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Popular Science Monthly 



This Automobile Seat Serves as a 

 Waiting Room 



A REAL estate man of Los Angeles, 

 California, has found a new use for 

 the rear seat of a worn-out automobile. 

 He came into the possession of an 

 automobile which was ready for the 

 junk pile. 



Realizing his 

 immediate need 

 of a resting place 

 for the patrons 

 who visited his 

 little office he saw 

 that some other 

 place must be 

 provided if his 

 customers were to 

 be well taken care 

 of. He thought 

 of the old auto- 

 mobile war horse 

 that stood in his 

 back yard. After 

 some considera- 

 tion he decided 

 that the rear seat 



of that "tub" was just what he wanted. 

 So, he took it down and planted it in the 

 parkway directly in front of his office. 

 And there it is now in royal dignity. 



New Kind of Lawn Sprinkler 



ANEW kind of lawn sprinkler 

 which has 

 won favor in Cali- 

 fornia is now be- 

 ing introduced in 

 the eastern states. 

 This sprinkler will 

 apply water to 

 every square inch 

 of any round, 

 square or oblong 

 lawn without be- 

 ing moved and 

 the edges of the 

 stream will be so 

 straight-cut and 

 even that scarceh' 

 a drop will reacli 

 the sidewalk. In 

 other words, this 

 s [1 r i n k 1 e r 

 will throw 

 a solid 



sfjuare or circle of water, which can be 

 confined exactly to a given area, large or 

 small. The de\'ice is so small that it can 

 be carried in the pocket, but it covers 

 eight hundred square feet of lawn sur- 

 face, if the water pressure is good enough. 

 One kind is required for a square 

 lawn, however, 

 another kind 

 for a round lawn 

 and still another 

 when the shape is 

 ol)long. A special 

 sprinkler is also 

 made for sloping 

 ground. The 

 sprinkler is placed 

 at one side of the 

 lawn when in use 

 and can be mo\ed 

 about without 

 wetting the one 

 who is handling 

 it. The peculiar 

 effects of this 

 sprinkler are ob- 

 tained by means 

 of several chambers one above the other. 

 While the pressure in the first chamber 

 is sufficient to carry the water to the 

 farthest side of the lawn, in the last 

 chamber it is only sufficient to throw 

 the streams of water a few inches. 



A Comfortable Resting Place for Customers 

 Waiting Outside This Dealer's Office for a Car 



The Water Issues from Perforations in Graduated Cham- 

 bers of the Sprinkler Which Confine the Area of the Spray 



