Popular Science MonOihj 



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Armless — But Able to Paint Pictures 

 and Signs for All That 



IN the little town of Chailey, in England, 

 is a picturesque institution for cripples, 

 known as the Heritage School of Arts and 

 Crafts. Here for many years crippled 

 boys and girls have had a chance to gain 

 health and strength in the open air so that 

 ultimately they could earn their own 

 livelihood. 



During the last two years, the school 

 has extended its usefulness by taking in 

 soldiers and sailors disabled in the present 

 war, and re-educating them side by side 

 wath the crippled boys. The example of 

 the lads has proven a great inspiration to 

 men handicapped, according to their own 

 conception, beyond hope of ever again 

 being useful. 



In one of the accompanying pictures is 

 shown an armless, crippled youth at the 

 Heritage School of Arts and Crafts, paint- 

 ing a tombstone for a favorite pet, buried 

 in the Institution's animal cemetery. 

 The boy holds the brush between his toes 

 which have become almost as agile as 

 fingers and is able to do very creditable 

 work. The second picture shows this 

 same youth teaching an armless child to 

 paint with his feet. 



He holds the brush between his 

 toes and is able to produce very 

 creditable signs and pictures 



At right: The armless master 

 teaches an armless youngster 

 how to paint with the feet 



The monorail car is held on the rail by the 

 ore which it carries in bins on either side 



Shipping Ore by Monorail Over a 

 Two-Mile Gap 



WITH a gasoline engine furnishing 

 the motive power, a monorail loco- 

 motive has been constructed in the Cceur 

 d'Alene mining district of Idaho, to trans- 

 port ore concentrates to the railroad. It 

 is handling ore at twelve and one-half 

 cents a ton per mile, whereas the old sys- 

 tem cost four dollars a ton. 



The car, with two double- 

 flanged wheels, runs on a thirty- 

 pound rail, spiked to the top of a 

 heavy beam, while guide wheels 

 on either side help to maintain 

 the equilibrium. The bins hang 

 low on the sides and each one 

 holds a ton and a half of ore. 

 One man constitutes the train 

 crew. The bins are loaded 

 from chutes and are dumped by 

 levers. According to the in- 

 ventor, H. W. 

 Shepherd of Se- 

 attle, Washing- 

 ton, a car 

 similar to that 

 shown, equip- 

 ped with a 

 converted 

 Ford engine, 

 can be built 

 for $600. The 

 track costs 

 about $2,500 

 a mile. 



