410 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1908. 



RUBBER IN ••VIBRATORS." 



The remedial value of massage having become recognized so 

 generally now as to no longer need argument, the question is 

 how best to secure its benefits. Treatment by the highly trained 

 professional human hand being not always available, mechanical 

 substitutes have been invented that have the commendation of 



Monarch Vibr.\tor No. i. 

 Tiigh medical authority and are coming into wide use. Like so 

 many other modern devices, these depend for their value or 

 practicability upon the employment of rubber, a considerable 

 amount of which already is in demand for equipping the 

 "vibrators." In the outfit known as the "Monarch" vibrator, 

 of which some illustrations 

 appear herewith, the idea is 

 to attach the device to the 

 electric lighting installation 

 in the house, if there be 



ISoft rubber teeth.] [Hard rubber.] 



AION.VRCH ViBR.STOR APPLIC.\T0RS. 



one. If not, vibrators are supplied which run on their own 

 dry cells. It is this type which is shown in the largest cut — 

 Monarch Vibrator No. i. This weighs only one pound, com- 

 plete, rendering it convenient to handle. Prominent in the pic- 

 ture is the "motor," with ebonized handle, with several feet 

 of cord attached, which allows the motor to be taken out of the 

 l)Ox for use. The rubber toothed attachment shown on the 

 motor is one of half a dozen or more "applicators," each for 

 the treatment of a particular character — for the body in general, 

 for the eye or face, for the scalp, and so on. The two smaller 

 cuts show (i) a soft rubber toothed applicator for facial treat- 

 ment, and (2) a hard rubber applicator for body treatment. The 

 applicator for the eye and light facial treatment is smaller, of 

 special shape, and of extra soft rubber. [Monarch Vibrator Co., 

 Jackson, Michigan.] 



"TINY TOURISTE TOUCHE." 



What is probably the smallest douclie yet placed on tlie mar- 

 ket is shown in the illustration herewith, which exhibits the 



device when put in shape for carrying in the pocket or handbag. 



It consists of a pump, a nozzle, and a 



connecting rubber tube. Here the tube 

 is shown wrapped about the nozzle, and 

 both placed inside the pump, the two 

 ends of which can be unscrewed. In 

 this shape the whole is only 6 inches 

 long and less than an inch in diameter, 

 while the weight is only 3 ounces. 

 Though so small, this device is referred 

 to as being very effective, throwing a 

 forceful spray, the energy of which may 

 easily be regulated. The outer tube is 

 a handsome nickel plated article, made 

 by an experienced firm in the surgical 

 implement trade. The whole is supplied 

 in a rubberized pouch. It is protected 

 by a patent granted to Charles Remhof. 

 [The T.T.T. Manufacturing Co., Brook- 

 lyn, New York.] 



A NEW HOPEWELL TIRE CASE. 



The Hopewell tire case is a continu- 

 ous casing, which wraps around the tire 

 to protect it from water, dust, grease, 

 and the like. Since the inner diameter 

 of the tire case does not have to pass 

 over the outer diameter of the tire, as 

 in some other makes, the inner portion 

 of the case is made a perfect glove fit 

 to the tire, and thus does not present a 

 wrinkled appearance when in use. This 

 line of tire cases has been on the market 

 for some years, but an additional patent 

 has been granted (United States, No. 881,411), which covers an 

 improvement in the substitution of a spiral wound japanned 



Tiny Touriste 

 Touch E. 



Hopewell Tire Case. 



piano wire spring in place of the wire cord used formerly. This 

 has been appreciated by the trade, so that sales this year are 

 stated to be four times as large as before. 



THE ACRE A GOOD INVESTMENT. 



The purchase from Bolivia of the Acre district appears to have 

 been a profitable piece of business for Brazil. The indemnity 

 paid, exclusive of the cost of the Madeira-Mamore railway, now 

 building, was £2.000,000 (£2,050,000, including bankers' commis- 

 sions). Up to the end of 1907 more than this much was received 

 by the Brazilian government in duties charged on the export 



of rubber from the .'\cre district — £28.525 



1903; £121,013 '" 



1904; £556.716 in 1905; £570,505 in 1906; and £841,841 in 1907- 

 tetals, £2,118,401. 



