Popular Science Monthly 



61 



Millions of shoes worn to all degrees of disrepair, waiting to be sorted, patched and soaked in 

 oil. Scraps of leather are passed through an ingenious cutter and converted into boot-laces 



The "Shoe Hospital" of the Allies. 

 Not an Inch of Leather Is Wasted 



IN a recent issue of The New Republic, 

 W. M. Meredith makes the following 

 reference to the shoe-repair shops of the 

 Allied Armies. 



"Entering another shop we find huge 

 stacks of worn-out boots in every degree of 

 disrepair. These are first sorted out like 

 patients in a hospital, according to their 

 various injuries. Those requiring new 

 soles go in one direction, those which must 

 have new toes or sides 

 are passed on in another. 

 Here the boots are re- 

 fitted completely, and 

 finally go into a bath of 

 hot oil where they are 

 thoroughly soaked. If 

 any British soldier of 

 the three million or so in 

 France expresses a wish 

 to have a certain pair of 

 boots returned to him 

 that fit him with com- 

 fort, he is certain of 

 getting that same pair 

 back." Think of that 

 in connection with our 

 photograph above! 



The hair-drying frame is of wire net- 

 ting with an adjustable head band 



Not the Latest Style in Hats — Just 

 a Hair-Drying Frame 



THE artist who made the "human 

 interest" drawing of the hair-drying 

 frame illustrated below is evidently a 

 bachelor who has spent all his days in an 

 Eden where there were no Eves to go about 

 periodically in low-necked kimonos and 

 wildly flowing tresses during the process of 

 drying and airing the hair after a shampoo. 

 However, he has shown the frame clearly. 

 It is made of wire netting, and buckles 

 around the head with an 

 adjustable band. The 

 hair is drawn up tight to 

 the crown of the head 

 after the last rinsing and 

 a perfunctory drying. 

 Then the frame is ad- 

 justed and buckled 

 around the head, and 

 the hair is spread over 

 it in all directions, so 

 that the air can circulate 

 through it thoroughly. 

 To the professional hair- 

 dresser, with an electric 

 fan for the drying, such 

 a frame should prove 

 invaluable. 



