738 



Popular Science Monthly 



A Fork and Spoon in One- 

 the Soldier's Kit 



LIKE other mortals, soldiers and 

 ^ sailors, in training or on 

 active duty at the front, must 

 eat. It is not often that 

 they object to the punctual 

 fulfillment of this duty, 

 provided the "grub" is 

 fit. Uncle Sam sees to it 

 that it is "fit" and that 

 there is plenty of it. 

 Every soldier and 

 every sailor is required 

 to carry his own kit, 

 comprising knife, fork and 

 spoon, and to keep it clean. 



There are many kinds 

 of these kits in use, most 

 of them combination uten- 

 sils, planned with the idea 

 of preventing the three 

 parts of the kit from be- 

 coming separated. One of 

 these kits has the advan- 

 tage of being light, com- 

 pact and simple. It con- 

 sists of two parts only, 

 each stamped out of a 

 single piece of steel. The 

 knife forms one of the parts 

 while the other part has 

 a spoon at one end, a fork 

 at the other. The two 

 parts, which are heavily 

 nickeled, are so arranged 

 that each fits into a groove in the other 

 part, so that the sharp edge of the knife 

 and the tines of the fork are protected. 



-Part of waters in search of food. Thousands be- 

 come benumbed by the cold and remain 

 stranded upon the shore when the tide 

 recedes, an easy prey for the fisher- 



Knife -and- fork kit in detail 

 and in use. It is very compact 



A Baby-in-the-Tree-Top 

 Hammock 



THE jingle about the 

 baby in the tree top, 

 which represents the 

 height of juvenile com- 

 fort, might serve very 

 well as an advertisement 

 for the hammock illus- 

 trated. Made of open 

 mesh which enables the 

 air to circulate about the 

 body, and equipped with 

 a mosquito net and sun 

 blind, it will accommodate 

 a child up to four years 

 of age. 



The baby in the ham- 

 mock is safe, for a lace 

 which can be tightly drawn 

 holds the body, even 

 though the hammock 

 should be tipped upside 

 down. The device is made 

 in different sizes to ac- 

 commodate grown-ups as 

 well as children, but the 

 manufacturers claim that 

 the child's size hammock 

 illustrated is strong enough 

 to hold a man, so that ample 

 latitude is allowed to guard against all 

 possible mishaps. This makes it eminent- 

 ly suitable for general use in the garden. 



Catching Fish Without the 

 Use of Hook or Net 



''T^HE scarcity of meat and the 

 JL consequently increased de- 

 mand for sea food has made the 

 whiting, which is also known in dif- 

 ferent parts of the Atlantic coast 

 as "frost fi.sh" and "silver hake," 

 extremely popular. This fish usual- 

 ly begins running along the New 

 Jersey coast in November and re- 

 mains until the following May. 

 On cold, frosty nights the fish leave 

 their comparatively warm haunts 

 in deep water and seek the shallow 



An open-mcsli hammock witli laces to draw it 

 together and a sun blind to protect the eyes 



