Popular Science Monthly 



437 



A New Kind of Pin-Cushion 



TH I S pin- 

 cushion rep- 



resents a Chinese 

 face, the lower 

 portion of the 

 pigtail being com- 

 posed of threads 

 which can be 

 withdrawn. 

 Through the 

 center of the cushion a box penetrates, 

 which may be used to hold buttons, 

 thimbles and other useful implements. 

 The bottom of the box is designed to 

 hold needles, thus acting as a needle 

 case. The entire device hangs from the 

 wall by the pigtail. 



Bicycle Frame Holds a Tire Pump 



THE steel 

 frame of a 

 bicycle or a 

 motor - cycle is 

 made hollow 

 immediately be- 

 neath the rider's 

 seat. Into this 

 hollow space is 

 slipped a tubular 

 tire pump. \\'hen the pump is needed, 

 the seat is swung out of the way on a 

 swivel, the cap which closes the open 

 end of the frame is unscrewed, and the 

 pump may be removed. 



Collapsible Millinery for Traveling 



O provide a 

 fashionable 

 hat which may be 

 folded up and 

 placed in a travel- 

 e r s' trunk or 

 suitcase, a dress- 

 maker has created 

 a design which is 

 composed of two 

 stiffened sides and a soft collapsible 

 middle on the princi[)le of the paper 

 hats made for carnival time. When the 

 hat is placed on the head, the stiff sides 

 are bent to open the hat in its proper 

 position. When it is taken off, the hat 

 flattens so that it can be stored away in 

 a small space. 



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Holding Meat While Carving 



UPON a suit- 

 able base is 

 fixed a casting 

 consisting of 

 three equidistant 

 arms, each ter- 

 minating i n a 

 toothed quadrant. 

 Actuating on 

 these quadrants 

 are arms to which 



are affixed claws for holding the meat. 

 In the center of the device is a small 

 plate, to which are attached two metal 

 points of different lengths, designed to 

 pierce the meat and to hold it in the 

 center of the device. This plate may be 

 clamped in any desired position by 

 means of a bolt which is equipped with 

 a thuml3-nut. Either large or small 

 pieces of meat may thus be accommo- 

 dated. 



Preventing Furniture from Chip- 

 ping Walls 



FITTED into 

 the threaded 

 interior of a boss 

 which is attached 

 to the resilient 

 clamping-ring of 

 the furniture buf- 

 fer, is a wooden 

 or metal screw, 

 equipped with a 

 rul)l)er button at the end. \\'hen the 

 clamp is applied to the leg of a chair or 

 bedstead, the rubber tip on the adjust- 

 able screw acts as a buft'er to prevent the 

 marring of the wall. 



A Cutter for Fiber Phonograph 

 Needles 



AD E Y I C E 

 for t r i m - 

 ming or cutting 

 fiber phonograph- 

 needles is mod- 

 eled closely after 

 a pair of ordinary 

 scissors. The top 

 element of the de- 

 vice is equipped 

 with a holder for the needle, while the 

 lower element has a sharp ])]ade for 

 trimming the needle. 



