Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-01

Justified in the stand they have
taken refusing TO place a single or
der for mechanical displays to any
company In the country-claiming
that all units and figures thus far
have been 'haywire,' tumble Of mo-
tors. gears. levers and wires. It's all
true"
Jim Collins, the usually genial sales
manager and part owner of De Luxe
Displays, seriously addressed the 9th
er members of the firm, and, frown-
ing, continued: unless they have
change of heart before the time of
Christmas deliveries, or we can devise
a foolproof mechanical action accept
able to them, we are done. We must
come through inside of two weeks
with acceptable stuff"
The other members of the firm
were: Wayne Duval, head artist;
Dave King. who handled the mechan-
lcal end of the business; Frank
Weber OF the woodworking shop; and
Mabel Taylor. the assistant artist.
Dave finally broke the spell. "rhe
fault Is, of course. up to me to cor
rect, If possible. | want Just two
weeks time to devise a new kind of
mechanical power. II fail, you are
to allow me to resign.
Mabel, Familiarity known around the
studios as "Mlbs," sympathetically
placed her hand on Dawes arm and
said gently: "Oh. Dave, plense don't
take It so hard"
Dave thanked her mutely with his
serious brown eyes, for Dave was in
love with Mabel but had not as yet
gained the courage to tell her.
To Dave the present development
was not entirely new thought. He
had been developing the idea months
before. He worked out small rotary
timed compression pump to which
could be attached any number Of
diaphragm units They could be con-
nected to this pump by rubber tubing
or copper pipe, making It possible TO
move arms, legs, heads-anything at
any give time, at any desired speed.
Dave completed two brownie fig
ures. one dlssected and cut away to
show the construction, the other fully
assembled, full day before the time
limit set by himself.
Jim at once called the store buyers
in town. They came next day, accom-.
panied by reputable mechanical en-
glneer who, after inspecting Dawes
work, In open admiration declared Il
to be the best thing of its kind for
movable figures he had ever seen.
TO say that De Luxe Displays were
beside themselves with joy is to put
it mildly The department stores re.
instated all Cancelled orders; all help
was recalled and the studios hummed.
The days following were happy ones
for Dave; his stock had gone up con-
siderably In MabePs eyes. Yet he
earned n STABLE salary In addition to
teaching an art class three nights u
week. Well-perhaps he could induce
her to give It up-yet he felt he had
no right to ask her to do that.
Then one day the studio received
injunction restraining them from us.
ing the pneumatic power application.
World Studios, owned by Jules lie
Mond, claimed priority. De Luxe
Displays knew lie Mond to be an I'M
scrupulous business adversary, but
never dreamed that he would try to
shut them out.
Several days investigation brought
out only one point Of importance.
Dave must absolutely prove priority.
It looked hopeless. Dave had conflded
In no one except the man working
with him until his work was com.
pleted, ana 1t was almost certain that
lie MOnd would claim his Idea orig
mated not later than two days after
the stores had Cancelled the orders
At the hearing lie Mond produced
mechanical experts 49, who he had
work out the idea three days after
the cancellation of orders on the
25th, which established the priority
date of September % for lie Mond
Toward the end Of the testimony
Mabel slipped In. She had quietly and
mysteriously disappeared an hour
before. Edglng herself up to Dawes
attorney, she spoke to him rapidly In
low tones.
Dawes attorney then announced
that he had more evidence to present
and handed n number OF sketches to
the Judge.
"YOur Honor" said Mabel, II am as.
sIstant artist ut the De Luxe studios,
and also teach class In drawing
three nights n week. One night, just
before leaving the studios, remem.
bered the class was to have lesson
IN object drawing, and | searched
around the studio for some object for
my pupils 10 sketch. | walked into
the mechanical department, as ! have
often done In similar quest. saw an
arm Of brownie with a lever and
number OF wafer-llke disks ATTACHED
10 It., and took It 10 class. | returned
II the next morning and forgot the In.
cIdeni until an hour ago ! rushed
home, looked through the class
sketches and selected several to bring
here. On each Is the pupils name,
address, and the September q"
The Judged examined the sketches.
looked a. Le MOnd and scOwled
"You seem TO have been Il day late
with your idea. The Injunction against
De Luxe Displays Is dissolved"
Every one vanished. or 50 II
seemed, as Dave held Mabel In his
arms and whispered: "Mlbs darling,
artists are the most wonderful people