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Popular Scicficc Monthly 



The problem of dividing this strawberry shortcake, 

 too big for a knife, was solved by sawing it 



A Giant Strawberry Shortcake. It Had 

 to be Cut with a Cross-Ciit Saw 



EVERY year the little town of Burton, 

 situated on Vashon Island, a few 

 miles from the city of Tacoma, holds a 

 good old-fashioned strawberry festival 

 to which the public is cordially invited. 

 The Island Commercial Club, a "live-wire" 

 in the community, conducts the festivi- 

 ties. Heretofore plain strawberries, sugar 

 and cream have been the order of the 

 day, but the committee that had charge of 

 the affair this year took it into their heads 

 to do something different and original. 



Accordingly they waited upon 

 two members of the Burton 

 Woman's Club, far famed 

 for their culinary accom- 

 plishments, and told 

 them to put on their 

 thinking caps. The 

 ladies rose to the oc- 

 casion and the result 

 was the making of a 

 strawberry shortcake of 

 exquisite taste and gen- 

 erous proportions. 



No knife equal to the 

 situation could be found, 

 but H. G. Parkes, presi- 

 dent of the Commercial 

 Club, suggested the use of 

 a cross-cut saw. Every- 

 body echoed "Why not?" 



No Very Great Danger in 

 Making Explosives 



IN a paper read before a med- 

 ical association in the East, Dr. 

 W. G. Hudson, medical direc- 

 tor of E. I. duPont de Nemours 

 & Co., manufacturers of ex- 

 plosives, recently made some 

 interesting statements concern- 

 ing the risks connected with 

 the manufacture of powerful 

 explosives. He asserted that 

 the dangers of that industry 

 were greatly exaggerated. As 

 a matter of fact, railroading 

 shows much higher injury and 

 death rates than the manufac- 

 ture of explosives. Of the ac- 

 cidents which occur in explosive 

 factories only a small percentage 

 are actually caused by explo- 

 sives. Four-fifths of the accidents are 

 due to carelessness or negligence of em- 

 ployees who disregard the precautions 

 necessary wherever men are working 

 with tools and machinery. By increasing 

 the share of work done by machinery 

 and reducing the number of workers in 

 proportion to the increased use of mechan- 

 ical appliances, the manufacturers of 

 explosives are striving to diminish the 

 hazards connected with their business. 



Kcuiovt the bundle of your grip 

 and it will be safe from thieves 



Use This Detachable Handle to 

 Protect Your Grip 



IN order to make it at least 

 very awkward for a thief 

 to steal a bag, Mr. A. C. 

 Aagebery, of Indiana, has 

 invented a detachable 

 handle. This can be 

 fitted to both new and 

 old bags and valises. 

 It is merely a pair 

 of sockets into which 

 the removable handle- 

 piece fits and from 

 which it is removable by 

 pressing a button. 



The handles being non- 

 interchangeable, theft by 

 fitting another handle is 

 not possible. The thief 

 would have to carry the 

 bag under his arm. 



