Which does not remove the snow from the middle of the roadway but pushes it from under the wheels to the side, thereby using a minimum of power An artistic lamp (left) which contains a phonograph, disclosed by merely raising the hood when desired (right), which, it is claimed, possesses a smoother tone than that of the usual cabinet style machines By the use of this jack the automobile raises itself off the ground, saving the labor and energy necessary in operating ordinary jacks which depend on vertical leverage for action the lid opens AN INEXPENSIVE but efficient garden tool for keeping the grass and weeds from encroaching on the paths is of interest to dwellers in the country or in the suburbs of a city who are waging incessant warfare against weeds. This labor-saving tool is extremely simple in construction, consisting as it does of a knife blade made of carbon steel attached alongside a small iron wheel, both of which are mounted upon a long wooden handle similar to the handle of a rake. The knife makes a smooth clean cut about an inch and a quarter wide and from an inch to about two inches deep. A NEW METHOD OF ENLARGING PHOTOGRAPHS By means of an extremely simple apparatus, composed mainly of strips of wood and brass, it is possible to enlarge photographs without the use of an expensive lens THE EDITOR THE EDITOR 366 368 I. NIVELLE AND HIS METHOD OF TAKING TRENCHES THE WAR'S MOST IMPORTANT HINT TO US GEORGE MARVIN 381 REAR ADMIRAL BRADLEY A. FISKE, U. S. N. 393 PAYING OFF THE MORTGAGE ON THE UNITED STATES ALBERT W. ATWOOD 399 HOW MUCH FRESH AIR CAN A WELL MAN STAND? CHARLES PHELPS CUSHING WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT HAS AMERICA REALLY BEEN GENEROUS IN WAR RELIEF? "LEST WE FORGET" 404 408 JOHN A. CRAIG 409 IN A DUGOUT ON DOUAUMONT (Illustrated) - ARNO DOSCH-FLEUROT 416 HEALING WOUNDED SOLDIERS TO ORDER (Illustrated) TERMS: $3.00 a year; single copies, 25 cents. For Foreign Postage add $1.00; Canada 60 cents. Published monthly. Copyright, 1917, by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY. All rights reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Garden City, N. Y., as second-class mail matter. Unsolicited manuscripts are welcomed by the editors and are carefully read. They cannot, however, be returned unless they are accompanied by the proper amount of postage. F. N. DOUBLEDAY, Pres. H. S. HOUSTON, Vice-Pres. ARTHUR W. PAGE, Vice-Pres. S. A. EVERITT, Treas. RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY, Sec'y. DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY, WHO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT HIS PLANT WAS 50 PER CENT. GREATER THAN THE KRUPP WORKS IN GERMANY. "I BELIEVE,' SAID MR. SCHWAB, "BETHLEHEM IS NOW ONE OF THE GREATEST ASSETS THE UNITED STATES HAS AND IN THE EVENT THAT THE TIME EVER COMES WHEN IT NEEDS IT, THE PLANT WILL BE AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT" |