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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1912. 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



SOME 1912 GOLF BALLS. 



GOLF players will be interested in these four golf balls, wbicli 

 are offered for the present season by The R. F. Goodrich 

 Co. The two illustrations immediately below show the 

 pebble marking. One is the "Comet" and the other the "Moose." 

 These are both full-sized balls. The Comet is intended to satisfy 

 players who insist that nothing else is quite as good as the old 

 popular pi 1 ' '> "-rrkiiiR. The ball is built for hard work. The 





Moose, which is similarly marked, is a litle higher-priced ball. 

 It floats and can be depended upon for long distance work. 



The two balls shown below, the "Meteor" and the "Bantam," 

 have triangular deprev^erl marking. The Meteor is a full-sized 



ball, floats in water, and the center and cover are constructed 

 expressly to resist glancing and topping blows. The Bantam is 

 a smaller-sized ball and sinks in water. It is good for long 

 courses, and is popular with strong, accurate, hard-hitting play- 

 ers. Being a small ball it is particularly serviceable when the 

 play is against the wind. [The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron 

 Ohio,] 



AEROPLANE AND MOTOECTCLE TIHES. 



Aeroplane tires are, to be sure, not in very general use at 

 present, as many people are still struggling along without this 

 latest means of conveyance, but the aeroplane tire is a very 



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An Aeroplane Tire. 



Anti-Slip Motorcycle Casing. 



essential part of the aeroplane. They are usually of especially 



tine construction in order to have them at once light, resilient, 



and exceedingly strong. 



The accompanying cut 



shows a tire which is 



made in three sizes 20 x 



2, 20 X 2'4 and 20 x 3. 



We show also a sec- 

 tion of a motorcycle 

 casing and a motorcycle 

 inner tube made by the 



same company. The casing, it will be noted, is studded to give 

 it a non-slipping quality. [Continental Rubber Works, Erie, 

 IV'iinS) Ivania.] 



A REVOLVING RUBBER HEEL, 



\(-iV remember that "wonderful one-hoss shay" that Oliver 

 Wendell Holmes wrote about, that was constructed in such a 

 uniformly durable manner that no part of it gave out until it all 

 gave out together? Now here is a rubber heel that is constructed 



on the same principle, 

 for you can wear it until 

 every part of it is abso- 

 lutely gone. It is called 

 the Gyroheel, because it 

 revolves. It is a round 

 disk of rubber with a 

 raised edge and concave 

 in the center. It is held 

 on the leather heel by a 

 screw that goes through 

 this concave center; 

 then as the edge of the 

 heel becomes worn, it 

 can be given a little 

 turn, and in this way the 

 heel lasts until the en- 

 tire edge all around is 

 worn off. It is an eco- 

 nomical heel to begin with, and can be adjusted by the wearer 

 himself. Of course, it does not cover the two corners of the 

 heel as the old style rubber heels do, but, against this objection 

 can be cited its economy, and the ease with which it can be at- 

 tached. [The James Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, Ohio.] 



A NIPPLE THAT'S DIFFERENT. 



The baby holds an important position in the commercial world. 

 Many devices have been invented for his comfort, welfare and 

 peace of mind. Among them is the new 

 ball-cup nipple illustrated herewith. The 

 ball at the top of the nipple is an open 

 cup, from the bottom of which a puncture 

 leads into the nipple. This puncture thus' 

 located is not enlarged by use. but re- 

 mains at a fixed size, and regulates the 

 quantity of nourishment. The ball is eas- 

 ily turned for cleansing; and obviously 

 cleanliness in devices of this sort is much 

 to be desired. [The Hygeia Nursing Bot- 

 tle Co., Buffalo, New York.] 



A HAIR NET WITH A RUBBER BAND. 



Expert mathematicians have estimated that the average woman 

 spends one-tenth of her life fixing her hair. When you stop 

 to think that this is one wliole year out of every ten, the pro- 



