Popular Science Monthly 



273 



A 



Combined Coat Hanger and 

 Trousers Stretcher 



CLOTHES 

 hanger and 

 trouser hanger 

 are connected by 

 a device which is 

 commonly called 

 a "lazy tongs." 

 When the trous- 

 ers have been 

 hung on the de- 

 vice, the tongs are stretched as far as 

 possible and locked, thus holding the 

 trousers stretched. A coat and vest may 

 be hung on this device at the same time 

 by making use of the clothes hanger 

 which forms the uppermost section of 

 the apparatus. 



Making it Easy for the Birds 



A CYLINDRI- 

 CAL bird 

 box is made of 

 fire-clay or pot- 

 tery and is fash- 

 ioned on the out- 

 side to resemble 

 the trunk and 

 bark of a tree. A 

 slanting roof, 

 which projects well above the walls of 

 the house to prevent the leakage of rain 

 or water into the house, is provided with 

 deep flanges to hold it securely in place. 

 A circular hole is made in the side near 

 the top for the free passage of the birds, 

 and on the inside is a climbing strip lead- 

 ing from the bottom to the side opening 

 near the top to aid young birds or in- 

 jured ones to reach the opening. 



A Simple Signal for Automobiles 



ON one side of 

 the rear light 

 is marked the word 

 "Stop." The light 

 is mounted on a 

 pivot, being actu- 

 ated by a rod con- 

 nected with the 

 brake rod. When 

 the brake is moved by the driver, the 

 light turns, exposing the warning signal 

 to the rear. 



Keeping Shampoo Soap Out of 

 Your Ears 



T 



^WO ear pro- 

 tectors are 

 held in their prop- 

 er places by means 

 of a resilient metal 

 band fitting under 

 the chin. Passing 

 over the top and 

 front of the pro- 

 tectors is a trough 

 to catch liquid which might fall from the 

 hair while the latter is being shampooed. 

 The liquid passes over the top and is 

 guided downward into the bowl, or if 

 it falls against the front of the protect- 

 or it is guided downward into two small 

 cups or retainers which are suspended 

 from the front of the protectors. 



A Shaving Mug with a Soap Pump 



A SHAVING 

 niug is made 

 with a false bot- 

 tom to contain liq- 

 uid soap. Passing 

 into the soap reser- 

 voir is a plunger 

 which, when push- 

 ed, allows a suffi- 

 cient quantity of 

 soap for one shave to pass into the water 

 reservoir. 



Snapping the Snapping Turtle 



A NUMBER of 

 resilient wires 

 are attached to the 

 end of a long pole. 

 Each wire is pro- 

 vided at its lower 

 extremity with a 

 hook which is first 

 bent inwardly and 

 then outwardly. In use. when a turtle 

 or tortoise is seen crawling upon a river 

 bed, the operator, with a quick down- 

 ward movement of the pole, forces the 

 free ends of the gripping wires or fin- 

 gers downward upon the shell back of 

 the reptile. The wire fingers spread out- 

 ward until they ride over the edge of 

 the shell back. The shoulders formed 

 by the shape of the wire fingers engage 

 under the shell and grip it tightly. 



