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��This Purse Will Teach Your Boy to Save

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��F you want your boy to grow up with a clear idea of the value of money, buy him a purse like the one illustrated.

The purse is made of a long piece of leather sewed to pro\'ide eight pockets, one for each day in the week and one for savings. The boy divides his allow- ance into seven parts and places it in the seven com- partments, named after the days of the week. Each night he should endeavor to have a little money left in the compartment mark- ed with the name of that day. This is transferred to the eighth pocket, which is his savings bank. The eight pockets fold together compactly so that the purse will fit a boy's pock- et. Each compartment has a flap which fastens with a snap.

���The thrift purse has eight com- partments, one for each day's al- lowance and one for savings

��to tilt the body of the truck, support the load, entire weight is borne by the truck itself, and the four wheels, which run easily on ball bearings. When the man who is pushing the truck wishes to let it down, he simply lets go of the handles, guiding the han- dle-end of the truck to the floor. The weight of the linoleum bears it dowm, so that no force is required on the part of the truck- man. The handle end of the truck is provided with two folding legs on which that end rests when the roll of linoleum is to be brought to a horizontal as it must be for

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��A New Truck for handling Five-Hun dred-Pound Rolls of Linoleum

ANEW departure in the shop trucks, utilized to handle heavy rolls of linoleum, has sprung into favor in many factories and department stores. No ordinary two- w heeled, straight- backcd truck 's this. It has a four- A'heeled chas- sis and a back which consists of three rollers, so that the handling of the rolls is easy.

When a five-hundred- pound roll of linoleum is to be carried from one place to another, the lip of the truck is slipped under the end of the roll and the whole is simply pushed along on the wheels. It is not neces-

��the oilcloth or is in the hori- zontal position, as in the illustration below, the end of the cloth can be pulled out from underneath the roll wdth little effort. Less space is taken up in the operation than was formerly required. Of course, this truck may be used for any heavy carrying w hich, without its aid, would require the labor of two men. As the labor shortage is so acute at present, this advan- tage is one to be especially consid- ered during these war days.

���In carrying the hc.i\ \ i take the entire load.

��.|< iini, th' 1..1I1 \\ 111 ( Is c'l the chassis The piece is unrolled and cut on the chassis

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