Popular Science Monthly 



95 



The Straw Hat for Storms. The 



A 



Top Turns Inside Out 



STRAW hat which can be taken out 

 in the fiercest storm with impunity is 

 a recent inven- 

 tion of William 

 Wilson, of New- 

 ark, New Jersey. 

 There is nothing- 

 exceptional about 

 the straw. The 

 top of the hat, 

 however, can be 

 turned inside out. 

 The folded water- 

 proof covering 

 that is thus ex- 

 posed can be 

 drawn over the 

 entire upper sur- 

 face of the hat. 

 Ordinarily the 

 waterproof cover is concealed beneath a 

 cloth lining under the top. An elastic band 

 keeps the lining drawn up tight. 



When it rains, the top of the 

 hat is swung around and the 

 elastic covering carried 

 underneath the lid is drawn 

 down over the entire hat 



Arthur Picard, a resident of New York 

 city. It is in three sections — a handle, a 

 sliding support for the pad, and the pad 

 itself which may be of bristles or of ab- 

 sorbent material. The sliding support has 

 side jaws which 

 clamp the pad 

 securely in place 

 when the ring 

 shown on the 

 tapered portion 

 of the handle is 

 pushed up as far 

 as it will 

 go on the 

 p a d - 

 holder. 

 To re- 

 lease the 

 pad, the 

 ring is 

 si ipped 

 down on 



the handle, and the tongue in the groove of 

 the pad-support is pushed up. This expels 

 the pad from the groove. 



A Toothbrush for the Sick- 

 Removable Pad 



It Has a 



The pad may be 

 made of bristles or 

 of absorbent ma- 

 terial. It is ex- 

 pelled from the 

 groove and im- 

 mediately destroyed 



The Private Hairbrush — The Bristles 

 Can Be Locked Up 



APPARENTLY only one man of 



inventive 



one man 

 genius in all the United 

 States has been able to 

 remain unaffected by the 

 zip-boom-bang of guns 

 and war news and to ap- 

 ply his talent to the cry- 

 ing needs of everyday and 

 home. He has invented a device for 

 locking up his hairbrush to protect it 

 from the other boarders in the house ! 

 It is in the form of a cover tacked to the 

 back of the brush and with overlapping 

 sides which fasten with lock and key. 



THE toothbrush of an invalid 

 should be destroyed after a 

 single use. That is the practice in 

 the more carefully conducted hospi- 

 tals. Ordinarily this would necessi- 

 tate having on hand a goodly supply 

 of brushes if the patient's teeth are to 

 be properly cared for. With the type 

 of brush shown in the illustration, however, 

 only the pad, or bristles, need be destroyed. 

 The handle may be sterilized and used as 

 long as it lasts. 



The brush is the invention of Alphonse 



Flexible brush covering ■ 



The cover is tacked to the back of the brush. The 

 sides fold over and are fastened with lock and key 



