The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-30
you AND THE BURGLAR.
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would please his wife, into the bag it
goes. He may even take a notion
that your best fancy waistcoat would
look well on him, so it, too, will van
ish.
Don't think I am romancing about
burglars families. Sophie Lyons,
probably the most notorious shoplifter
in the world, is the wife of house
breaker. They have four children,
two boys in the navy and two daugh-
ters educated in a convent While
both father and mother are notorious
criminals and have amassed a fortune
by crime, they are devoted to their
children, who were brought up in
ignorance Of their parents real avoca-
ton.
And now let us see at what time Of
day they are in the greatest danger
from burglars.
There isn't much danger at break
fast time. The man of the house is at
home is awake and alert A passing
tramp might take advantage of a tenn
porarily deserted kitchen to annex a
needed breakfast, but that would be
the only possible peril.
But suppose it is ten o'clock. A
watching burglar has seen you go to
business. He has seen your wife
start off to market. He knows that
you keep only one servant From the
clothes hung out on the line he cor
rectlv deducts that she is in the
laundry in the basement. If he moves
quietly there is no reason why he
should not have an uninterrupted hour
to go through the house. How will he
get in? He answered that question
yesterday when he inspected the
house. A window that opens on the
front porch is almost hidden by a
vine. He walks boldly up on the
porch, tries the window and-it is
ten chances to nine it is not even
locked. Even if it is, the slight
sound make by his powerful steel
Jimmy against the window is not 10
ticed either by passers-by or by the
servant in the basement laundry
When your wife returns from heI
marketing she is Mortified to find the
entire upper floor ransacked and ever
the dining room silver gone with the
servant still placidly working over the
washtub.
Sometimes the burglars morning
call is made even easier for him. Sup
pose that you do not keep a servant OF
cannot get one. Your wife has to dc
her marketing and is expecting hel
Cousin Kate. She carefully locks the
front door behind her and then puts
up card:
BACK IN AN HOUR
Don't tell me there are no womer
foolish enough to extend invitation:
He that 10 burglars. I've seen sucI
notices myself and burglars have told
me Of lots ore of them Sometimes
men do the same thing at their offices
or shops when they go to lunch anC
are amazed when they return to fir(
the cash drawer rifed. In such caset
you really can't blame the burgla
much. 1t would be shame not t;
take the easy money.
How is the burglary to be prevented
under such circumstances as are men
toned? There are two very cas-,
ways, of which the first is perhaps tin
best:
First: Arrange the household worl
so that you do not have to go market
ing when washday requires the SCI
wants continual presence in the base
ment.
Second: If you have to go ava
under such circumstances lock tn
dog in the house. He doesn't have
be a big dog. A little dog with a bi
bark will do just as well, The burgla
isn't afraid of the dog himself bu
only of the noise he makes.
Another method the daylight burt
lar often employs is pretending to be
telephone man or meter inspector
Sometimes he wears a uniform c
some sort, but frequently he trust
just to a cap which can be slipped i
his pocket in case he is discovere
and pursued. A cautious housewif
will never permit even a genuine il
spector to go through the house III
less she knows him personally. Br
suppose she is not cautious or is to
busy to bother accompanying til
pseudo-inspector He goes down
the cellar and fuses around the mett
for minute and then explains Thu
there is something the matter wit
one of the wires. If he is permitte
to go up stairs alone he is sure
find something worth taking.