Evening star., 1938-12-31
BY DOROTHY DUCAS and ELIZA
BETH GORDON,

| DE In UOhDON.
If Santa Claus has been good to
you, you might be in just the mood
to think about way of protecting
your Christmas treasures. Not that
there are proWlers hanging around
your house wanting to steal your
new watch or camera-but with a
lot of new gifts spread out under
| the Christmas tree, it would be a
pretty comfortable feeling to know
that your doors were tightly locked
with non-pickable locks, wouldn t
| it?
The locks we have in mind have
three advantages: They can't be
picked, they are good looking on any
type of door, and you don't need a
key to open them! This last feature
should recommend them to New
Year celebrants, whose fumbling at
the door after welcoming in a new
year is traditional in all parts of
the world, and to the careless men,
bers of almost any family who just
can't seem to remember where they
put their keys
The mechanism in these locks is
the same as that used in high-grade
combination locks on bank vaults
simplitled, of course, but essentially
the same in design. The locks are
made of brass or cast bronze, with
out having numbered dials marring
their appearance on the outside.
The exterior is finished in one of
three shades of statuary bronze.
There is also small lock, finished
in brown enamel.
Each lock can be set to any one
OF great number of different COM
binations of two or three numbers,
and opened by simply feeling the
impulse to which the knob should
be turned. The locks come complete,
so you can practice before you in
stall them in your doors. The COM
bination may be changed if for any
reason you wish to do SO, at any
time.
All you have to do is cut the cor
rect sized hole for the unit and af-
fix the lock, according to very simple
directions and with the aid of a
paper pattern. No fiddling with the
mechanism. That is done by the
manufacturer, who gives you the
combination when you get the lock.
The small locks are especially rec
commended for side and rear en-
trance doors, closet and basement
doors, garage and store doors and
the large locks for main entrance
doors. They are perfect for apart
ment or rented houses, because the
combination can be changed with
each new tenant, insuring privacy
without the necessity of changing
locks and getting new sets of keys.
And even children can learn how
to operate them, they are so simple
They cost about the same as
good key lock.
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The American bathtub is the
answer to the oft-spoken query: "Is
there anything new under the SUM-"
There always seems to be some
thing new under the shower.
Tubs are offered in so many new
styles each year that they almost
rival Women's fashions in the va
riety. The newest bathtub We have
seen is, of course, a streamlined
affair-but streamlined with a diff
ference. 1t has none Of that bullet
shaped look which is called stream
lining in automobile design. Its
chief difference is its lowness to the
floor, compared with older-style
tubs. 1t stands only 16 inches high,
which makes the perilous job of
stepping into the tub as easy as
coming down the last two steps in
flight of stairs.
The bottom of the tub is wide and
fiat, minimizing slipping. You can
get a good grip on it when you
stand up for a shower, which should
be good news for thousands of
shower addicts. 1t has an interest
ing panel design on the side, which
is justified merely by its classic ap-
pearance, but the panel serves a
utilitarian purpose, too. 1t forms
fiat, comfortable seat at the rim
of the tub, convenient for foot bath
ing, or-if you turn the other way