Show A O WORLD IRON AND STOVE COMBINED water way be bo so led and food cook ed in jn small way heat Is supplied by electricity tot not so very long ago a combination sad ad iron and cook apparatus was pat anted and now comes an illinois man with an elaboration on this idea tn in this new apparatus as in the one an electric fan forms a stove by being inverted resting upon the ieng handle h de and two legs that at other gaea fold along the top in the new cooker however the inventor has det signed a cooking vessel of substantial 9 V iron and stove A ay iy Y the r same am e shape as the iron and with h handles andl f for or h lifting it on or off the stove 1 ove in this vessel water ma may Y bo be boiled 1 aed and food cooked as well in a small way as on a regular stoe stoyie electricity supplying the heat owing to the shape of the vesel the entire bottwin is heated and food in it cooka cooks better and quicker than it it was an ordinary pan PROGRESS OF RACE IS GIVEN po poa t on of speeding automobiles shown by electrical score board at santa monica an electrically operated score board was used tor for the first time in the his story of auto load road racing at santa monica by means of this device the grand stand was kept informed as to the position of the racers all along the eight mile course as each car number was painted on a sheet of at metal which was moved along the s ore board upon divisions division 9 that depre feinted miles and half miles the operator of the board was in formed as to the position of the cars car by means of telephones tempo stations having been erected at half mile intervals an operator was placed at each station and in addi tion to ty reports on progress of cars be he sent in notification of tire or engine trouble of cars that dropped out of the race and most important of all of accidents USEFUL AS DUST COLLECTOR electric motor affords means of ng machine and gathering 1 up little particles more afore attention ie is being glen given to providing safeguards tor for workmen in shops and factories where dust parti cles are thrown into the air by grind ing polishing and buffing machines the electric motor as shown in the illustration affords a means of tag ing a suction dust collector on such N oust dust collector machines as well as of operating the machine itself says the popular elec triciti the grinding and wheels are partially by a metal hood while a fan and receptacle below complete the suction out S olk heat for bears sears during a cold snap last winter it was found necessary to furnish heat for or the bears at the new york zoo As the laying of steam pipes would entail antall a jarge large expense it was decided a use electricity consequently elec elee trio radiators were installed much to ae he comfort and surprise of bruin safety lantern electric watch watchmen mens s lanterns are am used by many of the largest gas and oil companies A battery Is can tailed in the lantern while a miniature mazda bulb supplies the light f there Is absolutely no danger ot of fire or dr explosion from this means of lighting I 1 AID SUNKEN TORPEDO BOATS telephonic communication established with submerged nava naval ves sels in german harbor german torpedo boats are all with newly designed rine telephone attachments this ap paratha Is attached to the outside of the boat just forward of the tower if the boat Is s sunk an officer releases the apparatus which floats to the sur face of the water by means of the buoy which Is an essential part of the equipment his can be picked up by any other boat in the vicinity and telephonic communication be thus established with the sunken craft during some recent naval manoel vers in the harbor of kiel the ger man submarine U was sunk with a crew of 25 men on board telephonic communication was at once es with the rescuers to whom the commander of the disabled vessel reported that the crew was in no im mediate danger as oxygen for 48 hours was available for three hours the crew lay prisoners at the bottom of the harbor all this time a running alre of talk was kept up with the rescuers whose work mark was directed much more effee than if they had been com compelled pelle d to work blindly alq and without advice from below IDEAL FOR WINDOW LIGHTING long lamp particularly advantageous for ilium illum nation in all kinds of show cases it Is just like an ordinary incan descent lamp except the current goes in one end and cornea comes out the other said ben J ballard of cleveland 0 in telling about the electric light cnown in the illustration the light is cylindrical in shape about 1114 1 inches in diameter and 12 inches long the current passes in on one 9 end through the filament and out the other the lights are peculiarly addan tadeous tor for window or showcase light ing said mr ballard suitable reflectors tors are provided and the lamps in ilk show case illuminator seated thus forming a complete line of light acres the window as well as down the a des if desired whether in the window or showcase the reflector may be so arranged that the bare I 1 is not visible to the eye of a passerby thus bringing out the display of goods solves water problem santa monica cat cal Is considering a unique plan tor for solving a serious wa ter problem the supply Is already in adequate and an application for a part 0 of f the owens river from los angeles b has as not been granted now it Is proposed to distill ocean water for domes tic purposes and the municipality may purchase the burning mountain sei se eral miles up ud the coast in the santa monica range for use as a heating plant it Is believed tha the sea water could be carried through a U pipe deep to the hot interior of the smoking hill and distilled at practically no cost power might be produced some engin aers think that would enable the mun ideality ta maintain an electric light lug ing plant E LEA NOTES L SA 1 there are sixteen cables across tha the north atlantic the british controls miles of telephone wires electricity Is being successfully used in france ance to ripen cheese in all european russia there are only 62 electrical distributing stations the automatic telephone service Is a success in havana where there are 7 subscribers ships on the atlantic ocean are supplied with weather information rom the station on top of eiffel ower the latest lightning conductor is to a braid of fine copper wires it Is said to be more effle efficient fent han the older linemen working in the wilds ot of washington wear red coats to prevent their being for wild animals by hunters roller skates propelled by two colln ier der motors of one quarter horsepower horse powel tre are a french invention the fuel tank worn on a belt an electrically heated tray for seeping keeping food warm while it Is being served la Is one of the newest ideas la in the line of el electric heaters tourist trains on oil one of the pacific railroads are equipped with ith electrical cooking appliances and trai travelers elers are to make use of them in one of the newest electric fix tures the amount of illumination shed y a lamp is controlled bv merely burning turning the shade to one side or ac av er a |