Popular Science Monthly 



191 



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High voltage 

 shocking coil 



Details of the 

 flashlight 

 cane with its 

 shocking coil 



Protect Yourself Against Highwaymen 

 with an Electrified Cane 



LTTACKED by a 

 prowler, springing at 

 you in the dark, how would 

 you defend yourself? One 

 young American believes he 

 has solved the problem by 

 an electric cane which would 

 paralyze the muscles of the 

 assailant in a twinkling. 

 The cane is loaded with a 

 high tension shocking coil 

 and electric batteries. These 

 add weight to the cane so 

 that you can wield it with 

 effect, and — what is still 

 more important — prevent 

 your assailant from pinning 

 the cane down so you can- 

 not use it. Press a button — 

 and you electrify the cane 

 and give him a shock which 

 causes him to drop the cane 

 immediately. 



The electric coil is merely 

 an unusually powerful medical coil of an 

 elongated type. It fits into the hollow 

 of the lower end of the cane with 

 the two dry cells that are con 

 nected with it. The "busi- 

 ness" end of the shocking 

 coil is led to the metal 

 plating which covers the 

 entire lower half of the 

 cane. While the shock 

 from the cane will never 

 kill a man, it will sur- 

 prise him enough to 

 throw him off his guard 

 and upset his plans. 

 The cane is further 

 equipped with a flash- 

 light set in its knob. One 

 cell is used to operate it. 

 The upper end of the cane 

 carrying the electric bulb 

 and this cell, can be de- 

 tached and used as an 

 ordinary portable flashlight. 

 Such efficiency in a cane 

 makes it a good companion 

 on a trip through the woods 

 or in the summer camp. 

 Although it was originally 

 protection against human 

 is equally successful against four-footed 

 ones, even the largest of them. 



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The lower end of the cane is 

 metal-plated so as to be electri- 

 fied by the high tension coil inside 



intended for 

 prowlers it 



The folding crib in use in the automobile. When 

 no longer needed it folds up into compact form 



A Folding Crib in the Automobile and 

 Summer Camp 



shall be 

 done with the 

 baby when the family 

 decides to go automobil- 

 ing? The question is 

 answered by a new crib 

 which can be carried in 

 the car and which can 

 fold into a very small 

 space and in such a 

 shape that it can be 

 disposed of readily 

 when not needed. 

 The crib is very com- 

 pact. It can be carried 

 edgewise on the back of 

 the rear seat against the 

 back wall of the automo- 

 bile top, and it does not 

 protrude or interfere in any 

 way with the occupants of 

 the tonneau. Or it can 

 stand on end by the robe 

 rail without inconvenience. 

 In use the crib occupies 

 the space between seats, and 

 gives the baby considerably more free- 

 dom of action and comfort than if he were 

 held continually on the lap of an adult. 

 In camp, the crib is set up as at home. 



