The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-24
The Cambrioleurs
Pall-Mall Gazette.

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: nifty, who by their folly and by the
: absence of scrupIe have, to certai
extent, discredited our corporation; fc
: both interest and virtue demand tina
we should despoil none but the ricl
: and we do not stoop to plumber tn
artisan who has stopped too long a
the cafe and is finding his way HON
with uncertain steps; indeed, shoul
, we meet such man, we protect hin
from vulgar robbers. One of on
friends who operates in Flanders re
lieved a farmer of two hundred franc
under the impression that he was well
to do; learning that his victim wa
poor, he made haste to return to hin
his bank notes. In such ways we have
secured for ourselves the good will O
the people, for we aim at the noble
simplicity of manners of the eighteenth
century. All the same, we reject 70.
mantle costumes or picturesque rags
and tatters, as we wish to attain tc
the classic simplicity which dignifies
labor We have no wish to attract at
tention by our costume, our language,
or our department; we are strongly
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ment.
Il have said that we war against
alcohol; l may add that our food is
healthy; the sobriety of our repasts
has an excellent effect upon our man
ners. Our predecessors have too often
| been lost by their devotion to women;
I always urge upon my collaborators
to marry and to cultivate the vie de
familie.' 1t is not only that I dream
of the future of our art, but after
strenuous exciting toll it is we'll that
men should take refuge in the calm
atmosphere of their homes and play
with their little children; in this way
they are kept from those haunts of
evil which serve but to enervate and
to degrade: they take that repose which
is so necessary, and they do not dis
sipate those forces of which we have
such urgent need. You can easily I'M
derstand that for the climbing of walls
and the hasty removal of furniture
men should be as agile as harlequins
and as strong as horses.
THUS it is that each morning I col
lect my friends in the gymnasium,
where they go through the necessary
exercises which keep them fit for their
and parallel bars, the rings and the
trapeze, this is easily accomplished.
Our little society has recently taken
part in a competition in the provinces,
and was received I may say, with ad-
miration; we gained the second prize.
1t was a moment of delicious excite
ment for me when this was proclaimed
and later, when, between two ranks
ar ,J.1Vey TSx,,o \
table to receive, from the hands of
the Project, our silver medal. 1t is
generally during the night that we
visit the villas, but it is difficult in this
part of our work to per-
feet our mode of operations, as we are
past masters in the art of opening
doors silently and in breaking windows
so that no sound shall be heard. Once
inside, the problem presents itself as
to what to remove and what to leave
behind For this purpose I have at
tached an expert to my staff; thanks
to him, we do not embarrass ourselves
with doubtful antiquities, with apoc-
ryphal pictures, with false pearls.
You would hardly credit how rare
worthless goods are in our store-houses,
and yet scarcely a second of time is
ton. If the house in which we are
care that 1 shall not be troubled by
the police. Last winter 1 gave a ball
to my friends in a house at Passy, the |
owners of which were in Italy, and
had left their property unguarded. The |
music and the lights interested the
sergents de Vile who collected before |
aiming the carts bearing the name |
Of a celebrated restaurateur which !
we're coming and going, and in which |
We, at our leisure, had packed the |
most precious articles. / do not allow i
my collaborators to pass the entire day |
n dangerous idleness; 1 do not forget |
that sloth is the mother of all the |
vices. I therefore oblige them to pass
several hours in our workshop, for we |
Ire not such fools as to have recourse
o receivers, who would rob us and |
bring down upon US the police.
We ourselves utilize the materials with
which we are furnished by our noctur-
laI expeditions: we manufacture arts
ic bronzes, and set up in a more at
ractive form the Jewels which we have
collected. AS the prime cost of ma
'heapIy.
Our society is wisely administered.
each year a certain sum goes to re-
serve, so that our collaborators are
assured against accidents, which are |
can assure you, much rarer than |
-mong the Industrial classes. We have
lso established a pension fund for our
Id men, and we come to the assistance
f |
conclusion. We will have nothing to |
o with Clemenceau and his one days
est in the week. we rest when we are
Ired. In the meanwhile, we have suf-
cient to do in defending ourselves
gainst the uneducated bandit. in him
es our real danger, and him we shall
ombine to suppress, even supposing
e have to form a syndicate to accom-
HSh our object -