Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1917 — NOT LIKELY TO BE POPULAR. [ARTICLE]

NOT LIKELY TO BE POPULAR.

A citizen of Columbus. 0., haS' appenred on the streets lately with an outfit for seeing the time without remeviagLliis..wateh;from his pocket Great "surprise '-was;-at- first created by \xliar~wasreon—sidered extreme singularity of comfort, and it took«a good deal .of explaining miM.s part to restore to himself public confidence. It seetns; however, that the device is perfectly practicable, as it has been--accepted by the patent office. Notwithstanding, most people will cling to tlie idea that a mau who is too lazy to take.out his watch to see the time deserves ors general principles to be shot and it is very unlikely that the new'invention, will worm its way into popular favor. —Exchange.