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and from 2' 6" to 3 above
it. Provide a hook in the
wall and the two frames
can instantly be folded
against each other and
hung there, out of the way
and yet within convenient
reach.
In using the rack, always
put several diapers or
towels over the top frame
so as to catch the heat in
the "box" thus formed.
The amount of clothes
that can thus be hung and
dried on this small rack is
only less astonishing than
the speed with which they
are dried at a low flame.
WALLET THE PICK­
POCKET CANT GET
A N enterprising inventor has come to
the rescue of the prosperous and has
designed a wallet that cannot fall or be
picked out of the pocket. If you carry
the wallet in your hip pocket it sometimes
will work its way out when you go to sit
down, but this new invention
eliminates that
danger. This wallet
has a strip of metal attached
to the outside
with an extension on
either end. These extensions
are released
by pressing the button
seen in the center.
When the button is
pressed the extensions
shoot out with the aid
of springs. The extensions
are pressed inward
and the wallet is
placed in the pocket.
Then the button is
pressed and the extensions
shoot out, holdthe
wallet very
in
firmly and
the pocket.
HINTS FOR PRACTICAL PEOPLE 421
The Stethescope Phone Ears
Safely in If Your Pocketbook Is Worth More Than a
Fountain Pen. Why Not Guard It Just as
Well?
TELEPHONE AP­
PLIANCE FOR NOISY
PLACES
A N Y O N E who often is
^^ obliged to use a telephone
in a noisy place will
appreciate the device
shown herewith which enables
him to hear much better
than with the ordinary
receiver, and to eliminate
the endless requests for
repetitions. When a call is
received, the person answering
places the two end
pieces to his ears and with
one hand applies the telephone
receiver to the block
at the base. This leaves the
other hand free for writing,
and enables the person to
listen with both ears.
EVERY MAN HIS OWN
VENTRILOQUIST
T'HE professional ventriloquist who is
a top liner on the vaudeville program
must soon go out of business, or expect
a substantial cut in his weekly stipend,
for invention is going
to make his art a common
one. If the inventor
had kept his
secret to himself, instead
of rushing the
idea to the patent office,
he might have induced
some enterprising theatrical
manager to book
him for a long contract
K
on the variety show
circuit.
The innovation consists
of the usual
"dummy" but with attachments
of telephone
receivers and transmitt
e r s. The "ventriloq
u i s t"—w ho need
never have learned the
art of voice throwing—
on the stage, speaks his