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422 ILLUSTRATED WORLD
lines, which are carried by the apparatus
to an assistant below the boards. This
assistant then makes the answer called
for—the sound emitting from the receiver
concealed in the breast of the
manikin.
NEW WAY TO WEAR PERFUME
'T'HE latest novelty for the lady who
would suggest roses or violets to her
friends is a perfume ball, a jewelry conceit
worn attached to a black ribbon
sautoir. The pendant is of sterling silver
finished in gilt and ornamented with
dainty blue or pink enamel. Within the
hollow ball is a felt pad upon which g
the favorite perfume is dropped.
This permits just the proper hint of
flower fragrance to escape. j
SHOVEL TRUCK
D Y simply attaching two oneinch
truck casters to the back
of a square-point
shovel the tool was
converted into a
handy truck used in
moving heavy sacks
of flour, grain, and
feed about the store or warehouse.
Near the front edge, about
one inch from either side, a
pair of one-eighthinch
holes were drilled
through the bottom of
the shovel, and each
caster was then fastened
on with two
The Shovel Truck
small stove bolts.
When the shovel is
needed for other purposes than a truck
these attachments are easily and quickly
removed.
HOMEMADE CAMP STOOL
A CAMP stool which can be con-
^^ structed by any person at all handy
with tools, which is strong enough to
support a large man and capable of being
The Perfume
Ball
folded into a compact bundle not much
larger than an umbrella, is shown in the
accompanying illustration.
It may be made from four pieces of
hardwood broom handles 24 inches long,
but it is worthy of having the legs turned
up in an ornamental manner, as shown
in the drawing.
The joint in the middle should be a
brass casting, a pattern for which may
be whittled out easily. This casting may
be finished up with a file if a lathe is not
at hand. The 5/16 inch trunnions are to
pass through 5/16 inch holes bored in
the legs. The 3/16 inch studs on the
ends of the trunnions are to receive
a washers, after which these studs are
to be headed down, so that the legs
will move smoothly with just enough
«fj friction to hold them in place. The
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should be made of two pieces of
ing cloth 12 inches square,
hed together, with the weave
running in opposite directions
for strength. It should be bound
around the edges with braid or
with pieces of the same material.
The top should be fastened down
with a wood screw in each corner,
turned into one end of each
leg and passing through a large