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Show Window Plat- 

 forms Arranged with 

 Their Displays and 

 Ready to Be Placed on 

 the Elevators. 



remains in this position until the avenue 

 becomes deserted, when it is lowered to 

 the basement. Thus a person may walk 

 by the store and be puzzled at not rinding 

 the slightest evidence of an entrance any- 

 where, and return in an hour or so to see 

 the entrance in its accustomed place. 

 He may even walk up to it without know- 

 ing that his feet are standing on the roof 

 of the show window, so complete is the 

 trans formation. 



TURNING THE SEWERAGE TO 

 PROFIT 



Anaheim, California, has demonstrated 

 that a septic tank through which the sew- 

 erage of the city is passed may be turned 

 into a source of revenue to the city in- 

 stead of being a nuisance, as these tanks 

 are supposed to be. One of the most 

 fertile tracts of land in Southern Cali- 

 fornia is a section just outside of that 

 city, known as the "sewer farm." On 

 the highest point of this farm is located 

 the septic tank, and the purified water 



which passed through the tank has been 

 used for several months for irrigating 

 purposes and the resultant growth of 

 vegetation shows that this generally ex- 

 pensive improvement has been turned 

 into a source of profit. 



LAKE OF WINE BURNS BLUE 



A lake of wine, consisting of 1,000,000 

 gallons, formed a most spectacular sight 

 when it burned blue against the blackness 

 of the night, near Fresno, Cal. This 

 lake was formed near the burning build- 

 ing of a winery, and the light blue blend- 

 ing with the orange tinge of the darting 

 flames was like a huge fireworks celebra- 

 tion. The lake of wine extended for 

 about a block and burned for over an 

 hour. The loss from the burning of the 

 winery will amount up to a half a million 

 dollars. It was the largest in the Fresno 

 grape district, the warehouses and fer- 

 menting rooms covering several acres. 

 The cause of the fire is a mystery. 



