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Six motor-cycles 

 on each side in 

 this tug -of- war 

 pulled until they 

 were exhausted 



Two Teams of Six Motor- Cycles 

 Have a Tug-of-War 



'TV RE you ready? Go!" 

 l\ Then follows a series of explo- 

 sions. "Gr-r-r! Bang! Bang! Bang! 

 Whoosh! Pop! Pop! Pop!" 



This, coupled with clouds of sand 

 flying, and shouts and laughs from the 

 spectators, gives a slight idea of what 

 recently took place on a California beach. 



Following a friendly ar- 

 gument concerning the 

 pulling power of different 

 makes of machines by 

 members of the Los An- 

 geles Motor Cycle Club, 

 a tug-of-war for motor- 

 cycles was arranged. The 

 competing machines were 

 arranged in teams of six, 

 and hitched to a one- 

 hundred - and - fifty - foot 

 manila cable. The en- 

 gines were .started up, and, 

 at a given signal, all the 

 clutches were let in to- 

 gether. For ten minutes 

 the game little machines 

 pulled each other back and 

 forth along the beach. At 

 the end of that time they 

 had all dug themselves 

 in until they could run no 

 longer. The winning team 

 won by just eight inches! 



Popular Science Monthly 



-V Bathtubs for the Eyes. They Have 



\ Running Water, Too 



FRIEDRICH MAIER, of Elizabeth, 

 N. J., suffering from some eye 

 trouble, consulted an eye specialist who 

 recommended, as part of the treatment, 

 frequent bathing of the eyes in cold 

 water. Mr. Maier found these 

 baths beneficial, but did 

 not like the manner of 

 taking them. After 

 having given the 

 matter consider- 

 able thought, he 

 made a pair of 

 miniature bathtubs 

 for the eyes, fitted 

 them to the head like 

 goggles, and fastened them 

 securely in place by a strap 

 around the head. He fitted each of the 

 little bathtubs with an inlet at the top 

 and an outlet at the bottom. Connecting 

 the inlets by means of rubber tubes with 

 a water reservoir or the faucet and turn- 

 ing on the water a stream of water flowed 

 through the two bathtubs, washing the 

 eyes and eventually draining through 

 rubber tubes connected with the outlets, 

 into a basin or the sink. 



The inventor was thoroughly satisfied 

 with the efficiency of this 

 apparatus and so was the 

 eye doctor for whom he 

 made a copy of the device 

 and who used it with ex- 

 cellent success in his clinic. 

 The device is of great 

 value in all cases where a 

 continued washing of one 

 eye or both eyes is neces- 

 sary. As the cups are 

 provided with glass fronts, 

 like goggles, the doctor 

 can observe the effect 

 of the washing upon the 

 eye of the patient. The 

 device can be used for but 

 one eye or both, as de- 

 sired, and the patient may 

 be standing, sitting, or 

 lying down. 



The illustration explains, 

 better than words can do, 

 the method of using this 

 apparatus. 



Bathing both eyes 

 at the same time 



