May 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



427 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



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GOODRICH 



PUNCTURE 



PLUG 



A PUNCTURE PLUG AND A SELF-VULCANIZING PATCH. 



WHEN' the motorist skims by in his red touring car, going 

 30 miles an hour, he is naturally an object of envy. 

 Hut when a few minutes later he is discovered with 

 the machine pulled up at one side of the road, while he sits 

 <lown in the dirt with various tools strewn around him mak- 

 ing emergency repairs, envy turns to commiseration. If all 



the work, and bother, 

 and fussing, and fret- 

 ting of wayside ac- 

 cidents could be elimi- 

 nated, how delightful 

 automobiling would 

 •S^ become. 



But many active 

 minds are busily en- 

 gaged trying to make 

 wayside repairing as 

 easy as possible. Here 

 ior instance are a couple of articles, that many a motoris: 

 will recognize instantly as undisguised blessings. One is the 

 Self-Vulcanizing Patch, a cut of which is herewith shown. 

 It consists of a combination of raw gum inner surface with a 

 "cured" outer covering. To use it merely moisten the face 

 with gasoline and apply to the cleaned surface of the tube. 

 Rub down firmly and the 

 repair is finished. The 

 Jieat of the moving tire 

 is sutticicnt to make a 

 properly vulcanized job 

 of it, inside of a few 

 minutes. 



Another boon to the 

 motorist whose tire has 

 taken a puncture — as 

 tires inevitably will, as 

 long as nails and other 



small, sharp-pointed objects are permitted to lie in the road- 

 way — is a puncture plug that consists of a flat disc with a 

 pointed stem coming from the center. Where the puncture is 

 small, this stem can be pushed through the hole, when the 

 little metal ball inside the stem automatically seals the punc- 

 ture. No cement — no mess — no muss. Simple and quick, and 

 said to be absolutely air tight. (The B. F. Goodrich Co., 

 Akron, Ohio.) 



GooDKii-H Selk-Vulcanizing 

 Patch. 



WHAT A WOMAN DEEADS MOST. 



The newspaper humorists, who do so much to contribute to the 

 ■gayety of life, invariably contend that what a woman most fears 

 and dreads is a mouse. This, how^ever, is not true. What a 

 ■woman most fears, dreads and abhors is a wrinkle ; and any- 

 thing that will protect her from this arch enemy of her sex is 

 tound perforce to receive an enthusiastic welcome. 



Here is a contrivance, small, simple, neat and not expensive, 

 that is designed to ward off as long as possible, the evil day of 



wrinkles. It is called 

 the Daisy Massage 

 Tapper. It requires 

 n o electricity o r 

 other extraneous 

 power for its manip- 

 ulation, as the pa- 

 tient is her own 

 operator. It has a hard rubber handle, while the tapping feature 



consists of about 20 soft rubber vacuum cups, mounted on a 

 metal back. Vacuum or suction massage is said to be recognized 

 by the experts as an unrivalled beautifier, and the principle 

 of this tapper is suction massage. The action of these vacuum 

 cups is to stimulate the circulation, the theory being that stimu- 

 lation brings the blood to the surface, feeds the tissues, builds 

 up the flesh and renews the skin. This tapper can be applied 

 wheresoever it is desired, but its chief field of operation naturally 

 consists of face, neck and arms. 



The manufacturers probably hardly contend that it would 

 make a woman of 69 look like 19, but if it makes a woman 

 of SO look like 30, it will Iiave adequately served its mission. 

 (Imperial Brass Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Illinois.] 



RUBBER EARS AND NOSES. 



To be sure, one's own ears and nose are preferable to even 

 the finest works of manufactured art. But if one has been caught 

 in the rush of the Brooklyn Bridge, or has taken part in some 



peaceful political primary and has 

 lost an car or parted with a sec- 

 tion of his nose, it is consoling 

 to know that art can adequately 

 supply the deficiency. Artificial 

 ears and noses are made to take 

 the place of the natural members 

 which have been lost in part or 

 ill tolo. They are made of rub- 

 ber, which does so much in a 

 thousand different ways to add to 

 man's comfort and well-being. 

 These artificial members are 

 made of a vulcanized rubber, pli- 

 able in form and so natural in 

 coloring that the difference cannot be detected. They are not, 

 however, turned out in wholesale lots like shoes and tires; 

 for if a man has lost an ear and wants a new one of rubber. 



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An Ear Made of Rubber. 



naturally it must match the other. This means in every case an 

 individual mold prepared with great care. The two cuts shown 

 herewith are made from photographs of a rubber ear and a 

 rubber nose made by Dr. W. B. De Garmo, 27 West 42nd 

 street. New York. 



