66 



Popular Science Monthly 



A German Medal to Com- 

 memorate the Torpedoing 

 of the Lusitania 



THERE came into the 

 office of Popular 

 Science Monthly re- 

 cently a bronze medal in 

 a leather case. It was 

 one of the two medals 

 struck off by the German 

 Government in commem- 

 oration of the act that, 

 more than any other, 

 inflamed the American 

 people against Prussian- 

 ism, the torpedoing of 

 the Lusitania. To 

 further celebrate the 

 event the school children 

 of Germany were granted 

 a half holiday and the 

 commander of the sub- 

 marine was decorated by 

 the Kaiser. 



One medal (not shown 

 here) depicts Neptune 

 seated on a submarine 

 shaking his fist at a sink- 

 ing ship. On the opposite 

 side is a bas-relief of 

 von Tirpitz. The second 

 medal, which is reproduced 

 here, shows, on one side, the 

 Lusitania sinking, and on the 

 other the figure of Death selling 

 tickets at the office of the 

 Line. 



The three German words above the 

 sinking ship stand for "No Contraband 

 On Board." Examine the illustration and 

 you will see that a cannon and an airplane 

 occupy the deck. Although the Lusitania 

 carried rifle cartridges on her fateful trip, 

 it has been indisputably proved that 

 she carried no weapons of defense or 

 offense. Needless to say, the 

 cannon and airplane are pure 

 inventions. Translated, the 

 legend beneath the ship reads: 

 "The steamer Lusitania sunk 

 by a German submarine May 5, 

 1915." Note that the date is 

 given as the fifth of May in- 

 stead of the seventh. Is 

 the error a deliberate 

 one? 



At the top of the 

 lower illustration ap- 

 pear the words 



Full-size illustrations of one of the 

 German medals which commemo- 

 rate the sinking of the Lusitania 



"Business Above Everything." 

 One person is shown reading 

 a newspaper, evidently the 

 advertisement inserted by 

 Count von Bernstorff, 

 warning Americans and 

 other neutrals to keep off 

 vessels flying the British 

 flag. Note the man in 

 the rear with the menac- 

 ing finger upraised; also 

 the care-free attitude of 

 the two men in front of 

 him. Beneath the win- 

 dow, in which Death is 

 selling tickets, appear the 

 words, "Ticket Office." 

 In all, 1,198 passengers 

 and crew lost their lives 

 on the Lusitania. In this 

 number are included 124 

 Americans and 94 

 children. 



An Automatic Tea- 

 Making Machine 



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BR-R 

 line 



Cunard 



The tea-making machine brews the tea, 

 pours it into a cup and rings an electric bell 



ling ! Wake up ! 

 Your tea is ready. Br-r-r-r ! 

 Time to get up!" 

 This is practically what 

 the automatic tea-making 

 machine does every morning. 

 It brews a cup of good tea, and 

 then it calls its master. It was 

 invented by a young Englishman, George 

 Weddle, of New York, and was designed 

 especially to call him and serve him with 

 his morning bracer. 



The machine consists of an electric stove, 

 kettle, alarm clock, electric bell, battery 

 and tea cup on a tray eighteen by ten 

 inches. With these it brews the cup of 

 tea, pours it into the cup and rings a bell 

 until the master wakes up and takes his tea. 

 Should coffee be preferred, there is an 

 attachment to be screwed into 

 the kettle that will act as per- 

 colator. There is also an attach- 

 ment for boiling eggs, so 

 that an automatic break- 

 fast, cooked and 

 served at your bed- 

 side, seems quite 

 possible. The ma- 

 chine may be easily 

 taken apart and put 

 into a small hand 

 bag or traveling case. 



