Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-07
CRIPPLE MADE CLOCK
Gives Moving Picture Show
and Plays Music.
NIAGARA WITH REAL WATER
Great Naval Display and Uncle Sam
Taking Walk.
WEATHER PREDICTIONS ALSO
Other Wonderful Things Done by
Mechanism Made With Scroll
Saw, Knife and File.
WEATHER PREDICTIONS ALSO

NEW YORK, April 7.-Negotiations are
under way by the management of the
Hotel st. Regis at 9Th avenue and 55th
street for the purchase of what is said to
be unique and remarkable clock which
the management hopes to have in the
hotel as an Easter surprise for it's patrons.
The clock was made IN a little Ohio town
by crippled workman who spent four
years in its construction and whose only
tools were scroll saw. jack knife and
a file.
Il have just returned from the west,
where I heard Of the clock, and after an
inspection OF 1t offered to purchase or
lease it. The offer met with favorable
consideration and I expect to have 1t
here for Easter" said Manager Gus r.
Schmidt yesterday.
What Clock Will Do.
1.-The clock is a wonder. 1t. is twelve
feet four inches high, four feet four inch
es wide and twenty-nine inches deep. One
large dial gives the standard time, while
directly beneath it is a dial which shows
the changes OF the moon and gives the
government weather indications for TWEEN
ty-four hours in advance.
by watching the clock one sees hand
some pictures Of the ships OF the United
States Navy pass behind a glass. The
history of Christ is shown from the
nativity to the ascension by pictures
painted by the maker.
IAN interesting feature Of the clock
is a miniature iagara Falls. with real
water, the color of which appears to
change. Just below is an electric foun-
tain and an arch which produce a beau
tiful effect.
Flags appear on STATS in front of the
dial and indicate the kind of weather ex-
pected twenty-four hours in advance.
The weather reports are produced by
thermometer, a barometer. a hydrometer.
spirit level and a compass arranged on
the front Of the clock.
Electrically Lighted.
1.-THE front Of the clock is lighted by
| fifty small electric lights, thir y-five Of
which are arranged around the Niagara
Falls and electric arch. The history Of
the United States from the landing OF
Columbus to the present time is shown
| by ninety-six paintings at ached to a;
ribbon 108 feet long, which is moved by
electricity.
when the clock strikes the hour the
| figures Of Uncle Sam and the Goddess of
Liberty pass out OF an electric elevator
On one side, down a stairway, around the
base Of the NINA ure cataract and cleo
tTlc fountain 10 the OtneT SIoc, where
| they ascend another stairway and enter
another elevator. ..--.... ..-..
"A minute after the hour strikes fifty
lights appear around the dial and a mu-
steal attachment Is brought into play,
sending forth delightful airs. At the
| half-hour the cathedral gong strikes
| once and the musical attachment is
started again.
AN Illuminated picture on one side
Of the dial shows Washington crossing
the Delaware with his army. Three boa 8
are portrayed. with Washington stand
peated every hour and forty minutes.
"Other Illuminated pictures, which ap-
pear periodically. show the old battle
ship Maine, both before and after the
explosion in Havana harbor.
Lords Prayer Inlaid.
"On the back Of the clock is displayed
the Lords prayer, inlaid with 312 pieces
Of wood. Pictures of American poe S,
musicians and the Presidents also ap-
pear on the back. All of these portraits
twenty-five feet a minute Pictures of
Presiden Lincoln. Garfield and McKin-
ley are shown, and at the hour Of their
death light appears on the face Of the
clock. while photograph announces the
occasion.
THE face of the clock contains piece
Of wood from every state and territory
| in the Union. including the island pos
| sessions. and it took three years for he
| maker Of the clock to collect them.
All the mechanism for running the
clock is in the base. and includes $40 feet
| Of electric wire and 412 electrical con-
| nections. The current is obtained from
an ordinary electric light connection"
The clock will be up in the main
| drawing room of the hotel.