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��A Hybrid Between the Automobile and the Motorcycle

IN an effort to combine the comfort and stability of the automobile with the economy and lightness of the motor- cycle, Alfred A. Scott, of England, has in- vented the small three-wheeled car which is shown in the accompanying photographs.

The "Scott Sociable," as it is called, looks more like a cyclecar than any- thing else. Technically speaking, however, there is little in common be- tween the two. The one is nothing more than a high-seated motorcycle with a sidecar attached to it. It is uncomfortable and is liable to skid and tilt on making a sharp curve. The "sociable," how^ever, is designed as a complete unit by itself. It is mounted on a rigid, tri- angular framework and its seats are carried low inside of the wheel base, so that stability is gained despite its wonder- ful lightness.

Practically every part has been given special attention. The caster wheel method of steering has been perfected until it can turn the car in the narrowest roads. All of the wheels are detachable. The springs are of a new type which is far ahead of any on the average light car in the way it absorbs unusually violent shocks. These springs are also detachable and can be readily re- placed. Inside the car there is every ap- proved type of accessory and appliance. Not the least of these is the hood which can be erected over the driver and his passen- ger in a storm.

����The "Sociable," in appear- ance, is much like a cycle- car, but there is little in common between the two

��The Bachelor's Coffee -Brewer. It Makes One Cup at a Time

NOW comes the coffee-brewer, a device for making individual cups of coffee. The device consists only of two cups some- what conical in shape, one of which fits into the other. Sufficient pulverized

coffee is placed in the bottom of the cuter cup to make one cup of 1 the beverage. Then the perfo- rated inner cup is set in place and boiling water is poured into it. It is left to "draw" for a few min- utes, just as in the prepa- ration of tea; then it is poured out in- to the waiting cup. The perforations in the inner cup of the de- vice, strain the beverage.

��The bachelor's coffee-brewer is simply a perforated cup fitted inside a holder

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