FOR PRACTICAL 

 WORKERS 



Fish Bowl with Folding Stand for 

 the Magician 



THIS very serviceable fish bowl is 

 really of a collapsible variety. Con- 

 trary to appearance, it can be folded up- 

 water, fish and all — and carried beneath 



The curved metal legs fold up snugly 

 against the sides of the glass bowl 



your coat. To substantiate this state- 

 ment it can be said that this bowl is 

 the invention of one of the world's great- 

 est "eye foolers" — an old-time magician 

 named Hartz. From an empty cloth 

 he magically produced six of these bowls. 

 This, however, was an unusual achieve- 

 ment which perhaps only Hartz could do. 

 But anyone can hide one of these bowls 

 beneath his coat. 



To begin with, the legs fold up flat 

 against the sides of the bowl. A rubber 

 cover, slipped over the mouth of the 

 bowl, keeps the water in. The bowl is 

 hidden under the coat and held in posi- 

 tion by the pressure of one arm. As the 

 conjurer waves his cloth, one hand steals 

 beneath the coat and brings out the bowl. 

 The metal legs snap into an upright posi- 

 tion by means of a series of rubber bands 

 fastened to each leg. 



In taking off the cloth, the rubber cover 

 is removed, thus displaying a bowl about 

 7 in. high and 8 in. wide, brimful of water 



and swimming gold-fish. The fish are 

 generally known as "three-carat gold- 

 fish" because they are composed of three 

 red carrots whittled into shape. 



Unequally Adjusted Rear Wheel 

 Brakes Cause Skidding 



BRAKES that are not properly ad- 

 justed will cause a skid on slippery 

 pavements. A way to find this fault is 

 to drive the car on a dry road, to ac- 

 celerate quickly, then suddenly to apply 

 the brakes. If one wheel skids and the 

 other keeps turning, this shows that the 

 brake on the sliding wheel is set tighter 

 than its mate. 



A Bench Holder for a Large 

 Pair of Tinner's Snips 



USUALLY, snips that are used for 

 cutting sheet metal, if they are of 

 medium or large size, are heavy and 

 clumsy to handle, and it is difficult to cut 

 on a straight line. To overcome this, I 

 mounted a heavy pair on a hardwood 

 base about 6 in. wide and as long as the 

 snips.. This dimension may be as desired, 



A wood base and blocks to hold tinner's 

 snips so that they are easy to handle 



as shown in the illustration. In this way, 

 bench shears are made and they are 

 portable and easy to handle. With this 

 arrangement, it is surprising how straight 

 the snips will cut. — W. E. Day. 



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