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A nearby radiator supplies 

 the steam through a hose 

 to the apparatus in use 



Using the Steam Radiator 

 to Remove Wall-Paper 



TO pro\-i(le a con\-cnicnt 

 means for utilizing live 

 steam in order to make 

 easy the removal of old 

 wall-paiXT ])rcliminary to 

 redecorating, Julius 

 Matzkc, of Indianajjolis, 

 Indiana, has in\cnte(l an 

 apparatus which is said to 

 meet ail demands. The 

 object of his invention, in addition to 

 applying steam for the remo\-al of the 

 paper, is to locali/.e the application of 

 the steam so as to avoid injury to .11 

 jacent woodwork or oilier accessories, 

 and to exlerininale all germ and insect 

 life on the wall. 



Tile steam is supplied Iidhi a r.idialor 

 and is led through a llexihle hose to a 

 hood-shaped head or steam-applying 

 chamber. At the end of the hose, as it 



enters tlie hood, are numerous perfora- 

 tions which are staggere<i to distribute 

 the steam as thoroughly as possible. A 

 valve at the outer end of the pipe 

 {)rovides a conveniently located means 

 for controlling the steam supply to the 

 lu-ad. Tile hood may be detachc-d and 

 tJie nozzle used when working close to 

 woodwork and for discharging steam 

 into crevices to kill vermin. 



A New Electric Cloth- Cutter 

 for Small Shops 



TO meet the demand of small tailor 

 shops a cloth-cutter which cuts 

 one, two, or three layers of cloth at a 

 time has been designed. It consists of a 

 compact and light machine which can be 

 operated from the ordinar\- li;;hting cir- 

 cuit. It has been placed on the market 

 by a western manufacturer. 



Although electric cloth-cutters have 

 been in use in large clothing shops for 

 sometime, most of the machines hereto- 

 fore employed have been made only in 

 large sizes suitable for cutting twenty 

 thicknesses of cloth at one time. These 

 were not suitable for the small shop. 

 The new cutler is particularly adapted 

 for the cutting of 

 heavy cloth such as is 

 used for o\-ercoatings 

 and the like. 



The cuttir consists of a niiitor. ,i circular 

 cutting-disk and an .;mcry sharpcning-whcci 



