Risky Hoarding

The stocking bank of grandmothers is iot yet obsolete m the country j triets, and the daily papers give freluent accounts of its insecurity. Safes re not burglar-proof, either, and the ocasional bank robberies, and the failures, too, keep alive the fondness of wonien for searching for queer hidlng places for their savings. Some of the 5ld-time "bank" showed considerable 'ngenuity in their constructton or covring. An old lady living in a New Hampshire town had a set of largc stationary drawers topped by cupboards built into one of her huge closets. Th lower drawer, instead of resting directly on the floor, ran on grooves perhaps two inches above it. She would pull out this lower drawer, place her iewel cases in the space left belovv, and thèn push in the drawer, which she kept fllled with linen. Eqnally shrewd was an Ohio woman. who, whenever ehe went out, put her money and jewelry in the coal scuttle, eovering them up carefully Wlth several layers of coal. This might have proved a rather rlsky experiment in the winter monChs when the fire had to be fed, but their owner feit that 110 burglar would ever think of looking there. A favorite hiding place for money, especially for bilis of large denominations, has always been the big family Bible and tho unaTiridged dlctlouary. Thi is still common in rural places. So is the praotice of sticking money under a corner of a carpet, partieularly minier some large pieoe of furnilure. This is a method that has much to commend it. Tea cadclies and sugar bowls made excellent temporary .safes. Another hiding plnoo is the old-fashïoaed country clook, whlch is almos', historie as a spot for tncking away little bundlcs of valuables. It is safe to say that the number of women who put away jewelry in pocket books under a mattress tor safe keeping afterward carefully smoothing the bed down, can be numbered by the thousnads. The pocket of an old dress that hangs in an unconcealed way in a closet is'regarded by many women as one of the safest places imaginable for spare rings, brooches and bracelets, and even for a pocketbook. Old shoes standing in their proper place beside new ones, are likewise much esteemed, for a great deal can be put down in their toes without giving the slightest evidence of