Little Inventions to Make Life Easy 



Why Weren't They Thought of Before? 



Cigar Tip Protector of Many Uses 



AC O N E - 

 SHAPED 

 cap to protect the 

 tip of a cigar is 

 made with a pro- 

 jecting piece ex- 

 tending half the 

 length of the 

 cigar. This pro- 

 jecting piece is a 

 label, as well as a surface upon which 

 a match can be struck. In the center of 

 the conical top is a small hole through 

 Avhich a match can be inserted into the 

 cigar, to make a draft opening without 

 cutting the end of the cigar. 



Tricking Fish with Electric Minnows 



N artificial 



A 



minnow for 

 angling is provided 

 with a transparent 

 body, within which 

 is placed a small 

 electric light. The 

 invention is to illu- 

 minate the minnow 

 in order to attract 

 the attention of the fish. Of course, a 

 number of hooks are attached to the 

 sides of the device to catch the too in- 

 quisitive fish. 



Head-Guard for Alley-Boys 



A SPHERI- 

 CAL wire 

 cage, made in 

 hinged sections, 

 is provided for 

 the protection of 

 alley-boys against 

 flying bowling 

 balls and pins. 

 The cage com- 

 pletely surrounds the boy's head and 

 face, and pads are provided to hold it in 

 place. A hinged section is also provided 

 for each shoulder- 



Trapping Mice in a Milk Bottle 



THE trap is 

 composed 

 of top and bot- 

 tom sections 

 which are placed 

 in an old milk 

 bottle. The 

 mouse enters at 

 the mouth of the 

 bottle and finds 

 himself in the upper section of the trap. 

 Surrounding this section is a trough 

 filled with liquid bait. When the mouse 

 attempts to climb out, his wet feet slip 

 on the glass walls of the bottle and he 

 falls through the central hole in the 

 trough down into the lower section of 

 the trap. The two sections of the trap 

 may be separated in order to remove the 

 entrapped animal. 



More Accurate Calipers 



ATTACHED 

 . to one leg of 

 a pair of calipers is 

 a rack upon which 

 teeth are cut to fit 

 a worm gear which 

 is affixed to the 

 other leg. The width of the jaws 

 of the calipers is regulated by means of 

 the worm gear, and it is claimed that 

 great accuracy may be obtained. 



Burnishing With the Sewing-Machine 



THE burnish- 

 ing tool is 

 made of a ta- 

 pered, cylindrical 

 tube of metal, in 

 which is inserted 

 an electrical de- 

 vice for heating 

 the tool. At the 

 lower extremity 

 is a slot through which the margin of 

 the material to be burnished may be 

 placed. The device may be easily at- 

 tached to a sewing-machine. 



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