Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-07

RIOT far from the patent Office is
I'M an establishment, the purpose Of
which is advertised by sign.
| setting forth that herein is executed
| modelling of all sorts. in clay, wood,
etc. Within one encounters the crafts
man and master of the establishment,
a German.
Il suppose" said the news hunter,
"you make patent office models for in
ventors."
NO" returned the craftsman-he
had an alertly attentive and yet a
somewhat retrospective expression. pc
culiar to some Of his countrymen who
usual thing Models are usually not
required these days. For the last
twenty years the patent office has dis
pensed with models. Sometimes the
inventors, when their invention is COM
plicated or they are in doubt of it's
working in some ways, have models
made. but it is very seldom.
Eyes, sometimes" he added, appar-
emily as an afterthought Here. for
instance. Is a model for toy which
am making. and which represents, as
you see. two prize fighters. The figures
are hollow. and are designed to con-
tain each an electrical machine. The
fighters are wound up, and as each hits
the other a spark flies from the place
struck"
Perhaps 1t is intended to depict the
Jeffries-Johnson fight" was suggested.
Il don't know. All sorts of things the
inventors think of. and some Of them
require difficult models. Flying ma
! chimes? No, I have not made any
models of flying machines. My idea is
that inventors should study, not the
flight of birds. but Of insects. The
fly. for example. see how heavy it's
body is. compared to it's wings. And
then the wings should be made to fold.
In the little side room Of the shop
in which was the prize fighter cleo
| trical model and others Of a similar
description stood a large dusty case.
When the dust was somewhat removed
from one portion Of this case-which
was fully eight feet in height-and
doors opened in other portions to re-
veal the interior-it was found to con-
tain most remarkable piece of work
IA huge clock, or rat er a clock In
connection with the working Of which
were numerous little automata. who
went through the queerest stunts i'm
aginable.
In the lower portion Of the clock was the
figure OF a young maiden, reclining and
asleep, with a book of fairy tales In her
hands, while the greensward upon which
she reposed and the trees in the back
ground indicated that the scene intended
to be conveyed to the spectator was
wood. The entire superstructure of. the
clock, in fact, was of a sylvan character,
representing a huge grotto interspersed
with trees and Towering shrubs, while. In
recesses or caves in the grotto. or series
of grottoes, were disposed the figures Of
the little gnomes, that essentially Ger
man type of fairy, with strange hooded
headgear, gray boards and brown cloaks.
AS the hours were struck by the clock
the gnomes or fairies went through mo-
tons indicative Of various pursuits. In
an upper portion of the structure. for in
stance, was a group seated around
table, with beer stems in their hands, and
upon the Ginning of the clock the figures
rose raised their tiny stems and saluted
the figure who was evidently the head
gnome at the table, while the spectator,
by putting his ear close to the structure
as was possible, could fancy he heard
feeble cry Of 'prosit,'' supposed to