Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13
CATHEDRAL CLOCK
ATTRACTS TROOPS
remarkable Set of Gears in
Strassburg Church Draws
American Interest.
MARKS WORK OF LIFETIME
Maker Blinded by Townspeople
Who Believed Such Art
to Be Witchcraft.
MARKS WORK OF LIFETIME
by BERT FORD.

.SESf al ION. CoRlsESZ, GERMANY,
April i2.-Fancy meeting a Boston wo-
nan IN the RED Cathedral at Strass-
,urs., We had just finished interview
mS General G2uraud OF the Fourth
tehch army. with headquarters in that
ny. and strollcd to the cdificc TO see
ne famous clock.
Evening lights were aglow outside.
PUT the interior Of the cathedral was
isle \ lighted side altar. symbolic
g. the Nativity. guided our steps to
nc S, right OF The ehancel, whore, in
aim corner, VIC saw group OF peo-
le standing in front Of the clock
You are strangers. arc YOU not?"
Nnlspered Il voice at my elbow. The
woman in black. Excuse me-" she
,ddcd. but | thought 1t best to warn
on TO watch closely. !, is much like
hree-r,ns circus. 80 many Things
FATHER Time on that high platform
("ill strike the silver bell with his
lew, and Death the caunt hEurc be-
'ind him, will strike the final blow
lie always does.
Youth Ring. bell.
=. The he, child. tyynifying youth. rings
arse rooster up there crows. Al l..
I'll The apostles troop out. Children
owe TO come here See the elaborate
work Of lifetime. The moon. sun
Ind tides are all registered here
10, alone Tor this land, but for every
,aSs. weeks. months. years. even CEN
uries are chronicied There is one
oen that is said TO strike every 3G5
Years.
The dim oil painting on the left,
5 tina, of the ciockm,aRcr lie lived
n Stra ssbnrc. In peace times nun
reds OF thousands Of visitors have
a'hedral - said to be ono OF tho only
ones in Europe. built OF red stone.
iencc its uamc."
Was horn In HoHton.
You're an English woman. aren',
'ou?" said my companion.
~ should guess New England. and
possibly Boston ] interrupted.
Why. yes vas born in Boston,
'ston 'sh'heh'
on accent" l answered. How long
iare you been here?"
Ellen Martin. was born In the North
;nd OF Boston. married Theodor
eM York smd Ph ThS THGaksa sr
,apers He worked las, OF, the Thila- :
leiphia Telegraph before We came
tge. since then have ncted as guide
10 tho cathedral and at the Strassburg
Museum.
German SocinI scheme.
NO. ] never heard OF maternity
q
hink much Of that WAS propaganda
put 1t is true that the law of the land
encourages childbirth and does not
|, child. as in the United States.
Perhaps the stories started that
way girl has child the man re
TOR are they complained OF. He sim
bis, has to pay for the support OF the
na an" and i' the sir hsa a0 the Same
privilege There may have been many
var children. but personally did not
,cen a church on this Site since the
siSth century. but the original edifice
vas destroyed This cathedral started
pr a country chapel--a humble be-
yinning for so imposing a structure.
WAS II not2"
Makes Wonder Clock.
:ity magistrates resolved to place an
Ingenious clock on the upper tower.
l'or long time they searched in vain.
last "a create master work. %ks Of foana M6S
IS had never been seen in any land.
rhc members OF the council were high
master began his work.
Weeks and months passed. and
when at last II was finished there was
indeed so wonderful that nothing to
match 1t could be found in the whole
country; It marked .d not only the
we'll; globe was attached to it which
,lso marked out the rising and set
ing OF the sun. and the eclipses of
hat body and the moon could be seen
hi the same time that they took place
n nature.
Death Sounds Hours.
Every change was pointed out by
N!ercurys wand. and every cons stella.
V before the stroke of the clock
igure representing, Death emerged
rom the center and sounded the full
hours the statue. of Christ came forth,
repelling the destroyer Of all life.
added to all these wonders was
beautiful chime that played melodious
such was the marvellous clock in
he Cathedral at Strassburg. The mag
strates, however. proved themselves
nworthy Of their new position: pride
md presumption got the better of
hem. making them commit most
"They desired their town to be the
,nly one in the land which possessed
such a work OF art. and in order TO
other like it they did not shrink from
the vilest OF crimes.
Blinded CIocISmnker.
Taking advantage of the rumor
hat such wonderful work could only
raft, they accused the clockmaker of
beng united with the devil, threw him
into prison, and cruelty condemned
THE unhappy artist resigned him
self to his abit,er fate Without a muir
nur. The "only favor he asked was
that he might be allowed to examine
he clock once again before the judg-
nent was carried out. TIe said he
Wanted to arrange something In the
works which no one else could under
stand.
"The crafty magistrates. being anx-
ious to have the clock perfect. granted
him this request. The artist filed,
.awed, regulated here and there. and
then was led away, and in the same
hour deprived of his sight.
The cruel deed was hardly accom-
plished when it was found that "thc
Flock had stopped. The artist had de-
stroyed his work with his own hands"
No Kin to EnOch Arden.
LONDON, April 12.-Hcre's bigamy
angle as complicated as jigsaw puz-
lie. Clara Jane NJ. MiiIward. or Par
thinking her previous husbands were