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Providing a Treat for the Birds in 

 Cold Weather 



THERE is nothing which birds appreci- 

 ate more during cold weather than 

 bits of suet placed conveniently on a tree or 

 other outdoor support. Usually the 

 suet is tied to a tree with a 

 string. But this is not the 

 most satisfactory method, 

 by any means. It entails 

 too much fussing with the 

 string in the cold, and 

 the string does not al- 

 ways hold the suet se- 

 curely enough to pre- 

 vent its being wasted. 



Popular Science Monthly 



Catch 



Position of 

 basket when 

 closed 



Placing the suet in the basket for the 

 birds. When it is filled it is tilted up 

 against the tree and held fast there. 

 At left is shown the basket in detail 



The best device for the purpose is one 

 which has been designed by Beecher S. 

 Bowdish, of Demarest, New Jersey. It 

 consists of a concave basket fastened to a 

 base having legs which clutch the tree and 

 turn up at the ends to form bearings on 

 which the frame of the basket is pivoted. 



To fill the basket, you simply unhook it 

 at the top by pressing the two legs to- 

 gether. You can then draw the basket 

 down to horizontal position. After it is 

 filled you tilt it up again and snap the 

 frame over the hooked portion at the top. 



A New Map-Holder for the Aviator. 

 It Holds the Map in a Scroll 



MAPS are to the aviator what charts are 

 to the navigator. Not only are they 

 used to keep a pilot going on the most 

 direct course; but also, as the 

 charts enable a ship to keep off 

 dangerous shoals, so do the 

 maps assist in warning an 

 aeronaut of dangerous 

 landing places. 



To keep in plain sight 

 the portions of the map 

 which correspond with 

 the territory over which 

 a pilot is flying is there- 

 fore of first importance. 

 A special map- holder 

 had therefore to be in- 

 vented. A photograph 

 of it is given in the 

 illustration below. 



The holder is less than 

 a foot square and is 

 placed on the instru- 

 ment board directly in 

 front of the aviator. 

 The long map is wound 

 upon two rollers. By 

 simply turning the 

 proper roller, which is 

 within easy reach, the 

 territory which the airplane is approaching 

 can be located. At night, this map can 

 be easily seen by turning on the electric 

 lights placed in back of it. 



Paper Uniforms the Latest Style 

 for German Soldiers 



THE clothing of some German prisoners 

 recently taken by the British was of such 

 a peculiar appearance that the Englishmen 

 decided to analyze it. The uniforms the 

 officers wore were found to have been made 

 of cloth woven from leather fiber, while the 

 enlisted men wore uniforms made from 

 paper fiber. The fabrics resemble the reg- 

 ulation army cloth used for uniforms. 



The map is wound on a roller, and 

 is unwound gradually to reveal 

 the exact location over which the 

 airplane is passing in its flight 



