582 



Popular Science Monthly 



Bassinet 



in- 



A Crib, Baby-Carriage and 

 All in One 



A STRANGE new vehicle has been 

 vented for the comfort and con- 

 venience of babies and their 

 mothers. It is a combination 

 crib, baby carriage and 

 bassinet so arranged 

 that it can be folded 

 away and 

 stored in 

 small space 

 when not in 

 use. 



The crib is 

 enclosed in a 

 silver -wire 

 screen and is 

 p r o V i d e d 

 with a shel- 

 tering canopy 

 to keep away 

 flies. A mat- 

 tress- plat- 

 form is pro- 

 vided in order 

 to make the 

 crib a downy 

 bed for the young- 

 ster. When the in- 

 fant's nap is finished, the mattress and 

 board can be lowered. This leaves a roomy 

 little play-space where the baby may romp 

 and exercise without the slightest possibility 

 of injury to himself. His mother knows he 

 is safe and can go about her usual duties. 



in my right side— a bullet had gone through my cubes. 

 Had not the cubes been there, I would have lost 

 my life, as the bullet would have gone in my right 



side and out at the 

 left. Please be sure 

 to send my lid to 

 my house when you 

 have done with it, as 

 I would not part 

 with it for any- 

 thing." 



We have 

 heard of cases 

 of a much- 

 treasured Bi- 

 ble, carried 

 above a sol- 

 dier's heart in 

 obedience to a 

 mo t her's re- 

 quest, saving his 

 life, but never 

 before has a pro- 

 saic soup cube 

 had such a ro- 

 mantic mission. 



Above: The crib extended, 

 with its sheltering canopy 

 in place. At left it is be- 

 ing folded for storing away 



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Saved by a Tin Filled with 

 Soup Cubes 



A PRIVATE in the 

 Gordon Highlanders 

 owes his life to a can 

 containing soup cubes. 

 The illustration strikingly 

 shows what happened to 

 the bullet intended for 

 him. Here is the private's 

 own story: 



"I had just received my 

 weekly parcel from home on 

 the 24th of September, as we 

 made the charge at Loos on 

 the 25th, so I thought I would 

 put my cubes in my pocket as when I got them the 

 week before I lost them out of the parcel. 



"We went over the parapet on the Saturday 

 morning, and drove the enemy right out of Loos 

 and ovei* Hill 70. All at once I got a bullet in the 

 leg, and about five .minutes after I felt a sharp prick 





A private in the Gordon High- 

 landers was saved from death by 

 a can of soup cubes. A bullet 

 passed right through the can 



Marks of Age by Which Dressed 

 Poultry May Be Tested 



THERE are tricks in every trade, they 

 say, and the average poultry dealer 

 is not likely to be altogether exempt from 

 the implication; for there are almost no 

 tests by which the buying public may 

 judge the age of his birds which he may 

 not, if he is so disposed, cover up or offset. 

 For instance, it is commonly known that 

 in a young chicken, goose or turkey the end 

 of the breastbone is easily bent, like the 

 cartilage in the human ear, 

 while in the old bird it is 

 brittle. But this test is 

 often rendered worthless 

 by the dealer breaking the 

 end of the breastbone so 

 that it seems pliable. 



The feet sometimes fur- 

 nish a clue. In a young 

 bird they are soft and 

 smooth, while in an old 

 one they are hard and 

 rough, and if a male the 

 spurs are long and large. Young turkeys 

 have black feet, it is said, which grow 

 pinkish at about three years and then turn 

 gray and dull. In ducks and geese the 

 flexibility of the windpipe denotes the age. 



