The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-19
Also of the Building of a Ship
From Laying the Keel to
Launching the Vessel.
NEW FIELD OF klNEToscoPE
Many Exposures at Proper Inter
walls Will Be Made and Work
Of Months Shown in q
Few Minutes.

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REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Bath. Me-. May 15.-The. kaleidoscope. hav-
Ing exhausted bathing scenes. moving bat
tleships and runs" of fire engines. has
reached out for other fields of conquest. II
to show the growth Of corn from seed plant
ing to harvest. and to show the building. OF
ship from the laying OF the keel to the
launching.
To get the. material for the former scene.
q kaleidoscope camera b o working every
day In a Maine truck garden. It IL get up
where it gets complete view Of the place
where the corn IL growing. First It looked
! on and took notes while the farmer pre-
, pared the ground. 1t saw him shape FUR.
lows. drop the seeds and cover. them up
Then II saw him set up q scarecrow. The
other day 1t saw the green sprouts spring
up from the ground, and now every day II
ID watching the farmer come out to pull
the weeds and shape the hills. while the
leaves unfold and the ears and taasels ap.
pear.
It will continue to be on the lookout. and
will see the farmer strip down the. husks
to sec II the corn IL ripe enough, and final-
~ gather the ears into his basket and 80
AWAY to come again. hack down the stalk
n carry them away upon his back. The
farmers boy and his dog may appear In
the picture and other incidents take place.
Few exposures are necessary for this MIN.
not more than one or two . day on the &C
tual growth Of the corn. while the farmers
actions will require the usual rapid Z
posure. II
To watch the building Of . ship. the cam
era will be permanently liked in q build
Ing to be built purposely for It and con
structed with q solid foundation 30 tina
there win be no vibration. Great care VII
and the best advantage q light.
1t will not be necessary to make. contin
uous exposures, but only ct such times q
on. and then at intervals Consistent witt
the rapidity Of the action. During IN
raising of q large frame . large nimoer Q
but one or two In an hour win sufice. an,
there may be hours and perhaps days wnel
there wilt be no action on the side mex
When the MIN y finished and pre3ecte'
upon the screen by. the kintescoper the hs
holder will zee frst Of all the YARD. witt
the frams q vessel scattersd about. =, E
foresround. Then the huge sticks Of tim
Der which make the keel. Then will com
at which stage the vessel seems to tan
Then VIII come the covering or plsnkinl
While o Tits e nd being done the tie S ascsn ssnc
In. Now comes the preparations for tn
launching. The stasings are taken dowD an
the gallant craft. stAnds naked, ready 70
b dip into the Kennebec.
The master builder raises his hand. "A
- ready. The. tide Is tapping the heel 9
the huge hulk workmen with malIets an
axes split and drive out the shores. ThSl
young woman 81 white smaihes the bottl
Of wine on the bows md the camera catch>
the nash of the trickling liquid. Faster IN
from the ways, and the craft bonnd int
the water.
II each case the work which. require
months for completion vii! be shown by q
t6netoscope In afew minutes.