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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21
LINENS
Street Floor, Washington, Arlington

Street Floor, Washington, Arlington
5se 10 90 Seorfs Does. big group Of fine quality does
scorfs cotton non and other toorc Wosh
only VIC 70 i'0'
see 70 249 Towels Fonous make Common Morex
and Poetic half price Fsts ond seconds in the
z9e to s9e
$50 Sec 80 TO 3es Printed TobIe Cloths 52x52 ond 52x7o
sizes -------~----- 99e
zoo-4o5 Contour Nat and Lid Sets 3po.4~-------- 28s
eo-II IS Rayon and Cotton Domosk Bouquet Sets oZxO4
cloth, II hopkins, peach only -~----399
ioo-2zs Royon and Cotton oomosk Luncheon Sets 5ox50
cloth, hopkins. ivory Las
So-2e5 Poee Mot Sets 6pc 5pc Bridge sets---144
5oo-s9e Bathroom Lid Covers 2se
50 Sec. 1895 Famous Make Orion Cloths. 7ox88" 500
500 Sec 100 Common Doeron" Selvose Both Towels Greg
3oo-loo Womsutto Hand Towels. l6xZ8" ~ TOR Sse
Ioo-s o. Pastel colo,ed Lace Cloths 7oxs9" - ese
ITO 4ss Imported Royon and Cotton pomosk Cloths eo9O
ond 64xo4"- 1872
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21
INFANTS WEAR
chiIdren's 1879 to 800 Apparel loo ca.
4th FI., Washington; End FL, arlington

Girls Cotton Pedal Pushers. Sizes 49,
Girls Cotton PIoy Shorts. Sizes 3-6.
Girls one-Pieee Play Suits. Sizes Sex.
Boys Orion and NyIon Play Shorts. Sizes 4-6.
Boys Cotton Corduroy overoI Upper front; Sizes 20
fodder Boys Sunsuits Size | only.
Little Girls Wool Slipons. Sizes 3 to g.
Little Girls kyIon Wool curdisons. Sizes to g.
Girls Sleeveless BIouses Sizes 4-6x.
Children. Voter repeent PopIin jackets. Sizes 3-6
Girls Cotton Print Dresses Sizes and 6x only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21
LEATHER GOODS
Street Floor, Washington and Arlington

100 Wollets for Men KAe*
Women and Children "
Duobe plostic in copies of Golf groin eothers. Many
styles ond eolors, some with poss cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21
GIRLS WEAR

GIRLS WEAR
9TH Floor, Washington; End, Arlington
1923 Wool or Plastic Jockets
Wool interIined, royon lined; color in the
woo Postes red postel wool interlned ond - Nh
royoo lined Sizes TO Ia. ~s~~
500 cordieons. 3.88-4.so SIipons, 2S8
Orlons with matching buttons cordoons; jewel
simulated pearl trims, Sizes TIA
Girls 2.99-3.s9 FIonnel Poomos. Gowns
Prints dots long points Or body doll Eyeet en- 40
broidey self-ruHe trims! ms11
800 Cotton Poplin Joekess Flannel lined; charcoal ZOO
Girls 299 end 399 Bouses Sports Shirts Cotton docron
Girls ~ 95 Wool inteined royon lined 500
l.9o and 2.99 Gloves. For girls and 99e
1879 and 2.99 Wool Knitted Heodweor
800 Snow Points Fonne- Lined Jeons
7.S9 veveteen Dresses Jumpers
45e 79e Hose White eoo and nyons for 100
1898 Storm coots Royon oobodne wool inened lined
500
TEENS WEAR
9TH Floor, Washington; End Floor, Arlington
800 Jeans Fonnel- lined; sizes 8-14 ZOO
Teens 80 Sports Shirts Pods or solids ----- 1873
Teens 1898 10 1923 Dresses Royon offeto in pod solids
1898 veveeen Jumpers Teens and 500
Teens 3 80 Popin Joekets. Flannel lined ZOO
4-I2.98 Wool Knit Suits. Pink --------- 500
Teens 500 Sweaters Poes and dor spon and eordoos,
800
INFANTS WEAR
9TH Floor, Washington; End Floor, Arlington
Toddler's Ize8-l9o8 Winter Coot Sets
All wool with eooinos and hats dorks and pos'els m
boys and girls. Btpken sizes l-3 WV
Boys 1923 z2ss Spring eoo.\ Atwood t~eeds blue
Sizes 20 ------------ 500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21
SPORTSWEAR

End Floor, Washington; st. Floor, Arlington
4ee 70 sos Orion Sweaters Classic and novee sizes Bass
zss
3Ss soS Skirts coons assorted styles Sizes 0l6
in collection 2.4S
zee BIouses Assorted obrcs elossie and novelty styles Broken
size romeo from 32-36 --.-----..- l.49
1879 to 4o9 Assorted sportsweor. Broken sizes l4e
599 7es Bouses No docrons ond eottons solids ond
prints Sizes 32-3S 3.S8
sS 2os sposwsor Assorted Broken Of smo sizes soc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21

LINGERIE and kEGLIGEES
End Floor. Washington and Arlington

2oo-2ss and 800 Slips. Cotton, nyon ond royon; trimmed
styles Broken and style ronoe 100
soo-s9s 500 Nylon Slips Nylon trimmed sizes
32-4O ----- ------2 for 500
$3.50 Gowns Royon CREPE broken size ronoe 200
Ioo-5ss Cotton Poiomos -------- 2ss
$3.50 Nyon Treot Poomo Sets Broken range Tor
misses -------.--.- ------------- 400
$4,000 Nyon Teo Robe Sets Broken onee 400
lo0-5ss Cotton ouse Buonfront short sleeves sizes Re
lS -------------S-----
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21
BLANKETS, COMFORTS

BLANKETS, COMFORTS
Street Floor, Washington, Arlington
1895 Doeron" Filled Comforts
Completely washable comforts covered with rosebud
patterned oeeote, filled with white doeron 72xS4" 0AA
size t%Reo.).
Secs 3.49 Twin Size Bed Pads
White muslin white liz zoo 90
stitched for long Hs12
4.4o DoubIe-Bed Size 2.8S
Secs. SOS Beacon Blankets
Yeor-' round weight Of nylon and royon - 00
popular shades. Size 72x84. 600
Washington Only
10 Sec. 1926 pown-FIed Comforts. 72x64" size 800
1875 Batisse Cotton Quilts .----------- 400
1olze5 Royon kyon Blankets 8o9o 500
3S-69s to 22so soied Blankets. and double sizes
$40 to il.2S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21
Sec. 3.4o PakIite TroveI Bags
Weekend rove boys keep dresses wrinkle 00e
free. Fold like iuoeooe. Limited quantity! 90
Street Floor. Washington, Arlington
FABRICS
Street Floor, Washington, Arlington

Street Floor. Washington, Arlington
1ss Silk and Orion Shontuns 10 eoors 4o wide l.7s yd
as Dyed Silk Prints hontuns and weoVes 80 to AZ
wide ---------~--. ---------~--i,IS yd
1000 Yds. 100 Butcher Royon suns washable resisting
fomous moke. 40" wide -------- 69e yd
Las Washable Royen make ~" wide Sic yd
las 3s Nyon and Royon Dress Fobes. plain and printed
6Se yd
1000 Yd 59c Crisp Taffeto IS eors 3S vide 3Se y
3s5 Washable Woons pon and novelty 54 wide, 244 yd
z95 $50 Fine wooIen plain and novelty suit eoot ond dress
weights 81" wide l.66 yd
zss sss Wide royons and nyon. con
tiIy type white ond posteIs -----l 5s yd
7ec kyIon Net posfe ond dark shodes ~ wide 39e yd
SSe .l9 Fomous-Noke cotton resisting plain and
printed embossed Eveoozed@ eel ard body duck cloths oil
SO" wide 42e yd
zs5 Pure Irish Linen resisting IS spring shodes 3d. wide
l.0o yd
4se Plain and Printed pl pereoe
sistino and sheers, oil So" wide 29e yd
CSC Do1xe Broadeosh Prints oros and obsrnet potten 4o
400 Yds 79e Gold Printed cottons yd
Washington Only
400 Yds LOS Pure Irish Linen Rernon desirable lengths seyd
1000 Yd sse 1875 Remnants of Royon, Nyon Dress obrc
z9e yd
LOO I'd. Doeron Royon Suins. linen look" yd 81
100 Yds 79e Rayon Net solid coos, II" wide Zoe yd
30 Yds 2.95 Morrow -------l.4e yd plus
% Yd 6s5 Narrow Fur Trim 29s yd plus tex
3se Lace Edsins yd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21

800 Bos Plastic hot copies calf foI Many
ZOO and 800 Belts for Women Leather variety of styles
coiors. Mony oneofo-knd Sizes 24-3o l2s
800 $50 Leather Bifods Mems ond ~on,ens many styles
Block, ton. brown. red. green poses l.8S"
7So and 1925 Hondboss Coskn California eother
eode Shoulder strop and honde styles in block and spring
colors. Some one of O. kind ---s~s-s 5.7o"
500 and 7s5 Spring Boys Leothe fobes poten black and
eolors. Many styles; many one-of- o-knds 3.7S"
Street Floor, Washington Only
Womens 90 TO 400 Belts Variety of styles colors; mostly
one-of-o-kind Sizes 24-3O included Z for 100
lmpeeefs Of S00 Simulated Pearl Evening Upper eosnes
and envelope styles Limited quontiy .9Ss
Plus Tox
JEWELRY
Street Floor, Washington and Arlington
| 2.98 and 1898 Jewel Boxes
Large size; rose, ivory blue Plastic with gold 90
| color tooino; royon velvet and son lining es@
| With lock ond key. mo taTJ Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21

Street Floor, Washington and Arlington
100 Pn4oo 500 Leather Gloves Block navy or brown
'foSen sizes Foh9e - - ]. 81
47S Pn-l2s to ZOO Gloves Doube-wove cotton nyon
oyon. Assorted eolors; broken size ronoe 50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21

T1OO5, ~ USHtHgtOH OTIy
$500 Fve-skin Dyed Squirrel seeh. Complete - z27s'
I50O Dyed Japanese Mink Seor skin IT'S
5000 Dyed Squirrel 4Skn Seor complete 340os
5000 Dyed Mouton Proeessed Lamb Jocket. 1900"
10000 Black Dyed person Lomb Pow Cope ---- ~. o0a
1000 Dyed Muskrot copes, stoles - 0oe
1900 Dyed Mouton Proeessed lomb coots .0oe
$4,000 Grey Dyed Muskret Flank Joeket Size IA 900"
5000 Dyed Hair Seal Jacket. Size 10 5000
$4,000 Grey Dyed Mukrot Flank Coo Size 10 5000"
$500 Block Dyed Person Lamb Coo. 1900"
5000 Boum Mcren Skins. Persion $500
"PIus Tex
Fur o o ON Of furs
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EygN j !. , b([I 5;jSE(Y

Sec. 2.29 to 2.59 Pacific
Truth Muslin Contour Sheets

Sec. 2.29 TO 2.5o Pacific 4YH
Truth Muslin Contour Sheets seq
Finished 1870 sturdy muslin yorn inch nper-
feetons slight will OBJECT Twin Full Size
1925 to 1875 Broeade
Chenille Spreads II 90
Traditional brocode chenille spreods in twin or full
size. Frinoed Notuo and postes in the group
Washington and Arlington
800 Sec. 79e SeoIoped Pillow Cases tor sSe
100 Sec. s.ss PopIin Bedspeods twin full size ls'
400 Sec zee 70 $40 Paee Contour Sheets for Foam Rubber
Mattresses, full size Ivy
" " for ST
200 Sec z2s Poetic Pereaie Sheets bed ss
szs Sec ls5 wemsusto supereoe eoby Pillow coss
for 81
100 7ss sss wamutto Striped Sheets. 72xlos ond
SlxloS" Recommendations SS
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-10-19

ment to be called q dedication a.
greementa with said village which
agreement shall be in the words and
figures ,sS IS foliows. s,,6w tn e ,lyrxr wlti
THIS AGREEMENT made and
concluded at West jefferson, Ohio,
by and between the Village of JEFF
ferson hereinafter known and re-
ferred to as first party and
hereinafter known and referred to
as second party, WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS. second party has pre-
sented to first party q proposed
plat of Addition to be
formally dedicated to said Village
of jefferson and has shown thereon
certain streets and alleys which are
proposed to be dedicated by the
owners of the tract described in a
certain plat, AND WHEREAS said
first party in order to provide for
the safety, health and general well
lage of Jefferson and to further
provide systematic and uniform pro-
visions and requirements to be fol-
lowed In the acceptance of all new
subdivisions and/or additions to
Now THEREFORE. it is mutual
ly understood and agreed by and
between the parties hereto as fol-
lows:
First party does hereby agree to
posed dedication by an ordinance
duly passed by the Council of said
Village and executed as provided by
law upon the following terms, pro-
visions. covenants and conditions:
1. Said second party or said dedi-
Gators shall and hereby do agree
prior to the sale of any lots or lot
and prior to any building construc-
tion in said proposed addition to
construct all public streets shown
on said proposed plat according to
the specifications provided by the
Council of the Village of Jefferson
at said second party's sole expense.
2. Said second party shall and
hereby does agree to construct san
itary sewer and water lines suffi-
adequate municipal services for
each of the lots in said addition at
the sole cost of said second parties.
Said water and sewer lines shall be
constructed according to the speci-
fications and requirements of the
Village of Jefferson and the same
shall be approved by engineers to
be selected by said village.
3. Said second parties agree that
adequate and sufficient provisions
shall be made and constructed in
said addition for the removal of
4. Sidewalks to be constructed ac-
cording to specifications.
5. All public streets shall be at
least fifty 500 feet in width. Said
streets shall be constructed accord
ing to the specifications and re-
quirements of the Village of Jeffer-
son and the same shall be approved
by engineers to be selected by said
Village.
8. Adequate provisions shall be
made for utility and pole line ease
ments to be accepted by first party.
Pole easements to be located on the
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-10-19
Vets Questions
And The Answers

Q-I am the widow of a World
War II veteran, and / am receiv-
ing death compensation payments.
If elect to receive benefits under
the new Survivor Benefits Act,
would / have the right to revert
back to the old system of compen-
sation, if decide to do so at some
future time?
A-No. Once you have elected to
receive payments under the new
Survivor Benefits Act. you may
not change back to compensation
payments. However, if you decide
to continue with your present COM
pensation payments, you may at
any future time switch over to the
new system.
Q-I have not yet reached my
18th birthday, but even so, VA
has approved my application for
War Orphans schooling. Will the
increased death compensation pay
ments made by VA in my behalf
be stopped?
A-No. The increased payments
will continue until you reach your
18th birthday. Of course, you also
will receive your monthly educa-
tional benefit payments, at the
same time. But once you pass your
18th birthday, the compensation
pay will have to stop.
Q-Is wartime service one of the
requirements for special wheel
chair housing" grants for seriously
disabled veterans?
A-No. Military service may
have taken place either in wartime
or peacetime, so long as the veter-
an meets other requirements of
the law.
Q-I am eligible for outpatient
treatment from VA. Could sinp-
ly go to my own doctor for this
treatment, and instruct him to
send the bill to VA?
A-No. You must obtain prior
authorization from VA for this
treatment.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-10-19
New Kit Explains
Germ War Threat

A new kit has been developed by
the Federal Civil Defense Admin
istration to explain the threat of
biological warfare and set forth
means of counteracting its effects
on people, livestock and crops.
The kit was designed to provide
fundamental information to the
general public in cities and rural
areas through use of four film
strips with accompanying sound
records, six FCDA publications
and special instruction leaflet.
The film strips portray the steps
civil defense would use to offset
biological warfare aimed at peo-
pie, plants, crops and animals.
The publications are entitled:
What You Should Know About
Biological Warfare" What the
Farmer Should Know About Bio
logical Warfare" "Civil Defense
Against Biological Warfare" "Ru-
raj Family Defense" "The Veter-
marian in Civil Defense" and THE
States, Counties, Cities and Civil
Defense"
The instruction leaflet contains
Introductory remarks for use in
presenting each film strip, sugges-
tons for handling publicity, and
sample radio and TV announce
ments.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-10-19
4-H Club Members
Eligible To Try
For Free Calf

Some Ohio All Club boy or girl
or FLA boy will get a ready-made
project next month when the Ohio
Shorthorn Breeders Association
holds a one-day feeder calf sale in
Columbus.
The project will be a prize
Shorthorn calf which the winner
will prepare for showing in his
own County Fair and at the Ohio
State Fair next year. And with the
advice and assistance of the entire
statewide Shorthorn association
behind him, it is fairly certain that
the youngster will be triple win
ner!
The calf will go to the writer of
the best letter asking for it. All
20-year-old and under All and
FLA members are eligible.
The calf will be awarded as a
feature of a one-day Shorthorn
feeder stock sale to be held at the
Columbus Union Stockyards, Nc
Kinley Road, Saturday, November
3, beginning at 1890 pm.
I'VE are getting together more
than 300 head of steers and COM
mercial beef of from 300 to 800
pounds" Vernon Benroth, Wash
ington G. H., president of the AS
sociation, said "All are from Ohio
herds.
This is our first sale, and we
are out to show how high Ohio al
ready stands in the production of
good meat with Shorthorn cattle.
Everyone is welcome to attend,
and to see some pretty stock. A
number of All and Future Farm
er groups have said they'd be
there to buy club projects" Mr..
Benroth said.
Entry blanks for the prize calf
contest may be obtained from any
county agricultural agent or neigh
borhood Shorthorn breeder. Send
with letter of so words or less to
Mrs, Paul Teegardin, Ashville, O.,
before October 20. Just tell the
judges why you'd like to have the
calf.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-10-19
LEGAL NOTICE


The following ordinance was duly
passed by the Council of the Village
of Jefferson on April 2, 1856 and
shall become effective October %,
1856.
ORDINANCE NO. S04
Ordinance providing requirements
for acceptance by Village of duly
dedicated streets or alleys I'm new
additions or subdivisions, approval
of plats.
BE 1T ORDAINED, by the Council
of the Village of Jefferson a ma
iority of the members elected there
TO concurring as follows:
SECTION /. No duly dedicated
street or alley in any new addition
or Subdivision shall be accepted
pursuant to Section 723.G3 Revised
Code OF the State of Ohio; nor shall
any new plat of any new subdivis-
ion or addition be approved by the
Council of the Village of Jefferson:
unless and until the proprietors of
the area dedicated or plated have
simultaneously with the presenta-
tion OF such dedication and such
plat to be accepted by said Village,
executed and entered into an agree
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-10-19

tumbler cylinder lock, invented in
the early 1905 by Linus Yale, Jr.,
and now in common use, offers so
many combinations (into the mil
lions) that the average thief lacks
the skill or time to pick it.
The newest in home and office
security is a master-key lock sys-
tenn. With it, a man needs but one
key to unlock his house, his coun-
try place, garage, office, desk, suit
case or strong box. 1t deprives
him, however, of the feeling of au-
thority he may get from carrying
a loaded ring of keys-as well as
the fun of boarding stray keys. "A
lock without key" it is said, lis
an annoyance, but key without a
lock is an adventure"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-10-19
Agriculture Big
Business In Area

Now, more than ever before,
there's a Big Job ahead for you in
agriculture!
Agriculture is a science, a bus
mess, a profession, an industry!
Agriculture provides more jobs
and careers in the city than on the
farm-more jobs and careers than
any other industry.
Young people casting about for
a field of study may well ask,
why Agricultural" Perhaps you
feel you know all about agricul-
ture-What it is; where it is; how
big it is. If you live on the farm
you know agriculture as the farm
er knows it.
If you live in the city, agricul-
ture means the countryside seen
on infrequent drives in the coun-
try-produce at the grocery ex-
hibits at the fair.
A recent publication, CAREERS
AHEAD, by the National Project
in Agricultural Communications,
reminds us that agriculture is
much more. It's the basic industry.
Look at these figures! Of So mil
lion employed Americans, 25 mil
lion work somewhere in agricUl-
ture- 10 millions on farms, 6 mil
lion produce for and serve the far
mers, and 8 million process and
distribute farm products. III addi-
ton, a quarter-million scientists
directly serve agriculture.
About 4O46 of all jobs are in ag-
riculture - jobs important to
everyone, jobs with futures, jobs
with financial and personal re-
wards.
Even with all these sound reas-
ons why young people should
choose careers in agriculture, there
is a serious lack of trained agri-
cultural specialists. There are a.
bout 500 distinct occupations in the
8 major fields of agriculture. Re-
cent surveys indicate that these 8
fields each year would and could
employ about $4,000 new college
graduates-if $1,000 with agricul-
tural college training were avail
able.
At present our colleges graduate
about $500 men and women to fill
these $1,000 jobs. $500 trained
persons to fill about $4,000 jobs, or
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-10-19
Postmaster Gives
Warning To Those
Ordering Plants

A word of advice to home gard
eners comes this week from Post
master Schlechty. IF you're ex-
pecting a shipment of shrubbery
or plants through the mail, you'll
get best results" Schlechty says,
IF you take certain steps to CO.
operate with postal authorities.
This is the shipping season for nur-
sery stock orders, and much of the
stock is perishable. So here's
what you should do, according to
Postmaster Schlechty and the Gar
dening Council of New York:
ID. If you plan to be away or
on vacation, make arrangements
to have neighbor accept your
shipments, keep watered and in a
cool location until your return
home. Otherwise, the plants may
deteriorate in storage at the Post
Office, Express, or Freight Station
while awaiting delivery.
(2). If neighbor cannot accept
delivery, contact the Post Office or
. Transportation Agent, and leave
instructions as to where the plants
can be delivered. A cool basement,
garage, or shaded porch is always
better than a mail room or On
Hand Department for storage of
plants and dormant nursery stock
80. If you are home when your
shipments arrive, make sure you
have prepared the ground for
planting in advance, and put the
nursery stock in the ground as
soon as it arrives. Early planting,
liberal watering, and following the
sender's instructions will insure
best growth of all plant materials.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-10-19

Seen through a keynote, the Z0th
century appears far more security
conscious than any other
Americans, having finally in
vented genuinely pickproof locks
for secreting government papers,
are also putting locks on telephon-
es, TV sets, briefcases, frozen food
lockers, and on imitation china
eggs-to hold them fast to hens
nests. In faraway desert lands,
American locks secure packs to
camel backs, And in New Guinea,
Motu tribesrnen use them on their
treasure chests holding shrunken
human heads. I'D
Yet one can turn the key of time
back several centuries and find
that locks were devised and used
just as imaginatively then as to-
day, says the National Geograp-
hic Society. Early Romans, for ex-
ample, fastened their doors with
leather thongs tied in a series of
knots that would put to shame the
most intricate tangle on a modern
child's shoe laces.
The oldest known lock, a large
wooden structure uncovered in the
ruins of the Babylonian city of
Ninevah, was made at least 1000
years ago by Egyptians. The
Egyptians were probably the first
to use crude pin keys and tumbl-
ers. The key, a straight piece of
wood, had pegs on one end placed
to correspond with the tumblers.
Later the Greeks specialized in
the sickle lock, named for the
keys resemblance to the reaper'S
sickle. The key was so large it had
to be carried over the shoulder.
The Romans, on the other hand,
had a penchant for small locks, es-
pecially padlocks which they de-
signed in the shapes of animals.
Perhaps because Roman togas had
no pockets, the keys were usually
worn as rings on the fingers.
Warded locks, a more familiar
type in which the key revolves in
side the lock, were widely used in
late Roman days. Throughout the
middle ages, locksmiths tried to
improve on the security of these
locks. Failing, they concentrated
on auxiliary devices to trick thiev-
es They put false keyholes on
chests and doors and secreted the
true ones. Some locks required
several keys to open them.
. One chest was made to amputate
pilfering fingers. Another shot
pistol at any one picking the lock.
The latter has its counterpart to-
day in a remote-control time lock
that shoots tear gas at tamperer.
The buttons for a remote-con-
troll lock can be placed miles away
from the safe. The system is set so
that the buttons must be pushed,
say, between 900 and 9:05 am. If
they aren't, an alarm sounds. A
touch at any other time sets off
the alarm, too.
Such a time lock is pickproof.
Other kinds are not. But the pin