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��A New Kind of Pin-Cushion

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��resents a Chinese face, the lower portion of the pigtail being com- posed of threads which can be withdrawn. Through the center of the cushion a box penetrates, which may be used to hold buttons, thimbles and other useful implements. The bottom of the box is designed to hold needles, thus acting as a needle case. The entire device hangs from the wall by the pigtail.

Bicycle Frame Holds a Tire Pump

THE steel frame of a bicycle or a motor - cycle is made hollow immediately be- neath the rider's seat. Into this hollow space is slipped a tubular tire pump. When the pump is needed, the seat is swung out of the way on a swivel, the cap which closes the open end of the frame is unscrewed, and the pump may be removed.

Collapsible Millinery for Traveling

O provide a fashionable hat which may be folded up and placed in a travel- e r s' trunk or suitcase, a dress- maker has created a design which is composed of two stiffened sides and a soft collapsible middle on the princi[)le of the paper hats made for carnival time. When the hat is placed on the head, the stiff sides are bent to open the hat in its proper position. When it is taken off, the hat flattens so that it can be stored away in a small space.

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���Holding Meat While Carving

UPON a suit- able base is fixed a casting consisting of three equidistant arms, each ter- minating i n a toothed quadrant. Actuating on these quadrants are arms to which

are affixed claws for holding the meat. In the center of the device is a small plate, to which are attached two metal points of different lengths, designed to pierce the meat and to hold it in the center of the device. This plate may be clamped in any desired position by means of a bolt which is equipped with a thuml3-nut. Either large or small pieces of meat may thus be accommo- dated.

Preventing Furniture from Chip- ping Walls

FITTED into the threaded interior of a boss which is attached to the resilient clamping-ring of the furniture buf- fer, is a wooden or metal screw, equipped with a rul)l)er button at the end. When the clamp is applied to the leg of a chair or bedstead, the rubber tip on the adjust- able screw acts as a buft'er to prevent the marring of the wall.

A Cutter for Fiber Phonograph Needles

AD E Y I C E for t r i m - ming or cutting fiber phonograph- needles is mod- eled closely after a pair of ordinary scissors. The top element of the de- vice is equipped with a holder for the needle, while the lower element has a sharp ])]ade for trimming the needle.

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