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Show j LOCKS ON DOORS A PUZZLE I Architects Wonder Why People Insist on Having Locks Throughout Through-out the House. It has long been a question with architects why people should have doors throughout the house so completely com-pletely equipped with locks. Why, for example, should all the closet and bedroom doors have locks? Did you ever lock your bedroom door? Probably Prob-ably not. It may be desirable to put locks on closet doors. Do not put a lock on a door just because It Is a door. Perhaps, after all, you will never lock it. At any event a bolt or a thumb turn will serve all the purposes of a lock and you will not have a key to look after. However, it should be said 'that a mortised latch will usually cost more than a bit key lock. Of course if you have a small boy In the house you will want a lock on the pantry door. Some people have thought It desirable to have one closet in the house equipped with a good cylinder lock. Such a closet may come in very handy at certain times, perhaps if for nothing noth-ing else than as a space In which to store the family skeleton. |