Popular Science Monthly 



351 



Glasses That You Can Wear In 

 Comfort 



PERSONS who are 

 compelled to wear 

 eye glasses know that, 

 as a rule, the frames 

 are either too tight and 

 make the nose sore or 

 so loose that they will 

 not stay on. A West- 

 ern surgeon thinks he 

 has invented a frame 

 that will do away with 

 pain and profanity at 

 a stroke. Instead of 

 suspending the specta- 

 cles by the bridge of 

 j'our nose only, he has 

 arranged springed ex- 

 tensions ending in 

 small plates that catch 

 the face just above the 

 eye at a spot where 

 they escape a vital 

 nerve or blood vessel 

 This little de\'ice holds 

 the glasses firmly in 

 place and relieves most 

 of the pressure on the 

 nose, and at the same 

 time it allows the glasses 

 to be removed easily 

 with one hand. 



Coat Racks Display 



Advertising When 



Coats are Hung 



ACOAT rack which 

 turns up an ad- 

 vertising card auto- 

 matically whenever a 

 hat or coat is hung on 

 one of the hooks is now 

 being marketed by a 

 Western novelty con- 

 cern. The advertis- 

 ing cards fold down 

 into a small box like 

 structure whenever 

 the weight is taken off 

 the hooks. When a 

 coat, hat, or other 

 garment is hung on 

 one of the hooks, the 



hook is pulled down about four inches, 

 and the advertising card is turned up into 

 view. Naturally the attention of the 

 person hanging up his 

 garment is attracted to 

 the add. This adver- 

 tising novelty is now 

 being placed in numer- 

 ous restaurants, and 

 other pubic places. 



Simple and effective is this de- 

 vice for giving a firm grip to 

 eyeglasses without nose-pressure 



An "ad" pops up as the hook goes 

 down by the weight of the coat or hat 



AlUes Restrict Use 

 of GasoUne 



IN all the belligerent 

 countries of Europe 

 there is a great scarcity 

 of gasoline, and every- 

 where the most string- 

 ent laws for restricting 

 its use for the running 

 of automobiles have 

 been passed. Touring 

 for pleasure has prac- 

 tically been stopped. In 

 England, some success 

 has been achieved in 

 running cars by coal 

 gas carried in bags on 

 the roof of the cars, 

 but in Italy, with coal 

 at $200 a ton, this sub- 

 stitute is impossible. 

 The price of gasoline is 

 $2 a gallon, when it 

 can be obtained. 

 Somewhat better are 

 the conditions in 

 France, where gasoline 

 may be purchased at 

 $1 a gallon. 



Switzerland is feel- 

 ing the gasoline famine 

 even more seriously 

 than the belligerent 

 nations, stock being 

 so low that all private 

 use of automobiles 

 has ceased. Reports 

 regarding Germany, 

 coming through 

 S\\itzerland, are to the 

 effect that there- is no 

 gasoline shortage for 

 army use, but the lack 

 of rubber is causing 

 serious trouble. 



