I'upular Science Monthly 



907 



An Artistic Grocery Store in a 

 Residential District 



RESlDKX'iS of ail cxclusixc siihurhan 

 district in I'ortlaiui, Orciion. objiTtcd 

 strenuously when a groct-r aniioiiiucd that 

 he was going to build and coiiduct an 

 establishment in lluir lncalit\-. Citizens 

 even went so far as to in\okc the law in 

 their behalf, but they were overruled. 



Now the build- 

 ing is finished and 

 open for business, 

 and those who 

 were most opposed 

 to it can but ad- 

 mit that so far as 

 exterior appear- 

 ances go, it gives 

 no cause for com- 

 plaint. .\n incon- 

 spicuous sign is 

 all that indie-atcs 

 the nature of the 

 building. 



It is a one-story 

 colonial stylestuc- 

 co structure, set back thirty feet from the 

 sidew'alk. Broad cement walks lead from 

 the sidewalk to the front veranda of the store. 



The windows are artistically curtained. 

 Inside, groceries are displayed on shehes 

 built like stairs, but there is a large fireplace 

 to preserve the home-like effect. 



No goods are delivered through the front 

 door. A concrete walk also leads from the 

 rear door to the sidewalk, so that the 

 impression of a residence is maintained. 



The grocery store as a fashionable dwelling-house. An 

 inconspicuous sign is all that denotes its character 



Testing the Pulling Power 

 of an Ostrich 



NOW and th 

 unusual 

 ''stunts'' 

 being per- 

 formed in 

 connection 

 with an auto- 

 mobile, but it 

 is probable 

 that nothing 

 more novel ha 

 been reporte 

 during reccn 

 months than is 

 illustrated in the 

 accompa nyi n g 

 photograph — the 



The ostrich sustained the weight of the driver and 

 pulled the automobile uphill until told to stop 



pulling of an automobile by an ostrich. This 

 test or performance came as a result of a 

 discussion between the proprietor of one of 

 the largest ostrich farms near Los Angeles, 

 Caiilornia, and a niunlxT of automobile 

 men of that city. The farm proprietor 

 claimed that the bird could jHill the car. 

 The automobile men doubled but they 

 were ready and waiting to be convinced. 



Several days 

 later an Inter- 

 State touring car 

 was secured and 

 run out to a boul- 

 e\'ard close to the 

 ostrich farm. One 

 of the largest 

 birds, with a sack 

 over its head, was 

 led through the 

 farm-gate and 

 i ni m e d lately 

 hitched to the 

 front axle of the 

 automobile by 

 means of an espe- 

 cially prepared set of harness. 



The trainer took his position upon the 

 back of the bird and urged it forward, but 

 just as soon as the traces became tight 

 the ostrich balked and danced around. 

 After repeated efforts had been unsuccess- 

 ful in getting the bird to pull, the trainer 

 thought he would try a different method. 

 Suddenly he reached up and took the sack 

 from oft" the bird's head and again urged it 

 forward. The ostrich, upon seeing what 

 was really expected of it, tightened the 

 traces and kept on pulling, with the result 

 that the car began to move, and continued, 

 though slowly, until the bird was 

 top. To add to the 

 fficultiesof the test, the 

 ichinewas headed up 

 i\ slight grade. After 

 leing unhitched the 

 ostrich walked 

 slowly back into 

 t he farm \ard 

 amid the cheers 

 of the spectators. 

 The test was a 

 demonstration of 

 the intelligence 

 of the bird, also, 

 w h ic h h a s n o t 

 been rated par- 

 ticularly high. 



