Popular Science MoniJilij 



119 



Here Is a Combination Fence 

 Lawn Sprinkler 



and 



IRON pipe ^i in. in diameter is exten- 

 sively used for protecting the small 

 grass spots between the sidewalk and the 

 street curb, also between the sidewalk and 

 the building, pro- 

 viding the space 

 is not large. These 

 plots are very diffi- 

 cult to keep water- 

 ed in dry seasons. 

 One resident owner 

 made a combina- 

 tion fence, using 

 the pipe for the 

 sprinkling ap- 

 paratus as well as 

 for the guard. 

 Small holes were 

 drilled in a row on 

 the inside surface 

 of the pipe and the 

 whole line was 

 connected w'ith the 

 water supply. In 

 building such a 

 protection be sure 

 to have all joints 

 watertight and the 

 tees plugged that 

 are used to con- 

 nect the iron sup- 

 ports for the posts. — Thomas W. Benson. 



The pipe guarding the grass plot is used 

 for sprinkling the ground in a dry season 



Changing Ink Into Water. This Is 

 Black Magic 



THE performer introduces to the audi- 

 ence a glass or bowl of ink which is 

 covered over for an instant by a lady's 

 handkerchief, during which time it be- 

 comes changed to clear water. This trick 

 can be performed with any sized glass 

 from a miniature tumbler up to a large 

 fish globe. The fish globe will be described 

 here, as it differs but little from the small- 

 er sized glasses. 



There is made to fit inside of the globe 

 a lining of alpaca, or black silk without 

 any bottom, and around the top of which 

 runs a wire over which the alpaca is 

 turned to prevent it from falling down. 

 The lining is made to fit the glass as 

 closely as possible. When the water is 

 poured in and presses the cloth out 



against the glass, the globe appears to 

 be full of ink. 



This is e.xhibited to the audience, and 

 to prove the genuineness of the fluid, the 

 performer takes a ladle and dipping it into 

 the bowl, pours out some of the ink into a 

 plate, which is sent around. The ladle 

 is made with a 

 hollow handle 

 which has a small 

 hole at the bottom, 

 leading into the 

 bowl of the ladle. 

 Another small 

 puncture is made 

 within 1 in. of the 

 top of the handle. 

 Before commenc- 

 ing the trick, ink 

 is poured into the 

 ladle bowl, which, 

 when the ladle is 

 tilted, runs up in- 

 to the handle, but 

 is prevented from 

 flowing back again 

 by a finger or 

 thumb placed over 

 and covering the 

 top hole. The 

 ladle can, there- 

 fore, be held in 

 any position with- 

 out fear of the 

 hidden liquid coming out. When it is 

 dipped in the globe it is not allowed to 

 enter the w^ater, but is only lowered to the 

 surface, the finger at the same time being 

 removed from the hole in the handle, allow- 

 ing the ink to flow down and into the bowl 

 of the ladle, from which it is then poured 

 into a plate and handed out for examina- 

 tion. The former next borrows a large hand- 

 kerchief wdth which to cover the bowl and 

 touching the glass with his wand com- 

 mands the ink to vanish. When the cov- 

 ering is lifted the bowl will be found full 

 of clear water, with gold fish swimming 

 in it. In snatching off the handkerchief 

 the wire ring is grasped and whipped off 

 under cover and dropped into an open 

 drawer at the rear of the table. This trick 

 is extremely effective when adroitly 

 done, as the transition seems so obvious 

 because of the sample handed around in 

 the ladle. The magician should not forget 

 to "patter" while doing the trick. 



