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Hanging Flowcr-Gardens in 

 Old Gas-Lamps 



OUT on Blair Avenue, in a residential 

 section of Cincinnati, a flower-lover 

 had a happy inspira- 

 tion. There had been 

 a change made in the 

 street lamps used. The 

 older -style gas -lamps 

 were discarded, the 

 glass globes were re- 

 moved, and only the 

 old poles and the lamp- 

 frames were left. 



"Good enough!" 

 thought the flower- 

 lover. 



Down in his cellar 

 there was some old 

 window -screening. It 

 was the work of a mo- 

 ment to rip the screen 

 itself from the frame, 

 take the family ladder 

 to the sidewalk, and 

 wrap and bend the 

 screen to the prongs of 

 the lamp-frame. 



Soil from the yard; 

 seeds from the war-gar- 

 den; water when needed 

 — and lo, in a very short 

 time each lamp-post 

 had its hanging garden. 



An old gas-lamp filled with flower- 

 ing plants in a Cincinnati street 



when he reaches home his loving wife at 

 once opens up her battery of reproaches. 

 Now comes the news that two inven- 

 tors in Osceola, Arkansas, have jointly in- 

 vented a breath-guard of a new pattern. 

 It is said to be efficient, 

 but not in the manner 

 you were thinking of. 

 It is intended to pro- 

 tect dentists, barbers, 

 and physicians, from 

 inhaling the germ-laden 

 breath of their patients 

 or patrons. It con- 

 sists of a small, curved 

 shield of glass placed 

 so as to cover the 

 nostrils and held in 

 position by a spring 

 clip gripping the parti- 

 tion wall of the nose 

 on the inside. Many 

 diseases are directly 

 communicated through 

 the inhalation of taint- 

 ed air, and a device of 

 this kind should be a 

 boon to professional 

 people who are com- 

 pelled, by the nature 

 of their duties, to be 

 in close pro.ximity to 

 those whom they serve. 

 The patrons of some bar- 

 bers may also need it. 



A Breath-Guard— But Not the Kmd 

 You Mean 



A MAN'S breath is often a betrayer 

 of secrets. He may have been out 

 late, sitting up with a sick friend, but 



Ias5 shield 



No matter 

 how strong 

 your breath 

 the barber is 

 safe. The 

 shield shown 

 protects him 



Old Age Is Not a Matter of Years, 

 But of Recuperative Power 



IT would seem that the phenomenon of 

 growing old has really nothing to do 

 with the number of years that an individ- 

 ual has lived, but depends prin- 

 cipally on the extent to which 

 he has conserved his recupera- 

 tive powers. The human body 

 wears out in two ways, i.e., either 

 by long-continued use or by 

 long-continued disuse. In the 

 former case it is like bending a 

 wire back and forth in one 

 place until it breaks, and in the 

 second it is the atrophy of or- 

 gans or functions through dis- 

 use. The only way to stave 

 off old age is to eliminate all 

 forms of abuse and live as Na- 

 ture intended us to live. 



