The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
Don'ts for Chicago women.

Don'ts for Chicago Women.
Its got so now, you have to watch
for daylight burglars just as much as
the night kind" said Captain Richard
Lewis, who was in charge of the Sheri-
dan Park Patrol.
They don't work alone or in nairs
necessarily; they are getting so strong
they work in threes and tours and bring
wagon. Sometimes the people in the
surrounding flats see four husky men
moving out the furniture of the family
on the ground floor and stacking it in a
wagon in an alley. The next day they
are surprised to hear that the movers
were burglars
Captain Lewis gave out the following
series of ''Don'ts for DefenseIess Wo-
mem:
Don't let mail accumulate in vesti-
bule mail boxes. Have the janitor re-
move 1T when you are away, or it will
serve as notice to fiat workers that
you are out and the coast is clear.
Don't leave directions to your grocer
on the back door. This is another tip
to the burglar that you are out.
Don't open the door to any one after
dark without knowing who it is Call
through the tube or ask behind the
locked door.
Don't trust a stranger because he is
well dressed. The immaculate thief is
dangerous; the ragged one generally is
harmless.
Don't trust the locks. Most apart
ment locks are toys: a burglar can
Jimmy them in half a minute without
noise. Get special bolts.
Don't leave the house without MAX
ing sure that all windows are fastened.
Leave all curtains up with possible ex-
ception of bedroom. This often fools a
burglar
Don't be impolite to burglar if you
find one in the house. Invite him to
take it ALL and the first chance you get,
run to neighbor and call the police
Don't scream in the presence of a
burglar or hold-up man. If heAis an
amateur, he may lose his presence or
mind and hurt you.
"Don't walk close to a building after
dark; give an alley a good margin. -
McClure's Magazine.
Docs Every Woman Know?
They say every woman knows-but
every woman does not know. l had
painful quarter of an hour with Mr..
Vein gartner. I reminded him that he
had only known me 10 or IL days. He
said 10 or IL years wouldn't have made
MIN more certain. 1 represented to him
that a person who goes incoming about
the country with d1smemDered virgin
under one arm is not likely to make
willing to chance it. I pointed out that
7 must be at least five years older than
himself. He said that didn't make any
difference, he Guessed he was ola
II know you'd-you'd like it after we
were married. he said earnestly. You
know we get along first rate together
We like the same kind of things-we
both write. even. And you could u; a have
YOU know, I'VE got plenty. And the
Fluids pretty solid.it's a money money
have to live with us, If you didn't
want; could get her a nice fiat some,
where. You can have two girls and
send the wash out. I'll put on dress
suit for dinner every evening, If you
like, even when it's just ourselves.
konw you're used to having things
tony"
Let no one think this was amusing.
IT was not. If had been Helen's age.
I might have known better how to deal
long dead and decently coff1ned; felt
an irhumanity in disturbing those poor
made the highly original remark that
this need not keep us from being friends;
savagely. Don't give me that old
gagi"-McClure's Magazine.