Popular Science MonihJy 



575 



Why Isn't This Used Instead of 

 Hooks and Eyes? 



AN ingenious German invention for 

 . shoe-lacing is intended to take the 

 place of shoe-hooks and shoe-eyes. The 

 ordinary hook is liable to bend 

 out of shape. Often 

 the shoe-lining to ba 

 press uncomfortably 

 the foot. Besides 

 threading the lace 

 through many eyes 

 is tedious. 



The new device 

 is a tlat clasp on the 

 surface of the shoe 

 or boot. The clasp 

 is made of the best 

 spring steel. When 

 the lacing is passed 

 around it and the 

 clasp snaps down it 

 is hardhseen imder 

 the lacing. In an 

 inihiced shoe the 

 clasps spring up 

 and stand away 

 from the shoe, as can be seen on the toj) 

 left side of the one in the illustration, so 

 that there is no difficulty in bringing the 

 shoe-string around the hook. By draw- 

 ing the lace tight the hook is pressed 

 down iirmh' on the surface of the leather. 

 The leather then rises a little and covers 

 the edges of the clasps. The new clasp 

 does not lose its shape. 



The clasps spring up and stand away 

 from the sides of the shoe when unlaced 



in the 

 tration. 



The patient, seated comfortably, places 

 his feet on the slats and envelops his 

 entire body, except his head, in a cover- 

 ing which confines the steam. ) 

 A somewhat similar method is em- 

 [)loyed in the steaming of the dif- 

 t parts of the body, 

 of the most import- 

 t usesof thegenerator 

 is for a steam footbath 

 in case of a sudden 

 rush of blood to the 

 head. The way it 

 is used is plai.ily 

 indicated in one tif 

 the illustrations. 



The apparatus 

 also gives excellent 

 service as an in- 

 haler for the throat 

 or to steam the 

 nose or ear. The 

 etiuipment forsuch 

 adjustment con- 

 sists of a short, 

 straight tube and 

 a bulb, as shown 

 upper left corner of the illus- 

 Three lengths of tubes are used. 



Steam Yourself and Drive Away 

 Your Ills 



A SMALL steam-generator for famii\ 

 use in case of illness has been in- 

 \ented by a German. His generator can 

 be used to steam either the entire body 

 or a single affected part, whether that 

 part be your left foot or Nour right ear 

 or any other member. 



When a steam bath for the entire body 

 is desired the kettle shown in the 

 accompanying illustration is halt fillei 

 with water. The shallow pan at the 

 end ol the connecting pipe is then 

 set under the wooden slatting seen 

 near it and the whole generator is 

 placed close to a cane chair, when 

 a bathtub is not used, after which 

 the lamp below the kettle is lighted. 



The device may be used as an inhaler, or to 

 steam the entire body or any separate organ 



