The evening world. Newspaper, November 23, 1906, Page 20

“a SEE ES CE ATR RTS SS, - : Ni The Evening World’s Daily Magazine, Friday? Wovember 28, 1906. The Real Horse Show Query: What to Wear To-Day| TWENTY-FIVE _ - ’ a By Wearice Ketten. : RO MANC ES o PROGRESS By Albert Payron Terhune No, 6—PETER HEILE; and the Oapturing of Time.’ ROREMB ENS clockmaker, Peter Hello (or Henlelne) By name, startled‘ - Europe in the year 1410 by tnventing a clock that could be car ried about in the hand or even in the pocket; in other words, & aa ‘This waa regarded as the lest_and-crowning-trumph of timeplece ; Though Hetle's watch welghed something over a pound and was 93 largo a8 a stronxbox, yet it was stared at as one of the wonders of tho world, Were a modern genius to devise a watch, perfect in every detail, and no larger than a pinhead, the feat would attract far less amazed admiration. For Haile ind at a bound bridked the vast clyasm between the huge, cumbersome, old-time clock, with its weighty, awkward mechanism, and the compact timeptece that could readily be borne from place to place. For fully tWe.thousand years our forefathers had been wrestling, in & slow, unprogresstve way, with {he problem) of computing time. And that long struggle 1s one of the most interesting conflicts in the history-of' prog- ress. In earliest Gays‘ men “told time” hy the position of the sun In thé heavens. That art’is still possessed, in n wonderful degree of accuracy, by. woodsmen {n many parts of Amorica. Later, the sun dial was Invented by some unknown genius and for centuries was looked on as the only possible sway of determining the hours. But at night orin cloudy weather the sun dial was and’ in the eourse of events the cleps¥dra Grater clock) ree aes ‘he = 2 ‘earliest clepsydra was a crystal vial with @ aaa of very mie Hole at the bottom. This bottld : 2 wos el with water, and by the period re- | Modern Clocks. quired for the liquid to escape, time was corns ‘ puted. Tho hour glass, idea; was also in use. It consisted of two glass Ena at rte etre = e narrow, tate. Ons ot the hemispheres was filled with sand. The tube ‘ a size that exactly one hour was E sand from one compartment to the other: Teaulted ter ee tiet Ts ee The clepsydra, liowever, was the ancestor of the modern clock, for in time It was developed into an apparatus fitted up with a dial and with an indicator that was moved from point to point by tho varying pressure of the water. Archimedes, it 1s sald, wns the man to whom It first occurred to substitute welghts for water, An improvement was later made on thia, contrivance by placing balls of metal in such a position on the clepsyira that at the end of cach hour they should fall against a gong. Thus the “striking clock” orizinated- 7 Alfred the Great, King of England, invented a fvarintion on the clep- sydra. He computed the alze a candie’must be to burn from dawn to dawn. Then, by cutting notches at regular distances in this candle, he diyided the day and night into regular intervals. But he went no further into the do- velopment of his {dea, Tt was in the Fur East that clocks had their real origin. The Saracens evolved the theory of welgbts ard wheels and striking apparatus, connected with the marked dials and Indicators. The Crusaders, after their Palestine “wars, carried back many Hastern customs to Europe, clockmaking, among others. Great clocks—some of them still {n existence—were constructed in various monasteries and churchas, to be gaped at by the populace as un- canny, even supernatural. Monks made improvements {n such clocks now. and then. In fact, muamy features of the modern clockmaker's-art are-due——— to these old friars. England and France, in those times, were fonder of war than of Inven- tlon. So It was in Germany that clockmaking flourished most. Instead of iy using a striking apparatus for clocks, somé of these Germans constructed — with bellows tiny roosters that crowed the hour, the rooster’s crow being popularly supposed to usher in tlie day. From this device comes the modern cuckoo clock. Helle, of Nuremberg, conceived the {dea of a portable clock. But « t great difficulty stood tn his way. The motive power of clocks’ mechanism depended on heavy weights. Such weights could not be lugged about with any degree of } LACT as } ease. Some other power, he decked, must qProblero Was Solved. » therefore take the place of these cumbrous ODA ILL aL Jumps of metal. At last he hit on the {dea Ho colled a long ribbon of steel about a central apindle. The unrolling of this powerful coll, he found after many dleappointing experiments, would supply_the-motive power-nesdfiy to the clock'a mechanism. From this dis- covery arose the theory of mainspring, hairspring and countless other tri- .| umphs of latter-day machinery. ‘Helle's first watch was a cylindrical metal box gorgeously ornamented and with one side hinged. Inside this primitive case were the dial, spring and wheels, the dial face being yistble through the fretwork on the surface’ of the hinged side of the box. = ———— sre’s laboratory turned out the aqua-marines in greater numbers. a a 1 ass ue iu : a E i : I | I I JARR I “AMII Y | A_ridiculously awkward contrivance, and one that would wake the laughter of any twentleth-century schoolboy, But to {t we owe the greatest F py oa By Roy L. McCardell stride ever made tn all the annals of horology.- ‘Germany has ereated @ Published by the Press Publishing Company, No. & to 63 Park Row, New York. Entered at the Fost-Office at New York as Second-Class Mafl Matter: oan domabath WOLUME 47 co. sce cee ece scene etree covcon cee NO, 16,580, ee ~ HORSE SHOW JEWELRY, few York City imported during the past year $23,730,330 worth of diamonds, besides other precious stones and jewelry. itis tikely thaty _ the bulk of these and a great part of like importations in recent years have been ‘exhibited at the Horse Show week. The amount of wealth which the Hc Show display represents Is beyond accurate calculation. To appraise diamonds, rubies, sapphires “and pearls requires the closest inspection of an expert. Their possessor tsually values them acror to their cost. The bigger they are and Nd more they cost ‘the greater the desire {0 ext hibits have been estimated at $15,- . (000,000. This 4s probably ten times what-the chorses-are—worth: The jewelry “exhibits are very likely more than ten times thé-cast.of the dresses, hats, wraps;:cloaks, coats,, and other, articles of apparel. ‘There were women at the Horse Show who owned over half a million dollars of precious stones, 2 = good ‘part of which they wore fo > add to their personal display. Any woman whose husband can afford to | buy a box, has at feast $50,000 worth of jewelty. Counting up the ; hundreds of occupants of the boxes and the thousands of other wongtn ‘who did their best to shine and sparkle, the estimate of $150,000,000 > of jewels is moderate. ae - 4 How many of these women know what thelr jewelry 1s really worth? They mzy know what their husbands paid for it, but it is doubt- ful if onein a thousand could tell the difference between the gems which ‘ the Paris laboratoxies are turning out and the real stones taken from the } mine. Za "\ The‘only difference between imitation and real diamonds }s that ‘Ta etal Panta the real diamonds, and man, by imitating nature's — + processes;smade the artificial diarnonds. A diamond and a lump of coal are chemically-almost identical. The diamond Js pure carbon, Ww! ch is colorless, while the coal is almost pure carbon, with a mixture of dirty ~_ impurities which-make-its-color_black, By making pure carbon and then subjecting it to a-very-high temperature under great pressure i - “tion diamonds are produced of greater or less quality, according to the skill of their manufacture. NG _The Paris chemists have so extended their Imitation of nature that hey are now making rubies, emeralds and sapphires which no one but an expert can tell from: the genuine stones. Aqua-marines have been miade over into emeralds by driving out part of their impurities with heat -and-acids. Rubies have been made from corundum, and sapphires have produced with equal skill, j The difference between diamonds, rubles, sapphires and less pre- clous stones is chemically slight. A difference in pressure or-coloring mat- ter Would account for the changes. The reason such stones as aqua- __marines are common and cheaper than emeralds is that the processes ot = statue to Helle, But a far more lasting monument to the old Nuremberger’s bh os or the saleswomen—and some of| genius {s carried In every man’s watch pocket. muspect you, then you Just happen to ask the ‘ PAPA yo, een any vou env { THE Girl Who Slaps Would-Be Kisser nex Is Not Only Rude, but Out of Fashion. ini hat you were se. aa By Nixola Greeley-Smith, KENTUGKY Judge has Just decided that {f a young is girl {t isa “love spat.’ and she cannot’ e Jt and battery. Slaps from ron tolerated by the law, 4 cy Ba do you Mke nry new hat?" asked Mrs. Jarr, tu 4s around fromthe mirror. “1D Jooks good to me," sald Mr, Jarr carelessly. |c “Of course, It'a n cheap little th Jarr, ng, and you get sich does become. you,'! a. days-and mention that You sx ut you prefer to dea Why should the average woman, with all these facts before her, tic up so much money in nature's product instead of buying the man-made nection, and+ tfor § and if Justice has upheld en attompt at. dinary in: Beating ss en argunent-te woras,_ gems? ~—The-difference-eannot be-told at any-oninary Seven experts who have spent thelrtives in-the-stud : examination, a magnifying glass, -aclds and a fav Seonttnsive tesis. z = = _ For fess than 4 per cent. of the cost the woman with man-made + dlamonds and rubies can outshine the wife of the richest multi-million alre; and if she does not submit to a jeweller's tests no one can tell the fference. The present craze for jewelry is having a decided: effect upon Tthe balance of trade. between the United States and Europe. Witt ‘ten years the imports have sextupled. It would take a million bales of cotton to pay for this year’s imports of precious stones atone. = The ‘Horse Show thus greatly affects Internationat finance. Esco ee eee tints from: the-tiouse ‘Horrible; or; How to—— @ @ By Jean Mohr. n slapping a man for ate of a, barmaid, Very n-nvoman {f they are perfectly ely objecte t, it amuses him. 4 of yerigeance In cases of! ix not one of them, T heard of one of these the oth incipil amusement of towns ts uRKY riding. The matin’ diversion of ridir the young wo- vi rf cal beaux ob-+ iation, andM A knocked off the young man's; y to get ft and sho Pp uly selzed tho lines, waipped up pack to town, leaving. in tha middle of the road,” In ng hloads* of the town ‘They w, and of cbirse asked for the missing man. What did she do The sIripTe ands err at Nour inter tne i ~-footsore and swearing, setrigsled isto town, they were waiting Sa ireoimts ts memory ot thet eager —isey tne t—guch- that s never kissed a girl since. 8 was vengeance indeed. Slapping {a foollsh-and tneffectlye.The only get_even—with aman (a to subject him to ridicule Anda _woman oan siways do that 4f ehe'tells on him tn the right way, It 1s not known that the Kentucky swalo slapped the girt for trying to Ides nt nt once, “You waste ou pay twice ting sue one winter and It's a at at [asked Mr. Jarr, eaied Mr, Jarre went on, “you pretend (o he tn. ro told the 5 t man will permit. A pd In a Store window. | jected ’to th man casually, | fiat, He left the | J. 8, ANNET. ‘fp the Editor of The Evening World: a {am poor, yet I love goot mysto.} ___ Jan, 1, 1961, S = BR rnousands of other Now Yorkera aro | ro tne Palwor of The Bventng World! = —— = him. If we are to belleve Caruso, all things {n the nature of renunciation are = » C) REMOVE GAS possible, But whatever hls motive I don't approve of his matted. The mental aimilacly piaced, How can we he: @uch music in a city where grand op feats run to $6 and ordinary concer: goats cost FT In Europe it Is better managod: uw There ts no reason why, with a tle economy, you shoul your mustoal ta: deal of free mu In.what year did the Tyre: tury besin? J.oL, C clings, bee odsolete, sinpia-the-things-not-(o-the-hand,-but-tothe- word. that-otinge- longs the yictory.of to-day, Slapplng—mere crude, physical slapptn; —_—_—_£_— +. Dinglebender’s Letters to His Wife. By Theodore Bennett. Y LOVING CHRISTINA: I was glad to recelve your letter from Callfornta-by-the-nea, and was rejoiced beyond oggsclamation to hear that you arrived aafoly and without mishappenings. You ask me tn your letter how everything t9 at home, and I responso that eame ts cane, all is, well, with the ogzscoption that Mra. lerschmidt held a/patty the other night, and Invitatloned all the swells of soclety to be present, and I will herewit) endeavor to namo them, as [ can recollection, There wa: Mrm-€ ender, nnd Mr. and all the tittle bendare,! Mrs, Flipper, and the Ilttle flippers, and so {n successton.! played some games handed down by Adam, mich os Shoes, and Bind Man's Snuff, and all went well | / until Mr, Flipper fell over the Jemonnde can, and atme-? diately there was a confustonment whlc> ended tho oes son, ‘Another Instance I must not be forgetful In reciting to you, and that ts about the unvelling of the soda-fountain In Mr, Goldfoglo's store, down on Dalancey? ntreet, as far a3 I can recollection, I supposition you will remembrance how he lent out invitements to his friends to bo present at.the ceremontes, when the Hrountain was to be ohristened until hereafter, You know Mr. Bumblatein wag | |to be the unweller, and to put the fountain tn oporating ctroummtances; 0 a» lthe hour drew near, the gucats reappeared on tho soene of horaetiiities, with tm-\ | imensafled eggapéctatton, in wecelying a free soda, Dut, alas! Mr, Bumbiletel BR JET FROM BATH @. ROOM BURNER AND -CONMELT WITH Eye Hose (Fig.t) To | Not a Subject for Honsts. IT 1S VERY EASY To MAKE“AN ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN OUT OF A CHANDELIER.1F YOUR HOUSE HAS 'GAS ONLY MOVE INTO ONE “THAT HAS BoTH ELECTRICITY AND GAS- THIS IS ESSENTIAL. You Go DOWN STAI You'LL BE and How Macht ester and ‘had Gyired $3 to Ket t FA bil to a pawn for $1.60. On his pot ho met a tri the pawn tick tim WwW: }On this ti and Bronx c IF IT TURNS : | oxpreesea'” (Complain to Dourd of Health Scull travel, COLD you MAY ~ i failed to come, and a more dissapointing. output crowd you never saw than thtes| | Ge the Editor of ‘The Evening World; | sidering. HAVE FINE ¢€ one, 80 Mr. Goldfogle politefully distributed rain checks to thé axidlegos;- and. 4 fo whom showld I complain of my| ow aumor Ie “Carus You'LL BE requestingty asked then ‘to return another day, but they all'objecttoned to such |) SKATING- treatment, and in order to-Induce them to go he had to recitation the words of | | meighbors above when they shake t SURE To HAVE | @irty rugs out of court windows? Born) the poet. when he soliloquizeds f i 4 : ‘ Wer folded as tay dising-room and kitchen come tn'|io knew if, in vottine the mother | FISHING ANYHOW= NOW ae “Please, please go away, i : 4 y-house | Come around some other day,” 1 4 j DEAR READERS-WHY BE WITHOUT A FOUNTAIN? Jana they went none the worster for thelr eggeperience. Hoping’ td| hear tramt ¢) you in the near hereafter, I am ieee { ; fe |... Kour/euch-loving husband, 2 povaxmosxomalh” MUBDND ER AY the Park, he tsiin Gan; 13 i rgm, their rugs, My “kitchen ,range ta) “Cusuconed' ike gatget ‘ tt f ohh y thi eee with dust and bain ae a peau - - eta ae etm peetbacee