INVENTIONS WANTED!

FISH FOOD in time-release capsules that would dissolve over several days or weeks. Philip F. Sidotti, Glassboro. N. J.

QUARTER-IN.-WIDE safety razor lor a professional-looking home trim around the ears. George Smith. Chicago, Ill.

ICE CREAM freezer that could be hooked up to an exercise bike to make your perspiration more worthwhile. Ross White, Hueytown. Ala.

COMBINATION chapstick-suntan oil (refill-able) holder on a neckstring for the convenience of skiers. Scott Wilson, Selma. Calif.

TYPEWRITER ribbon cartridges that could be dropped in cleanly, like film in an Instamatic camera. R. S. Liholm, Anacortes, Wash.

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GUN TRADERS’ SUPERMARKET

You can get anything from a blunderbuss to a burp gun at this busy swap session.

ANY exhibition of guns, old or new, has a fascination for men of all sorts, from serious shooters and collectors to Walter Mittys who have never fondled anything more lethal than a cap pistol. Read the rest of this entry »

New Machine Makes 600 Shoes in Eight Hours

SIX HUNDRED pairs of shoes in eight hour is the record set by the new shoe manufacturing machine recently exhibited at the Leather Fair in London, shown in the photo below. It resembles a gigantic wheel, the spokes of which contain the electrical devices which control the operation of the mechanism on the wheel’s rim. Read the rest of this entry »

Mi-stoppers

BIG TIME DISPLAY in Frankfurt Germany, prompted this pretty Fraulein’s double-take. Sure enough, all of the huge wristwatches keep accurate time. Exhibit was part of a watch and jewelry fair.

GOVERNOR GETS THE BIRD. Kentucky governor, Lawrence Wetherby. delighted visitors at the State Fair recently when be donned a jockey’s costume and took the reins of this ostrich-drawn sulky.

CANINE COPTER LIFT, above, is employed by the British Navy for hauling scout dogs up into their craft upon the completion of bandit-hunting expeditions in the Malayan jungle. Steady now, Fido!

POODLE CUTS are finding their way home at last. Pete, shown here getting a complete tonsorial treatment at the hands of W. E. Simmons of Myrtle Beach, S. C comes by a poodle hairdo naturally.

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I Shampoo the Sidewalks of New York

A bright idea and home town pride prompted this ex-sweater manufacturer to beautify the city’s neglected pavements. Now he reaps the reward.

By Louis Schwartz

EAST Side, West Side, all around the Town . . . my Sidewalk Sanitation Service has made its debut and though it doesn’t cover quite as big an area as the song does—yet—I hope S.S.S. will be just as familiar before long.

I started this business a year ago by convincing one department store manager in New York City that scientific, mechanized methods could restore beauty to his sidewalks, at less expense than old-fashioned wash-’em-down methods. Today many of New York’s leading stores and hotels, stretching over some 40 city blocks, have signed up for my beauty treatment. Read the rest of this entry »

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WHY MARRIED MEN VISIT PROSTITUTES

What are the motives which lead a married man, often with an attractive and “willing” wife, to patronize a common woman of the street?

by Albert Ellis. Ph.D.

“I SUPPOSE,” said my marriage counseling client, “that you think I’m crazy for spending so much of my time and money on the women I pick up in bars— when my wife, as you have seen, is such a fine and attractive woman.”
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What’s New

TOGETHERNESS by the tubful is the latest in bathroom decor. Twin tubs were designed by Gerald and Phyllis Yellin, a Manhasset N. Y. couple who believe that cleanliness is being next to your spouse.

MUSIC typewriter has 46 characters and can copy almost any kind of musical notation. Photo shows inventor Lily Pavey of Britain using the Imperial Pavey Musigraph.
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No Shrink- No Spot

A DISTANT cousin of the sulfa drugs, melamine, is being used to “cure” some of the serious “ailments” of textiles.

Its most striking use is in a resin which, applied to woolens, solves the age-old problem of shrinking and matting in water.
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In the next issue: “Woman Scientist’s Invention Makes Water Wet!”

Woman Scientist’s Process Makes Glass Invisible

GLARE from reflected light, which has made it difficult to see pictures framed under glass at certain angles, has been removed by a new process developed in General Electric’s research laboratory by Dr. Katherine B. Blodgett (above).” By applying thin chemical films to the surface of glass, Dr. Blodgett has been able to nullify or neutralize rebounding light rays with the result that pictures framed with glass so treated appear as though there was no glass at all, regardless of the angle viewed from, as represented by center panel section of the portrait above. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW PRODUCTS of scientific and mechanical interest

A THERMOSTATICALLY CONTROLLED SOLDERING iron is announced by the Sound Equipment Corporation of Glendale, Cal. The Kwikheat takes only 90 seconds to be ready for use by means of a 225 watt heating unit controlled by the thermostat. Eliminating the excessively high temperatures acquired by ordinary irons during the idle period, this new iron has an unusually long life expectancy.
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Take A Seat—But Watch For Splinters

MANUFACTURERS of upholstered furniture, who are no longer able to get metal for springs because of priorities, were invited at a furniture show recently to take a look at the spring pictured at right. Band-sawed from a piece of wood, this spring has plenty of resilience, may well replace in many peacetime functions spring steel needed for war uses. Weight for weight, it is said to be as strong as steel.

If you just looked at the first page of this you’d think it was about BBQ.

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Man Makes His Own Rubber

THE diversified chemical manufacturing industry of America is finding a way to make this country free from dependence on foreign sources for an increasing number of vital raw materials. Only a few years ago, America depended on the nitrate beds of Chile for fertilizers and raw materials for industry. Today, it makes its own nitrates from the air.
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