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Show .1oJtn (UocJcs Hotli Vrurtlml And Hmuhomc Hy lll l I V HI l i s ITS time e took u titll, tiut to I think tibout time. About dorks to fci't n;tit down to brass tucks! How many of us art carrying u yi). rout ilrus stoi c eloek from one rooni to the other? A eloek like that uVesn't lue.m much one way or the other . . . certainly it doesn't look like mueh uiui I've yet to ee one that kept very good time. As a matter of fact, n clock Should t-e a decorative fart of every room as well as an accurate timekeeper. timekeep-er. I blame the clock manufacturers manufactur-ers for tliis somewhat . , . they haven't really done right by us iate- ife Pi i tew r i Now you can get productions of hiiulsonie old grandfather clocks. I ly. They'll answer ri;-:ht back mid I say we don't buy nicer clocks so ! it's our fault after all. Mebbe so. j I've been diiiis around trying to i find out just what types of good look-( look-( ing clocks there are available j clocks worthy of being a decorative i focal point in a room. Because j I'm for utility with decoration wher-j wher-j ever possible so why isn't a hand-j hand-j some clock a better idea than a can-! can-! die-stick for a mantelpiece or chest I . . . certainly it serves a more useful use-ful purpose. The most interesting modern clocks I've found are the grandfather clocks for halls copies of fine old ones. An imposing clock like that would practically furnish the average aver-age halL There are reproductions of old banjo clocks too that would do excitii-.g things to most any wall. They are as authentic in design as they are accurate in time keeping. The smaller clocks that I've seen and hked included cne in an antique silver tii-.ish and in oblong shape. The clock is at one end. while a hand chased design of deer and trees at the other end has a certain austere formality about it it suggests sug-gests iUelf for use on a mantel or some ether important place. A smaller jauntier clock is a new sort f;r a desk. It must have been inspired by old time paper weights as a matter cf fact it's a combination combi-nation clock and paper weight. It has or.e cf those Ficccs of heavy round glass in place of a crystal, while the face showing through this is a brilliant emerald green. Of course there are ever so many table clocks cf crystal, wood and chromium chro-mium in modern design. By Betty Wells. WNU Service. |