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Show "jHflBBBBBBBjBtBBBMBJ ( USEFUL TO LIGHT SLEEPERS. Clock Enables Them to Tell Time In the Dark. ..While entertaining some friends in Ms apartments tho other day, u well-known well-known man about town pointed to a beautiful electric clock on his bedroom bed-room mantel. "See that?" ho said. "That clock Is tho latest Invention. I can hypno-l'se hypno-l'se It bo that'll will ring tho hour nny time, day or night." As ho spoko ho sat unconcernedly on the edge oi his bed. "Now, watch It!" ho Haid. Tho hands marked 9:20. Suddenly something Insido tho- clock began to ring off sounds that appeared to bo musical dots and dashes. First thero were four sets of flvo rings, nnd thon nine solemn rings In a deeper tono which, bolng interpreted, meant 9:20 o'clock. Tho guests wero much mystified, mys-tified, but their host explained that ho was surreptitiously pressing an electric elec-tric button at.tach.cd to tho bedpost. The now Kind of clock Is an expensive ex-pensive ornament, and it is specially designed for pe&plo who aro in tho habit of waking up In tho midnight hours. When they wnko and wonder what time It Is, all thoy havo to do Is tq touch the button Thon tho hour Is rung off, and they can fall aslcop again without having had tho trouble of striking; n light to satisfy their curiosity. New York Tlmos. |