Popular Science Monthly 

 Had Only 



887 



If Robinson Crusoe 

 Thought of ' 



THE aver- 

 age man 

 has enough 

 ingcnuitN' to 

 build a shelter 

 for himself 

 anywhere. If 

 urtlinary ma- 

 terials are not 

 at hand he 

 immediately 

 proceeds to 

 find some- 

 thing that 

 can be made 

 to answer the 

 purpose, 

 whatevermay 

 have been the 

 use for whicii 

 it was origin- 

 ally intended. The man in the photograph 

 was doing sentry duty "somewhere" in the 

 war zone, and the only material he could 

 find that was at all available for shelter was 

 the keel of an old boat that had 

 been beached and discarded by- 

 its owners. 



This he cut in half and 

 erected as shown, using the 

 short lengths and waste pieces 

 of board for a door and to fill 

 in the gaps. In this he was 

 protected from every kind 

 of weather. 



At right: Valentine Rein- 

 eger with his ornate blown- 

 glass pipe which holds al- 

 most a pound of tobacco 



Curios Made by Glass-Blowers 

 Spare Moments 



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The sentinel's hut made out of the keel of a discarded 

 boat. When made watertight by patching and 

 filling the gaps it made a comfortable enough shelter 



automatic 

 glass-blowing 

 machine has not only- 

 supplanted the man 

 who formerly did the 

 \\()rk by hand but 

 has deprived the 

 glass-blower's 

 friends and relatives 

 of the many curious 

 and interesting 

 things which it was 

 his custom to make 

 during his spare time 

 for his own amuse- 

 ment or profit. 



Valentine Reine- 

 gcr of Alton, III., 65 

 \cars old and a re- 

 tired glass-blower, 

 had the distinction 



Below: The cannon, which 

 is made of blue and flint 

 glass finely balanced 



of being one of the most expert in the coun- 

 try at making odd pieces. His productions 

 ranged from articles in common use to those 

 of warfare, and he frequently blew images 

 of animals. 



The glass pipe shown in the illustration 

 his most difficult piece. It is 

 e feet high. The bowl is three 

 nches in diameter and six inches 

 deep. It would hold nearly a 

 pound of tobacco. The pipe 

 is decorated and weighs near- 

 ly ten pounds. 



Of course the pipe is in- 

 tended onl\- for ornamental 

 purposes. It would be hard 

 to conceive of the most in- 

 \eterate smoker indulging 

 in a full-pound smoke, un- 

 less he happened to be sit- 

 ting at an Indian peace 

 conference. 



The cannon at the left 

 is of blue and flint glass. 

 The greatest difficulty en- 

 countered in making it was 

 in securing a balance. A 

 sword and sheath of Hint 

 glass and of natural size is 

 another implement of war 

 made by Mr. Reincgcr. 



His biown-glass animals in- 

 lude horses, cows, reindeer and 

 illigators which are true to life 

 n almost everj- detail of general 

 ppearance. 



