Word: burglarproof
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Working on the problem from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily, without even taking off her hat, Miss Frick first decided that warehouses were not safe enough for Frick pictures. Before any remodeling was done at all, a fireproof, burglarproof vault was dug in the basement of the house in which every treasure was moved. Then the vault was bricked up. Doors and corridors had to be rearranged. In order to install a modern air-conditioning system the panelling in several rooms had to be taken apart piecemeal and replaced. Eighteen ten-ton blocks of marble were quarried...
...rugs were impregnated with rare perfumes. The grand ballroom was plastered with a splendid collection of French paintings. The murals were by Gabriel Ferrier. But what most impressed a Chicago still living close to the stockyards was a private elevator and the report that the huge castle was burglarproof. The doors had no outside locks, no knobs. The only way to get in was to be admitted from the inside. And Mrs. Potter Palmer saw to it that more than a knock was necessary for that...
...duty of the Senate, which meets in Marie's palace, to decide whether pink or orange dahlias shall be planted in the garden beds, who shall sell gaufres (waffles) and lemonade, and whether or not the renter of toy boats shall be provided with a burglarproof shed.* A month ago, therefore, contestants for the Guignol concession, vacant since M. Brioché's death, were solemnly called before the Bar of the Senate. Five applied, three defaulted, only two were heard. At the last minute the competitive performance was moved from the Senate Chamber itself to the large private...