No larger than a family
clock. The inventor opened a door of the Regulator, and carefully
explained its works. He called their attention especially to a roil
of blackboard canvas that passed from an upper to a lower cylinder
when the Regulator was running.
I heard the inventor, in explaining, use these words: "The minister
arranges the program in advance and then marks the whole order of
service on the canvas roll, allowing as much time for each part of the
service as he thinks proper. The canvas is then replaced and the
Regulator hung on the wall. When the minute comes to commence services,
the Regulator is wound with a key and it starts to run. The canvas,
in passing down at a fixed rate, informs the congregation of every
change in the service, just as it had been previously planned."
"What think you of it?" asked the manager, after the partial
explanation.
"I do not believe that the church of the King's Highway to which I
belong could use it. It would tend only to confusion," said Miss
Church-Member.
"Only till they become accustomed to it," explained the inventor.
"After a few weeks of use its value would be demonstrated.
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