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playwright can follow pattern as a
tailor cuts suit of clothes. There
would be little difference in them II
all authors followed one rule.
One frequently hears remarks
about a plays 'timeliness.' This re-
minds me of something valuable said
to me once by George NJ. Conan. 1t
was several years ago, and I was
trying to get him interested in a play
written by one Of my author frie nds.
put forth all my best arguments
and finished by saying: And the
greatest thing in favor of this play
Is that the time is opportune for the
public to see il. They want this kind
Of play right now
Mr.. Cohan's reply was short, but 1t
made lasting impression on me.
The opportune time for a good play,
he said, is always"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

bird: Hubert Dyer and company, In
"A Laugh a Second" and another at
traction to be announced later.
The photoplay Offering, My Hus-
bands wives featuring Shirley Ma
son, Is heralded as one Of the best
pictures Miss Mason has made in a
long time. The story was written by
another well liked screen star, Bar
bara La Mari. Bryant Washburn,
Evelyn Brent and Paulette Duval are
prominent in the cast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

years production, THE Scarlet Gus;
which appears at the President Satu7
day evening. They have succeeded =
inventing a machine for projecting a
aurora borealis which will be patented.
Notable among the contributions
the stage world have been ''Radiun Ba
let" from The Man From Earth" a.f
the picturesque opening scene OF IL
second act of brakes Drum" in wili1:
unusual effects of clouds and water an
dawning day were obtained. Both We.
subsequently seen on Broadway
Russell Wright, an undergraduate VIE
was largely responsible for the sceneT.
Of brakes Drum" has already me-
with unusual success in professional cit
cles. He is a member of the advisor
staff of the Theater Guild, and has aide
in designing several sets for Max Rein:
hardt's stupendous production, TT
Miracle"
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Janet Richards Tomorrow

AS announced last Monday, Miss Ja-
net Richards at her talk on public
questions tomorrow morning will
take up q number Of subjects not yet
reviewed in this years course, includ-
ing the vexed Moroccan question; the
causes of civil war In Albania; the
recent opium conference In Geneva:
Englands changing attitude toward
the League of Nations, and the pro-
test by the Baldwin cabinet against
action by thei league on the Irish
treaty.
Miss Richards also will give an &C.
count of her brief audience with Mus
solini when in Rome last October.
The talks are given In the New Ma
sonic Temple, Thirteenth street and
New York avenue, ana begin at 1e;4b.
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Strand-Pinto and BOYLE.

Two fine vaudeville comedians,
Messrs. Pinto and Boyle, will head
the special New Year bill at the
Strand Theater, beginning this after
noon. They appear in a fun frolic,
entitled Nothing Serious" and prom
Use to set fast pace for 1925.
"Cupid's Close Ups" a novel skit
presented by Arthur Jarrett and a
talented company, will provide the
added attraction. Others will include
Birdie Kraemer, "the little hooking
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Arcade.

Everything is set at the Arcade for
dancers to ring out the old and ring
In the new" in n pretentious manner
on New Year eve, when a carnival
dance, with favors and noise makers
will be staged. New Year will be
ushered in with a matinee dance from
3 to s and a colorful 1925 ball In the
evening,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
Current Attractions
At the Theaters This Week

BELASCOack Pulpit comedy Opens tomorrow evening
NATIONAL-"Iig htnn,' comedy Opens this evening.
POLTS-"Wldhower, musical comedy Opens this evening
WARDMAN PARKA Story OF Pierrot Opens Tuesday evening
KEITHS-Leonards Minre vaudeville Opens this afternoon
Band"The Cherry Tree vaudeville This
afternoon.
STRAND-Pinto and Boyle vaudeville. Opens this afternoon.
GAYETYHarry Sepps Show burqu Opens this afternoon
MUTUAI-"194 burlesque. Opens this afternoon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

HARRISON BROCKBANK will play
Napoleon III in The Love
Song" the operetta with Offenbach
music, which Is to have an early
production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

Mary Nash will play the leading
feminine role in THE Heart Thief"
Sacha Guitry's comedy. which the
Selwyns will produce January in
New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

Elsie Janis will soon be seen un-
der the management of Charles Dill
bingham in a revue entitled "PuZ-
zles," with Shirley Vernon also in
the cast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

Leon Gordon, author of White
Cargo" will be starred in the play
when it opens in Boston January IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

The Theater Guild Is rehearsing
in New York another play, Process
sional," by John Howard Lawson
Philip Moeller has charge of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

Jim Corbett, the ex-champion prize
fighter, has forsaken the stage for
the rostrum of health cult. He will
preach. as lay minister, the doc
trine Of right living religion. Corbett
has been a success in vaudeville and
musical comedy for the past 80 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

Leslie Howard, A. p. Kaye, Edna
May Oliver and Lyonel Watts will be
IN the cast supporting Margaret
Lawrence. who is about to be starred
by the Charles Frohman company in
Isabel"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

Tame Cats" is the new name for
"Collusion," which opens in New
York tomorrow night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

Henry Miller's next production will
be after Love-" the drama in which
Lucian Guitry appeared in Paris some
months ago and which Leo Ditrich-
stein bought for his own use last
Continued on Fourth Psge.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

Miti Manley of Warsaw, Poland
has been engaged by John Cort as
the singing and dancing coincidence
IN his forthcoming production of
China Rose"
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Chicago Live stocks.

HOGS Receipts. 5000. Market. Sc
$50 to s36 pounderA S7.26@I / medium
Weight. .$7:20@I45; fight weight, 90
@liss; light lights. ss.oo@7:2o: heavy
packing sowb rough $3.50 @s.70; pigs.
cATTLD- Receipts. s,oos. Market.
iScs 70 $50 up: Beef steers-chotce and
prime. f1100@122S; medium ana good
$9.00Q1O.50s good and choice, s1e.bOm
l2.oo; common and medium, s7.501 90.
Butcher cattle--Heifers. 5000 1000:
cows ta.006s.00; bulls, $500 o Z 90.
Gamers and cutterE-Cows and heifers,
s2.oo@$ 4.59s Gamer steers s5s0n750.
Veal calves, light and handyweight.
$3.50 @i1.oo; feeder steers. $500 a S.75
stocker steers. 1915 $3.50: stocker cows
and heifers, $500 $3.50; stocker calves,
S5:6o4S.60: Calf receipts. 1000.
SH EE P - Receipts. 5000 Market
strong. Lambs, wooledI $l5.5oRI7.25;
lambs. clipped, $12.50@1s.2s: lambs, culls
and common. Sl1.00@14eo: spring
lambs. Si45o@1760:s wethers, 5000
925; ewes. wooded, $S.5d@$s.5o; ewes.
culis and common. $4,000 500; ewes.
clipped. S7.50Qs.60.
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| one
SHOWN BY
STOCKS
Oils and SteeIs Evince Former
Tendency, While Motors
Displayed Heaviness
BY II. J. DUIzEND,

NEW YORK, May 14.-Barring
little activity in handful Of
specialties, trading was a dull and
ing on the stock exchange today.
The action OF the market confirmed
the opinion expressed In several
favorable news had been fully dis.
counted and that little In the way
of important price movements
could be expected until there has
been some Qualification of the
political situation at the Capital,
especially in regard to tax reduc.
ton and farm legislation.
Uncertainty as to the final out.
come of these vital matters was
plainly reflected In the inactivity
shown in both the bull and the
bear camps. Bears were well
aware that the sold out condition
OF the list was not propitious for
any renewal of wholesale operations
for the decline while those favoring
higher prices were pursuing a
cautious policy pending the clear.
ing of the Political atmosphere.
Some of the motors displayed
heaviness, especially Overland, pfd.
Coal shares on the other hand were
strong, under the leadership of
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron, which rose points on divi-
dend expectations, Stewart. Warner
made further progress toward re-
covery, and New York Dock was
marked up by its pool to new
high on the present movement.
Oils and steels evinced firmer
tendency, the latter in connection
with slightly more optimistic trade
advices. Reports from Pittsburgh
and Chicago told of considerable
stiffening of the scrap market in
these centers on light buying by
some of the largest independents.
y The railroad Wroup was featured
by a fresh rise in Atlantic Coast
Line to a new high for the current
year. Buying was in. anticipation
of an extraordinary stock dividend
at tomorrow's. special meeting
Chesapeake and Ohio, was unsettled
at the opening rejecting disappolnt
ment in speculative circles over the
failure of the directors to increase
the dividend rate but excellent sup
port was furnished on the dip re.
sulting in a quick recovery in sub
sequent dealings, Other dividend
paying rails tended upward.
Call money renewed at 3M per
cent. -
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many is to organize under the
provisions Of the Dawes plan.
1.-THE council urges the Federal
Reserve Board to examine very
closely into the powers vested in
this respect in the Federal Re-
serve banks and to study the ques-
ton how far it may be desirable
to amend existing rulings and reg
ulations in order to approach the
problem Of Europe's financial and
economic reconstruction in the most
helpful spirit. in the same manner
as is being done by the Bank Of
England and other note-issuing
banks.
s'Unless America finds ways and
means to permit her excessive bank
ing strength to benefit other coun-
tries. particularly those striving
to. bring their house in order, the
dollar cannot maintain its. position
as world standard of exchange,
and foreign countries-and even
American banking and commerce
will, once more, in a larger degree
become dependent upon and. tribu-
tary to- the pound sterling, to the
greater exclusion of the dollar,
1T is idle, however, to preach the
use of the dollar. unless, at the
same time, we render it possible
for other countries to avail them.
selves of our dollar facilities.
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Free Convention Triu.

Winners Of the essay contest con-
Quoted by the District Of Columbia
Bankers Association for active mem
bers of the Washington Chapter of
the American Institute of Banking
were announced yesterday by Harry
V. Haynes. president. They are:
Joseph d. Yerkes, Federal American
National Bank: William M. Seay,
Federal American National Bank,
and J. F. Hillyard. National Bank
Of Washington. The judges were
Victor j. Deyber, president OF the
Second National Bank; G. H. Pope,
vice president of the Munsey Trust
Company and Maurice Otterback,
president of the Anacostia Bank.
The winning essays which treated
the subject Of Service vs. Service, ="
will be read at the annual conven-
ton Of the association at White
Sulphur Springs June to 8. The
successful contestants will be re-
warded by trip to the convention,
the expenses Of which will be paid
by their respective institutions.
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New York Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, May i4.-Buying
by trade interests and local specu.
lators caused firmness at the open
ing of the cotton exchange today,
options advancing from lS 70 Is
points. Buying was based on steady
Liverpool cables and prospects Of
unfavorable weather in the belt.
Shorts also covered in anticipation
Of the consumption report TO, be
published at II a. m.
May opened at 314O, up Is
points. July at 1892, up Is points.
and October at 25:05. UP 10 points.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-14

NEW YoRK-Nippissing Mining
Company In April mined ore ssti.
mated at S1a7, T2.
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Today's Bond Market.

fFurnia,,.s ~ M !. .rYthh.s = f,ss,s
Rep. OF AFksntlne a. 1897 800. i01A
H $500. Sov .. Asss. :;::.....,. ~
$500. .ssvysst;I - tsfo....s.'s AVs =
cspaa p SclsI -. =; stt......''' s e.
cs,hs RatIyssv 2ns 9a1k ''''.'' tSy
Canadian Ry 81, 19sl....ss..s 100
Canadian hy Dc, 1853. ..s..s....s ssh
cansSian Ry e. I 1875 ...... ics%
Rep Of Cuba ctfs.bhs. IsBs...s.. s3N
Csecho-Elovalia Sa. 195l........ g6N
Dutch East Indies gssh, 1864 ~. sex
Denmark es. 1912. ....s.......A OAK
French Govt. II ~ 1sxS ~. h. ~
Japaf,sse Govt Il III ;s... ". 8. sSi.
Norway ctfs, 81, +. .s. !. Y. -. ss
Rsb ao e q .F sssps s. ~ ss
I'm King of eli. britain 56hG ia7slo0M
Norway S. slS..... so
Atlantic Refining co. s. 1etk "a
Chi Alton Rwy. ssss.ei lss0. 80. sSK
Amer Smell 81 1919 80. I. y. y u sSSH
Amer Ter n g 81 ~ - \.
Atlantic Coast Line II 1882 y. 4. - A =
Am. Tel 81 Tel 6iks.-a. -. !. !. s,.sieoz
BTqir Hifis Steel IA 1915 Is a
patio. Ohio SISs s. lbs . ....'.. 9Sn
Patio. ~ Ohio &c I94e 81, .Ss HxM
BALTIC. & 5 Ohio CIV. 4lkn. ieea -, sSM
BALTIC Ohio is, 40. 4. Nh. 81 mi y
Bethlehem Steel 5s.s,, 60I
Car ClinchfieId 4 ~. 10 4. 80 sgI
Consolidated Coal ca. 81. Ma (. SsN
| Cleveland Union station a ga
Anaconda Cop MinIns Co. a.. $50
Ahaconda Copper Mining Co. "a. sSE
chile Copper Co, 6s............. 1eok
Chicago Railways b. s...,..
chesapeake 4 Ohio CIV S. il6, eau
iGs2nltnonweaith Pow. Coz sa ~. Si&
| Ss.ll MATe HUDSON 7S,f 20.s. 1857
1nponl How. Co. 7MH 'si...... lO7E
DeoI Edison bs, 4o........... 1O4A
$500 $500 0 Jill, haliways k@ 80 $50
Tta,s p,,. SuoA sugar ~, SI.s.ss 105
.rarrtv ~ IL s'..i, = ..ss'ssss sgh
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Local Stocks.
FURNISHED by " E. Hisbs a CO.,

FURNISHED by " g. Hibbs a Coz
Washington Gas IS, 81 ,OOO@95h.
Washington Gas IS, '33. $1,000
1003s.
Capital Traction SIS, S1,o0o097h.
Washington Railway and Electric
As, $1,000@72h. $1,000@72k.
Washington Railway and Electric
preferred, 2@74s. i
Washington Gas Light, 10047%,
10@47%, 1O@47%. 1O@47%.
Commercial Nationa4 Bank, 100
140.
American Security and Trust
Company, 1@302.
Lanston Monotype, 1O@73%.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 1O6152.
Security Storage Company, 5@
345.
National NJ. & Inv. pfd., 5o@s%,
50@S5s, 10008%.
Natl. NJ. &. Inv. pfd., 5O@S%.
5OQ8S.
After Call
Washington Gas SIS, SOCIOLOGY,
$100@1O0A, $5,000Q1O1h.
Georgetown Gas SIS, $500@87K,
81 .500@87A, $5000S711.
Potomac E. G. & r. rs, 1941, $500
@106%.
Wash. Gas 1t, 1O@47%, 4@47%.
Money-Call loans, sos per cent.
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Pnnta llsEre. susar;ev d ,Iss7.. 1874
CHI. ByrI, ~ QUINCY SCI 197Is... eeM
chi h lei 4 Pae ref Is, f5s4:..1. f7Z
u. s. Rubber ~, 1g42. 49,. $1,000. 81
Am. Sugar Co. 81, 's7E.......... eeN
Seaboard Airline Co.. ref. %, 'ke. B2M
Seaboard Airline Co. Al. 81, 40. ssh
Seaboard Airline Co, 6p. 49,. ~
Sinolair--Whan iasded--6As, '3s. s6M
st. l.. & San Fran. 4s, 'bO... e8&
st. u. & San Fran. IS, 'Ss....... 100M
st. l.. & San, Fran. 1st Sc. 80. = se9M
St l.. q San Fran. adj. S. 49, TN
So. Ry. Gen.. ref. Is, $780,. 79&
Southern Ry. LIST Ba. s94.....s... eoM
Southern Hallway Sisa. SO. 1914
Chi, Nil. 4 st. p. DB ~, 49,. s2M
Tennesses Power 47....,.....s., -
Union Pacific ref. 4a, 'ps.......s e8ih
Union Pacific So. ,es............1 0S ss
Utah Power IS, s44............ o0M
linton Tank Car 7s, 's0.........s ef&
Vir. Car. Chemical ~, T.s....s. Etla
Virginia r. r Sc. '62s............ D6A
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Wilson Co LIST Sc, 'al......s..... 90
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Western Maryland LIST Va. "a. !. b27k
United States Steel Corp. So. ga. lO9E
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on Stocks.

(Furntehed by w. b. sBtbba & Col
BID ASK.
Anglo-Aner. oil Co. newell l6hI 1g
Borne-e crymser Co...s... 1915 $50
Buckeye Pipe Line Co. ..sS,.I 81 II ~
Cheseborough Mfg. Co. 81. al ~ GsN
Continental Oil Co..,....s...l 10 1874
Cumberland Pipe Line .s,s.I123Ml1s4M
Eureka Pipe Line ,.........I ~ .96
Gaiena-Eignai OIL Co. conn.,. 81 Be-
Galena-Sig OIL Co, pfd -. lilo tllS
Illinois Pipe Line Co. 1900. .I1sl IlSl
Indiana, Pipe Line Co...s...I 90 ~
National Transit Co...a.esssl 21Nl e2h
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Ohio Oil Co ..........tes.. 60KI 6iM
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southw. Penn. Pipe L. Co. "a IS s
Standard Oil Co. (Ind.).. SeRl BGM
Standard Oil Co. (Kan.) 90 Il Al q
Standard Oil Co. kyle. l1Ol Ml1O21k
Standard Oil Co. CNeb) l22e l282
Standard Oil Co. IN. Y.1..1 S8Kf S8K
Standard Oil Co. (Ohio). :. 1850 2s5 Z
swan q Finch Co. 4g n
Vacuum OIL Co. ....:...,. Goal sOAt
Washington OIL Co. ...e.....l % a. :
Penn. Mexican Fuel ......... 90 s9f
Evening star., 1924-04-20

conditions. it will take about a quar-
stocks of home-raised flowers. so that
we will no longer be dependent, in
part, on foreign bulb importations.
The fioricuIturists of the Depart
ment of Agriculture are constantly
striving TO improve our methods OF
handling bulbs They are slowly
building up stocks of flowers de-
sirable for propagation in this coun-
try. Last year more than one bushel
OF Easter lily seed was harvested at
Arlington and is being used to pro-
duce bulbs.
Slowly bat surely science is map
ping out a means for America to raise
her annual supplies of Easter lilies.
One source of encoura cement is the
fact that several foreign firms, grow
ers of bulbs and decorative plants,
have emigrated to this country, and
have entered the business, with a
view to assisting America in produc-
ing her supplies of Easter flowers.
The main drawback to lily raising
in the United States is the need for
much costly hand labor at digging
time. 1t is up to some farm imple-
ment inventor to perfect machinery
to satisfy this need before the indus
try is completely stabilized. Uncle
Sam says the number of home grown
lilies on the American market is an
nualiy increasing, and that 1t will be
only a question of time until the Eas-
ter lily enterprise is completely
Americanized.
Evening star., 1924-04-20
Most Important Work Yet Awaits
Archeologists at E Egyptian I omb


ankh-Amen in both England and
America. Eager audiences await him,
for no living man has been better
press-agented. And from an authori-
tative source I am able to state that
is what he is planning to do when he
finishes his work at Luxor.
In the meantime the lawyers who
represent the Carnarvon estate and
the Egyptian government will profit
as a result of the controversy. King
Tut, l am sure. will not be annoyed
by the fight that Is raging over his
tomb. His sleep cannot be disturbed.
Copyright. 1924
Evening star., 1924-04-20
Queer Pumping Machine.

| A OVERLOOKING craft appeared
on one of our western rivers and
| for some time there was considerable
| speculation among the local popula-
ton as to just what practical use
| such a machine might be put. A
large paddle on one end Of the craft
Immediately suggested the possibility
of a paddle wheel ferryboat, but a
substantial bridge near which it was
anchored made this guess quite
| absurd.
Some thought it might be some new
| sort of boat capable of pulling itself
up the river by means of the current,
| but treacherous rapids both above
and below eliminated this theory.
| The odd-looking boat seemed to have
no reason for being.
| One day the craft was started up
| by pushing the paddle into the water,
and hour after hour the walking
beam moved up and down, just as on
an old-fashioned ferry boat, but the
craft stayed always in one place,
| pulling at the end of it's mooring
lines. 1t then developed that the
machine was a new form of pump,
deriving its power from the river
| current, and designed to lift water
from the stream for irrigation pur-
poses. 1t worked in the water on
the same principle that the windmill
works in the air.
The apparatus consists OF two pom,
toons supporting a superstructure on
which a walking beam is mounted.
On the downstream end of this beam
Is a large paddle, free to move about
the point from which Ii is hung. On
the other end of the beam is coun-
terweight When the paddle enters
the water it is carried downstream,
and at the end of it's stroke 1t Is
raised from the current by the coun-
terweight and carried forward to the
starting position. The pump is car
ried between the two pontoons and Is
connected TO the paddle by suitable
system Of levers. The discharge OF
the pump is carried to the pipe line
| on short through a flexible coupling,
thus providing for any rise or fall
| in the level of the stream. This IN
xenious device is said to save many
hundreds Of dollars that would other
wise be expended in the purchase ana
operation of a stationary engine.
Evening star., 1924-04-20
A Monster Clock.

THERE stands on a factory build
ing in Jersey City. opposite New
York, a monster tower clock. The
dial is 40 feet inches in diameter
and is made up of yellow pine boards
half a foot wide and spaced inches
apart The minute hand measures
20 feet from the end of the hub to the
tip and weighs. with the counteroal-
ance, $40 pounds. The hour hand Is 10
feet long and weighs 500 pounds
without the balance.
The numerals on the dial are feet
high and 80 inches wide. The point
of the minute hand travels 23 inches
every minute or 32-3 miles per
week The hour hand proceeds
feet AZ. inches every hour, or SO
feet in one week.
The builders of this clock were be-
set by a problem of constructing a
pendulum rod that would not be at
fected by acute changes in temper
ature This was solved by the sci
entific application of zinc and steel
in such proportions as would allow
the pendulum to adjust itself auto
maticalIy. The unusually delicate
compensation was accomplished by
testing the rod in the builders lab
oratory. where it could be first heat
ed by coils of steam pipes and then
chilled to a low temperature.
The remontoire train has a main
wheel 80 2-5 inches in diameter. This
single wheel has $50 teeth and weighs
lis pounds. The drum of the train
is II inches in diameter and carries
on it a steel wire rope 70 of an inch
thick. which unwinds at the rate Of
"A feet in "a hours. or sos feet in
week. 1t takes about hours to
wind this side of the clock to run
a week. The dial works weigh $50
pounds and are equipped with roller
bearings throughout.
At night the hands are outlined by
rows of electric lights, AZ incandes-
cent lamps being used In the hour
land and 25 lamps in the minute
hand. The hours are designated by
F, row of bulbs extending through
each hour mark. The current en-
, ployed to illuminate the minute hand
is carried in wires running through
the minute hand shaft, and carbon
brushes behind the dial works are
FUSED to transmit the current to the
revolving shaft from the generator.
Contact rings are used on the face Of
the dial, and on the inside of the
hub of the hand to supply the cur
rent for the hour hand, and here, too,
carbon brushes are brought into
requisition in order to make the
contact as the hand revolves.