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crossbars two inches thick. Below and
above Is railroad iron. SO that when the
outer gate Is once closed 1t would take
pretty fair burglar quite a little while
before he worked his way through and got
glimpse of the cleaning steel sheathing
with which the vault Is incased.
Nor would 1t avail him, after the fashion
of many Anticipated bank robberies, to tun-
mel up from underneath, cutting away little
by little the layer of railroad iron that
forms the floor Of the outer WALL II he
should do this successfully, spending weeks
or perhaps months In the task, he would
find himself when it was accomplished in a
strange tiled chamber, with roof not five
feet high, supported by bright tiled pillars
set near together. Around the sides of the
chamber he would find mirrors. so that
wherever he stood he could catch glimpse
of almost every other part. and might dis
cover IL perchance any one was there be-
sides himself. The Waterman of the great
vault looks around with precisely that OBJ
ject several times every night.
This tiled chamber is in effect a SUBJ
cellar of the vault; its roof the vaults
base, its stubby pillars the vaults sup
port. It would be disappointed burglar
who reached the tiled chamber in safety
only to find that a matter Of two feet Of
solid steel lay between him and the object
of his quest But suppose the burglar was
persistent, and was successful beyond most
in escaping detection after he had encoun-
tered new and unexpected obstacles, which
disarranged his plan Of action. Let us say
that he set at work upon the vault itself
with drill, or with electric burner. A new
obstacle greater than any he had yet en-
countered would then confront him in the
form of simple sheet of tin foil with
other tin foil seemingly pasted upon it. the
whole backed up by common muslin cloth
and vanished until 1t assumed about the
consistency Of heavy window shade.
There Is not case on record in which
q burglar bumped up against this particu-
lar difficulty. and got out successfuIly-to
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when presented at bank The specification
on the outside is enough for the entries In
the books, and Wall street let's 1t 20 at
that.
How plain matter 1t was, therefore, for
a clerk in the loan department Of a finan-
cial institution to extract securities from
envelopes as they might come in, always
provided that he could put them back again
IN time before the customer, having taken
up his loan. should receive back his col
lateral. The only trouble in Douglas case,
which. as matter Of fact, Is the trouble
In all similar cases. was that the time
came when he couldn't return the bonds,
easy as that process seemed when the
wrongdoing began. They had been pledged
as collateral; the accounts which they Sc
cured had been losing accounts in the
winters wreck of a stock market; the bonds
were no longer the property Of Douglas
or of his accomplish. Dennet. but had pass
ed into the hands of innocent third parties,
from whom even the trust company may
have trouble in recovering.
Or take another case. 1t is hardly two
years since smart young clerk in Q
brokers' house decided that he would teach
Wall street bankers a much-needed les
son. He deemed them too careless In this
very particular OF handling securities So
there appeared one day at the loan clerks
window of the National City Bank youth
who differed not at all from the others
there on apparently similar missions, save
that check for $4,000. more or less.
which he rendered in payment of loan by
a well-known house. was a forgery
The check was drawn on the Hanover
National Bank. stamped with a rubber GER
tification stamp. initiated over the
stamp In hand that might pass
for anybody's. and had across one end of It,
lettered in ink. the name OF the Arm upon
whose account 1t purported to have been
drawn. The only clever work In forging the
instrument was the pen and ink lettering
just referred to. The cody of the check
might have been filled In by child and any
scrawl would do for the initial on the GER
tfication stamp.
The City Banks loan clerk took the
check. saw that the Endorsement was reg
ular. passed out an envelope containing the
securities which had stood behind the loan.
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represented by long-haired boy with a
''T' square and triangle in his left hand
and slab resting against his skirt Music
is portrayed by the figure of a large. beau
tifully formed woman with features and
costume suggestive of the Greek grace
full young man with barred arms and a
loose-f1tting robe draped about his shoulders
in a Bohemian manner, is Art. In one of
the strong hands of the man Is a chisel.
and in the other Is clenched mallet. Be-
side the figure Is the form of a woman
which the young sculptor Is supposed to
be carving. De Nasti has used his own
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say nothing of entering the vault For the
minute he placed his drill or his electric
burner roughly against the tin foil curtain
so as to puncture 1t in any way bell
would ring In an Office tucked away In the
upper stories of a skyscraper near by.
which would tell a man watching there
that there was trouble, and the indicator
with which the bell was connected dag
nosed the case 1t would locate the seat of
the trouble, and 1t would only remain to
start a force of wel-armed gentry post
haste to see what could be done about it.
4
1t may be said, and with reasoz. that
1t must be very remarkable tin foil cur
tain to perform this most useful function.
The curtain represents forty-nine years Of
persistent inventive effort by family that
has devoted itself to the task Of keeping
out burglars. In the service have been en-
listed other enthusiasts; one such, the old
est present employee. has been at 1t for
thirty seven years; another, the chief cleo
trician, for twenty-four years, and old
cclored man who pastes together the sheets
OF tin foil and tissue and muslin, for TWEEN
ty-nine years. There is tradition in that
business.
Without the technical diagrams, or at
least the far more detailed illustration than
it is possible to present at this time,
may hardly explain just how and why the
signal goes from the tin foil curtain into
the office where the men are watch.
But. in a general way. an idea may be OBJ
tanned IL you visit the old colored man
over in Jersey City factory pasting sheets
together and vanishing the finished prod
uct until it looks right to him.
He will take first sheet Of muslin. spread
upon that wel-irened sheets of tin FOIL
and cleverly paste them down; then will
come a layer of tissue paper. and then
strips Of tin foil pasted UP and down. so as
to make a connected line running zigzag
across the curtain. The distance between
these strips is not more than three inches
The tissue paper forms an insulation be-
tween the bed of the curtain underneath
and the strips Of tin foil superimposed
They in turn are insulated from outside
connection, just as the original sheet of
tin foil is insulated from the muslin. And
then the varnish Is applied over the whole
thing and covers it up. SO that only an ex-
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and executed to symbolic the; various arts,
trades and professions. There will be rep
resented in these figures, art, architecture,
music. justice engineering and science A
young local artist. De Nasti, is the sculptor
The statues, which are modelled from
South Dover marble. the same as has been
used in constructing the building, are nine
feet high, and weigh nearly four and a half
tons each. They will be placed on marble
pedestals protruding from the walls of the
building between the fifth floor and the
finishing cornice.
The statue representing Architecture is
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the District Government.

TE HE new municipal building is not
being sprinkled to make it grow.
That's a mistaken idea that
= some good folks around town
have acquired as a result of
p sstng the structure in hurry and catch
ing a glimpse of the long lines of hose that
extend from the ground to the upper floors
Of the building It's rather a natural mis-
take too. Mighty few people would guess
the real answer in a month of Sundays.
The sact is that up at the new municipal
building they are turning out art by com
pessed air. And it's real bang-up art and
no mistake. The compressed air rushed
vi stairs through the line of hose runs a
little hammer-chisel affair at the rate of
about sixty raps a minute and the skilled
hand of the operator does the rest.
These up-to-date carving machines are
being used almost entirely in carving the
figures for the municipal building. The
only haEd work the statues is done in
chiseling the rough form of the figure out
of the big square marble block. The carver
begins his work by chipping at the marble
until a rough outline or foundation for the
figure is obtained. and then he turns on the
air and his busy little automatic chisel
does the rest.
ne carving machine IS IOl oHiy lHOie
than 100 per cent faster than the old hand
method, but it is said that the results pos
sible with 1t are vastly superior as well.
THE delicate features of the face and the
3ltffcacies of figure draperies are obtained
Rlch more satisfactorily by its use. More
I'm twenty of these machines are in use
the statues and various other art deco
ltions OF the municipal building just now
nd when they are all in use at the same
me II sounds for all the world IL
tIsand busy elves We're working on the
ding with tack hammers. the tapping
1T being caused by the rapid. continuous
performance operation of the air-driven in
struments. The machine is fitted with a
handle by which the sculptor may manipu-
late his machine with the precision OF
fteel engraver at work upon a die. All of
thcm are connected by lines of hose. with
compressed air pump in the power house
the north end of the Enclosure.
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Spectacle Bank Messengers
Elaborate Precautions Taken o Guard Vaults Where
Wealth s Over

and the youth at the window disappeared.
another taking his place. Soon after the
brokers' house on whom the check was
drawn undertook to pay its obligation and
was mildly surprised. to say the least. when
1t found that not only was its Indebtedness
discharged but It's securities "in the hands
OF party or parties unknown" The surprise
was shared by the National City Bank and
the Hanover National Bank
y
A great mystery ensued. Nowhere was ev-
idence of the lost securities to be found.
The only clue was In the check itself-a pal
pable forgery. but one which gave no SEEM
ing indication Of the man who drew II. OF
course the Pinkertons were put on the case:
or course the Central Once got busy. There
was no amateur detective work by the
bank omcials In that instance, hence the
reports OF the size and circumstances Of the
inert were somewhat more accurate than in
the Dennett-Douglas case Just alluded to.
But bank omcers and Pinkertons and Cen
trail Office men alike were at a loss to know
"here 10 start or where to get on The Sc
curities which had been taken were not prs-
sented at any known financial institution or
nrm, and the theory was developed that this
was case where the conspiracy was so
deep and the perpetrators SO well established
IN their crime that they could wait any
necessary length of time until the hue and
cry had died out SO that they might be
able to negotiate their plumber with safety.
But one day the newspaper reporters met
Alfred r. Goslin Of Wall streets under
world Of that day and its master Of any
day. They stopped him as a matter Of habit.
Ii
He knew nothing; what did they know9
They told him. Goslin looked at them pity
ingly for the full space Of half minute,
his watery eyes expressing an approach to
a human emotion. Then In the mildest voice
imaginable he asked:
And who made the rubber certincation
stamp
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The reporters didn't know. Goslin gave
them one more plying look and passed on.
but the reporters told Barney McConville.
and Barney found out In just two days by
making a personal visit to every manu-
facturer Of rubber stamps In New York.
Before the morning and the evening had
constituted the third day Barney had the
smart youth in custody, and the latter is
now In the reformatory serving Hight sem
tence because 1t appeared that he had al
ready taken steps to return a large part
of his ST curities and at no time intended to
make way with any of them.
Men like Goslin and his kind: men such
as Oiiver>M. bennett is thought to be by
those who have heard the confession Of
Douglas. his tool. are the ilegitimate fruits
Of business community where standards
Of individual trustworthiness prevail strong
ly. 1t Is because the ninety-nine clerks can
be trusted that the one who cannot gets
his chance: then, too there are the surety
companies which have to make living like
any other kind of enterprise. and they go
through the form OF bonding all sorts of
officials from doorman to bank president;
they keep detectives on the trail of junior
officers but lately come into positions Of re-
sponsibility. All this Is proper, only the
detectives of the surety companies take up
their work after business hours. 1t Is at
the same time that Wall street begins to
exercise care over the physical custody Of
its billions.
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When the original drawing was sub
mitted to the Commissioners by the archi-
tects who designed the municipal build
Ing provision was made for a group of
three figures to form central feature of
the facade Of the structure. According to
the design and model made by Mr. De
Nasti. this group would have been the
handsomest ornament of the building. but
1t was omitted from the estimating draw
ing principally as a matter of economy
The group consisted of a woman with
boys on either side Of her, all Of whom
were life size. The woman represented
Liberty" In her right hand she grace
fully held blazing torch above her head.
The other hand rested on the shoulder of
boy portraying Progress" At the bot
tom of the group on each side were two
cornucopia, emblematical of Prosperity"
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1t is remarkable how rapidly an expert
carver can work with one of these ma
chimes. A minute or SO of continuous tap
ping and rough chunk of marble, intended
for the head of a figure, takes on some
resemblance to the human countenance.
"Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap a nose forms on
the face. Another half minute and Greek
chin seems to grow of itself below the nose.
And in a very little while-a mere few mo-
ments it seems to the interested spectator
the whole head, delicate, clear cut and beau
tifully modelled. has been worked out.
In the new municipal building Washington
will have a treasure of architecture. The
structure itself is said to combine the best
In ancient and modern architectural concep-
ton. as the heroic marble figures and the
various other stone ornaments which will
grace the exterior of the building will add
greatly to its attractiveness.
Although more sedate and simple of de-
sign. the municipal building. according to
the best architectural and art critics of
Washington. will be well worthy a place
in the national capital with the Congress
sional Library or other famous buildings.
1t will not have the handsome gold dome
y,
environed by the beautiful approaches and
green lawns that add so much to the gem
eral ensemble of the library. Nor has 1t the
air of detailed grandeur represented In the
architecture of the noted art temples of
Europe But its art Is rich and finished
and an excellent example of the thought.
conception and execution of the ancient
and modern schools of architecture
The municipal building is built entirely
open. Its walls are so constructed as to
face four streets. 1t may have been be-
cause OF this fact that those who have been
intrusted with It's erection have given so
much attention to its artistic appearance
At any rate 1t Is being built to conform
with the national purpose to make Wash
ington "the city beautiful"
Most prominent among the art features OF
the building will be twenty-nine heroic
statues. These figures have been designed
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genius is usually considered and the sculp-
tor and the marble carver seldom combine
on a bid.
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fhe cost of government per head 10 less
In Russia than in any other country.
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To bring out this contrast more strongly,
one might well take a look at the great
vault of the Chemical National Bank 1t
is a two-story affair: you enter through
the massive steel portals, and may go
downstairs II you wish into another COM
partment as large as the one on the ground
floor. but the vault really begins some dis
lance outside its two-foot steel easement.
It sets In well of masonry In which 10
embedded an iron grille work with rods and
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HE new municipal building is not
being sprinkled to make ii grow.
That's a mistaken idea that
some good folks around town
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-04
WHO BUMPS INTO EVERYTHING.

making pies she is thinking about her
new gown, and when she is trying on
her new gown ten to one her mind is
on her pies. If she could only think
pie while she made pie or gown when
she sewed gown there would be some
thing to her. Vulgarly speaking, Sallie
is not ON to her job Break vases,
tread on peoples toes, bump into ev-
erything? Why not? So would you If
your mind were off woolgathering in
Timbuktu or Afghanistan. Let Salhe
come to earth and 1 promise you she
won't be awkward any more"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-04
An Honest Confession.

my husband used to tell me all his
business affairs until one day he con-
fided he had lost money in a certain
deal and l reproached him. He has
never told me a thing since, and 1
would give almost all l have to be on
the old footing of comradeship with
him again. said a woman recently.
Il tell you what, if you want to be
chums with your husband you must
adopt his point of view, the way a man
would, and stop thinking of your own
woman's interests. was selfish, and
l have had to pay the price. 1 am now
left out entirely from the most impor-
tant part of his life, and, looking back
on it all, say 1t serves me right"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-04
Worth Considering.

ut is the little things which count
in friendship and don't you forget it,"
said the woman who knew. Calling
up on the telephone is one of them,
sending notes without delay is another,
returning things the moment you are
through with them is yet third, while
if you are busy travelling and have no
time to write how easy 1t is to send
a picture post card and what pleasure
it gives the home people!
THE woman who waits until she can
give a grand party has few friends. II
is the little lady who invites you to
drop in all the time and enjoy the lit.
tie things of life with her every day
who has a long list of admirers and
Wellwishers" MAUD ROBINSON.
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Now is the time 10 have your piano
tuned. Call up phone 1922, STRAUBE
PIANO FACToRY.-1-IO-eOd.
AUTOMOBILE BUYERS.

I will be at the Automobile Show in
Chicago from Feb. > to 9 inclusive. and
Will make Buick Office and saIesroom,
1414 Michigan avenue. my headquar-
ters in morning. and Buick display
booth. section Al, First Armory build
ing, corner 10th and Michigan avenue.
my headquarters in the afternoons and
evenings. I will be glad to meet pros
pective buyers of automobiles from
Lake and Porter counties. Demon
strating cars will be at your service at
all times.
Don't fail to see the Buick four
cylinder touring car which sells at
$1,750. This car was the sensation at
the recent New York show. G. NJ.
DODGE. Valparaiso. Ind.-1-30-7t.
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the home IN Rimbach avenue. The
usual hour was devoted to sewing
after which games and music were en-
joyed. The little hostess mother serv-
ed luncheon at the close Of the meet
ing. The members Of the club who
were present We're: Misses Ruth Bren-
nan, Ruth Wooden, Marie Beckman,
Georgia DeWeese, Emma Swanton,
Ruth Carr and Pearl Holton.
Miss Celia IIasse visited with friends
in Chicago yesterday afternoon.
Miss Pleitner was the guest Of rela-
tiyes in Englewood over Sunday.
Miss Marie Carter has returned to her
home in Crown Point after visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas
Bick in State street, for the past few
days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-04
WOnan'S World
Why Some Girls Are Awkward.
How to Retain a Husbands Con
hdence In Business Matters-Some
Little Things That Count :: :: ::
isn't Henrietta awkward"

isn't Henrietta awkWardw
eyes. Her mother believed children
should be seen and not heard, so she
used to make Henrietta sit still in a
chair for hours at a time, with her
hands primly folded and not a word or
a sign out of her, while she, the moth
er, paid calls or entertained her com
pany. The result is that when Henri
eta was unglued from her chair and
put into long dresses, 10 and behold. she
didn't know what to do with her hands
and feet, let alone the fact that she
was speeches. on most occasions.
Poor child, she is the victim of a moth
er with old fashioned educational no
tionsr'
well, but speaking of awkward
girls, what about Mary Jones? Mrs.
Jones is one of the most brilliant wo-
men 1 know. What is the matter with
Mary?
Completely oyershadowed by her
mother Oh, yes, l hear you say:
But Mrs. Jones has done her best to
bring Mary forward. She has never
tied her to a chair and told her to be
quiet That is true, but whenever they
go out together, in spite of Mrs. Jones'
efforts to make my little girl as she
calls her, popular it is always the
mother who is the center of attraction,
You see. she Is always telling some
funny story or making some brilliant
epigram, so that Mary's feeble efforts
are quite overshadowed. If Mrs. Jones
could glitter less, so to speak, poor
Mary might have some chance, but as
1t is
"And Sallie White, who bumps into
everything. What is the secret of her
awkwardness? 2"
observation-disclosures. Sallie is in the
clouds half the time When she Is
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-04
We Collect
County Taxes
ON Hammond property.
Lake County Savings e Trust Co.,
81 State st.
To Satisfy 4 Grudue.


Sir Thomas Upton, apropos OF
bachelhood and marriage, said in an
after-dinner speech in Chicago:
Bachelors, l admit, are villains.
but it is a shame to play such tricks
on them as it is customary to do.
"A nasty trick was played on
bachelor friend of mine at a dance.
A lady was reproaching him for never
having married, when her husband,
a little bored, perhaps, said gruffly:
He says he could have cut me
out and married you if he wanted to-
The lady started.
Indeed she cried. Why didn't
he do it, them
He says he owed me a grudge,'
the husband explained with chuckle. y