Painted life boats in front 

 ,oT dummy deck house 



entire stern and which had 

 to resemble lifeboats. 



The curtain was in sections, each with 

 rings slipped over extensions of the rail 

 uprights. It was lowered instantaneously 

 as a unit by means of 

 ropes running over 

 small pulleys at the 

 top of each upright 

 and tied to a cleat on 

 the deck. The subma- 

 rine approached to 

 within twenty yards 

 of the vessel. Several 

 men clambered up out 

 of the forward hatch 

 with a collapsible life- 

 boat. The ship's cur- 

 tain was suddenly 

 dropped ; the guns were 

 brought to bear, and 

 fired. The first shot 

 struck the U-boat at 

 the base of the peri- 

 scope and she sank in 

 four minutes carrying 

 her crew with her. 



Popular Science Monthly 

 been painted 



Quick-action lowering ropes to maKe 

 curtain drop instantaneously as one unit' 



The top picture shows the camouflage 

 curtain in position, its painted lifeboats 

 plainly visible from a distance. The 

 lower picture shows the curtain lowered 

 and the gun deck cleared for action 



The Up-to-Date Baby Has a Wheeled 

 Dressing Table 



A CERTAIN Philadelphia (Pa.) manu- 

 facturer is putting out on the market a 

 baby-dresser on wheels, 

 which is nothing more nor 

 less than a stout piece 

 of fabric stretched on a 

 frame and supported on 

 wheels, so that it can be 

 moved from one room to 

 another. It is large 

 enough to hold the baby's 

 toilet articles as well as 

 the baby himself. 



The frame is made of 

 steel with rubber tired 

 wheels. It is rigidly 

 locked when in use, but 

 easily folded up and put 

 out of the way when not 

 in use. It occupies a very 

 small space when stored. 

 It is perfectly balanced 

 and cannot be tilted 

 over, nor will it close up 

 before it is locked. 



When not in use for 

 baby, it can be used as This is much better than ^ nurse , s 

 a tea-serving table. lap after his bath, thinks the baby 



877 

 Butter? No; Pass the Oleomar- 

 garine, If You Please 



IN some parts of Germany, according to 

 the Bulletin of the Chicago Section of the 

 American Chemical So- 

 ciety^ oleomargarine is 

 quoted at higher prices 

 than butter. "Now 

 how do you account 

 for that ?" asked a man 

 as he read it. We have 

 no direct information 

 so we claim the privi- 

 lege of several guesses. 

 The statement does not 

 record just what kind 

 of butter it is that is 

 cheaper than oleomar- 

 garine. Some of us 

 can hark back to stu- 

 dent days in Germany 

 and recall little plat- 

 ters of virile, puissant 

 and mighty butter that 

 were placed before the 

 guests at the table 

 (but not the landlady), 

 and the memory of it, through the long and 

 arduous years, carries the sense of economy. 

 Butter like that seems bound to be cheap; 

 by rights it should be cheap ; cheaper than 

 anything else one can think of. 



But there is another 

 reason which may explain 

 why even good butter 

 may be worth less than 

 oleomargarine. There is 

 a fat famine in the land, 

 and oleomargarine pro- 

 duces a greater number 

 of calories than butter. 

 We are told by those 

 who have traveled in 

 Germany since the war 

 has been raging that the 

 craving for fats, after 

 being on short rations 

 for a while, becomes so 

 intense that the mere 

 sight of butter induces a 

 disposition to throw all 

 propriety to the winds 

 and devour the fat like a 

 beast. Oleomargarine 

 may "go further" than 

 butter in satisfying this 

 intense craving. — 

 Ellwood Hendrick. 



