Popular Science Monthly 



585 



Modern city apartments may be comfortable, but they are 

 notoriously sma'l. The inventor has risen to the oppor- 

 tunity presented by their smallness. He has patented 

 combination bookcases and beds and tables and ladders. 

 His latest achievement is an armchair which can be pulled 

 out to form a couch 



This Chair Does Duty Twenty -four 

 Hours Every Day 



IN this day of compactness, both in 

 cramped city flats and suburban 

 bungalows, a piece of furniture serving 

 two purposes is in demand. A chair has 

 been designed which, in emergencies, con- 

 verts a parlor or dining room into a bed- 

 Finger- Saving Nutmeg-Grater 

 THOUGH a cook has ten fingers, that 

 does not lessen the pain if one of 

 them be hurt. Grating nut- 

 meg in the old-fashioned way 

 often means grating fingers 

 in an old-fashioned way. To 

 avoid this a little device is 

 available for the up-to-date 

 cook. 



A metal case holds the 

 nutmeg and a cap presses it 

 firmly against the rough, 



A 



To Take Olives from a Bottle 



X implement which is used to secure 

 the elusive oli\e in the bottle is 

 shown in the il- 

 lustration. It 

 may also be used 

 to remove cher- 

 ries, pickles, 

 c h o w - c h o w , 

 lump sugar, nuts 

 and the like. It 

 clasps small ob- 

 jects firmly and 

 eliminates the 

 trouble of fish- 

 ing in the bottle 

 in a vain en- 

 deavor to spear 

 the contents. 



room. It may do regular service in 

 any room when a family has out- 

 grown its bedrooms and cannot afford 

 the additional rent of a larger apartment. 

 As a bed this chair, which does duty 

 twenty-four hours a day, has good steel 

 springs and a real mattress. It is large 

 enough even for a tall man. It is opened 

 by a single motion. 



abrading surface. All the cook has to do 

 is to hold the handle of the contrivance 

 safely in one hand while turning a little 

 crank with the other. The 

 rotary motion makes the 

 grating continuous and rap- 

 id and one's finger tips need 

 never touch the grater. 



Though designed especially 

 for nutmegs, this little de- 

 vice may also be used for 

 grating other small objects, 

 such as vegetables. 



A Holder for Milk Bottles 



HERE is a holder for the milk bottle 

 that will save stooping, for the 

 holder can be at- 

 tached to the wall 

 or door post. A 

 pair of looped 

 arms at the top 

 forms a spring- 

 clamp to engage 

 the neck of the 

 bottle. The spiral 

 spring in which 

 the holder termi- 

 nates provides a 

 support for the 

 bottom of the milk 

 bottle, h(;lding it 

 firmly in place. 



