904 



Popular Science Monthly 



A Pelican in Your Wardrobe to Hold 

 Your Coat 



AMONG the many wooden novelties 

 l which have been brought out this 

 year, the pelican coat hanger is conspicuous 

 because of its amusing appearance. The 

 bird is painted in vivid colors. A flock of 

 bird hangers adds to the attractiveness of 

 any wardrobe. The bill and tail of the 

 pelican support the 

 shoulders of the coat, 

 while the collar fits 

 around the body of 

 the bird. 



These novelty coat 

 hangers are especially 

 approved for use on 

 the clothes- tree, where 

 the coat is usually 

 hung more or less 

 carelessly because 

 hangers are not pro- 

 vided there. The 

 gorgeous pelican is so 

 ornamental that there 

 is no objection to his 

 remaining in full view 

 when not in use, 

 wherever he may be. 



home in America has doubtless crossed the 

 ocean three times. 



Since the abolition of the queues after the 

 recent fall of the Manchu dynasty, long pig 

 tails of Chinese hair are no longer readily 

 available. The dealers are relying- more 

 and more on the combings of women, 

 although there are men who make it a part 

 of their business to let their hair grow to 

 about eight inches in length and then sell it 

 to the barber who in 

 turn sells to the small 

 trader in hair. For 

 exporting, hair is as- 

 sorted according to 

 length and tied in 

 bunches. Most of the 

 exports go to Eng- 

 land, France and the 

 United States, where 

 the hair is bleached 

 with peroxide, thin- 

 ned with acid and 

 boiled in dye. It is 

 thus rendered finer in 

 texture and, in- 

 cidentally, absolutely 

 sanitary. Theappear- 



«*. •. . ""■'' i ™ ii,i ' ,,ii ' a j I*. ance of the hair is also 



The pelican coat hanger. A wooden novelty, . \ , 



designed to keep your clothes in shape completely changed. 



We Exclude the Chinese but Not 

 His Queue and Combings 



ALTHOUGH the traffic in human hair 

 >, has not been so brisk during the past 

 few years as formerly on account of the 

 veering of the fashions in hairdressing 

 toward the extremest simplicity, still there 

 are millions of pounds of human hair 

 exported from China. One of the peculiar 

 facts in connection with the trade is that 

 often after the Chinese send 

 the hair to us we treat it and 

 dye it and send it back to be 

 made up for special use. 

 This is usually true in re- 

 gard to the invisible hair nets 

 which American and Euro- 

 pean women use to keep their 

 own locks in order on a 

 windy day. 



The hair-net business has 

 become of great importance 

 to the province of Shantung, 

 which now provides practi- 

 cally the entire supply for the 

 market. Thus the hair net 

 worn by the veriest stay-at- 



New Looms for Old — A Wartime 

 Improvement Demand 



NOW, as never before, the manufacturers 

 of wool and cotton fabrics -feel the 

 need of putting in new machinery, on 

 account of shortage of labor and other 

 industrial conditions due directly to the 

 war and to the cutting off of immigration. 

 Thousands and thousands of old looms 

 are making scrap heaps like the one below. 



This mound is made up of scrapped looms which have 

 had to make way for new ones requiring fewer workmen 



