We Paid Six Dollars 



For These Two Pictures 



OF course you rerognizc Delia, the 

 motor duck, which appceircd in 

 our March issue. 

 \Vc want more photographs of equally 

 interesting inventions, and we will pay 

 for them at the rate of S.V^o each. The 

 more daring the invention, the better 

 for us. 



But, Let the Picture Be 

 Alive 



Let a man or a woman appear in 

 it doing something useful in con- 

 n e c t i o n 

 with the 

 machine. 

 Dead ma- 

 chinery is 

 not interest- 

 ing. 



Look 

 ■about you 

 for curious 

 applications 

 of old ma- 

 c h i n e r y . 

 The auto- 

 mobile, for 

 instance, is 

 used for many purposes. 



threshing machine, a safety razor or 

 a grand piano, send us a picture of 

 it if the device is doing something 

 unusual. 



Queer Ways of Making a 

 Living 



By the way, we are getting up a collec- 

 tion of photographs to be published 

 under the general title "Queer Ways of 

 Making a Living." Perhaps you would 

 like to contribute some snapshots to the 

 collection. — The Editor. 



Things You Can Do with 

 an Automobile 



We know of one very resource- 

 ful man who uses an automobile to 

 control a captive balloon. He sim- 

 ph- jacks u|) the rear wheel and 

 connects the axle with a winch. 

 We know of another 

 man who once lit up a 

 church with his electric 

 car in an emergency. 



And we know of a 

 third who ran a whole 

 printing press with an 

 automobile when the 

 steam engine of • the 

 plant broke down. 



Whether it is a telephone, a 



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