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THE ELECTRIC VIBRATOR AND FRIGIDITY

by Isadore Rubin, Ph.D.
Dr. Rubin is Managing Editor of this publication.

Two recent news items have called attention to a device which has undoubtedly had very wide sexual use but has rarely before come to public or professional notice. The device is an electric vibrator.

In December of last year, in an article dealing with the “feverish” preparation being made to clean up Tokyo in time for this year’s Olympics, Time magazine reported: “For one thing, (police) banned the manufacture and sale of a variety of ingenious aphrodisiac devices such as battery-powered vibrators, for whose production Japan is famous. Plain-clothesmen were posted at the special ‘sex drugstores’ where the gimmicks had been sold.” Read the rest of this entry »

Exploding Three Mile Island

Think back. It hasn’t been that long ago. Pennsylvania looked like it might be blown off the map any minute, turned into a radioactive no-man’s-land forever. “Permanently uninhabitable” was the way they said it in the movie, The China Syndrome.

That’s the trouble. A lot of people said a lot of things. And a lot of it just wasn’t true. Not even close.

Take the hydrogen bubble that made all the headlines. Bubble, nothing. The implication was time bomb, ticking away. And that would’ve frightened anybody who didn’t have a degree in chemistry.
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That is a really large ice machine.

ROBOTS That Work For A Coin

PUT a coin in the slot and get your shoes shined, see a movie, pay the installment on the washing machine or get a scalp massage. There is hardly an amusement nor a personal service rendered mechanically that hasn’t been put on a coin-in-the-slot basis. Coin-operated pool tables and even fly-casting pools with metered illumination for evening use are among the latest applications, a few of which are shown on this page.

How the World will End

Scientists who have been tracing the history of the moon declare that the reign of fire and brimstone which will herald the end of the earth will in all probability be brought about by the moon’s falling back upon the earth. The diagrams herewith illustrate the process which astronomers believe will destroy the world after thousands of years. Read the rest of this entry »

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Back of the Scenes at the Sideshow

By King Deckert

If you have ever attended a sideshow— and who hasn’t?—you have looked at astonishing exhibitions and seemingly impossible feats and have wondered, “how do they do it?” King Deckert, an old-time trouper, explains in this fascinating article how the public is bunked.

IN DARKEST Africa, the Voodoo witch doctor charges an admission and lets superstitious blacks view his weird collection of miracles; in more progressive countries, intelligent people pay their thin dimes every year to see “The Half Lady,” “The Human Mermaid,” “Oregon John,” and scores of other “strange, strange people,” who migrate from state to state during the summer months under the flamboyant banners of the sideshow. Read the rest of this entry »

New “Flounder” Plane Is Britain’s Bid For Airline Supremacy

A DESIGN for a super airplane, which would constitute a national bid for world-wide airline supremacy, has been projected by Fred Miles, prominent British aeronautical engineer. As shown in the sketches, the proposed 38-passenger plane resembles a flounder in general appearance. The estimated performance figures for the plane when powered by four 900 horsepower motors indicate a top speed of 295 m.p.h.

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He can impartially study your requirements and recommend exactly the typewriter that will contribute the most to typing efficiency in your own particular organization.

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You probably need to attract a lot of listeners-in to earn that four-figure income!

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Could You Become a Radio Star?

By Alfred Albelli

If you have ability as an entertainer, along with a good radio personality, fame and fortune may await you if you can pass the radio audition test, as described here.

NO DOUBT everyone would get a great thrill hearing his name announced over a network of powerful broadcasting stations as the artist who will next entertain the vast multitudes of listeners-in with a song, a string of jokes, or a speech treating subjects of interest to the nation. And no doubt, also, everyone would get even a greater thrill out of receiving each month a salary and royalty check of the generous four-figure proportions that most radio entertainers pull down. Read the rest of this entry »

Novel German Game, “Swing-ball,” Develops Agility and Strength

AMONG the fair sex of Germany the new game, called “Swing-ball,” is rapidly coming into popularity. The game, played as shown in the photo at the right, develops agility, alertness and strength, and helps to keep that boyish figure and schoolgirl complexion.

The ball, similar to a basket-ball, slides along a rope, each end of which is held by a contestant. The players try to hit each other by swinging the ball around in a circle. Ability to jump, duck and dodge are the chief assets of the defense.

SOME PEOPLE DO THE DOGGONEDEST THINGS

The discipline and literal-mindedness of the Germans help make them both the most immaculate of craftsmen and the most laborious of humorists. These two aspects of the German spirit were caught in one inspired outburst by the man who thought up the contrivance above. Read the rest of this entry »

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Believe It or Not! by Ripley

Striking and little known facts that challenge belief.

Anyone doubting the truth of the statements may obtain proof by writing to Robert L. Ripley, in care of Modern Mechanics and Inventions, 529 So. 7th St., Minneapolis, enclosing a stamped envelope. Read the rest of this entry »

Easter Eggs Masquerade as Cartoon Characters

Easter eggs may be transformed into likenesses of cartoon and nursery-tale characters, with attractively colored cut-outs now available in book form. Each design provides both a base and a headpiece for a tinted egg, as shown, and the book contains materials for dressing up twenty eggs in different guises.