Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-20
HOUSES WITH MANY CLOCKS.
Forty Timepieces Not an Extraordinary
Number.
FUTURE DAYS.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Forty clocks in one house is not by any
means uncommon said clockmaker In
some private residences the timepieces eX-
coed even this number. Almost any house
of fair size Will have from fifteen clocks
up to twenty or thirty"
With forty or more clocks in operation,
it can be 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 II approaches.
Suddenly the slow, sweet tones OF the
chimes of the great clock in the oinins
room break forth upon the silence IN gio-
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 It's 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 dstingushable notes of bar
of music that Is still another timepiece's
way of demonstrating that the midnight
hour has arrived.
These notes are closely followed by
grand chorus of rings, bangs and tinkles
as the score or more remaining timepieees
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 seeplessness disappears in the
perfect silence that follows the charming
midnight concert.
How are so many clocks kept in good
Easily enough No one in the house Is
supposed to touch or wind a single clock.
That duty is left to the clockmaker.
II spend one day each week winding
clocks. In one house alone in this city an
hour and a half of my time each week is
taken up In winding the clocks. OF course
1 regulate them, too. And II there is any
slight repair to be made, attend to that,
too.
''This constant and careful attention is
economical in the long run. When a clock
maker attends to your timepieces you may
be sure the work is done thoroughly. For
he Is regular In his work, and regular wind
ing means better time.
"A lady in Tarrytown has more than for
ty clocks in her summer home / make
trip one day each week up there through
the summer season to keep her clocks In
good shape. She is a great lover of time
pieces, and has many rare and beautiful
specimens, and never tires Of adding a new
clock to her collection.
Many persons buy clocks just the same
as they do bric-a-brac, and the number
they already have never seems in any way
to affect their purchase of new ones that
may strike their fancy. There is an old
saying that there's always room for an
other clock, and 1 guess that's about right.
mo room seems to be complete without
one, and as some residences have nearly a
hundred rooms, 1t Is easy to understand
how one house may contain forty or more
clocks and yet not have the appearance OF
q clockmaker's; store, as one might at first
think
I'VE now have clocks that suit the LATEST
and most forgetful person down to the
ground. These are imported, and run for
400 days with one winding. Anybody ought
to be able to remember to wind a clock in
that time, and this style of timepece seems
to be meeting with great favor, for we
have recently sold a great many of Them