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An Accommodating Gas Stove. It Boils 

 the Coffee and Then Wakes You 



A GAS stove which arises at dawn, 

 boils the coffee and wakes you up 

 when it is ready, has been invented by 

 Gemaro Rosa, of Brooklyn, New York. 



In order to describe the workings of this 

 accommodating stove it would be necessary 

 to use at least fifteen diagrams and seven- 

 teen pages of this magazine 

 crammed with text. 



For our busy readers 

 we have boiled Gem- 

 aro's invention down 

 to its essentials. It is 

 an ordinary gas stove 

 having a pilot-light to 

 which is attached a 

 clock mechanism. A 

 dial over the clock- 

 works serves to tell the 

 time. A smaller dial 

 is used to set the alarm, 

 igniting and ex- 

 tinguishing devices. 



When properly set, the burner under the 

 coffee pot will automatically ignite at a 

 pre-determined hour and boil the coffee for 

 four or five minutes. The flame will then 

 lower of its own accord for slow boiling for 

 another five minutes, after which it will 

 shut itself off entirely. The coffee is now 

 ready for you and if you are not aware of it 

 the trusty alarm will notify you of the fact. 



There is no possibility of the coffee 

 boiling over unless you disregard the 

 alarm and go to sleep again. 



Popular Science Monthly 



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An Electric Wire in the Street 

 Ignites a Balloon 



PECULIAR accident occurred re- 

 cently when six students training for 

 aviation work attempted to land a balloon in 

 East St. Louis. The gas-bag came into 

 contact with a high tension wire and im- 

 mediately burst into 

 flames. Luckily the 

 basket was brushing 

 the ground at the time. 

 All the students were 

 able to leap out of the 

 basket unharmed. 

 Prompt action in put- 

 ting in a fire alarm 

 brought fire fighters in 

 time to preventthe bas- 

 ket from being burned. 



The burner under the coffee pot will light 

 automatically at a pre-determined hour 



The American Boy's 



Wagon. It Is Equal 



to Any Emergency 



THE ordinary American boy makes 

 strong demands on his wagon. The 

 one shown in the illustration is equal to any 

 emergency. It can be a common freight 

 carrier when necessary, or a passenger car in 

 which lady friends may be given a ride, 

 occasionally. But first of all it is a coaster 

 and scooter, with a first-class steering rod 

 and wooden wheels which never get out of 

 order. It is close to the ground so that 

 when it is used merely as a scooter the posi- 

 tion with one foot on the floor-boards 

 and the other 

 on the ground 

 is not uncom- 

 fortable. 



A strongly built combination wagon which is equal to any emergency in which a wagon, 

 coaster or scooter can figure. Here we have three of the most important uses illustrated 



