The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-30

who do not exist. She stays long en-.
ough to locate all the valuables in the
house. The man is at business and
the wife gone out to make some after
noon calls. The minute her mistress
is out of the house the maid rushes to
the telephone. Even if the telephone
girl should overhear her conversation
she would not know what it meant
Hell, JIM she will say, 81 just call
ed up to tell you Aunt Kate is better
That will be a code message which
the leader of the burglar gang will at
once understand to mean, Come at
once. The coast is clear"
= Sometimes one maid will boldly
change from house to house half
dozen times in the same town without
suspicion being aroused that she has
any connection with the gang that is
robbing the houses. Even if her emf
ployer searches her baggage, as some
women do when servants depart sud
denly, nothing will be found to ~.
criminate her.
Often, too, burglar viii corrupt a
hitherto honest servant. In some
way he will scrape an acquaintance
=, with her. If she yields to his stories
of the destinations of the life of ad-
|, venture, she leaves the door open for
T. him and tells him where he can find
/ everything worth stealing. If he sees
that she is too honest to be corrupted,
he manages on the pretext of making
| dates with her to learn when the fam
} lily will all be away.
To protect herself against being be-
trayed by a servant the mistress of
} the house ought to investigate care
: fully the references offered by a serv-
, ant. In these days of telephones and
J night letters, even if the references
, purport to be from some one in an
r other town it is always well worth the
? bother. A good housekeeper at any
l rate ought to take a motherly interest
: in the sort of company her servant
, keeps It is quite possible for her to
l do so without seeming to pry if she
goes about it in the right way.
5 1t is an all too frequent habit in
l some localities for the entire family,
t including the servant, to go away at
the same time. No more tempting
b opportunity can be offered to a burg
2 lar band. No matter how carefully
=. all the doors and windows are locked,
r the burglars always have plenty Of
? time to break in and strip the house.
1 Suppose the occasion for the house be.
> ing deserted is a performance of the
2 circus. Counting on this very thing
to happen, a band of thieves has
3 united in New York to follow the cir
i Gus clear across the country. Some of
r the members will circulate in the
Q crowd at the circus picking pockets
r So valuable are their picllings that
e the circuses-some of the smaller
9 ones at least-used to rent the priv
ilege to the band of crooks that would
pay the highest for it, Others of the
n band will scatter throughout the towr
$ and the surrounding country, wait un
h til everyone has gone to the circus
d and then leisurely loot the house.
S Any sort of a large gathering viii
s attract burglars. 1t does not neces
d sarily have to be a circus. A presi
d dental journey, the unwilling of {
S monument, the county fair, old home
r week-any occasion that collects {
o crowd means good business for the
burglar. If you wish to thwart hin
d see that some one is always left t.
/ guard the house.
Y Ordinarily from the time the MAJ
e of the house gets home until midnigh
there is little likelihood of a visi
k from a burglar or burglars. TIT
t housebreaker's favorite time is be
r tween midnight and three or fou
E. o'clock in the morning At that hou
few people are stirring to bottle
y about what he has in his bundles. |
e, he is discovered and pursued he cal
o more readily escape in the darkness
g OF course the town policeman is SUP
IF posed to be Catrolling the streets, bu
1t he cannot patrol them all at once, ant
the cautious burglar will select tn
g. time when the policeman is at tn
a farthest end of the town.
r. How are you going to keep IN
Of burglar out of your house at night
is You can't at least unless you want
IN go to the expense of burglar ALARM
ID That is really the only safe way
fe you can persuade your neighbors t
A. join with you to install a system tina
n will not only protect all your house
ut but also notify the police if anyon
20 enters, you can go to sleep fairly ce