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Popular Srieticc Moiithli/ 



A Mechanical Masseur That Works 

 Off Fat and Soothes the Nerves 



VANITY of vanities — all is vanity," 

 saith the preacher; but the desire 

 for a svelte figure may not be altogether 

 vain. Excessive weight may mean 

 faulty elimination of waste and under- 

 weight may mean nervous tension, sn 

 that both are to be avoided. It should 

 be a source of satisfaction to discover a 

 means of acquiring a fine, symmetrical 

 form and physical fitness at the same 

 time without entailing loss of time or 

 any long-drawn-out course of 

 exercising. 



The automatic massaging ma- 

 chine illustrated here has been 

 designed with that end in view. 

 It is scientific in principle and is 

 composed of a double circle or 

 belt of forty-eight roller-wheels 

 hung on oscillating frames four 



Forty-eight rollcrwliccls hung <.n oscilliiting frames tiavtl over tlic body 

 from the knees to the neck and the pressure can be increased at will 



inches apart. This belt encircles the 

 body, the upper left-hand roller in each 

 frame overlapping the lower right-hand 

 roller in the next frame, so that as the 

 frame expands in passing from the 

 smaller to the larger portions of the body 

 the rollers still pass over the entire 

 surface of the skin. 



An elastic belt between the two rows 

 of rollers gives equal pressure to each 

 roller, regardless of what position the 

 frame takes in tra\cling over the irregu- 

 lar surfaces of the body. Thus the hollows 

 receive the same pressure and stimu- 

 lation of circulation as the higher 

 portions. This pressure can be 

 increased, diminished or shut off 

 instanlK- simph' by pushing a button. 

 The rollers can be set to travel from 

 the knees to the neck or the stroke 

 can be shortened to any length and 

 massage applied exclusively to any 

 part desired. 



The machine weighs two hun- 

 dred and thirty-five pounds and 

 is equipped with a one-sixth- 

 horsepower motor for any current. 

 A substantial iron base is provided 

 which eliminates \ibralion when 

 tlie nunhine is in action. 



Taking a Census of Occupational 

 Diseases 



A STUDY of the subject of 

 occupational diseases affords 

 abundant surprises. House- 

 maid's knee, for instance, which 

 for many years has served as a 

 subject for humorous comment, 

 proves to be a frequent malady of 

 miners. Dust has been found to 

 contain not only minute particles 

 but a watery envelope surround- 

 ing the particles. Sawing 

 certain kinds of woods is .said 

 to produce irritation of the 

 nuicnu- membranes of the 

 nose, throat 

 and eyes. 

 C h i m n c y - 

 sweeps are 

 e s p c c i a 1 1 >• 

 subject to 

 cancer be- 

 cause soot 

 gets into the 

 system. 



