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Popular Science Monihly 



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"Acting" tJie old Colonial days. Massachusetts school 

 children learning history in a new and interesting way 



Many Cubic Feet 

 in a Ton of Coal ? 



HERE is a little informa- 

 tion which will help 

 you to solve the vexing 

 problem that is apt to be a 

 hardy annual, i. e., how much 

 coal to order in order to fill 

 the bunkers, but without 

 having to put some in an old 

 barrel in the outhouse. A 

 ton of egg coal contains from 

 thirty-two to thirty-eight 

 cubic feet, averaging about 

 thirty-five. By measuring 

 the cubical contents of your 

 bin you will be able to esti- 

 mate how much to order to 

 fill them. This may be done 

 by multiplying together the 

 length, breadth and depth of 

 your bin. 



"Making Believe" You'reMilesStand- 

 ish to Learn American History 



IN the State Normal School, situated in 

 Salem, Massachusetts, a new method 

 has been adopted to teach kindergarten 

 children through pictures. Frederick W. 

 Whitney, the art teacher in the school, 

 conceived the idea of using drawings in 

 colored chalk upon 

 the blackboard to il- 

 lustrate and make 

 clearer the stories read 

 to the children. 



When he talked 

 about the Colonial 

 times Mr. Whitney 

 greatly aided the in- 

 terest and under- 

 standing of the chil- 

 dren by improvising 

 for them Colonial cos- 

 tumes made of cam- 

 bric, pasteboard and 

 paper. To illustrate 

 the life of the Indians 

 a forest scene was 

 drawn upon the black- 

 board, while the chil- 

 dren, dressed in In- 

 dian costume, were 

 seated around the 

 imaginary campfire. 



This paper skull cap may mean all the 

 difference between sickness and health 



In Trying On That New Hat You May 

 Get Something Besides the Hat 



THE doctor, who sees bacteria every- 

 where — even though they are in- 

 visible — warns you now against trying on 

 hats in a hat-store. 



Most men try on three or four hats be- 

 fore they get what they want, and it was 

 discovered, by actual 

 observation, that two 

 per cent of them have 

 noticeable eruptions 

 on their faces and 

 foreheads. 



As a measure of 

 protection thin paper 

 skull caps are recom- 

 mended by Dr. Wal- 

 lace A. Mannheimer. 

 The caps are to be 

 worn while trying on 

 new hats. 



Unfortunately, so 

 far, it is only the bet- 

 ter hatters that have 

 introduced this pro- 

 tective measure, but 

 it is to be hoped that 

 the public will soon 

 demand a skull cap as 

 a matter of course, like 

 an individual cup. 



