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RETIRED milliner of Atlantic City, who spends his winters in Elorida, bought a boat at Daytona and converted it into a millinery store. The exigencies of the situation made this original store desirable, for buildings are not allowed on the shore side of the

street along the beach, and therefore rents are very high on the other side of the street. With his boat scheme he combined home comforts with a fine business location. His boat is seventy feet in length and twenty feet-wide, and is lighted inside and out with electricity.

NEW use for the aeroplane has been recently discovered. A prominent moving picture director was searching for the best method of reproducing a sandstorm on the scenery, and took his company to the government aviation school. The scenery was set up on the sandy grounds surrounding the school, and one of the aeroplanes was held fast and the motor started. When the motor was turned to full speed, the back-wash from the propeller stirred up a real sandstorm over the outdoor stage.

NE of the latest features of the business world of Monrovia, Calif., is the delivery outfit devised by the proprietor of a dyeing and cleaning establishment. It has been termed the "show case" delivery outfit. It is built like the ordinary delivery case, but its two sides and back are of glass, so that the suits or cloaks inside may be plainly seen by pedestrians upon the sidewalk or the occupants of passing machines. The coat hangers are hooked over screwhooks fastened to the roof of the case.

The owner removed the rear seat of his fivepassenger car and in its place located the case. Both the case and the rear seat are "quick detachable" and one may be changed for the other in a very few moments. The floor of the case is four feet square, while it is four and a half feet high. As an advertising medium this case shows the people of Monrovia the kind of work turned out by this cleaning establishment, a plan which fits in nicely with this "show me" age.