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��Adjusting a Shower Spray's Angle

A SHOWER- BATH at- tachment intend- ed to control the angleof discharge is made by attach- ing two upright pipes to the dis- charge-taps of the supply-pipes. At the desired height elbows are affixed to the pipes to join them in the center. At this point a swiveled T-pipe is connected to both ends of the pipes, so that the angle of the upright portion of the T may be changed at will. To the upper end of the T-section are added the adjustable shower attachment and a handle.

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��Both Direct and Indirect Lighting

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��REFLEC- TOR for an electric light is made so that the fixture may be used for either di- rect or indirect lighting. The re- flector is shaped like a canopy, and is held in either position by wire or chain crows' feet leading from the main sup- port. The lamp-receiving socket is en- closed in a standard, which may be coupled directly to the support when the fixture is used for direct lighting. When indirect lighting is desired, the lamp socket is covered by a metal cap.

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��A Coffee Percolator In Your Cup

SMALL per- colator with which a guest at a restaurant may make a cup of coffee to suit his own taste holds an ordinary cup- ful of liquid. In the container, which is clamped upon the cup, is placed ground coffee and hot water and clear coffee drips through the strainer into the cup. When all the water has dripped out, the container is set aside.

���Blow Up Your Shoes with Air

IN order to keep expensive and delicate shoes in proper condition when they are not being worn, the pneumatic shoe- tree exerts an ev- en pressure on all parts of the fab- ric. A metal form partially surrounds a flexible sack which, when filled with air, takes the place of the old fashioned wooden tree. The sack naturally follows the lines of the shoe, so the leather is not forced out of shape.

A Vacuum Cleaner Dust-pan

ADUST-PAX is made with a false bottom and with a cham- ber in the large end. In this chamber is a bel- lows, actuated by a plunger in the handle. The pas- sageway leading from the bellows through the false bot- tom ends in a lip just below the normal edge of the dust-pan. To remove the last dirt from the floor, the slot is placed over it, and by means of the bellows the dust is quickly sucked in.

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��JLA. made of spring steel which consists of a stout handle and a lip and cover for pouring out the contents of a milk bottle is held firmly to the bot- tle by the tension of the spring steel. This exerts an upward pressure on two grips at the base of the bottle, and a downward pressure on the ring which forms the flouring lip at the top. A co\er is hinged to the ring at the top, so that it opens by a pressure of the thumb.

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