Popular Science Monthly 



A Chimney With Windows— But 

 They Are Not Real 



A CHIMNEY on the outside of a house 

 is, in popular opinion, unattractive in 

 spite of the fact that it is 

 safer than an enclosed 

 chimney. The builder of 

 the house in the photo- 

 graph worked out a novel 

 effect by cutting windows 

 through the brick to re- 

 lieve the plain surface. 

 Shutters were also provid- 

 ed so that the chimney 

 windows might be in per- 

 fect harmony with those 

 of the house proper. 

 The windows are mere im- 

 itations, the flue being 

 built up on the inside to 

 insure a perfect draft. 

 However, arrangements 

 have been made so that it 

 is easy to get to the inside 

 of the chimney through the 

 window spaces, when re- 

 pairs are necessary. 



To relieve the bareness of the brick 

 wall of the chimney the builder 

 provided dummy windows 



justed to individual requirements and 

 which will support the weight of the book 

 in such a manner that the hands are free. 

 A lady who is anxious to knit for the 

 soldiers may read and knit at the same 

 time if her book is sup- 

 ported on a rest. 



The device is construc- 

 ted of two parallel angle 

 bars which are connec- 

 ted with a sheet metal 

 book-supporting tray. 

 The tray will fold against 

 the bars so that the book 

 rest can be stowed away in 

 a very small space when 

 not in use. The book 

 support may be used on 

 the table in such a way 

 that a paper or book may 

 be propped up against it. 

 A great convenience for the 

 early morning commuter 

 who likes to devour his 

 news with his breakfast! 

 The device might also 

 prove exceptionally useful 

 to the musical director. 



Hang That Book from Your Shoul- 

 ders and Read in Comfort 



A Telltale Echo— It Repeated Secrets 

 of the Confessional 



JOSEPH J. SLEEPER, of Philadelphia, TN Shipley 

 had to consult a number of books of A there was 

 reference one day, and 

 before he got through 

 he was very tired. He 

 then experimented with 

 a shingle which he sus- 

 pended about his neck 

 by strings attached to 

 the four corners. He 

 found that he could 

 rest his book on this 

 and relieve himself 

 from the weight, from 

 the fatigue caused by 

 stooping and from the 

 eyestrain caused by 

 reading a page not in 

 proper focus. He could 

 also jot down notes of 

 reference without bend- 

 ing over or otherwise in- 

 conveniencing himself. 

 Since that early ex- 

 periment the inventor 

 has perfected a book A new book or music rest which 



rest which can be ad- may be suspended from the neck 



Church, Sussex, England, 

 formerly an echo which re- 

 peated sounds twenty- 

 one times. The most 

 remarkable of all mul- 

 tiple echoes was that of 

 the Simonetta Palace, 

 near Milan, which re- 

 peated the sound of a 

 pistol shot fifty or sixty 

 times. In the cathe- 

 dral of Girgenti, Sicily, 

 it is possible to hear, on 

 the steps of the high 

 altar, remarks in an 

 undertone made at a 

 place near the main 

 entrance, a hundred 

 feet distant. A con- 

 fessional was once 

 indiscreetly placed at 

 this spot, and the dis- 

 coverer of the echo is 

 said to have amused 

 himself by listening to 

 the confessions of many 

 fair penitents. 



