Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-15
7 He TIME OF DAY.
Can Be Easily Learned at the Worlds
Fair Grounds.
Marvellous Clocks to BE Found i'm the
Exhibits-Big and Little Time
Pfeces-Swiss Carvings.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.

, tower is 80 feet high, but the clock is only
20 feet above the floor. 1t has four dials,
each having a diameter of feet. and con-
tains a chime of bells weighing 1900
pounds. This clock belongs to the exhibit
of the Self-winding Clock Company of
New York. It's motive power is electricity
and the little engine that governs it will
run for a whole year without attention for
the small cost of Is cents. 1t is connected
with and regulates all the clocks on the
worlds fair grounds. On the floor beneath
| the clock stands a model % feet high OF
the Washington monument in the capital
city, completely covered with Columbus
souvenir cions.
In the Central railroad station, which is
| inside the grounds. there are twenty -four
clocks around the walls high above the
heads of the people, giving the time of day
in each of the following cities: CONSTANT
nople. Jerusalem. Mecca, Vienna, ST. Pet
ersburg, Athens. Berlin, Rome. Cairo,
Paris. New York. Bombay, Hong Kong
Chicago. Sydney, Santiago. Honolulu, Yoko-
hama. Buenos Ayres. San Francisco.
The Waterbury Watch Company exhibits
| an unique clock in its department in the
manufacturers building. 1t attracts a
great many visitors, who stand and watch
Is the work on it that twelve years were
occupied in its construction at the Water
Duty 1ury clock works in Waterbury, Conn:
| The clock is named the century clock and
| Is valued at $4,000. The case is of black
| walnut and is six feet square at the base
ana Is twenty feet high. In the lower
front OF the clock is represented room in
the watch factory. tiny figures of men and
| women being shown seated and standing at
| OF making watches. The machinery and
| figures are connected with the mechanism
OF the clock. the wheels flying round and
1 the operators moving about in a very life
! IKE manner Numerous electric lights are
| susiAnded from the ceiling, which, when
lit at night, add realism to the scene.
1 either n nln ars, fo,lr
| one above the other, glass inclosed, and in
| each a group of Lilliputian figures typical
OF some leading event in the march of
American industries. In one section is seen
| the negroes picking cotton in the field and
close by is the cotton gin hand at work
| In another section is seen Elias Howe, a
bald old mans at work on his sewing ma
chine invention, and two girls sitting at
| the completed machine are making swiss
| ruiffing as IL their lives depended on il.
| One section shows three men in a dark
coal mine drilling and breaking the great
Jumps of coal: 1ne max spinning group is
quaint. One girl is beating out the fax. an
| other is seated at a spinning wheel spin
| ming the lax into thread, while a third fig-
ure stands at the weaving machine making
cloth. A saw mill Is represented In one
| room, in another the making of Swiss
watches by hand, the men folks sitting at
| the table busy with their tools, the women
preparing the midday meal.
| Inc progress OF electricity Is shown in
two ways. one scene representing a tele-
graphic operating station, where the little
figures sit receiving and dispatching mes
saSes, man standing at one side talking
into the telephone, another scene being an
electric lighting station with the inventor
DAFT sitting at mis- desk to the Left
The panels around the clock are also in
terestins. picturins in nigh relief figures of
carved cherry, such events in history as
the signing of the Declaration of indie
pendence,, the surrender OF Lee at APP
pomattox," and surrounding the top is a
rich carving OF the famous liberty bell.
The Exposition Clock.
\ of
though not so intricate and consequently
| not costly, is the exposition clock, %
| manufactured expressly for the exposition
| by the Manufacturing Goldsmiths' and
| Siiversmiths' Company, London, England.
This clock is octagonal in shape and is
| made OF American walnut with elegantly
1 chased and gilded ornaments, the cotton
plant and flower being the motif. On the
eight panels are pictured the various sports,
| such as base bail, trolling, cycling, yacht
| ing and swimming. AT the top of each
panel is a portrait Of some one OF our great
men, Washington. Lincoln, Grant, jack
| son, Franklin, Harrison and Cleveland,
also a portrait of Queen Victoria.
There are four oiais to the clock. giving
| the time of day as it Is in England, Amer
lea, France and spain. There IS a circle of
| twelve figures around the clock, represent
ing athletics and games. such as cricket,
foot ball, wrestling, rowing. shooting. polo.
tennis, horse racing, running and lacrosse.
Between the dials are figures representing
art, science, industry, engineering. Sur
mounting each dial is an American eagle
Hopping his wings. and on the top is a
| statuette of the goddess of liberty. Every
hour the English and American anthems
are played, while the time Is struck on a
chime OF eight bells, the Westminster
chimes on four gongs and the hour on one
gong. With every quarter hour the circle
giish manufacturers pride themselves on
this clock. 1t is certainly very handsome,
the chimes being one great feature of its
beauty.
| Queer Watches.
Mention may be made in this connection
of some of the exquisite Swiss watches on
exhibition in the Swiss pavilion in the man.
ufacturers' and liberal arts building. There
are some very old watches that are valua-
Bile from an historical point of view. There
is a watch made in the fifteenth century,
quite clumsy thing, with a crystal face.
showing the day OF the week, the month
and the phases of the moon. Another very
old watch is made entirely of wood and
part of life convict, who was pardoned
on the completion of this wonderful piece
| of work.
There is a queer old timepiece dating
from the year 1914, the date being carved
on the case together with the name OF the
manufacturer. This watch is known to be
Now we will Look at some of the more
modern watches; these range in size from
one-half inch in diameter to four inches.
and there are hundreds of dials shown of
all naginable colors and designs. Some of
the ornamented watches are unique and
very handsome. There beetles and
dragon flies, diamond sprays and flowers in
their natural shades made of precious
| stones. Many of the watches are so tiny
as to be easily concealed in breaStpin.
One dainty little timepiece was confined in
| the body of diamond butterfly brooch an
| other was shut up in the heart of a fuchia.
| valued at $500, another in a rose made all
| of diamonds and valued at $500. These
little watches are all stem winders and said
| to keep perfect time.
| The Swiss watchnlakers have displayed
their watches to better advantage than
our watchmakerS lave, the beautiful cases
being set off by rich and lustrous fabrics,
| which show the de iCate and exquisite col
ors and designs to perfection. In some of
our exhibits the watches are thrown to-
i gether in a heller skelter fashion, in Others
they are laid in punches and 50 thickly
that there is no pleasure in looking at
them. How clearly the difference between
the characters of the Swiss and the Ameri-
can is shown in this one little instance
While walking through the SWISS depart
ment after looking at the watches L saw
some remarkable things. Their wood cary
ings are peculiarly beautiful, being mostly
worked out of solid blocks There Is a
small sideboard, most eXqufsitely carved.
valued at $4,000. There are severa! large
groups of animals, some very fine, indeed,
in the spirit of action that is thrown into
| the figures. One of the carved sideboards
| contains music box that plays number
of tunes. Some of the music boxes are
four and five feet long and most intricate
| in mechanism. There are some dainty lit
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