Popular Science Monf/ilt/ 



Sea-Gulls Betray the Presence of 

 Submarine Raiders 



EDWARD H. FORBUSH, the State 

 Ornithologist of Massachusetts, ad- 

 vocates the protection of the sea gulls, 

 because they are useful in detecting and 

 betraying the presence of submarines. 

 The gulls follow in the wake of submarines 

 to pick up their refuse, and thus betray 

 the presence of the U-boat to the watching 

 aviators. 



Anything to Attract Attention— The 

 Masked Sign Girl 



SINCE the suffragettes have paraded 

 and walked the streets in small groups 

 carrying flaring banners, no one ought to 

 shrink from being the ham in a sign- 

 sandwich. And yet we have some pre- 

 suffragette conservatism left. We say so. 

 because the shy Miss shown in the illus- 

 tration hides her charms behind a black- 

 silk mask. But then (and we are assailed 

 by a doubt) is the mask an attention- 

 attracting device or a genuine mark of 

 maidenly modesty? Upon this mystery 

 the oracles are silent. 



Why the masked face? Innate maidenh' 

 modesty? Or simply an attention-attracter? 



© Underwood and Underwood 



Statue of royalty in Odessa veiled but not 

 destroyed — a good sign of level-headedness 



Great Catherine Is Veiled But Not 

 Destroyed by Revolutionists 



IMPERIALISM and its autocratic rule 

 have been dethroned in Russia and 

 slowly, but surely, liberty and order 

 evolve from political chaos by the leaders 

 of the revolutionary factions. There are 

 still a great many things to adjust and 

 the completion of the task will require 

 decades of hard work. It is not likely 

 that the work of reconstruction will be 

 accomplished altogether without friction, 

 for, it must be borne in mind, there are 

 still many persons in Russia who adhere 

 to the imperialistic system of government. 

 It speaks well for the revolutionists of 

 Russia that they have displayed, so far at 

 least, remarkable moderation in their 

 acts and have refrained from mere van- 

 dalism. Nowhere have they wantonly 

 destroyed monuments or memorials com- 

 memorating the deeds of former Russian 

 rulers. The picture, for instance, shows 

 how considerately the revolutionists in 

 Odessa treated the magnificent memorial 

 to Catherine II. in their city. They did 

 not injure it, but hid it from sight by 

 wrapping the entire monument with 

 heavy canvas. Acts like this prove that 

 the Revolution is not at all the blood- 

 mad orgy some people think. 



