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Show A Speaking Timepiece. "The clock strikes one, wo take no note of time," sang Vo'ing In his "Night Thoughts." Were Young living liv-ing today he would get much mora poetry from the speaking than from the striking timepiece. The new "lltnestatlng clock," Invented In Qor-mnny, Qor-mnny, announces the hours and quarters quar-ters In "an agreeable voice." Its wheels actuate a stout belt, which runs over a roll connected with a sounding box. I'pon this belt, or rather film, the hours, which have been recorded by a phonograph, sre Impressed by galvanization on u copper cop-per plate. The , mechanism which moves the hands is connected with the speaking device, and this with a funnel which re-enforces the sound and projects It outward through a finely grated opening attached to the narrow nlde of the clock At nlht a touch on a lever reduces the clock to silence. Hut If one wakes nml wnhes to know the hour without striking a light, an easily found button Is pressed and the clock Immediately slates the time. The speech film la practically IndeMructllile and occupies occu-pies very little space ulnce because of Its elasticity It may be wound upon a very email roller |