The times., 1901-06-23
wA1cHEs suBJEcT no SOLIDS.
In Some Respects Not Unlike the PeO-
pie Who Wear Them.

'eWatch,ss," said the jeweler. as he
screwed a little glass into one eye and
squinted into a case of wheels, ARE like
human beings in many ways They are
delicate; they run well only when in per-
feet order. and they require attention once
in so often, whether they stop or not.
They become sick, in way, as we do,
and they get off their banance. But, un-
like US, when their handspring breaks
they are not necessarily done for, unless
in another world. They can have new
mainsprings. We can't.
watches, all jokes aside, are really al
most human sometimes. They take cold
readily Never lay watch on cold
marble table or near an open window all
night after You have worn it next to your
warm body all day; it win contract sort
of pneumonia, and ten to one 1t will stop
before long if the practice be continued.
The cold contracts the metal pivots,
which, small as they are, must not be
smaller, and they shrink. Thus the wheels
cannot move.
watches are magnetized, too, by the
persons who wear them. l have seen the
statement that watches vary in time
keeping with the health of the wearer,
and that if changed from one person TO
another they will also show slight varia-
tions All of that is true The static
electricity of a person may ehect
watch. All of US throw this off; some
more than others. Dark persons give
off mere than light ones do, and dark
woman more than anyone else. Dark
women should have rubber cases for their
watches if they wish to have them keep
perfect time.
gat or MIC after
it has been worn in vertical position all
dav It throws it off its base, so to
sneak II the pivots eb worn, the wheels
"a Sudden lar will often stop watch,
which runs regularly at that; SuGn ,!s "a. :
as getting on or off suddenly Inc
hairspring's catching does TINS. Inc Joit
comes at the exact fraction OF a secotti
when the spring is in position 10 Salch,
This occurs at infrequent intervals dS
may be readily imagined, watch should
be fed or oiled every eighteen months, @
even if running in the best of time The
oil dries in that time ana the "heeis are
likely to wear one another
80 n Jewellers examine watches IN the
same way; 1t seems to be a tradition OF
the craft First man Will look at the
hands. as l have been doing. II they are
NOT caught they will take out the balance
wheel aand examine the pin and the ply
OTIS which you see here. Sometimes DO
not ind the trouble ior uays; ne ndru-
EST thing to detect is a slight burr on one
of the Wheels this may throw the entire
watch out of gear.
New / will wind this watch of yours.
and show you that all the trouble with 1t
is that 1t is run down. Unusual! Oh, no;
that frequently happens. Some one Is IN
here every day with an unwound watch
thinking that 1t is out of keller because it
will not run They forgot to wind 1t, and
are afraid to do 1t over again. Women
are our best customers in chat line. OF
course I could get 81 for this. but the talk
will answer
Now, when you go home wind your
watch in the morning. No; not at bed
time but when you get up. That gives
il the full spring to work on during the
day. when the jars and jolts are more nu-
merous And hold your watch still when
you wind it, and wind the Key That ALL
try that.
And the jeweler handed back the watch.
running beautifully.-kansas City jour
nal