Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-15

hat, but fail to see any more disrespect in a gentleman reading magazine or a newspa-
 per with his hat on in the Institute than in
 his doing the same thing in drawing room | car
 There is no analogy between a private par
 Tor and the reading room of public institu- | tlon. Don't let us have too much sickly sen- l timent upon such subjects
 | A SUBSCRIBER TO THE |. M l. American Locks at the Paris Exhibition. IFrom the Iron Age of December 9.l In his very interesting report on the exhib-
 its from Connecticut at the Paris Exhibi- 1 tion of 1878, Prof William P Blake, Homo
 rary Commissioner of the United States, gives l the following information about the locks ex | hibited by Mallory Whe eIer & Co.,
 This frm established since 1894. manu-
 facture exclusively door locks, padlocks. | door knoos and bronze trimmings for doors They make this description of goods their
 specially, and bend their energies to the
 Improvement and cheapening of the objects
 They sent large selection to Paris, using | the same large show case, 26 feet long by
 15 feet high and 24 feet wide that they
 had at the Centennial. The exhibit was | taken to Paris by the company's agent Mr. | Elliott Iittlejohn, and was the first installa- | tion completed in the United States section 1 Upwards of 800 different samples were dis played in this case, all of them ara lged upon a smooth black ground of bird's-eys
 maple veneering. There were some 400 i locks and about 50 different styles of pad | locks.
 This display of locks of so many different | styles, and all of them so accurate in work | manship and moderate in price, attracted | great attention from the French and others | unaccustomed to the manufacture of locks l on large scale by machinery and of cast | iron chiefly. Most of the European locks
 are made by hand, unaided by automatic ma tA11r, o,11k ktNa -sa1s. H-.
 compared with ours. The interchangeability | of parts, or rather the production of large numbers of any one part each so exactly | similar to the other that one might at any | time be substituted in the mechanism instead | of the other, as is the cast and machine made locks, a feature which elicited 1 many commendations from members of the | jury.
 The ''hotel lock-" one of the specialties of | this company, was another novel and some | what surprising feature of the exhibit. In | these locks, which are apparently all alike, | the keys are not Interchangeable. Each lock
 requires its proper key, so that in house, we l will say with 140 locks and keys for as many | rooms, no two keys can be found that will
 open the same lock, while single master | key is applied that will open them all. These | locks are marvels of mechanical skill and are
 very cheap, concerning the accuracy of the work and internal mechanism. They are
 supplied in sets from 50 to 40, and are
 safe against any of the keys except that
 fitted to each lock separately, and the master | key, which will pass all
 | The reversible door locks for either right or l left hand doors were also an interesting nov | city to most of the foreign visitors. This | lock is made that by simply pulling the | latch bolt forward and turning it half way | round the sloping surface of the latch is
 turned in the opposite direction, thus adapt l ing the lock to any door opening right or 1 left. This can be done by the joiner when 1 fixing the lock on the door, and without in 1 any way deranging the mechanism of the l lock. It readjusts itself as soon as the turn l is made. When fixed to the door the latch
 cannot be again reversed without dismount- l ing the knob and withdrawing the spindle. | It is thus secure from accidents due to med | ding.
 The result is accomplished by means of a l movable yoke on the spindle, which yoke is | held securely in it's place by the spindle
 when inserted, bearing against the end of the pin shown on the right. This pin prevents the latch being drawn forward while the l spindle is in it's place. When it is removed
 the pin is free to move, and thus permits the | yoke to be drawn forward far enough to allow l the square head of the latch to extend be- | yond the case and to turn around. The little
 spiral spring around the pin serves to draw | the yoke back to its place and with 1t the pin, | leaving the socket free for the insertion of l the spindle. The mechanism Is thus auto matically readjusting, requiring no effort or care on the part of the workman. All the' parts readjust themselves, and none of the mechanism is displaced. This and the sim | plicity of the contrivance is the basis of strong claim for superiority by the manufac-
 turers, who challenge comparison and trial l with any other form of reversible latch 1 Messrs. Mallory Wheeler & Go. were the l first to manufacture padlocks extensively in l the United States. They now make over one
 hundred different styles and sizes, and use
 both iron and brass. A good selection from | these styles shown in Paris For beauty
 of finish and cheapness they appear to be un- | rivalled. The 1acquered or Japan" work on | the padlocks, as well as on the door locks, is
 unequalled by any foreign manufacturer for
 lustrous black a high polish and durability. 1 The only padlocks in the foreign sections of
 the exhibition comparable with those of | Mallory, Wheeler & Co., were in the Austrian | section in the exhibit made by Morayian 1 firm. These attracting the attention of MT
 Littlejohn by reason of the unusually good | quality of the black japan, and their general | resemblance to Mallory & Wheeler's locks, were closely examined by me, and proved to
 be in reality some of Mallory Wheeler's
 locks from which the trademarks had been | Intentionally removed by filing down the | brass drop which covers the key hole, and
 by dissolving off the lettering in white lead | paint which had been put upon the samples 1 when sent out from the works.
 
 1 samples were shown, served to indicate the | possibilities of manufacture in this direction | From an art point of view, locks as well as 1 all other door trimmings should be decora- | tive as well as merely of use to hold | the door. There is no good reason for hiding | the lock in mortise unless it is to make it | inaccessible and to get it's uncouth and un- | finished shape out of sight. The French and | most European architects rim locks l and finish them in sumptuous styles, adorn- | ing them with carvings and gilded holdings. | They are effective objects in the decoration | of the interior. So also the window bolts | are in full sight upon the sashes and are elaborately finished. The contrast between | the cases of locks in the French section and l those in the United States section was strong l ly marked, the French being decidedly the | most brilliant and ornamental. The effort to | decorate our American rim locks IS to be
 hailed with pleasure, and should be encour- l aged by consumers.
 | The manufacturers of this State have had | somewhat similar experience in several oth- | CT instances I have been told of 8 similar | case at a former exhibition where the famous | pumps of Douglas had the name filed out, | and were shown as foreign product. Such
 frauds are too odious and open to detection l to be common. They are, nevertheless
 tribute to the superiority of American hard
 ware, and will go far in dispelling the piausi-
 ble objections raised in some quarters to the l 1mpOrBaGlOn dIu use dDEOdu O1 OuA AohaAoS- l lures.
 | There was some discussion among the l members of the jury familiar with the hard 1 ware trade of France and Belgium upon the
 relative cost and prices of European and
 American hardware. It thus became inter
 esting to learn something of the ability of
 such an establishment as this, devoted exclu-
 sively to locks, to compete with the French l in the same line of industry. It was shown
 that the prices at the place of manufacture | were much lower than the French. Messrs. | Mallory, Wheeler & Go. were ready to fur nish a good reversible knob lock, complete
 with knobs, escutcheons, screws, &c., ready
 for the door, at 12 cents per door, and pad
 lock with spring shackle and key as low as 44 cents each. This was surprise to many of the foreign manufacturers, who made
 goods at extremely low prices and fancied that they could not have hurtful competition.
 The firm has received awards at several ex-
 hibitions At the Centennial, 1876, Philadel- phia, their award was given for the following reasons Commented as very superior goods, fine in finish, and tasteful in design. After careful examination by the jury at i Paris a oold madaI was awarded,