Popular Science Mouthlif 



A Hybrid Between the Automobile 

 and the Motorcycle 



IN an effort to combine the comfort and 

 stability of the automobile with the 

 economy and lightness of the motor- 

 cycle, Alfred A. Scott, of England, has in- 

 vented the small three-wheeled car 

 which is shown in the accompanying 

 photographs. 



The "Scott Sociable," 

 as it is called, looks more 

 like a cyclecar than any- 

 thing else. Technically 

 speaking, however, there 

 is little in common be- 

 tween the two. The one 

 is nothing more than a 

 high-seated motorcycle 

 with a sidecar attached to 

 it. It is uncomfortable 

 and is liable to skid and 

 tilt on making a sharp 

 curve. The "sociable," 

 how^ever, is designed as a complete unit 

 by itself. It is mounted on a rigid, tri- 

 angular framework and its seats are 

 carried low inside of the wheel base, so 

 that stability is gained despite its wonder- 

 ful lightness. 



Practically every part has been given 

 special attention. The caster wheel 

 method of steering has been perfected until 

 it can turn the car in the narrowest roads. 

 All of the wheels are detachable. The 

 springs are of a new type which is far 

 ahead of any on the average 

 light car in the way it 

 absorbs unusually 

 violent shocks. 

 These springs are 

 also detachable 

 and can be 

 readily re- 

 placed. Inside 

 the car there 

 is every ap- 

 proved type of 

 accessory and 

 appliance. 

 Not the least 

 of these is the 

 hood which 

 can be erected 

 over the driver 

 and his passen- 

 ger in a storm. 



The "Sociable," in appear- 

 ance, is much like a cycle- 

 car, but there is little in 

 common between the two 



The Bachelor's Coffee -Brewer. It 

 Makes One Cup at a Time 



NOW comes the coffee-brewer, a device 

 for making individual cups of coffee. 

 The device consists only of two cups some- 

 what conical in shape, one of which fits 

 into the other. Sufficient pulverized 



coffee is placed 

 in the bottom of 

 the cuter cup to 

 make one cup of 

 1 the beverage. 

 Then the perfo- 

 rated inner cup 

 is set in place 

 and boiling 

 water is poured 

 into it. It is 

 left to "draw" 

 for a few min- 

 utes, just as 

 in the prepa- 

 ration of tea; 

 then it is 

 poured out in- 

 to the waiting 

 cup. The 

 perforations 

 in the inner 

 cup of the de- 

 vice, strain 

 the beverage. 



The bachelor's coffee-brewer 

 is simply a perforated 

 cup fitted inside a holder 



