El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-11
Inventive Genius
Adventures Of a Crouch

C6T SOMETIMES fear that the in
ventors are too Industrious and
enterprising," remarked the
professor. Il had a typewriter that was
well stricken in years, but still hale and
hearty and capable of good work, and
I was quite satisfied with it. Then an
agent appeared and convinced me that
a man of my standing should not be
seen with such a barbarOuS old relic.
He took it as part payment on new
machine, and ever since received the
new one have been in trouble.
1T has so many attachments and
push buttons and levers that can't re-
member what they are all for, and
have to spend several hours every day
reading the book Of instructions when
1 should be writing an essay for the
South American Review"
Il know just how it is, professor, and
you have my sympathy said the low
brOWed man. Il have been up against
modern inventions until have the will
lies. We Used to have a dick-nailinE
good photograph at our house. It was
the old fashioned kind, with a horn
eight feet long. I kept it on a bench
that I bought for the purpose, and I
could sit there and play music for a
week without leaving my seat or
sweating a hair. The neighbors used
to come in of an evening to hear me
play Red Wing and I'd keep the mill
grinding for hours without eXhausting
myself.
Then old Doolittle sold his family
horse and surrey and put the money
into one Of these up to date phone
graphs It is in cabinet form, and
stands about four feet high, and has
concealed horn that you can't bat vOl1r
nose against in the dark when Won are
hunting the matches. Mrs Doolittle
went around Dragging Of their new de
horned photograph so much that Aunt
Julia got mad, and said she wouldn't
allow a cheap bunch like the DoOliftles
to have anything on US. She would ero
right down TO the music store. she said
and buy monograph that would make
the DOOlittle one look like an old CON
box with mouth organ in it.
II tried to argue her out Of the no
ton. but it was no use When An
Julia makes up her mind to do some
fool thing all the kings horses ana III
she went and bought the niftiest ma
chine they had at the canned music
joint. They took in the old one on ST
S1.4S for it.
We'll, that new machine inst s+ar,ds
there in gloomy grandeur, as though if
was sitting for group DhotopTaDb
and nobody ever winds it up I worked
it for two evenings and then told nv
aunt she, would nave to excuse her
little orphan nephew from that time
forward
LAS I explained, I could sit and work
ne old machine without leaving nv
mar udu IL IlSuL N front of me
md the records convenient to nv right
land But the new one is so tan +6of
had to stand up every time CHANGED
! record and the wear and tear on nv
knee joints made me tired. Then +
las q lid that works on hinges s1S
% lit the lid, adjust a record. and then
ct the Ia down again. He has 10 vvo1.I-
lis passage from first to last and af
he end of a concert he is bat6ed in
Iweat, and he decides on a walton
Aunt Julia is about ready to trade that
gorgeous instrument for an old fash /
Oncd one with a horn like \ Tee !
teer, but photograph is a good deoi /
ike an automobile. If you manare to /
rade it for dollar watch You have to |
brown in COW and calf as boot