March 



[906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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and quarts, up to four quarts, being: made in two sizes, of 

 two and four quarts, respectively. When a rubber cap in- 

 stead of the tubing is put on the outlet, the tank becomes a 

 bucket, which can be folded flat, and can be used for all the 

 purposes to which any bucket can be put, though oily sub- 

 stances must not be put into them, of course. The great im- 

 portance of rubber in surgical goods is well known, especial- 

 ly in the matter of springes. Syringe making was, in fact, 

 one of the first uses to which rubber was put, and over much 

 of South America rubber is called " seringa " from this fact. 

 [The Davidson Rubber Co., Boston.] 



RUBBER BANDS AS BUSINESS GETTERS. 

 One of the strongest aids in selling goods is the arrange- 

 ment of the goods themselves in a manner that will please 

 the eye of the intending customer. This is a rule that ap- 

 plies to all commodities. Where it is easy to arrange an 

 effective display of some lines of goods it is correspondingly 

 hard in others. This is particularly the case with such 

 small ware as stationery and oflice supplies. With that in 

 view Eberhard Faber (New York) has designed a specially 

 prepared rubber band which finds much favor because of 



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its beauty and adaptability to purposes of decoration. These 

 bands are of the usual Eberhard Faber high quality, and 

 differ from them only in being of two colors — red and black 

 — instead of the customary dull grey. The colors are in 

 pin stripes. The bands are put up in a style that gives to 

 them a peculiar fitness for show purposes and adds to their 

 value as a business getter. The sizes are exactly the same 

 as the ordinarj- bands. Some other lines of goods made by 

 the same firm are also produced in two colors as indicated 

 in the illustrations. 



HARD RUBBER BOWLING BALLS. 

 An article which seems likely to cut something of a figure 

 when theannual consumption of rubber is reckoned, is a bowl- 

 ing ball made of hard rubber. 

 The rubber bowling ball can 

 scarcely be called a new thing, 

 but of late it is coming into in- 

 :reased use. The chief reason 

 I why it has not been taken up 

 I more generally by bowlers has 

 been its cost. That obstacle 

 has been in a measure over- 

 come by the increasing scarcitj- 

 and consequent high price of 

 lignuni vita, from which wooden 

 balls are made. It must be remembered that while the 



initial cost of the rubber ball is greater, this ball is prac- 

 tically indestructible. Besides, the best wooden ball is 

 liable to become split or "checked." And it is more or 

 less subject to warping or it may be worn flat in spots. From 

 any or all of those troubles the rubber ball is exempt. It is 

 claimed for the hard rubber bowling ball that it is uniform in 

 density and will not wear away in spots, as does the wooden 

 ball ; that it will always remain a true sphere no matter how 

 much used, and will not require turning down to a new face ; 

 it has no grain, hence is not liable to chip and become rough 

 and broken around the grip holes ; and it will not injure the 

 face of the finest alley, as it alwa3's presents a true face to 

 the alley. The regulation ball is 27 inches in circumference 

 and weighs 16 pounds, but lighter and smaller balls are made 

 to order. [American Hard Rubber Co., New York.] 



COMBINATION CUSHION CHAIR TIP. 

 This is a new idea in chair tips and is designed to take the 

 place, under certain conditions, of the rubber tip. It is made 

 of selected sole leather, 

 reinforced with metal 

 bushing. The leather 

 comes in contact with the 

 floor and consequently al- 

 lows the chair to move 

 freely without noise or 

 scratching highest fin- 

 ished hardwood or marble 

 floor. The metal bushing is forced into 

 the hole of the leather tip and extends 

 from the bottom of tip half way and is expanded al the lop, 

 which fastens it securel}' to the tip, and when the nail is in- 

 serted it allows the tip to have the full benefit of the felt 

 cushion. The felt is elastic, practically like rubber. The 

 company make also similar tips for crutches, chairs, and the 

 like. [The Elastic Tip Co., Boston.] 



A NEW EMERGENCY TIRE STRAP. 



An appliance that will afford immediate and satisfactory 

 relief when the almost inevitable puncture comes along is a 



real boon to every user 

 of pneumatic tires, 

 whether he be snugU- 

 ensconced within the 

 luxurious confines of 

 an up-to-the-m i n u t e 

 touring car or astride 

 the somewhat more ple- 

 bian bicycle. When 

 the dreaded moment arrives something must be done, and 

 done quickly. It is to meet such emergencies promptly and 

 efficaciouslj' that the Automobile Tire Emergencj' Strap was 

 designed, This strap is made of speciallj- prepared water- 

 proof leather. Its operation is simplicity itself. You have 

 only to buckle one end to a spoke, wind the strap tightly 

 around the punctured section of the tire, fasten the loose end 

 of the strap to the next spoke, blow up j-our tire and awaj- 

 you go. The strap used in this manner is referred to as 

 being good for 100 miles over ordinary roads. [Leather 

 Tire Goods Co., Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts.] 



THE M'INTYRE air CUSHION SHOE. 



.A. BOON to people afflicted with sore or tender feet is an 

 air cushion shoe called the Mclntyre, of which John Wana- 



