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Show o HOW TO PLEASE THE BURGLAR While everyone else is on vacation, the burglar has his busiest season. L. A. Sawyer, burglary expert of the National Na-tional Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, says there are certain signs that always gladden his heart. He likes to see an accumulation of milk bottles and newspapers at doors, and always is pleased to note that mail boxes are full to running over with letters and circulars. He approves of windows that have shades pulled down. He becomes much more confident when he sees the gar-. age door open, and notes that the car is gone. The burglar, continues Mr. Sawyer, is delighted to. find doors fastened with fragile locks that give way to the slightest slight-est pressure. He has praise for the householder who de- . pends upon simple catches for windows which are accessible from the ground, the roof, fire-escape or from broad copings along which he can climb. He does not like such things as thumb screw catches which hold the window firm; he cannot 1 get at them with a jimmy. Inside the house, the burglar likes to find that the housewife house-wife has placed all of her silver a compartment of the sideboard. side-board. He likes to find the furs in a moth bag with opera cloaks and special dinner gowns. - If there is one thing that adds zest to the search of the visitor it is the practice of some housewives in hiding jewelry jew-elry and money under carpets, rugs, in carlessly hung cloth- ' ing, or in mattresses, pillows or the davenport. It is a game ; to him and he knows all the plays. It does not take long ; for him to win. What the burglar does not like Mr. Sawyer con- , eludes, is to find locks on doors, special protection on win- : dows, extra catches on dumbwaiters, and after entering, to discover that all the movable valuables have been stored elsewhere. |