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THE INDIA RUBBER 'WORLD. 



[August i, 1901. 



NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



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SOFT RUBBER HAIR CURLER. 

 HE directions for the use of this article, patented April 

 23, 1901, follow : " Dampen the hair slightly ; take the 

 ends of the hair, place them in the slot and roll the 

 hair tightly ; then bend the curler over and button the 

 knob at one end through the 

 ring at the other. It is not 

 necessary to have the curler 

 pressed tightly upon the head ; 

 if the hair is rolled tightly the 

 mere buttoning of the curler 

 holds it firmly in place." On 

 account of the softness of the 

 material used, this curler is 

 referred to as not injuring the 

 hair or hurting the held; it 

 may be used quickly and does 

 away with the use of heated 

 tongs. They are made in three 

 colors — black, auburn, or gray — and packed six in a box. They 

 are made in larger sizes for hair wavers. The invention is that 

 of E. R. Godward, of Imbercargill, New Zealand, and it has 

 been patented in many countries. [Merkham Trading Co.. 

 No. 170 Fifth avenue, New York.] 



"WALKEAZY" RUBBER HEEL. 

 The feature of chief novelty in this heel is the laminated 

 steel disk creeper, illustrated in the smaller of the two cuts 



herewith. The larger 

 cut gives a sectional 

 view of the heel with the 

 disk creeper embedded 

 in it. This appliance is 

 referred to as a part of 

 the heel, working auto- 

 matically and in perfect unison, permanent and effective. It 

 is said to double the life of the heel, and to add to the ease 

 and comfort of the wearer, while causing no injury to the most 

 delicate surface with which it may 

 come in contact. To apply these ,'^ 

 heels, two or three layers are re- 

 moved from the leather heel, and 



the surface roughened that is to ' ^-J^I^KmMaan^ \ 

 come in contact with the rubber, and 

 covered with cement. The leather 

 is then trimmed to fit the rubber. The nails are then driven 

 down into the rubber heel until they reach the washer, which 

 is shown by the rubber being slightly drawn. [The Dearing- 

 Scott Manufacturing Co., Jackson, Michigan.] 



USE OF RUBBER IN PYROGRAPHIC BINDING. 

 One of the latest decorative fads, by means of which, it is 

 said, "any woman can ruin her husband's library in a compar- 

 atively short time," is pyrography. This means burning a de- 

 Sign into wood or leather. Special tools are made for it, and 

 some very pretty results have been achieved by amateurs in 

 New York city. A book which is to have a " burned in " de- 

 sign upon it is bound in the usual way, and when the binding 

 is complete it is taken in hand for decorative purposes. The 

 latter work is done by means of various and graduated plati- 

 num points, the heat of which is regulated and controlled by 



an ingenious rubber bulb attachment, the pictorial embellish- 

 ment being buill up bit by bit until the finish and the fire etch- 

 ing stand out clear and sharp, a shaded monotint against a 

 contrasting background that gives it almost the effect of high 

 relief. It is not too much to say that without the rubber bulb 

 and tubing employed, the art of " pyrography " could not exist. 



whitcher's rubber golf disks. 

 Among the various novelties which shoe dealers may find it 

 profitable to carry as side lines, are rubber disks, by means of 



which any suitable shoe may be 

 converted readily and at small 

 expense into a golf shoe. Such 

 an article is the Whitcher golf 

 disk, illustrated in the accompa- 

 nying cuts, both separately and as applied to 

 the leather sole. These disks are referred to 

 as being made of an especially tough and 

 durable rubber, and capable of withstanding 

 any amount of hard wear. They are suitable 

 not only for golf, but for tennis, base ball, 

 and mountain climbing, and they have been used also lor ordi- 

 nary wear, in place of rubber heels and soles. [F. W. Whitcher 

 & Co., No. 14 Albany street, Boston.] 



"BUCKSKIN brand" GARDEN HOSE. 

 This new article is a double tube hose for hard service, the 

 name for which has been chosen to suggest its qualities of ten- 

 acity and endurance. In con- 

 struction, it is a high grade, well 

 cured inner tube, surrounded by 

 a layer of white self-healing rub- 

 ber of best quality, which in the 

 event of abrasion of the inner 

 tube, prevents the water from 

 getting through to the surround- 

 ing plies of duck, and hence its 

 consequent absorption, which in ordinary hose means "the be- 

 ginning of the end." This brand is made in J2 inch and }{ 

 inch, three ply. Dealers are invited to secure a few sections 

 for trial. [Quaker City Rubber Co. — C. A. Daniel — No. 409 

 Market street, Philadelphia.] 



NEW PURE GUM BLADDERS. 

 Under a patent issued recently there is being produced a 

 line of seamless rubber striking bagand football bladders, which 

 is meeting with much com- 

 mendation. Being seamless 

 there is removed the objec- 

 tionable feature of the old 

 style vulcanized seams, 

 which, besides a liability to 

 tear apart, often tend to 

 give the bladder an irreg- 

 ular shape. If the bladder 

 will not blow up in perfect 

 shape, the striking bag or football naturally will be uneven in 

 form. Besides, in the absence of restraining seams, the elas- 

 ticity of these bladders is greater. This new bladder may be 

 inflated to over four times its normal size. For striking bags, 

 the " Pure Gum " bladder is made both in the shape shown in 

 the illustration, and pear shaped. The stem is also of pure 



