Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-09-18 | Page 7 | Protection

Protection. "Women who are alone in a flat all day take many precautions to InHure Bafety," a gaB collector said. "One way that I learned the other day made me feel rather fooliEh. When I went Into tho kitchen to road the meter the mistress of the flat stepped to the telephone and r.ald: '"It's all right, CentraL It's only tho gas man,' "Of course, she wao under no obligations obli-gations to explain that cryptic allusion to myself, but she did it voluntarily. "'Every time the doorbell rings when I am here alone,' oho said, 'I take tho recoiver off tho hook and leave the telephone open before I go to the door, to that If I should have occasion to scream they could hear mo at headquarters and Bend somebody to my assistance.' 'To utilizo the telephone company oa a private detective bureau struok me aa nervy, but I have Blnoe lonrnod that a lot of lone women resort to that plan with satlBfactlon to all con-corned."