THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



WATERPROOF PROTECTING TOWEL AND BATHING CAP. 



The practical and convenient hair drying towel here shown is 

 made of nihher and therefore affords complete protection while 



drying the hair after bathing or a shampoo. Or it may be used 

 to keep the hair from 

 the wet bathing suit, as 

 shown in the illustra- 

 tion. This rubber towel 

 is made up in a soft, 

 peach-blow color, which 

 should make it very at- 

 tractive to feminine buy- 

 ers. It has a narrow 

 black band around the 

 neck and is securely 

 fastened in front by 

 means of a collar but- 

 ton. A similar style of 

 hair drying accessory is 

 edged with rubber 

 fringe. 



The rubber cap also 

 shown is a novelty "Col- 

 Iiathing cap. The 

 undrr ijart fits closely 

 'iM-r the hair as do ordi- 

 nary liathing caps, while 



the top is stiffened to simulate the customary headgear of the 



college girl, a pendant tassel completing the resemblance. [L. C. 



Studir.s. New York City.] 



AUTOMOBILE CAMP BED AND TENT. 



There is an element of the nomad in many people. The get- 

 back-to-nature desire is predominant in many minds. Gypsy life. 

 with its freedom, has charms for thousands of urbanites. The 

 automobile makes one independent of railroads, but not of hotels. 

 Those who would carry their beds with them, and camp out 

 where night overtakes them, will be interested in accompanying 

 pictures showing an auto-touring sleeping device, a bed which 



) he readily transpnrtalilc on 

 idiich when set up provides a 



folds up ill so small a space as I 

 the running board of the car, yet 

 comfortable bed for two people. 



It is argued that the average collapsible cot sags to the middle, 

 and is therefore uncomfortable for two sleepers. It is claimed 

 this objection is overcome in this collapsible bed by producing 

 a flexible sjiring mattress that will fold or roll into very small 

 space, yet will not sag. The frame is of metal-capped wooden 

 bars swiveled to the running-board, and a tent of heavy army 

 khaki protects the sleepers. This gives the whole tonneau as 

 a dressing room from which the tourists can step at once into 

 the bed. 



When collapsed the bed and tent roll into a compact space, as 



sliowi 

 .Missn 



Schilling Co.. St. Joseph, 



DOUBLE TEXTURE SLIPOK 

 There is an amount of style put into 

 waterproof and weatherproof garments 

 nowadays which commends them to a much 

 larger circle of wearers than in the old 

 days when such garments were less artis- 

 tically cut and less handsomely finished. 

 A glance at this picture of a 1916 slip-on 

 will confirm this statement. It is made 

 with a convertible collar, thus fulfilling its 

 mission for rainy weather and yet rolling 

 back at the lapels much the same as a 

 regular overcoat. It is made 48 inches 

 long rather than the usual slip-on length, 

 which gives it a more stylish appearance. 

 This coat is of double texture material, 

 the goods being of fine quality and made 

 up in a number of weaves of popular 

 mixed fabrics, and linings of vari-colored 

 plaids. The cutting and making are on 

 a par with fine clothing lines and the re- 

 sult is a line of garments which will 

 commend themselves to fine dressers. 

 [C. Kenyon Co., Xew York Citv.) 



PNEUMATIC RUBBER KEEL. 



One objection to full heel tennis shoes is the wei,jit of the 

 5olid rubber heel. .\ heel which, besides obviating the heavy 

 iveight of a solid block of rubber, is so constructed as to allow 

 pneumatic action, thereby adding to its re- 

 siliency, is well shown in the accompany- 

 ing illustration. This heel is hollow, but 

 has in it three longitudinal partitions which 

 add to its rigidity while forming a number 

 of compartments or air cushions. The par- 

 titions mentioned have vents, one to an- 

 other, as has also the breast of the heel, 

 so that the air can escape from each cham- 

 ber slowly. It is claimed that this makes a better wearing heel 

 than one of solid rubber, besides having the added advantasies of 

 lightness and resiliency. [Hood Rubber Cn.. \Yatertowii. .Massa- 

 chusetts.] 



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■THERMOID ■ GASOLENE H03E. 



-e of inferior grade is an actual menace to life 

 and extended experimentation has resulted in a 

 lor .parage equipment in which the rubber com- 

 pounds used are warranted 

 to resist the action of gaso- 

 lene to an unusual extent. 

 The "Thermoid" gasolene 

 hose has been tested and 

 the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.. and the quality 

 tested by them at regular 





and construction are examined and 

 intervals. This hose is made 

 with either three or four 

 plies of high-grade duck, 

 the tube being lined with 

 one-ply duck, which is rein- 

 forced and held in place 

 by a fiat, coiled steel wire. The wire-wound hose is machine 

 wound with a very hard steel wire, which will not unwind if cut 

 at any point and will not flatten under ordinary weight ; yet the 

 hose is very flexible and will not kink. fThermoid Rubber Co., 

 Trenton, Xew Jersey.] 



