“Hellos” by the Millions

RECENT figures compiled by the Bell System show that there is more than 145 million miles of telephone wire in the world, or enough to reach from the Sun out past the planet Mars; and about 60% of it is in the United States, where it was used for more than twenty-seven billion conversations over the wire last year. (At three minutes each, this is 154,000 years of talk.) That is, every man, woman and child in the United States made 220 calls; or, rather, leaving out those who can not use the telephone, there was an average of only about one call a day. In the use of the telegraph, the United States is a shade less pre-eminent; it has only a third of the world’s 6,773,500 miles of wire.

it’s a RAT RACE!

HIGH prices, hard scrambling for the daily dollar got you hectic? Life may be a real rat race for you, but rat racing is just the life for Edward Moffitt of San Francisco. He lines up six favorites from his unique stable of 80 albino racing rats and adjusts the dials on his mechanical racetrack. Bong! There’s the starting bell. Read the rest of this entry »

YOU Can Be A Sweater Girl!

Don’t envy other women. Don’t be embarrassed because of a fiat or sagging bust line …

Yes, YOU can be a Sweater Girl. Bring out those romantic curves that will make your bust line your beauty line. Arouse envy, admiration and approval.

Jan of Hollywood has helped many women develop beautiful breasts. He has been so successful, and the demand for his course has been so great, that he has developed it for you to use in the privacy of your home. Read the rest of this entry »

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PREVIEW OF THE 1961 CARS

By Stanley H. Brams

THE automobile industry began to change in the late ’50s. Power and size began to lose their appeal. Sales volume showed that for the first time in more than 50 years the auto industry was no longer a growth industry. The decision was made to swing to compact cars.

But now the industry hasn’t enough data to know whether the signs of transition are valid or whether they will disappear in a year or two. So the industry is galloping off fiercely in all directions. That accounts for such contradictions as—
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If you like these drawings, there are a bunch of his illustrations here: Boris Artzybashef

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He Brings Machines to Life

THE transformation of harsh, cold machines into alert-looking, hard-working gremlins with faces, hands and feet is the unique achievement of cartoonist Boris Artzybasheff. His “living” mechanical monsters have created a sensation in the field of technical advertising.

It is not difficult to analyze the success of the animated machines. They convert a highly-specialized subject into one that everyone can understand and enjoy. This helps to sell a product and a company name. What more could an advertiser want?

Dog Leash on Spring Reel Plays Fido Like a Fish

A leash attached to a spring-operated reel is a new wrinkle for dog owners. Encased in a light but sturdy aluminum housing, the reel carries twelve feet of waterproofed leash strong enough to hold a great Dane yet light enough for use with a Pekinese. Read the rest of this entry »

Robot Turns Actor and plays

the role of a ”Martian” in a French production. Built by M. Koralek, noted French engineer, the 500-pound robot is seen at the left “rehearsing” with actress Mag Villars. At right. M. Koralek adjusts the robot’s mechanical brain via its spinal column.

The launches he explains in this article were a rousing success. Explorer 1, the first successful U.S. satellite launch discovered the Van Allen Belt. So I guess that worked out pretty well for him.

I love the idea of crowdsourcing the task of actually finding the satellite once its in orbit to an army of amateur astronomers.

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The Artificial Satellite as a Research Instrument

Its pay load of 10 pounds will telemeter information about conditions at the edge of space. When its batteries have run down, we can still learn much by observing its flight

by James A. Van Allen

Most persons interested in space travel will be willing to wait until the second or third spaceship has made it to the moon and back before booking their reservations. The artificial earth satellites are another story. If all goes well, the first of them will be on orbit by early 1958, during the International Geophysical Year. Read the rest of this entry »

The Greatest Mother in the World

Stretching forth her hands to all in need—to Jew or Gentile, black or white, knowing no favorite, yet favoring all.

Seeing all things with a mother’s sixth sense that’s blind to jealousy and meanness; helping the little home that’s crushed beneath an iron hand by showing mercy in a healthy, human way; rebuilding it, in fact, with stone on stone and bringing warmth, to hearts and hearths too long neglected. Read the rest of this entry »

Scientificks

Odd Facts of the Month as Our Artist Sees Them

CARNEGIE INSTITUTION ASTRONOMERS HAVE PREPARED A MAP WHICH SHOWS THAT THE MOON HAS A NEW FACE.

DR. F.E.LAWSON, BRITISH CHEMIST, COMPUTES THAT THE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES IN ANY MAN’S BODY ARE WORTH ABOUT ONE DOLLAR. Read the rest of this entry »

Human Wings Are Predicted

HUMAN wings are predicted by Dr. Lucien Bull, a director of the Marie Institute at Paris, who seriously advanced his theories before groups of American scientists. Dr. Bull believes the human wings will come as a perfectly natural and logical development and saw nothing in his startling claims to arouse surprise. “A man who is able to run upstairs ought to be able to fly,” he maintains. Read the rest of this entry »

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Easy STUNTS with Paper

Amusing tricks can easily be performed with sheets of paper if you know how to fold and cut or tear to obtain intricate and unusual patterns. Soldier hats and headpieces of other styles as well as the Jacob’s ladder can be speedily produced.

by KEENAN H. WARD

ALL you require in the way of equipment is a sheet of paper. All you need to do is fold it several times, here and there; tear it, so and so . . . and there you are with a clever paper hat, a mariner’s wheel, a paper ladder or some other clever little knick-knack of entertainment or utility. Read the rest of this entry »