Page 



The Versatility of a Pocket Comb 117 



Safety Searchlights for Firemen 163 



Thirteen Windmills Decorating One Pole 188 



Concrete Drinking Fountain of Novel Design. ... 189 

 Protecting Flocks from Coyotes by Means of a Gas 



Lamp "Gun" 190 



"Don'ts" for Gasoline Users 193 



The Sandwich Man cu an Ally of the Telephone 195 



Is Ink Becoming Scarce? Not in Algeria 196 



Mahogany Cigarette Mills that Pass the Cigarettes 196 

 It Is Impossible for You to Lose This Hand-Bag . . . 198 

 Consider the Cow. She Helps Make Buttons and 



Shoe Polish 1 98 



Saved by the Bullet Intended to Kill Him ... 198 



Did the French Borrow This Idea from the Druids? 201 



Many Good Things Are Made from Yeast 203 



A Baby-Incubator Made Out of an Old Soap-Box 203 



The Largest and the Smallest Watches 204 



Directing Traffic from a Portable Platform 204 



Eliminating the Waiter in the Restaurant 205 



Filtering Rainwater Through Charcoal 206 



Afraid of Fire? Then Carry a Pocket Fire-Elscape 207 

 How a Whale Fought a Submarine and Sank Her 207 



How Much Do You See When You Look? 208 



Making Heads for Hats 209 



A Combined Show Case and Scales 212 



Writing with a Fork 218 



"A Plausible Lie" 224 



Don't Throw a Horse. Make Him Lie Down 230 



The Rubber Stamp Has Many Uses. Good and Bad 231 

 Even the Horses Must Have Drinking Cups .... 238 



Here's a New Hat Style from Mexico! 238 



How Germany Manages to Feed Her Millions . . . 239 

 The Ferris Wheel Turned into a Baby Carriage. . 239 

 The Elskimo Workbasket Is Worn About the Neck . 240 

 Are You Tired? Then Sit on Your Walking Stick 240 

 Keeping Hungry Rats and Rabbits Out of Sewers 242 

 A Caliper that Makes Extraordinary Measurements 244 



Washing River Water for Power Plants 245 



Discovering the Well Known Saw 248 



The Most Nutriment in the Least Space 251 



Help Protect Yourself 260 



A Diving Helmet Made from a Boiler 262 



The "Mouchoir Tetc" 263 



A California Novelty in Street Signs 263 



An Alligator Sewer-Cleaner 267 



Shoot Him with Your Pen-Knife 272 



Will We Dress in Paper Clothes? 273 



How Much Does that Cloth Cost? 276 



Could You Pass This Examination? 277 



Use This and Your Shoe-Laces Will Never Be 



Untied 304 



Chin Chin, the EUephant, Gets Her Winter Shoes . . 326 



Applied Mechanics in the Secret Service 346 



A New Pipe Which Is Sanitary and Nicotine-Prooif 353 

 Conducting a Thriving Business from Hospital Beds 368 



An Ocean of Green Silk 372 



Making a Fortune Out of Tears 373 



Hell Swazey Breaks Up the Dance 376 



A Dancing Comedian for the Piano 383 



The Mothering Instinct in Hens 383 



Where Cows Wear Spectacles 383 



Why Does the Heart Stop Beating at Death? 384 



A Land Ride for Whales 384 



Old Dobbin Wears Goggles 389 



An Ant Can Carry Ten Times Its Own Weight . . . 392 



Canine Aristocrats 392 



A Cane with a Flashlight 393 



Stripped of His Clothes by a Projecting Cutter . . . 396 



A Special Shampoo Chair and Basin 400 



Taking the "Kick" Out of a Revolver 405 



In What Position Does a Rifle Bullet Return to 



Earth? 412 



Blind Boy Scouts ' 417 



The Liberty Bell I. Sick and That U Why It 



Cracked 420 



Making It Possible for the Horse to Eat Com- 

 fortably 422 



Finding a New Use for the Back of a Chair 423 



A Safety Box for Carrying Blasting Caps 426 



A Snake-Bite Proof Material for Soldiers' Leggings 429 

 A Tobacco-Pouch and Purse Holder Combined. . 429 



Are You a Good or Poor Penman? 430 



A Pocket Revolver No Bigger Than a Watch 431 



Strap Your Purse to Your 'Tbumb. No One Can 



Steal It Then 437 



Imitating an Imitation 440 



A Boy Starts the Hawaiian Pineapple Industry. 505 



Page 



Eye-Glasses for Divers and Mermaids 506 



Making Buttons. Bric-a-Brac and Silk from Milk . . 507 



If Your Fur Coat Is Dingy Steam It 510 



Handprints in Concrete 516 



A Curious Finger Print 517 



Transplanting Wild Animals to Stock the Parks . . 517 



Building a House to Protect a House 525 



A Simple Elevator Guard ' 525 



A Hospital Clock 529 



A Fireman's Suit of Water 529 



A Practical Pile Protector 538 



Selling H<#se Meat in New York 539 



Soap Curiosities 563 



The Two-in-One Watering Trough 563 



Making Clothing from Nettle Fiber 565 



Was This Inspired by Prohibitionists? 565 



A Kentucky Woman Rises to Great Heights . . . 567 



Did You Ever See a Million Dollars in Gold? 568 



Handling Live Rattlers 574 



Defending the Home with a Mousetrap Gun 577 



Spinning a Top by Means of a Spring 577 



Why Does Oil Poured on the Waters Calm the Sea? 579 



Moses Didn't Want to Be Shod 580 



Marks of Age in Dressed Poultry 582 



Saved by a Tin Filled with Soup Cubes 582 



Changing a Pistol Into a Rifle 585 



A New Safety Pocfcet-Book 586 



Using Waste Tanbark in Making Coarse Paper . . 595 



Fires Which Ejitinguished Themselves 597 



An Alarm Clock for Awakening the Deaf 602 



A Small Filter for Light Machine Oils .... 603 



Getting Rid of White Ants 603 



Drawing Uncle Sam 644 



A Stencil-Cutter and Typewriter 673 



What Is a Man? Break a Thousand Eggs and 



You'll Have His Contents 676 



A Switchboard Operator Finds Time to Embroider 677 



Corrugated Wood Block for Street Paving 678 



A Potato Necklace 681 



An Indian "Corn Mill" 682 



Pumping Air to a Diver Through a Bicycle Pump 685 



Foolproofing the Automatic Pistol 688 



Pheonix, Arizona, Finds a New Use for the "Water 



Wagon" 688 



A Cyclone in Perspective 693 



Long-Handled Trowel 703 



Fire Escape Chutes for Children 711 



Women Whitewash London Curbs 717 



The Wonderful Watch in Your Pocket 721 



Saving a Man from a Burning Building with His 



Own Coat 727 



Blasting Holes with Dynamite 731 



Sharing Your Flowers with Distant Friends 731 



Safety First as Applied to the Hammerless Gun. . 732 

 A Steel Body with Arms and Legs for the Diver. . 732 



Stock Power Sand Screens for Small Jobs 735 



Combining the Sword and Pistol in One Weapon . 742 



Fresh Air in a Manhole Through a Mask 746 



This Machine Tells You How Much to Flat 747 



A Collapsible Barrel . 748 



Two Hats with but a Single Crown 749 



New Uses for the Rubber Sponge 752 



Blow Up the Earth? Not with Dynamite 754 



A House Made of Fire Relics 760 



Beach Patrol of the Coast Guard 807 



Catching Flies by the Barrelful 828 



Making Pearls to Order 829 



Saving the Miners 830 



Testing Refrigerators 849 



A Glass Lighter Than Cork 856 



A Substitute for a "No Spitting" Placard 858 



Perching the American Eagle 859 



Newspapers Wipe Out Forests 859 



Some Lessons from Deep-Sea Elvers 864 



A Spiny Cactus Fence 865 



Energy Elxpended in Coughing 866 



Deaf Mutes Can Feel Music 870 



Attaching the Phonograph to the Telephone 871 



Moving a Telephone Switchboard Without Inter- 

 rupting the Service 887 



What One Gallon of Gasoline Will Do 888 



Why Do Rifle and Shotgun Barrels Burst?. . 889 



Three Separate Plans for Making a Gun Think . . 890 



The Money That Goes Up the Chimney 898 



Candling Eggs in the Newest Way Without the 



Aid of a Dark Room 910 



Turn on the Faucet and the Sausages Are Filled .. 911 

 Saving a Drowning Person with a Boat Ladder ... 914 



