Popular Science Monthly 



Kow to fold the device 

 over the edge of the glass 

 so that even an ordinary 

 tumbler becomes your 

 special drinking glass 



Make Every Glass a Sanitary 

 Drinking Cup 



THE simplest of all the recent devices 

 for guarding against the germs, which 

 often lurk even in drinking water, is a 

 small piece of waxed 

 paper, or a semicircular 

 celluloid strip, which 

 folds over the rim of 

 the glass and prevents 

 the lips from touching 

 the surface of the tum- 

 bler while drinking. 



It will fit over any- 

 glass or cup, and will 

 make it possible for you 

 to enjoy an ice-cream 

 soda, or a drink of 

 water anywhere. The 

 part of the paper which 

 is held inside the glass 

 will prevent any sedi- 

 ment, which may be in 

 the bottom of the glass, 

 from reaching your lips. 

 This little invention, is 

 the idea of a woman, 

 Miss Cornelia Fiske, of p^ j^jpy p^^ 



Baltimore, Md. perfectly as 



If You Value Your Life, Be Careful 

 with Electricity 



SOME safety hints for the wise, which 

 are intended to guard against serious 

 accidents and a possible loss of life, are 

 being sent out broadcast by the electric 

 light companies. From them may be 

 selected the following: Do not cover an 

 electric globe with paper or cloth. It 

 may start a fire. Do not hang an 

 ordinary lamp cord over a 

 nail or metal work. Do not 

 leave a cord connected when 

 you are through with it. 

 Do not touch any wire that 

 is down on the ground, 

 whether it is an electric, 

 telephone or guy wire. In 

 an emergency, remove a 

 wire with an instrument 

 equipped with a wooden 

 handle, keeping the full 

 length of the handle be- 

 tween yourself and the wire. 



The Smallest Fountain Pen in the 

 World. It is Two Inches Long 



THE fountain pen shown in the accom- 

 panying illustration might well be 

 used to exemplify the slogan "Perfection in 

 little things." It was 

 made as a tiny sample, 

 by a prominent foun- 

 tain pen manufactur- 

 ing company, and is as 

 perfect in every respect 

 as the pens of usual 

 size. It holds Only a 

 few drops of ink, but 

 while the ink lasts, the 

 pen can be used to very 

 good effect. 



It is provided with a 

 pocket clip that is per- 

 fectly able to perform 

 its duty, regardless of 

 its diminutive size. It 

 is carried in a box with 

 its own little filler, 

 and the printed direc- 

 tions for its use just 

 exactly as if it were 

 which writes as ^^^^^ offered for sale 



its big brothers like its big brothers. 



