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��The floor is divided near the center with a partition, making a living room at one end and a dining-room and wash room at the other and a fireplace in one side of the living room

��tions are provided by the ingenious ar- rangement:

By day: Living room 11 by 18 ft., with fireplace, or with front doors open to include porch, 18 by 19 ft. Dining-room 10 by 11 ft., or with doors open to include porch, 10 by 19 ft. Kitchen 7 by 11 ft., with kitchen porch 6 by 7 ft. Wash and dressing room 4 by 7 ft. Front porch 8 by 18 ft. Rear porch 8 by 10 ft.

By night: A front porch 8 by 18 ft., which by the use of screens may be turned into a sleeping porch. Rear porch almost as large capable of same use. Two front bedrooms each 7 by 11 ft. One rear bed- room 10 by 11 ft. If the sleeping porches are utilized and a cot placed in each bed- room, sleeping accommodations for a dozen people may be provided.

��which was built from discarded automo- bile parts such as may be found in the junk pile of any average garage repair shop. It consists essentially of a rod, A, to both ends of which are riveted levers, B, (discarded brake levers). The pointed plugs, C, are riveted into the upper end of one lever, while screw D passes through the upper end of the other lever.

A third lever, F, placed between the levers, B, is bored out at its hub to permit its sliding smoothly over the shaft, A. In addition its upper end is provided with a plug, C, similar to that placed in the other lever. The plug in the lever, F, however, is bored out at one end to receive the pressure from the screw, D.

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��How to Make an Automobile Spring Leaf-Separator

THE body springs of an automobile should be periodically lubricated. This will result in greater comfort to the occupants as well as in quieter riding.

A common practice on the part of the avf^rage driver is to separate the leaves of the springs with the aid of a hammer and chisel or a screw-driver. Procedure such as this, however, is extremely detri- mental to the well-being of the springs, the constant hammering causing unneces- sary strain on the leaves.

The accompanying sketches illustrate the construction of a simple appliance

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Levers mounted on a bar carrying cone points for separating the leaves of a spring

tremely simple. Turning the screw, D, forces the'plugs, C, towards one another; consequently when they are placed be- tween two leaves of the spring, a few turns of the screw will readily separace them. — Adolph Klein.

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