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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1911. 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



ARTISTIC RUBBER SUNDRIES. 



A STEADY advance in the production of truly artistic rub- 

 ber goods, both in shape and in color, has marked the 

 last few years. 



The illustrations from the latest catalogue of the Tyer Rubber 



"B.aby's Content," 

 Nipple and Ring. 



Covered Water 

 Bottle. 



Fancy Water Bottle. 

 White, Slate Tri.mmings. 



IRF 



iMottei. Bulb Syringe. 



Company, an exceedingly artistic publication of 150 pages, are 

 excellent examples. 



A NEW "STEPNEY" TIRE. 



The Stepney spare wheel, an English invention successfully 

 marketed in the United States, is known to all motorists. It is 

 interesting lo know that the company who made a success of 



the spare wheel have just 

 brought out a new tire, 

 which they call the "road- 

 grip." It is spoken of as a 

 non-skid device, which it 

 may or may not be. It 

 should, however, secure a 

 very tenacious grip forward 

 or backward. It ought also 

 to keep any wheel from 

 spinning, and locked wheels 

 would not be likely to slide 

 baclavards when equipped with this tire. [Stepney Spare Motor 

 Wheel Co., London.] 



Stepney "Road Grip" Tire. 



YACHTING AND POLAR BOOTS. 



At first these specialities will appear a trifle cumbersome to 

 the American yachtsman, whose fancy runs more towards trim 

 rubber soled duck-topped goods in white. For the English 

 Channel and the North Sea, and indeed very often for the Amcri- 



Yachtixc Boot. 



Half Polar Rubber. 



can Atlantic waters, the boot would, however, be exceedingly 

 comfortable. This, together with the heavy polar and half-polar 

 overshoes are the produce of the same makers. [North British 

 Rubber Co., Edinburgh, Scotland.] 



THE FISK "CLINCHER" FOR BICYCLES. 



The general feeling has been that America was wedded to the 

 single tube bicycle tire. Such a belief, however, disappears 

 when a company that has been in the bicycle tire business from 



The Fisk Clincher Bicycle Tire. 



its beginning suddenly puts on the market a high grade and 

 attractive clincher tire. It is said that the manufacturers of 

 wheels are taking to it kindly and it will find a ready market. 

 [The Fisk Rubber Company, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts.] 



A RUBBER CIGAR HOLDER. 



A cigar holder of soft red rubber looking like a truncated 

 nursery bottle nipple has appeared upon the market. At first it 

 does not appeal to one, but a second look suggests points in its 

 favor. For example, so many men were once bottle babies that 

 their earliest and pleasantest associations cluster around a bit of 

 rubber almost identical in shape with the cigar holder. It may 

 happen, therefore, that the seasoned smoker may derive added 

 comfort by sucking smoke through the rubber teat and live over 

 again the days that are gone. 



