Popular Science Monthly 



573 



An Electric Comb for Drying the 

 Hair After the Shampoo 



HERE is a boon for the hair 

 dresser, barber, lady's maid 

 or for the woman who is clever 

 enough to shampoo herself with- 

 out assistance. It is a comb so / 

 constructed as to inclose an 

 ordinary electrical heater. The 

 body portion of the comb, 

 hollow and cylindrical, is pro- 

 vided with grooves into which 

 the teeth of the comb fit. 

 The electrical heater is con- 

 tained in this hollow cylinder. 

 Extending through the tang 

 and the handle, is a metal tube 

 which serves as a conductor 

 running to an ordmary lamp- 

 socket. 



The comb may be taken apart 

 and cleaned and thoroughly ster- 

 ilized in a sterilizing liquid with 

 out danger of wetting the heater, 

 is as easily reassembled, and 

 parts fit together so snugly that there is 

 no rattling or unsteady movement during 

 the operation. 



The amount of electricity used is small but 

 is suflficient to dry the hair thoroughly in a 

 ver>' short time. Thus in a single operation 

 the tv\o most tedious accompaniments of 

 the shampoo are accomplished: for when 

 the hair is perfectly smooth and free from 

 tangles it is also perfectly dry. 



IRONING Rifii 



WOOO HANDLE 



ETALTELTH 



An electric comb for drying the hair quickly 

 while removing the tangles after a shampoo 



Weight the bulb with a small 

 stone and lower it into the 

 bottle ; keep it in water and it will 

 finally blossom as on the left 



How Did the Crocus Grow in the Bottle? 

 — A Trick for the Amateur 

 Horticulturist 



A CROC US growing and blossoming in- 

 side a bottle? How did it get there.-* 

 This is how the idea is carried out. Get a 

 good sized bottle, the neck of which is just 

 large enough to admit of the passage of a 

 crocus bulb. Pour into the bottle about an 

 inch of water. Tie a piece of string around 

 the bulb, in the manner shown in the 

 photograph. Loop the string • around a 

 stone in such a way that the stone is held 

 at the bottom of the bulb. The stone 

 should be a rather flat pebble on which the 

 bulb will rest upright. 



By means of the string, lower the bulb 

 into the bottle. When the lower part of 

 the bulb just touches the water, the string 

 may be fastened around the neck of the 

 bottle. The bottle should now be removed 

 to some dark place for a few weeks, at the 

 end of which time it will be seen that 

 the bulb has sent out num- 

 erous roots. It may be needful 

 to add a little fresh water now 

 and again to keep the level up. 

 Keep the bottle near a sunny 

 window. After a time the bulb 

 will begin to flower. Then the 

 string may be loosened from the 

 neck of the bottle and dropped 

 down inside. 



