December 1, 1911. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



12; 



TWO RECENT LONDON EXHIBITIONS. 



Marble Font With Bronze Lover. 



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It should be said that the donors have shown the keenest and 

 most intelligent interest in every portion of the work, supervising 

 all the designs, criticising them from time to time, and following 

 the executing of the work during its various stages. 



The London Shoe Show. 



THE Seventeenth Annual Shoe and Leather Exposition, that 

 was held in the Royal Agricultural Hall in London during 

 the week ending Xovember 4. was an interesting one from a 

 rubber standpoint. There were some twenty exhibitors of rubber 

 goods, among them two American concerns — the United States 

 Rubber Co. and the Hood Rubber Co. 



The L'nited States Rubber Co. had a very attractive exhibit in 

 the center of the hall, in which they showed samples of "Boston" 

 and "Bay State" rubber boots and shoes and also some tan 

 styles in sandals and croquets, and quite a full line of yachting 

 and tennis shoes. 



The Hood Rubber Co. also had a complete line of its goods 

 on exhibition, including boots, sandals and footholds, and its new 

 "Convertible"' overshoe, which is an interesting specimen of foot- 

 wear, inasmuch as it is a sandal which, when the heel is worn 

 off, can be readily converted into a foothold by cutting off the 

 heel with a pair of ordinary scissors along a line indicated on the 

 shoe. This company also disp!a3'ed an assortment of tennis and 

 gymnasium shoes. 



Among the English exhibitors the X'orth British Rubber Co., 

 Limited, had a very large exhibit, showing a complete assort- 

 ment of its footwear and also its instep pads, rubber shoe soles 

 and revolving and stationary heel pads. 



A striking feature of the rubber department of the exhibition 

 was the large number of different heel pads exhibited. There 

 were no particular novelties in these heels except in certaiil 

 methods of attachment. There were 110 different styles of heels, 

 including revolving and stationary, shown by the different 

 exhibitors. To an .American the low prices at which some of 

 these rubber heels are sold seems almost incredible, some being 

 made to sell to the retailer and shoe repairer at four cents, and 

 even in some cases as low as two cents a pair, for which 

 they charge, affixed to the shoe, twelve cents a pair. This 

 exhibition, however, showed a growing tendency on the part 

 of the manufacturer to make a better grade heel that could be 

 sold to the trade at twelve cents a pair, and would cost the 

 consumer twenty-five cents when attached to the shoe. 



The London Motor Show. 



nPHE Tenth .Annual International Motor Exhibition was held 

 ■*■ in Olympia. London, during the eight days from Xovember 3 

 to Xovember 11. This was probably the best exhibit of tires 

 and other rubber accessories of motoring ever held in that city. 

 The main floor was given over to the display of cars, and the 

 tire and general accessories exhibit was held in the gallery. 

 There were many English exhibitors and a few from other 

 countries, among them The B. F. Goodrich Co., of .Akron. Ohio, 

 which had an excellent display of their all-rubber non-skid tires, 

 and also of their metallic studded non-skid tires. 



Among the striking English displays were those of the North 

 British Rubber Co., Limited, which showed five different varieties 

 of the famous Clincher tire; and the Dunlop Rubber Co.. Limited, 

 which presented a comprehensive assortment of automobile gar- 

 ments, gloves, leggings, caps, goggles and other articles used in 

 motoring. The Continental Tyre and Rubber Co.. Limited, gave 

 an excellent exhibit of tires, some with steel non-skid treads. 



In addition to tire displays, there was an extensive exhibit of 

 repair equipments, patent patches, jackets, and other incidentals 

 to tire use. 



The exhibition on the whole was a marked success. 



Baptistery Font. 



.An American consul reports that he has received an inquiry 

 for the name of an .American dealer in rubber boots and shoes 

 having a European representative, through whom these goods 

 can be secured. Tlie number of the request is 7,636. 



