The Stars and Stripes Forever! 



A new strength-testing amusement device 

 which settles an international question 



The player first deposits a coin in the slot and turns the crank in the box at the base of the appara- 

 tus. This unlocks the cannon from its moorings so that the player can shove it up the incline 



THE player who undertakes to settle 

 the patriotic question involved in 

 the timely exercising game devised 

 by Hans Gafner, Escanaba, Michigan, must 

 be well prepared. His delivery must be 

 strong or his "cannon" will go up the 

 incline and down again, while the Foreign 

 flag still flies above the fort. The object 

 of the game is to displace the Foreign flag 

 on the fort and to raise 

 the Stars and Stripes by 

 the impact of the missile 

 driven by the player. 



The player first de- 

 posits a coin in the slot 

 and turns the crank in the 

 box at the base of the 

 apparatus. This unlocks 

 the cannon from its moor- 

 ings and permits the play- 

 er to move it into the field 

 for action. Following this 

 the player grasps the rail- 

 ing firmly with one hand, and seizes the 

 cannon with the other. Then he gives it a 

 hard, firm push to send it up the incline, 

 where on reaching the top of the incline it 

 registers spectacularly. The Foreign flag 

 is supplanted by Old Glory, and the doors of 

 the fort swing outward, displaying a gay 

 and patriotic picture. The result is ob- 

 tained by means of a spring-pressed rack 

 within the fort or tower, with which 

 the cannon makes impact, and by means 

 of which the flagstaff^ bearing the United 

 States flag is rotated into display posi- 

 tion and the Foreign flag rotated out 

 of view. Bevel gears connect the flag staff 



DOORS THAT OPEN 

 FOLLOWINS SHOT 

 EXHIBITING PATRIOTIC 

 PICTURE 



Detail of the end of the incline 

 and the interior of the cabinet 



with a rod that is rotated by another gear 

 that meshes with the toothed portion of 

 the spring-pressed rack. The friction of 

 the prominent cable retards the cannon as. 

 it rolls down the incline, so that its return 

 is not a rapid one. When it finally rolls 

 back to its starting point it hits a lever that 

 again locks the cannon and causes the doors 

 of the fort to close and the flags to return 

 again to their original 

 position. 



The operation of the 

 device is unique, but the 

 principle involved is the 

 same as that of the "test- 

 your-strength" apparatus 

 familiar to frequenters of 

 Coney Island and similar 

 pleasure resorts. In the 

 older device a hammer is 

 used to strike a great ball, 

 which rings a bell at the 

 top of the column. 



Zinc Wire Is Now Used at the 

 German Front 



IN order to save as much as possible of her 

 copper and iron, Germany has developed 

 the zinc wire. She is now using it for both 

 ordinary electric wiring at home and for 

 telephone work at the front. Considerable 

 trouble was experienced, however, in per- 

 fecting the various stages of manufacture. 

 The process of drawing the wire was 

 especially difficult. But after innumerable 

 experiments success was attained. The 

 new wire has been found to have double 

 the conductivity of iron wire. 



