Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08
HOUSES WITH MANY CLOCKS
Among People Otherwise
sane

Forty clocks in one house is not by any
means uncommon" said a New York clock
maker Tn some private residences the
time pieces exceed even this number. AL
most any house Of fair size will have from
fifteen clocks up to twenty or thirty"
With forty or more clocks in operation
Il can he imagined that rare treat may be
In store for the restless guest at his
friends country place AS he losses sleep
less on the pillows Of his strange bed the
hour Of ~ approaches.
Suddenly the slow, sweet tones Of the
chimes of the great clock in the dining
room break forth upon the silence In glo-
rious melody Scarcely have the chimes
died away, followed by the deep measured
deliberate strokes that mark the hour, than
another clock bursts forth upon the scene
with its message.
This time the hour is announced In rather
a saucy, emphatic manner-one stroke
banging after the other like shots from a
rapid fire gun, the entire twelve consum-
Ing little more time than one stroke OF the
big clock. Then from another room in the
opposite side of the house comes the faint
and barely dlstinguishable notes OF a bar
of music that is still another time pieces
way of demonstrating that the midnight
hour has arrived.
These notes are closely followed by a
Grand chorus Of rings, bangs and tinkles
| as the score or more remaining time pieces
whirl into action.
Silence more intense by contrast follows
this unexpected and somewhat startling
outbreak upon the nights quietness, which
is again undisturbed save by the occasional
| striking of the quarter and half hours.
| The guests sleeplessness disappears in the
perfect silence that follows the charming
midnight concert.
| How are so many clocks kept In good
running order?" repeated the clockmaker.
Easily enough. No one in the house is
supposed to touch or wind a single clock.
That duty is left to the clockmaker
IT spend one day each week winding
clocks. In one house alone in this city
an hour and half of my time each week
is taken up in winding the clocks. OF
course I regulate them, too. And II there
us any slight repair to be made, 1 attend to
that, too.
This constant and careful attention Is
economical in the long RUM When a clock.
maker attends to your time pieces you may
be sure the work is done thoroughly. Fol
he is regular in his work. and regular wind
ing means better time.
"A lady in Tarrytown has more thar
forty clocks in her summer home. I make
a trip one day each week up there through
the summer season to keep her clocks il
good shape. She is a great lover of time
pieces, and has many rare and beautiful
specimens. and never tires of adding {
new clock to her collection.
MANY people buy clocks Just the SAM
as they do brio-a-brac, and the humble
they already have never seems in an!
way to affect their purchase OF new one
that may strike their fancy. There is al
old saying that there's always room 70
another clock, and 1 guess that's abou
right
mo room seems to be complete withou
one. and as some residences have nearl,
a hundred rooms, 1t is easy to understand
how one house may contain forty or NOR
clocks and yet not have the appearance
Of a clockmaker's store. as one might a
|, first think.
I'VE now have clocks that suit the lazies
and most forgetful person down to tn
ground These are imported, and run 70
400 days with one winding. Anybody ough
to be able to remember to wind cloc
in that time, and this style OF time piec
seems to be meeting with great favor, 10
, we have recently sold a great many o
them. New York Sun.