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The leverage is so great that three nuts 

 may be easily cracked at the same time 



Cracking Nuts Three at a Time 



ANEW vise-like utensil to crack 

 nuts easily and quickly is de- 

 signed for use in the kitchen in prepar- 

 ing a large bowl of nuts for table con- 

 sumption or cracking nuts for use in 

 cakes or other confections. 



The new cracker consists of a small 

 vise equipped with a large handle to give 

 adequate leverage. A simple worm moves 

 one of the vise jaws. The jaws are 

 notched so that nuts of different sizes can 

 be broken and so that more than one nut 

 can be cracked at a time. The leverage 

 obtained by this construction is so great 

 that it is very little effort to operate the 

 handle, a point that is of great importance 

 in preparing brazil nuts or hickory nuts 

 for the table. 



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"Growing Pains" are Rheumatism 



CCORDING to Dr. Mary H. Wil- 



liams, an English specialist in dis- 

 eases of childhood, "growing pains" are 

 nothing but rheumatism in the vast ma- 

 jority of cases. 



A Bird-House That Can be Cleaned 



A BIRD-HOUSE that can be "house- 

 cleaned" each year before the 

 feathered tenants return from their 

 southern pilgrimage has just been per- 

 fected by J. C. Hubbard, a Battle Creek, 

 Michigan, lover of birds. The new 

 house obviates the loss that sometimes 

 ensues because particular varieties of 

 birds will not raise a second brood of 

 youngsters in an old nest — they want 

 new quarters for each nesting. 



The washable bird-house is made of a 

 frame and a roof into which a hollow 

 cylinder fits, held firmly in place by pegs. 

 After the nesting season is over and the 

 birds have gone south, the house can be 

 cleaned by simply removing the pegs 

 and allowing the cylinder to drop down. 

 A garden hose is all that is needed to 

 make the renovation complete. When 

 the vernal migration is over the former 

 occupant finds the old home clean and 

 fresh and as inviting as a new house. 



By removing a few pegs, this bird-house 



may be opened and cleaned for the next 



coming of the birds 



