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���The problem of dividing this strawberry shortcake, too big for a knife, was solved by sawing it

��A Giant Strawberry Shortcake. It Had to be Cut with a Cross-Ciit Saw

EVERY year the little town of Burton, situated on Vashon Island, a few miles from the city of Tacoma, holds a good old-fashioned strawberry festival to which the public is cordially invited. The Island Commercial Club, a "live-wire" in the community, conducts the festivi- ties. Heretofore plain strawberries, sugar and cream have been the order of the day, but the committee that had charge of the affair this year took it into their heads to do something different and original.

Accordingly they waited upon two members of the Burton Woman's Club, far famed for their culinary accom- plishments, and told them to put on their thinking caps. The ladies rose to the oc- casion and the result was the making of a strawberry shortcake of exquisite taste and gen- erous proportions.

No knife equal to the situation could be found, but H. G. Parkes, presi- dent of the Commercial Club, suggested the use of a cross-cut saw. Every- body echoed "Why not?"

��No Very Great Danger in Making Explosives

IN a paper read before a med- ical association in the East, Dr. W. G. Hudson, medical direc- tor of E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co., manufacturers of ex- plosives, recently made some interesting statements concern- ing the risks connected with the manufacture of powerful explosives. He asserted that the dangers of that industry were greatly exaggerated. As a matter of fact, railroading shows much higher injury and death rates than the manufac- ture of explosives. Of the ac- cidents which occur in explosive factories only a small percentage are actually caused by explo- sives. Four-fifths of the accidents are due to carelessness or negligence of em- ployees who disregard the precautions necessary wherever men are working with tools and machinery. By increasing the share of work done by machinery and reducing the number of workers in proportion to the increased use of mechan- ical appliances, the manufacturers of explosives are striving to diminish the hazards connected with their business.

���Kcuiovt the bundle of your grip and it will be safe from thieves

��Use This Detachable Handle to Protect Your Grip

IN order to make it at least very awkward for a thief to steal a bag, Mr. A. C. Aagebery, of Indiana, has invented a detachable handle. This can be fitted to both new and old bags and valises. It is merely a pair of sockets into which the removable handle- piece fits and from which it is removable by pressing a button.

The handles being non- interchangeable, theft by fitting another handle is not possible. The thief would have to carry the bag under his arm.

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