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��Don't Throw Away Waste Paper. Bale It!

EVERY household, every school, store or public building is everlastingly con- fronted with the problem of how best to dispose of the accumula- tions of waste paper, newspapers, paper bags and wrapping paper. To destroy paper stock is a great waste of money as the price of paper is extremely high.

William J. Palm, of Minne- apolis, has invented and placed upon the market a simple con- trivance which offers an inexpen - sive and adequate solution of the waste paper problem. The in- vention consists of a stout box, open at the top and with a hinged front. The back and the movable front of the box have each, on the inside, two ratchet bands into which engage the pawls of the sliding press- plate. The paper is deposited in the box which rests on strong swivel-rollers and is pressed down by the top plate. When the compact bale of paper thus formed has reached the desired size, the front of the box is let down and the top plate removed, it- K

which facilitates the tying up and removal of the bale.

��A baling contrivance which will enable you to save waste paper

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���The thermometer registers ten below zero. But they take their dip just the same — Br-r-r!

��The Human Polar Bears. They Bathe in Icy Water — Br-r-r.

DURING the bathing season many thousands enjoy the cooling surf at Coney Island every day, but when the winter brings zero temperature and icy blasts from the north, and big ice stalac- tites form on the piers and on the lower side of the board-walk. Coney is almost deserted. Only a small group of hardy men, who fittingly call themselves Polar Bears, remain true to Father Atlantic and daily disport themselves, clad in their bathing suits, upon the icy beach and amid the floating ice in the ocean.

The accompanying picture was taken at Coney Island on one of the coldest days of the winter. The thermometer registered ten below zero and the photographer was nearly frozen while taking the picture. Well, after all it is but a matter of consti- tution, inclination and habit. The Polar Bears really seem to enjoy their icy winter bathing.

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