Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 16th, 1893

A NOVEL SHOW.

["A popular place of entertainment is arranging a Burglars' Exhibition."--_Daily Telegraph._]

Oh, gladly will the public pay Its shillings for admission, To study in a careful way This most original display, The Burglars' Exhibition.

Professor SIKES will here explain, With practical instruction, How best to break a window-pane, Through which his classic form may gain Judicious introduction.

The jemmies, and revolvers, too, Will doubtless prove enthralling, And all the implements we'll view With which these scientists pursue Their fascinating calling;

The most efficient type of gag To silence all intrusion, The latest kind of carpet-bag Wherein to bear the bulky "swag" To some remote seclusion.

Then, by this exhibition's aid, The art will spread to others, And those who ply this busy trade Will, in a year or two, be made A noble band of brothers.

The thief of olden time we'll see As seldom as the dodo; The burglar's future aim will be To join the fortiter in re And suaviter in modo!