Popular Science Monthly 

 A Mechanical Hair-Parter. It Places 

 Every Hair Where It Belongs 



165 



EOK at this hair-parting apparatus. 

 It accurately outlines a straight part 

 on any portion of the scalp, separating 

 the hair easily and quickly with 

 out dependence upon a mirror. 



The device consists of two 

 flat strips of celluloid or 

 vulcanized rubber which 

 may be bent lengthwise 

 to conform with the 

 shape of the head. 

 These are pivoted to- 

 gether, edge to edge, 

 in such a way that 

 either strip may be 

 swung around inde- 

 pendently of the 

 other. The strips 

 are laid with their con- 

 fronting edges along the 

 line where the part is to 

 be made. One is held 

 down to conform with 

 the shape of the head 

 and the other is swung 

 around carrying the free 

 hair with it. Thus the 

 hair is parted. 



One strip holds the hair down 

 on an imaginary line, while the 

 other sweeps the free hair to 

 one side, making a straight part 



A Combined Ice-Box, Pantry and 

 Trunk for Automobiles 



A COMBINATION refrigerator, pantry 

 and trunk, which can be made to fit any 

 automobile, has been invented by Ralph S. 

 Hopkins of Seattle. Hopkins has found this 



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The owner of this auto- 

 mobile can stop at any 

 suitable spot, set his table 

 and partake of a comfort- 

 able meal from the re- 

 frigerator on the running- 

 board of the automobile 



contrivance, made of iron for his five-passen- 

 ger car, most valuable for automobile trips. 

 The apparatus weighs sixty pounds and 

 is placed on the running board. It takes 

 up the entire space on one side between the 

 front and rear fenders, without detracting 

 noticeably from the car's appearance. It 

 is fastened in place with four bolts. 

 It is as high as the top of the doors 

 of the motor car. The whole ap- 

 paratus is made of sheet iron, 

 painted to match the car, 

 with the exception of 

 the refrigerator, which 

 is of galvanized iron 

 to prevent it from 

 rusting. 



Hopkins uses his 

 refrigerator, located 

 at the lower right 

 corner of the picture, 

 for ice and perishables. 

 The refrigerator is di- 

 vided into two sections, 

 the upper which holds the 

 ice, and the lower which 

 carries milk, butter and 

 the like. In the lower 

 compartment on the left 

 side groceries are kept, 

 while in the top section, 

 which extends the whole 

 length of the apparatus, are stored all other 

 necessary articles for long trips, such as 

 clothing, fishing tackle, guns, folding chairs 

 and tables. 



There Are Five Hundred Indian 

 Languages in the United States 



BEFORE you write the Govern- 

 ment or the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution and request it to send you 

 the Indian name for this or that 

 thing, bear in mind that there is 

 no one American Indian language. 

 On the contrary, there are no less 

 than one thousand languages in the 

 two Americas and practically five 

 hundred distinct Indian languages 

 north of Mexico. Thus, it is impos- 

 sible to give the Indian word for any 

 English equivalent. If you do re- 

 ceive an answer to your in- 

 quiry, the word given is 

 probably chosen from the 

 language of the tribe which 

 once inhabited the particular 

 part of the country from 

 which the* request comes. 



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