I would love to see an infomercial for the 3-in-1 Iron/Stovetop/Curling Iron. What do you think it would be called?

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Handy Aids for the Homemaker

MOTH-KILLER GAUGE
A container now supplied with a moth-killing compound is fitted with a moving indicator to show how much of the chemical it contains at any time. When the supply runs low, it can be renewed easily

BAGS FOR VEGETABLES
For large heads of cabbage or lettuce, which cannot be put in the average refrigerator receptacle, rubber-fabric bags are now available. They close snugly with snap fasteners

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Hey everyone. Sorry for the light posting. I’ve been on vacation in NYC visiting my family and I didn’t prepare enough posts for the whole week. I was planning on processing some while I was here, but I’ve had some problems getting Parallels running right on my new laptop. I should have a fresh batch of new stuff up on Monday.

Winter Sports!

SKATING, skiing, tobogganing, ice boating — there’s a thrill in each, but none of these can match the sport of winter motorcycling on a 1924 Harley-Davidson!

Speeding with the snowflakes, over trails or roads, with a pal in the sidecar to share the exhilaration that makes you feel ten years younger!

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Solving a Knotty Problem with a Few Deft Turns
WHAT you do with your necktie when you stand in front of your mirror in the morning often means the difference between whether it stays put or needs adjustment whenever a blonde walks by. Raoul Graumont, of New York, author of the Encyclopedia of Knots, has made something of a study of knotting ties. He has himself devised a modern knot that not only stays put but also has the additional advantages of not crumpling a tie excessively and of not jamming when it is slipped down for taking the tie off without untying it. It is shown below with the Windsor knot. Both are similar to the old four-in-hand knot except that each of them makes use of a half hitch for the base.

There is something weird about an advertisement looking for people to build nuclear bombs. I particularly like the fact that they describe the laboratory as having an “air of freedom”.

BARE PLUTONIUM SPHERE…

“JEZEBEL”

…NEWEST OF THE CRITICAL ASSEMBLIES AT LOS ALAMOS…

— where scientists and engineers, working with some of the Western World’s finest equipment and facilities probe the unknown and seek answers to tomorrow’s problems.

The Laboratory’s program for pioneering in nuclear and thermonuclear power and nuclear propulsion, ranks in importance with the Laboratory’s continuing and ever expanding achievements in atomic weapons research and development.

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Hand Iron Creates Steam, Eases Work

A NEW hand iron, which contains a water chamber from which steam emerges through holes at the tip of the ironing surface, has been developed. Distribution of the steam is said to do away with the need for sprinkling, dampening and rolling the material to be ironed. The iron holds about one pint of water and operates on either AC or DC current.

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Odd Jobs for Your Phonograph

WHAT will put you to sleep, wake you up, improve your hearing, and teach you card tricks, foreign languages, or duck calls? Simple enough—your phonograph. New disks make it a jack-of-all-trades to serve your need or fancy. An innovation for curing insomnia is a twelve-inch record, recently placed on the market. Start it going and you will hear a soft, soothing voice telling you how to relax your muscles and free your mind of cares. Selected words and phrases, whose power of suggestion has been proved by experiment, are said to make you drowsy and finally lull you into deep, restful slumber. According to the psychologist who made the recording, a leading broadcasting company considered adopting his idea as a regular bedtime radio feature, but turned it down because of the danger that motorists with car radios would fall asleep at the wheel!

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Machine Tells Your Brain Speed

IS YOUR brain and nervous system clicking at top speed? Here’s a machine that will tell you in a hurry. On a revolving cylinder are 20 questions taken from standard intelligence tests. Each question has alternative answers, and during the moment the machine stops for each question you must answer by pulling a lever.

Rides Golf Course in Silent Car

ABLE to travel across hazards, over fairways and through the rough, this odd three wheeled vehicle shown above is used by Tom Lesure, greens keeper at the Pasadena, Cal., Municipal Golf Course, in patrolling the well known California links.

The car is light enough for use on any part of the course without tearing up the turf, and as it drives through a friction clutch and is well muffled, there is no noise to disturb players.

The use of this car saves Mr. Lesure not only hours of time, but an average of 16 miles walking every day.

Train Rolls Through Maze of Wires on Suspended Track

SOMETHING DIFFERENT—that was the goal of Philip Karr and his son David, of Milwaukee, Wis., when they decided to build a model-railroad layout. They achieved it by suspending the rails from the ceiling joists on wires. Now they have a multilevel layout that can easily be changed by lengthening or shortening the wires. Chains anchored to a table under the layout prevent any side sway of the tracks. The layout contains 84 feet of track, supported by plywood strips at the joints. From a distance the track appears to be floating in mid-air.

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Table-Top Sculptor

His tiny built-up figures and settings bring hint fabulous prices as advertising displays.

BY JOHN P. ARNOLD

DON’T look now, but that man’s making a scene again. Maybe that’s no bonanza in the crusty old prospector’s pan, but there’re both gold and glory in the scene for Forrest C. Crooks. And Mr. Crooks is having more fun than Punch and Judy in making scenes for his “real-life” miniature stage.

Mr. Crooks started something new in advertising illustrations. A magazine illustrator by profession, Mr. Crooks put aside his brush and pen to take up carving and set designing to “build” new drama into advertising.

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This reminds me of the RCA Selectavision system.

Home Movies From Phonograph Records

PLAY a moving picture from a phonograph record!

When Baird, the English television experimenter, suggested this system several years ago, he did not realize how soon it would be before his prophecy would come true.

Those who have listened to television programs know that the signals become audible in the form of a shrill whistle in the loudspeaker. This whistle carries the picture elements in the form of modulated sound.

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Riding and Rowing Machine in One
Said to provide the healthy exercise of both rowing and horseback riding, a new machine, shown in use above, has hinged handlebars, foot rests, and seat which move through arcs to simulate the beneficial motions of both sports. A hydraulic piston provides resistance.