Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 92.djvu/416

 400 Popular Science Monthly

Did He Join the Army or Navy? The U.S.S.iVetvForiSt as She Appears This Service Flag Tells in Pipes and Pipe Fittings

��ONE of our Jackies, Maurice Clem- ent, the Quartermaster on the

U. S. S. Texas, thinks

that the conven- tional service flag which is now flying from innumerable windows all over the country, has one de- fect. It does not tell what branch of the service each man has entered.

Now Quarter- master Clement is ex- tremely proud of being in the navy, so, when he came to make a service flag for his own home, he framed the central white space with a piece of white -line tied in attractive knots. At the top and bottom of the panel he made a double Car- rick bend; at each side, at equal intervals, a figure eight knot, and then a square knot, thus making a bal- anced design.

This flag is not only very attractive, but it leaves absolutely no doubt as to what branch of the service it symbolizes.

���White-line tied in sailor-knots frames central panel of this naval service flag

��HERE'S a curious new battle- ship, a model of the U. S. S. New York, made en- tirely of pipes and pipe fittings manu- factured by a prom- inent firm.

The boat is formed of forty-seven differ- ent kinds of pipe fit- tings, four types of valves, a brass whis- tle, oil cups and valve parts. It is elec-

trically wired, so that its propeller revolves, its cannons fire, and its wdreless apparatus emits sparks.

The man who con- ceived and built the vessel is Julius Gerion, a Belgian mechanic, employed in the com- pany's shops at Bridgeport, Conn. He drew no plans of any sort, nor had he ever inspected a battleship. He simply copied photographs published in the mag- azines and papers. For ten weeks he worked at his toy, evolving it part by part. Six thousand, six hundred and sixty-nine separate pieces were used.

��The Merits of the Wooden Barrel are Obvious

A BARREL can be rolled. This is its greatest merit. Every other shape of contain- er which weighs over a hun- dred pounds when filled, must be lifted bodily and carried on a hand truck or by hoisting machinery. One man can un- load a carload of sugar two hundred barrels of it in less than an hour. I^on't you wish it were at your door? No other container can be han- dled at this rate, even by two mon working at top speed.

���©lI.Ml.-

��Model of the U. S. S. New York made entirely of pipes and their fittings. It is the work of a Belgian mechanic

�� �