{"id":6985,"date":"2020-09-25T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poetry.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=489"},"modified":"2020-09-25T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T05:00:00","slug":"burglars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/burglars\/","title":{"rendered":"Burglars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn87093407\/1912-09-25\/ed-1\/seq-8\/\">The Seattle Star, September 25, 1912<\/a>.\nBy Berton Braley.<\/em>\n \n\n The burglar in the story book\n Is really quite a noble crook.\n He\u2019s sure to be a gentleman\n Upon whose high-bred face you scan\n A goodliness that seems to shine\n With every motive pure and fine.\n His clothes are always very smart\n And, my! He has a tender heart.\n \n A baby always makes him quit\n His burgling in the midst of it,\n And if a lady, young and slim,\n Should meet him in the hallway dim,\n He tells her all about his life\u2014\n A bitter struggle, full of strife\u2014\n And leaves the house, his bosom warm\n With brave endeavor to reform.\n Ah, yes, he is a pleasing crook,\n The burglar in the story book.\n \n Alas, for story-book repute,\n The real-life burglar is a brute.\n He is not cultured, swell or smart;\n He has a hard and ruthless heart.\n For sentiment he has no time.\n There is no glamour to his crime,\n And if he meets you in the hall\n He\u2019ll doubtless murder you, that\u2019s all.\n He\u2019s pretty tough and bad and low,\n The burglar that policemen know.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The burglar in the story book<br \/>\n Is really quite a noble crook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-6985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-seattle-star","tag-berton-braley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}