Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1913 — City Hall Clock Has It Midnight Five Times [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

City Hall Clock Has It Midnight Five Times

ST. LOUIS, Mo. —Hearken all ye angered wives. It was all the fault of the City Hall clock, honest to goodness It was. That clock deceived and betrayed hubby about the lateness of the'hour. Of course, his excuse sounded ridiculous, but he was telling the truth for once.

As a clock proper, that timekeeper over our legislative halls is eminently respectable and reliable. It ik only when it enters the declamatory field that bitter things are said regarding Its Integrity. After it deceived the populace with great irregularity, it becomes good and behaves for a short time before again falling into error. That is Just what that erratic old timepiece did the other day. Three weeks ago, after this clock struck thirteen, when it should have struck one, it was investigated and admonished to behave better in the future. Until early the other morning ft obeyed and It proclaimed the proper hour at the proper time.

But at the precise hour the Sunday lid went on, the clock started on a spree. When one o’clock arrived that gay deceiver hammered out twelve strokes. At two o’clock, twelve more were sent forth and the same thing happened at three and four o'clock. Naturally hubby was fooled and thought it only midnight. He might be out yet if that clock had not changed tactics. At seven o'clock twenty-three booming Strokes went forth, and it entirely forgot eight o’clock. ' letter lh the day it went back to first principles and again struck twelve on each hour. Then it got tired of Ihe whole business and simply quit on the Job. * '