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By James H. Hare in Leslie's Weekly 



Augmenting the tones of the bugle by means 

 of a giant megaphone at Camp Fort Riley 



Megaphoning the Reveille — The 

 Latest in Military Efficiency 



IN the training camp at Fort Riley a 

 huge megaphone has been 

 erected on a stand to enable a 

 field bugler to sound reveille 

 with such a vim that it will 

 be irresistible, as well as to 

 put punch into the re- 

 treat which is sounded at 

 evening parade after the 

 band ceases its music. 

 When the last note of the 

 retreat has died away the 

 band plays "The Star 

 Spangled Banner" as the 

 flag is lowered and the 

 strenuous day at camp 

 is officially over for the 

 soldiers. 



By the use of the mega- 

 phone to augment the 

 bugler's tones, the one 

 instrument is sufficient 

 for the entire camp and 

 its notes carry equally as 

 far as those of the entire 

 regimental band. 



Popular Science Monthly 



The More You Pay for Your Clothes, 

 the More They Suffer in the Wash 



THE price that we pay for cleanliness is, 

 to a large extent, paid to the laundry- 

 man. According to an investigation made 

 by the Mellon Institute of Industrial Re- 

 search, at Pittsburgh, Pa., only forty-three 

 per cent of the life of a collar, for instance, 

 is consumed in the actual wearing of it. 

 The other fifty-seven per cent is passed in 

 the laundry and hanging on the line. 



Should a perfectly new collar be laundered 

 from thirty-five to forty times without 

 being used at all, it would be worn to a 

 frazzle when nearing its fortieth trip to the 

 laundry. With ordinary wear between 

 launderings, the limit of trips to the 

 laundry is twenty. 



The finer the texture of the garment or 

 fabric to be laundered the more it suffers in 

 the process, however scientific the methods 

 of laundering may be. Just ordinary 

 exposure to the air when hanging on the 

 line, not considering the flapping in the 

 wind, which is, of course, destructive to 

 fine fabrics, affects the strength of the 

 fabric more than would be imagined. 



The woolen bottom of the 

 cleanser is kept moistened with 

 the cleansing fluid in the top 



Here Is the Fountain Spot- Remover. 

 It Works Like a Scrubbing Brush 



BY means of a small cloth- 

 covered brush containing a 

 fountain filled with cleansing 

 liquid, spots may be taken 

 out of clothes at home. The 

 woolen bottom of the clean- 

 ser serves to wash out 

 dirt and grease without 

 at the same time scraping 

 off the nap of the gar- 

 ment, thus overcoming a 

 common trouble in spot 

 removers. 



The cloth covering of 

 the brush can be easily 

 removed and another sub- 

 stituted of the same color 

 as the garment to be 

 cleaned, to prevent all 

 danger of discoloration. 

 The device works well 

 with all kinds of cloth ; it 

 is especially effective 

 with plush and velvet 

 and even for portieres 

 and carpets. 



