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��A Package Handle That Saves Your Time and Cord

A COMBINED package carrier and tier invented by Friedrich 0. Vonto- bel, a Swiss resident of New York, prom- ises to be of considerable interest.

The pictures clearly illustrate the con- struction of the device and its applica- tion. At one end there is a fiat loop of wire in the same direction as the handle, at the other end a flat loop at right angles to the direction of the handle with another bend at right angles to it near the middle of the loop.

This device saves time and cord. Be- fore the tying is begun a knot has to be made in the end of the cord used for tying. No other knots are required.

��The New Dandelion Ex- tractor. You Can Work It Without Stooping

ANEW device for pulling dandelions has been in- vented by Hans C. Johnson, of Fort Bragg, California. It has a curved scoop for penetrating the earth adjacent to the plant. Pivotally attached to the shank of the scoop and opposed to it is a small toothed digger, which, when it is swung to closed position, impales or binds the plant against the scoop so that it can be readily extracted from the earth. This digger is linked to a slidable rod contained with- in the main stem of the imple- ment. Two handles are pro- vided, one for the main stem and one for the slidable rod.

���Without stoop- ing, it is possible to "spot" every weed and up- root it with this new extractor

��When the two are grasped and closed to- gether the rod is pulled upward, causing the digger to swing toward the scoop to en- gage the plant. It will be observed that the person using this device does not have to stoop to conquer. Incidentally it is a fine weapon for attacking weeds on the lawn.

Fasting Is Not What It's Cracked Up to Be, Experiments Show

IT is impossible to stop eating and not feel the pangs of hunger. If you have been led to believe differently by the stories of men who have undergone fasting tests listen to the words of Professor Carl- son of the University of Chicago. He found as a result of observation on man during prolonged intentional starvation, that the view that hunger mechanism fails early does not hold as a general rule. The professional faster, he points out, may ignore the pangs of hunger in a spirit of bravado.

Indian fakirs who have been practising the trick of fasting until the normal cravings of the body have submitted to will- power, are said to be able to go without food for incredible periods of time. But probably ANGLt-LtvER FORK the real truth of the

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