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Popular Scirnre Monthly 



A map of West Virginia made on muslin sheeting. The 

 cities and large towns are designated by tiny electric lights 



Making a Huge Electrical Map of 

 West Virginia 



AT a recent galherint;- of telephone 

 men in Wlieeling, West Virginia, a 

 map of the state, ten feet by twelve feet, 

 was made at short notice by A. J. 

 Schulz, of Baltimore. It was hung in the 

 banquet hall and as telephone connection 

 was made with a particular city a little 

 electric light rejiresenting that city would 

 appear at the pnjper place on the map. 

 It was a practical demonstration of how 

 the telephone lines bind together tlic 

 parts of the state, I'cgardless of mniui- 

 tains, rivers and otiier barriers. 



In its completed form the maji was 

 seven times larger than the one from 

 which it was made. Tiny electric lights 

 rejjrescnted the cities and large towns. 

 A switch was installed behind the map 

 and an operator (lashed in tin- differeiU 

 cities as they were called. 



Collecting Money for Belgians 

 by a Sidewalk Chute 



I.\ orrler lo increase the Belgian Kelief 

 i'lmd, the Boston llea(l(|uarlers have 

 iiiveiiifd ,1 novel scheme to secure money 



an iron l)ox from \v 

 collected and then 



from the busy 

 throng which 

 pass the head- 

 quarters day 

 and night. 



A steel tube 

 four inches in 

 diameter with a 

 funnel -shaped 

 lop has been in- 

 serted in the 

 sidewalk in 

 front of the 

 building. It is 

 painted with the 

 colors of Bel- 

 gium, black, yel- 

 low and red, and 

 over it is the in- 

 s c r i p t i o n : 

 "Mone>' Drop- 

 ped Here Goes 

 Direct to Bel- 

 gium." 



The chute 

 runs directly 

 into the base- 

 ment and into 

 hich the money is 

 forwarded abroad. 



A coin dropped in the 

 lube fill in an iron box in 

 the biiscmcnl, from which 

 point it went straight to 

 Belgium a few days later 



