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system of screws   and levers。 Socks   are attached no longer with the old´ 

fashioned garter�察�but by aid of a little harness similar to that worn by pug´ 

dogs。 

     One traveller�察�after lacing his shoes�察�adjusted a contrivance resembling 

a black beetle on the knot to prevent its untying。 He also wore ;hygienic 

suspenders�察─�a discovery of great importance ��over three thousand patents 

have   been     taken   out   for   this  one  necessity   of   the   toilet�。�。  This   brace 

performs   several   tasks   at   the   same   time�察  �such   as   holding   unmentionable 

garments   in   place�察  �keeping   the   wearer   erect�察  �and   providing   a   night´key 

guard。   It   is   also   said   to   cure   liver   and   kidney   disease   by   means   of   an 

arrangement   of   pulleys   which throw   the   strain   according   to   the   wearer's 

position ´ I omit the rest of its qualities� �

     The watches of my companions�察�I noticed with astonishment�察�all wore 

India´rubber ruffs around their necks。 Here curiosity getting the better of 

discretion�察�I asked what purpose that invention served。 It was graciously 

explained to me how such ruffs prevented theft。 They were so made that it 

was impossible to draw your watch out of a pocket unless you knew the 

trick�察  �which   struck     me   as   a  mitigated   blessing。   In   fact�察  �the   idea  kept 

occurring      that   life  might    become     terribly   uncomfortable       under    these 

complex conditions for absent´minded people。 



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     Pencils�察�I find�察�are no longer put into pockets or slipped behind the ear。 

Every commercial ;gent; wears a patent on his chest�察�where his pen and 

pencil     nestle   in  a  coil  of   wire。   Eyeglasses      are  not   allowed     to  dangle 

aimlessly about�察�as of old�察�but retire with a snap into an oval box�察�after the 

fashion of roller shades。 Scarf´pins have guards screwed on from behind�察�

and undergarments ´ but here modesty stops my pen。 

     Seeing that I was interested in their make´up�察�several travelling agents 

on   the   train   got   out   their   boxes   and   showed   me   the   latest   artifices   that 

could be attached to the person。 One gentleman produced a collection of 

rings     made     to   go   on   the    finger    with   a   spring�察   �like   bracelets�察    �an 

arrangement�察  �he   explained�察  �that   was   particularly   convenient   for   people 

afflicted with enlarged joints� �

     Another   tempted   me   with   what   he   called   a   ;literary  shirt   front�察─   �   it 

was in fact a paper pad�察�from which for cleanliness a leaf could be peeled 

each   morning�察  �the   ;wrong;   side   of   the   sheet   thus   removed   contained   a 

calendar�察�much useful information�察�and the chapters of a ;continued; story�察�

which ended when the ;dickey; was used up。 

     A   third   traveller   was   ;pushing;   a   collar´button   that   plied   as   many 

trades   as   Figaro�察  �combining   the   functions   of   cravat´   holder�察  �stud�察  �and 

scarf´pin。   Not   being   successful   in   selling   me   one   of   these�察  �he   brought 

forward      something      ;without     which�察─    �he   assured     me�察   �no    gentleman's 

wardrobe was complete;� �It proved to be an insidious arrangement of gilt 

wire�察�which he adjusted on his poor�察�overworked collar´button�察�and then 

tied his cravat through and around it。 ;No tie thus made�察─�he said�察 �would 

ever slip or get crooked。; He had been so civil that it was embarrassing not 

to buy something of him�察�I invested twenty´five cents in the cravat´holder�察�

as    it  seemed    the   least   complicated      of   the  patents    on   exhibition�察    �not�察�

however�察  �having   graduated   in   a   school   of   mechanics   I   have   never   been 

able to make it work。 It takes an hour to tie a cravat with its aid�察�and as 

long to get it untied。 Most of the men in that car�察�I found�察�got around the 

difficulty by wearing ready´made ties which fastened behind with a clasp。 

     It   has   been   suggested   that   the   reason   our   compatriots   have   such   a 

strained and anxious look is because they are all trying to remember the 

numbers of   their   streets   and   houses�察  �the   floor   their   office   is   on�察  �and   the 



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combination of their safes。 I am inclined to think that the hunted look we 

wear comes from an awful fear of forgetting the secrets of our patents and 

being unable to undo ourselves in an emergency� �

     Think   for   a   moment   of   the   horror   of   coming   home   tired   and   sleepy 

after a convivial evening�察�and finding that some of your hidden machinery 

had gone wrong�察�that by a sudden movement you had disturbed the nice 

balance of some   lever   which in   revenge refused to   release   its prey� �The 

inventors   of   one   well´known   cuff´holder   claim   that   it   had   a   ;bull´dog 

grip。; Think of sitting dressed all night in the embrace of that mechanical 

canine until the inventor could be called in to set you free� �

     I   never   doubted     that  bravery   was     the   leading    characteristic   of    the 

American temperament�察�since that glimpse into the secret composition of 

my     compatriots�察    �admiration      has   been    vastly   increased。    The    foolhardy 

daring it must require ´ dressed as those men were ´ to go out in a thunder´ 

storm makes one shudder�此�it certainly could not be found in any other race。 

The     danger     of   cross´country      hunting     or  bull´fighting      is  as   nothing 

compared to the risk a modern American takes when he sits in a trolley´car�察�

where the chances of his machinery forming a fatal ;short circuit; must be 

immense。 The utter impossibility  in which he finds   himself of making   a 

toilet    quickly    on   account     of   so   many     time´saving      accessories     must 

increase his chances of getting ;left; in an accident about fifty per cent。 

Who but one of our people could contemplate with equanimity the thought 

of   attempting   the   adjustment   of   such   delicate and   difficult   combinations 

while a steamer was sinking and the life´boats being manned�拭�

     Our grandfathers   contributed   the   wooden nutmeg   to   civilization�察 �and 

endowed a grateful universe with other money´saving devices。 To´day the 

inventor takes the American baby from his cradle and does not release him 

even at the grave。 What a treat one of the machine´made men of   to´day 

will   be   to   the   archeologists   of   the   year   3000�察  �when   they   chance   upon   a 

well´preserved   specimen�察  �with   all   his   patents   thick   upon   I   him�   �With   a 

prophetic   eye   one   can   almost   see   the   kindly   old   gentleman   of   that   day 

studying   the  paraphernalia   found   in   the  tomb   and   attempting   to   account 

for   the   different   pieces。   Ink   will   flow   and   discussions   rage   between   the 

camp   maintaining   that   cuff´holders   were   tutelar   deities   buried   with   the 



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dead by pious relatives and the croup asserting that the little pieces of steel 

were    a  form  of  pocket   money    in  the  year  1900。  Both  will  probably 

misquote Tennyson and Kipling in support of their theories。 

    The    question   has  often  been  raised�察 �What   side  of  our  nineteenth´ 

century civilization will be most admired by future generations�拭�In view 

of the above facts there can remain little doubt that when the secrets of the 

paper collar and the trouser´stretcher have become lost arts�察�it will be those 

benefits that remote ages will envy us�察�and rare specimens of ;ventilated 

shoes; and ;reversible tissue´paper undergarments; will form the choicest 

treasures of the collector。 



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                  CHAPTER 5 ´ Parnassus 



       MANY years ago�察�a gentleman with whom I was driving in a distant 

quarter of Paris took me to a house on the rue Montparnasse�察�where we 

remained an hour or more�察�he chatting with its owner�察�and I listening to 

their   conversation�察  �and   wondering   at   the   confusion   of   books   in   the   big 

room。 As   we   drove   away�察  �my   companion   turned   to   me   and   said�察   �Don't 

forget this afternoon。 You have seen one of the greatest writers our century 

has produced�察�although the world does not yet realize it。 You will learn to 

love    his  works     when    you   are   older�察  �and   it  will  be  a  satisfaction    to 

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