Show BURGLAR PROOF PRECAUTIONS FOR PROTECTING HOUSES CLOSED FOR SUMMER Some Strange Expereinees of Men to Whom Houses Are Tnrnefl Over In Trust TJUe Way One Great Firm Guards the Jewels in Their Keeping In these days of globe trotting of enticing en-ticing winter resorts of country homes of summer cottages and attractive hotels ho-tels at mountain and seashore the Lares and Psnates of city houses are often left to console one anothers loneliness lone-liness for many months in the year Time was when these household gods were a perplexing burden to their owners own-ers anxiety for their safety costing many an otherwise joyous carefree momen But who shall be able to estimate the enormous load of anxiety that si lent invisible but omnipotent force of nature electricity has lifted from the shoulders of even rich and great Now by merely stepping into a burglar alarm office and paying a comparatively nominal sum any linilsehnfi mav IPAVO his hnmo fnr on indefinite period with the absolute certainty = cer-tainty that his possessions however valuable will be as safe from depredation depre-dation as though he himself were mounting guard Not a door or window can be opened not a partition or wire cut in fact the slightest disturbance cannot take place night or day without immediately immediate-ly transmitting a message of warning to the vigorous watchers at the central office that will bring two men with all possible speed to the point molested During my recent interview at the burglar alarm office such a ring of warning sounded The two men who were depatched post haste soon returned re-turned to report that a brickbathad been thrown through one of the windows win-dows of a beautiful house perhaps wantonly btiriore probably to ascertain as-certain to whftent the house was protected for crooks shun a house under I un-der the supervision of the Burglar Alarm company as the superstitious shun ghosts As soon as a house lefit in charge of the company is vacated representa tires of the office are sent to lake a careful investigation of the premises and report as to its equipment and general condition By means of this investigation they omen obviate the evil results of the carelessness of families who perhaps have been obliged to leave home in haste and the still greater carelessness of servants to whom the duty of leaving leav-ing the domestic outfit in proper condition con-dition has been entrusted Sometimes these representatives have come upon rare jewels in the most exposed condition condi-tion on dressing table or bureau a valuable val-uable watch under a pillow costly bricabrac and silver on mantle and sideboard they have even found valuable valu-able furs wholly unprotected from the depredations of moths and upon one occasion a roll of money loose on a table It is the duty of the company to look after every such detail with the utmost care In addition to their perfect per-fect electric service they also employ a large patrol force of uniformed men who cover the best parts of the city and keep an extra watchful eye upon the special property committed to their charge In view of this perfect equipment perhaps it is not strange that they should rejoice in the proud record of never having had a mis hance harden to any property under their immediate supervision Women possessing valuable jewels also owe a debt of gratitude to modern mod-ern enterprise for lifting from their minds all anxiety as to their care and absolute safety For a merely nominal nom-inal sum safety deposit boxes may be rented in which family jewels are as safe as they could possibly be under armed guards In fact few women nowadays who have large possessions in the way of jewels ever have them out of the vaults except when wearing them If a lady wishes her diamonds for any particular occasion she has merely to leave word at her jewelers and they are delivered at her house and called for the next day Indeed in some instances as was the case with Langtry on her last visit to America the jewels are returned the same night These deposit boxes are an especial convenience for the summer months for women of the smart set do not carry car-ry their jewels to their country homes Even at the smartest functions of ultra ul-tra fashionable summer homes diamonds dia-monds are conspicuous by their absence ab-sence The best of the safety boxes are to be found at the house of large jewelers jew-elers At one of the largest firms in America seven watchmen go on every night at 6 oclock and every nook and corner of the building is gone over every fifteen minutes so that not even a fire could get any headway before discovered The building is also in close connection with hu burglar alarm omce so tnai me IIBULCSL uio turbance to the electrical current would give immediate warning to the tireless tire-less watchers there The safes are each surrounded by a cabinet which when closed resembles a large wardrobe This cabinet is lined throughout with metal sensitive to the lightest electric current which connects con-nects with a galvanometer in the central cen-tral office Thus it is that modern inventions with their forces visible and invisible lift burdens of anxiety from the minds of men and defeat many a contem crime D M I plated |