Somehow, one never expects a clock of this
kind to keep time--it is bought as an ornament and if it runs at all it
wheezes, or gasps, or makes a dreadful noise, and invariably stops at
half-past three.
I am such a crank about good clocks that I take my own with me, even on
a railway train. I think I have the smallest clock in the world which
strikes the hours. There are many tiny clocks made which strike if one
touches a spring, but my clock always strikes of itself. Cartier, who
designed and made this extraordinary timepiece, assures me that he has
never seen so small a clock which strikes. It is very pleasant to have
this little clock with its friendly chime with me when I am in some
desolate hotel or some strange house.
There are traveling clocks in small leather cases which can be bought
very cheaply indeed now, and one of these clocks should be a part of
everyone's traveling equipment. The humble nickeled watch with a leather
case is infinitely better than the pretentious clocks, monstrosities of
marble and brass and bad taste.
A CORNER FOR WRITING.
One of my greatest pleasures, when I am planning the furnishing of a
house, is the selection and equipment of the necessary writing-tables.
Every room in every house has its own suggestion for an original
treatment, and I enjoy working out a plan for a writing-corner that will
offer maximum of convenience, and beauty and charm, for in these busy
days we need all these qualities for the inspiration of a pleasant note.
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