Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1910 — INTERESTING NEW INVENTIONS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INTERESTING NEW INVENTIONS

Embroidery- Hoop. One of the minor inventions that help make the little things easier for women is the embroidery hoop devised

by a Florida man and shown in the Illustration. The merit of this hoop is that the two rings are quickly and easily separated and that without exerting any

pressure on the fabric between them. The inner ring is solid, as is usual, but the outer o'ne has a segment out and is joined by a strip of metal and bowed outwardly so as to form a spring. By pressure of the thumb on this spring the outer ring is widened and removed without any strain on the cloth between the two. Often this cloth is of such fine texture that the rubbing of it between the hoops causes tedrs, or at least spoils the weave. A woman who has put weeks or even months on a fine piece of embroidery will appreciate the advantage of having a pair of hoops that eliminate the danger-of having her work damaged at the last moment. A- ■ Pomp on the Milk- Bottle. In the effort to prepare the baby’s milk with the least possible amount of exposure it has become the custom

to a considerable • extent to use a siphon in drawing off the milk from a bottle. The idea is a good one, but unf o r tunately a great deal of damage was done through the ignorance of mothers

and nurses in starting the flow of the siphon by sucking one end so as to draw the milk up through the tube. An automatic means of drawing off the contents of a bottle has been de-

vised and is shown in the accompanying cut. In this the milk is out, not by suction, but by compression of the air in the bottle. The device constats merely of a cap of rubber mounted on the siphon tube and arranged to rest on the mouth of the milk bottle. The neck of this cap is seized between the thumb and finger and pressed downward, carrying the tube with it, until the cap is virtually Inverted. While the cap is being pressed down - the air in the top of the bqttle is compressed, thus forcing the milk up through the rubber tube without bringing the rubber into contact with the milk. The siphon then continues to run. Holder for Hose. Insignificant in appearance as may be the article 6hown in the illustration, its usefulness is in inverse ratio

to its looks. Either for garden use or in fighting fires this nozzle holder devised by a California man fills a long-felt want as a hose support. The construction of the holder is simple, and anyone can make one for himself. A ring large enough to admit

the nozzle of a hose extends at right angles from a pair of pointed legs, sharp enough to be thrust into hard ground or even to find lodgment in a wood floor. In sprinkling lawn or garden one often becomes -tired of standing in one place. By using this holder a hose can be stood anywhere, the hose itself forming the third leg of the triangle, and left there, till It is time to change the position. In fire fighting a hose thus equipped can be left alone, trained on the flames, while the man or men otherwise required to hold it can be doing other work.