, 1881-01-16
THE OWL.
He Imparts Some Valuable lnforma
ton About Watches.
Obtained During an Interview with Mr.
". C.. Potter.
The Fate Of Too Honest Man-The Girl
and the Revolver.
Sarah Bernhardt's Nine Managers-1heir Rank
ard Duties.
Il MANS WATCH.
To tho Editor Of The Chicago Tribune

i MANS WATCH.
| To the Editor o} The Chicago Tribune.
! CHICAGO, Jan. 15.-Mr. Potter, OF Madison
| Street, WIS responsible yesterday for the alnrn
ing statement that not ona nun In fo1l
hundred and sixty-tiyo knows how t.
I tNkc respectable carc Ut Il witch. Mr.. Pot
ter Said this deliberately, and thon nd,iet
that lz1 his opiniun watches were just us delIcat
III their construction as babies, aud Il deal NOR
| valuable, and ought to receive FROM tho hand
Of Il man nt least ls good trcntn,cnt us Il blb,
dues from Il woman. No sooner docs a man &c
| Il watch. continued Nr. Potter, than he begins Il
| fool with it. The same might bo saiu of won
ln with baby First hc starts III by winding. i
| up every TWO hours,--tusr us n wotnun feeds Il
| oaby,-ioukins ut the time every twenty minutes
| and settling it four times uay by the ncnrts
| chronomctcr he Gun get his eye on. Each tint
| be docs this he opens the bacls-t;oor of the
| watch and siloves tho regulator around Il little
! This hns the excellent effect of either t;;row!1a
the watch into fever or giving 1t cungestfyc-
| chill, rs it were, u!ld then to ui.n either wholly
! misses his trAius, his cnguucucnts, aud his
| meals, ur else gets In away ahcud ot
! time. ,lnsl has to dawLlc around until decent
! clocks aud watches catch up, In clhcr case he
| sweurs nI.1 breaks nnuther piece OF his thumb
| nall off l,ryiny open the case, and shoves tho
regulator around sunle more, and sets the haaus
again. Of course nll this departs from tho bnby
! smile, for j. baby hasn't my regulator. 1t it
had, ten to tho woman would be ut it every
six minutes, said Nr. Potter.
After Il week Or SO Ut this so IT OF thing the
man fUrgets TO Wind his watch oftcucr than o,1cc
Il day. Then he watch cunratesces, and gets a
better pulse, and the n1!lIl 1ds to his delight
that weu he goes catch The car tilur Bturts Ut
l:..G 1t. i''., he comes IN just In time for either
the 1::0! tho .:l5 car, which IL at very nice
and conynces him that he wasn't so badly
swindlcd In the watch lis he thought. But pres
entity he forEets, SOME 1lue night, to wind tho
watch ut all, and then Of course it starvcs to
death, and next morning Is hung up to cool in
just some such intirmary for Invalid tin,c- keep
crs MS Mr.. Potter himself runs, and h,1s to he
scrnpcd, and santlpapered aud filed, and oil cd,
n1.d tinkcrcd at for week or SO, when 1t turns
up smiling and shiny III cni1lpanv with Il bill,
Now I'LL tins vc1Auon, says s,fr. Potter, could
ho tbvAted If a nun would only recOilect three
little pointS OH which every watch with half q
cln1n to responsibility is notwithstanding, po-
sitlon. and temperature. 4 watch should be
wotlid only once 10 twenty-lour hours, mr., gnd al
is the watch's food 1t requires that winding as
much rs II baby does it's pup,-thu,I:h somewhat
less fre4ucntly,-Ar: Potter thinks. Wind it
gently. Just rs you would feed Il baby No In
tellsEcnt person who was half proprietor In
baby that Owned Il liver would ever think Of
tarout Ill six seconds. Yet many such person,
says Slr. Potter, will try to wind his watch up III
s tw9 t5 sfenqs d to on f
cirs Of dyspepsia Or collie. or exhibits any other
Irregular symptom.
Position Is tue second point Never carry
watch with its stem down Would Il mother lug
hulJy uruund heels up? Mr. Potter isn't sure,
brt thinks she wouldn't 4 watch wasn't made
th:it Is. with any sort Ut dece1lcy. OF course 4
man, by sheer brr1e force, can turn it stem
down and leave 1t that way al night. but the
grievance il bound to lH resented. Next dny
tht watch will have fun seein. thst sk:r-
lnishts after missed s:E.@ei'ctits, and dancing
War-tic;lccS ut tho itpDt: maybe work In anu
ther snail bill on him iUr repairs.
Last ctllncS the consideration OF temperature.
"Wonft IL wise mother keep hcr baby ~ day
Would IL mother do this ut1 day, md then put
1t out in the SHOW a!l night: OF course Sue
wouldn't Yet i man Will Keep watch snug
gtcd up warmly III bis vest-puckct Tor fifteen |
ho,lrs ind then leave 1t nine hours mn the |
wrshstaEu, where 1t practically freezes. The |
result re- Is t!;t while war'n RI M'd nicely expanded
the t. nll thei, gels cuiil and contracts, Alla
runs like SCARED dog the rest Of the time. Vi
closely rs hun;ln ingenuity can mike 1t. hut the !
tremendous thermal differences 1t Is exposed to
by this treatment is considerably beyond Its
limit
Another point In the welfare OF Il watch was |
given by Mr. Potter y tine watch should never
be loaned. Constantly worn BY the s,i,nc per- |
movements aul hnbits.-h!s walk, his tcluper.l- t
turC. his WHY Of carr. ing it, etc Giyc;, in h,GsDf
another, 1t will Immediately bcgin to Gain ur loSc
greatly To cvcrylo1y's surprise. TinEeriu; with
tho re;gulntor doesn't improve it, for just as it
slows down or crs,:vts ca more steam, the watch
goes back to It's righ:tut wcarcr ,lld gets in
fresh trouble. tfIcrc Mr.. Potter brought in an
nthcr point III the bnby comparison, hut 1t wis
too scientific fur mention in this paper.)
4 post-nsortesn WIS being held On Il watch
while these. points wero boing given, and Mr.
Puttcr's assistant turucd round with p:ll-box
in his eye, and said t!lat this was tho
forty-thlrI time he had rcpniscd tho
thing. This time the tlasnspriny was |
troken In two places. tuc hair-spring was dis |
located, the balance-wheel axis bent, ana the |
crystal broken. BESIDES this, tho watch had
lung trouble, aud also stood in need of an
astrlngcnt. 1t wIs woinnn's witch, and tho
baby had been PLAYING with it. Just like II
woman, said Mr. Potter.