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The Stormy Weather Hat— It 

 tects the Ears and Neck 



Popular Science Monthly 



Pro- 



EAR muffs are clumsy, and 

 for this reason they have 

 always been unpopular, even 

 among those compelled by their 

 outdoor occupation to wear 

 them in bitter weather. So 

 Henry Vaughan, of Mon- 

 treal, Canada, has invented ^d 

 a hat with a soft woolen flap 

 attached to 

 the sweat- 

 band. This 

 does away 

 with the ne- 

 cessity for the 

 ear muffs. 



The woolen 

 flap fits up 

 into the crown of the hat when not in use; 

 but when the wind is blowing a gale or 

 when the snow flies, the wearer of the hat 

 pulls down the flap and tucks it into his 

 upturned coat-coilar. 



of deep trenches. Since ordinary auto- 

 mobiles and motorcycles could hardly 

 charge across these lands, no additional 

 equipment of this kind will be 

 made for the United States Army. 

 During Pershing's campaign in 

 Mexico, the motorcycle 

 played an important part as 

 a trustworthy vehicle for 

 despatch riders. In addition 

 to this duty, however, 

 there were several 

 motorcycles equipped 

 with machine guns. 

 Plans to organize a com- 

 pany of motorcycle 

 The flap is shaped machine gun operators 

 to fit the neck and were never carried out. 

 to cover the ears 



Yesterday, Invincible 

 day, Useless 



-To 



/\R M O R E D automo- 

 ±\ biles and motorcycle 

 machine-guns are follow- 

 ing closely upon the heels 

 of cavalry in the present 

 war; they are speedily 

 going into disuse. There 

 was a time when much 

 was expected from these 

 swift-darting steel forts, 

 for theory had indicated 

 that no infantry would be 

 capable of stopping their 

 advance. Could not these 

 cars break through the 

 enemy's lines on the open 

 field and through the 

 enemy's advance guard 

 while reconnoitering? An 

 interesting question but 

 the amount of real open 

 field fighting and of land 

 reconnoitering in this war 

 has been practically nil. 

 The important fighting 

 has taken place not on the smooth ground, 

 but on ground chopped up with networks 



One Movement, and Up Goes This 

 Sturdy, Collapsible Ironing Board 



A SINGLE action suffices to set up or 

 to fold a new type of ironing board, all 

 parts of which are securely screwed or 

 hinged together so that they cannot be- 

 come separated. In setting up the board, 

 the hinged central support is 

 swung downward, requiring but 

 one movement of the hand. 

 Although the board is 

 light and folds up com- 

 pactly, it is firm and rigid 

 when in use. A size small- 

 er than that illustrated 

 is made to fit into the 

 modern housewife's kitch- 

 enette. When not in use 

 the board may be hung 

 up on a hook, 

 the flat end first. 

 This is done so 

 as to prevent the 

 supports from 

 fulling down. 



It looks bulky but it 

 collapses after the man- 

 ner of a folding bed 



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