The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23

public that as rule human bodies are not
kept at the proper temperature in the in
terval between death and burial, and to
emphasize her ideas she took out patent
for corpse-cooler. One OF the most novel
patents ever issued was secured by a
Boston woman on device for
restoring facial symmetry. The idea
embodied in the patent was if gentle,
continuous outward pressure were main
tanned on the cheeks from within the
mouth the full and plump effect of the
youthful face would, in course of time, be
restored. To effect this two disks, mounted
on prongs, were made to press on the in
side of the cheeks by means of a spring at
tached to the teeth. The gem of the col
lection, however, is request for patent
on artificial dimples.' A small spot is
to be Smeared on the cheek or chin with
colorless shelac varnish, mixed with glue,
and the center of the spot is to be pressed
firmly with pencil point until the SUBJ
stance on the face becomes dry and hard
1.-THE stiffened indentation thus retains the
exact shape of a dimple, and little face
powder busted carefully over it will COM
pletely conceal the varnish glue COM
pound" The person who adopts this willy
device is warned not to "smile too sud-
denly or the dimple may be broken, al
though with gentle usage it will last a
whole evening, if not longer" The speci-
fication concludes with an important reser-
plicable to those whose faces comprise a
soft, velvety or plump surface, as then a
very deceptive dimple can be produced it
is not so available for thin or bony faces,
nor where the skin is very thick and I'M
yielding"
THE New ART OF COLOR UsIo.-Cul-
tured humanity is rejoicing in the birth of
new art. Mr.. Rivington, an artist and
philosopher, has created a sensation in
London by describing and illustrating his
views on what he calls the new art of color
music. At considerable cost he has con-
structed a "color organ" by means of
which he produces results inexpressibly
beautiful. This instrument puts into prac-
tlce certain elements IN the undulatory
theory of light, which premise that the
rates of vibration producing different col
ors vary in much the same ratio as the in
tervals in vibrations producing musical
notes. In the color organ the eye is de-
lighted with music played in color. At
tached to a delicate mechanism is key
board, and when any key is depressed the
color answering TO that note is flashed
upon screen. Thus, taking middle G to
correspond with the low red of the spec
trum, the ultra violet spectral rays are
considered as analogous to b, while the
Hypothetical low red of the spectrum re-
peated, which is even now within meas
urable distance of demonstration, cor
responds TO sharp of the new
octave. The description of the eff
fects produced ia most fascinating.
While some of Chopins preludes
were being played, the screen was flooded
with successive rhythmical waves of har-
monious color, from simple to complex,
glowing scarlet, gold deepening to orange,
exquisite half-tones in mauve, grays,
browns and turquoise blue. A waltz of
Dvorak showed the higher possibilities of
lovely complexlty, and the overture TO
"Rienzi' was striklngly beautiful in half
tones OF color. In fact, the new idea is, to
combine in the same instrument the rela-
ton between the spectrum and the octave,
and to demonstrate graphically that each
harmony in sound is accompanied by it's
appropriate harmony in light.
A HOSPITAL CARAvAN.-A novel depart
ure in the isolation and treatment of infec-
tious diseases has been taken by the local
authorities in town in Scotland. 1t con-
I sists in putting on the streets movable
; hospital in the form of caravan. The
caravan has four wheels and it can be
drawn by two horses 1t has an air space
of 1120 cubic feet, being 10 feet long, 10 feet
high from floor to roof and feet wide. 1t
has double walls, with an intervening
space of one and half inches. One end
can be dislodged to allow of the vehicle
being placed corridor fashion against an
other. Each van has two beds and is thor
oughly equipped. 1t is proposed to pro-
vide a tender with each van for the nurse
or for cooking. Each vehicle costs $500.
The advantages claimed for this van is that
it can be taken to the patient, and that the
vans in the several districts can be brought
together wherever an outbreak OF infectious
disease occurs.
More than half of the entire cultivated