opening
in the middle. and has a handsome marble slab
as top piece For $50. or even for $35. a small
burglar proof cabinet box safe can be got for a
% 1onl-a u hto
sort is too heavy to be easily carried Off. 1t Is
neat and ornamental and looks we'll set out on
the bureau or toilet table Many toilet instru-
ments nowadays are 80 handsome as to be
tempting to dishonest servants or visiting at
tendants. and with a burglar-proof chest at
hand 1t is easy enough to put them out OF
We sell numbers OF these dressing case
safes to apartment house people all over the
unaue % p petsrns Of safes for 5qe raSena
cases Or course they are heavy. but people
don mind one package m more. and it tates
burden of their minds to know that they have
gs 1?V5 70 The Ps bons
5othcred, Juggling keys about bout Patents are
fpf details hSSae
safes some Of them are good. some are not;
ideas for other Inventors; lew years viii
see big Advance in this DEPARTMENT Of safe
ss o
OF the safes have occupied the attention up to
being now pretty near perection makers ' win
be, able to, turn their minds to the mere practi-
The wnrerooms OF the big safe making estab-
hshments have many visitors. Now q clergy
study or Tor the Keeping Of church records. and
again physician or surgeon with costly set
and weights and prices Occasionally a au deer
customer arrives whose evident disregard Of
the new and expensive or new and economical
inHpECtiOn he
man IA After Ate, making the tour OF tie warerooms
%ayy the as IN
known the real nature OF his quest.
hsS' 2s s%ss IN
I'm euro collector, and I'm on the lookout
for sa OF certain bS %qssp made in
into a description of the historical events at
that this precious model Was hns
the CLERK yak In
. msySS YOU y I'm might find something old style
The queer easomer who does not want
and
down through a wide elevator shaft. and spends
hall hGRr tb or the old
doors, Some are half dismqntIed. their Iinsides
ippsd put to be repSGed with Modern dsyGes
safe connoisseur at glance whether or not he
has found his pTI a salesman YerSed safe
the firm knows that il the COLLECTOR fnds the
safe he wants he will pay good price for It.
The collectors OF old plate, china and rare
furniture are enthusiasts. and the old print and
old clock and watch hunters ride their hobby
for all it's worth; but the antique safe hunter
optaoes them AL F PATIENCE 1d AN
addresses cataloEued now to ba advised OF
every shipment OF old safes we get, and they
coma promptly the moment word reaches
them to scan the assortment. believe their
born fisherman. who had rather Ash on days
when the hsh don't bite than make big haul
when anybody could catch. When these two
safe hunters do find the model they want they
won't enjoy the possession nearly rs much IA
the quest. Two months ago We sold a collector
the oldest safe. l imagine. in America to-day
at east II there are many OF that pattern
we have not come across them. 1t has q
common barndoor paddock for fastening the
big bar drawn across its face, and has pitch
roof and high stilted legs. inst like the green
wired safes old-time FOLKS kept their lard and
butter and cold meat in. II had an English
cont -nf -Arms In metal on the centric pnnel. and