Popular Science Monthly 



3G9 



Don't Throw Away Waste 

 Paper. Bale It! 



EVERY household, every 

 school, store or public 

 building is everlastingly con- 

 fronted with the problem of how 

 best to dispose of the accumula- 

 tions of waste paper, newspapers, 

 paper bags and wrapping paper. 

 To destroy paper stock is a great 

 waste of money as the price of 

 paper is extremely high. 



William J. Palm, of Minne- 

 apolis, has invented and placed 

 upon the market a simple con- 

 trivance which offers an inexpen - 

 sive and adequate solution of the 

 waste paper problem. The in- 

 vention consists of a stout box, 

 open at the top and with a 

 hinged front. The back and the 

 movable front of the box have 

 each, on the inside, two ratchet 

 bands into which engage the 

 pawls of the sliding press- 

 plate. The paper is deposited in 

 the box which rests on strong 

 swivel-rollers and is pressed down 

 by the top plate. When the 

 compact bale of paper thus 

 formed has reached 

 the desired size, the 

 front of the box is 

 let down and the 

 top plate removed, it- K 



which facilitates the 

 tying up and removal 

 of the bale. 



A baling contrivance 

 which will enable you 

 to save waste paper 



<£; Int. 



The thermometer registers ten below zero. 

 But they take their dip just the same — Br-r-r! 



The Human Polar Bears. They 

 Bathe in Icy Water — Br-r-r. 



DURING the bathing season many 

 thousands enjoy the cooling surf 

 at Coney Island every day, but when the 

 winter brings zero temperature and icy 

 blasts from the north, and big ice stalac- 

 tites form on the piers and on the lower 

 side of the board-walk. Coney is almost 

 deserted. Only a small group of hardy 

 men, who fittingly call themselves Polar 

 Bears, remain true to Father Atlantic and 

 daily disport themselves, clad in their 

 bathing suits, upon the icy beach and 

 amid the floating ice in the ocean. 



The accompanying picture was taken at 

 Coney Island on one of the coldest days of 

 the winter. The thermometer registered 

 ten below zero and the photographer was 

 nearly frozen while taking the picture. 

 Well, after all it is but a matter of consti- 

 tution, inclination and habit. The Polar 

 Bears really seem to enjoy their icy 

 winter bathing. 



