August 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



655 



New Goods and Specialties. 



'■LIBERTY' BATHING CAP. 



THE rampant tri- 

 colors are attract- 

 ively in evidence 

 on one of the new 

 bathing caps, shown 

 herewith. The full- 

 shaped red rubber 

 body of the cap is 

 gathered into a close- 

 fitting band of blue, 

 frilled at the top with 

 white and decorated 

 with white stars at in- 

 tervals of about two 

 inches, and a red 

 rosette in the center of 

 the front. [The Seamless Rubber Co., Inc., Xew Haven, Con- 

 necticut.) 



THE "U-PUT-ON" RtJBBER HEEL. 



The rubber heel has until lately been made almost exclusively 

 for low-heeled shoes, and was more suited to men's, boys' and 

 children's footwear, nr for the athletic type of women's shoes. 

 The small French or Louis heels worn by 

 f,.shionable women presented a problem to 

 the rubber-heel maker, but this is happily 

 sjlved by the ''U-Put-On" heel, which, as 

 its name indicates, can be attached by the 

 uearer, it being a sort of socket or tip 

 which slips over, and clings tightly to the 

 Iieel of the shoe. It can be readily trans- 

 ferred fruni ^.le heel to another and adjusted to wear evenly. 

 An arrangement of vacuum cups in the central portion prevents 

 slipping. These heels are supplied in four sizes, suited to the 

 various types of French heels, and in black, gray, tan or white 

 colors. [Robert E. Miller, Inc., 11 Broadway, New York City.] 



RUBBER PROTECTOR FOR NURSING BOTTLE 



Nursing bottles are very subject to breakage, 

 either by unavoidable accident or as the result of 

 the infant's throwing the bottle from the carriage or 

 crib. An ingenious device recently placed on the 

 market is a cage-like frame of soft white rubber. 

 designed to protect the bottle from injury. This 

 rubber frame can be boiled and sterilized without 

 being removed from the bottle and is therefore con- 

 venient and perfectly sanitary. [J. E. Cosgriff, 347 

 Fifth avenue, New York City.] 



AN OFFICIALLY TESTED TIRE FILLER. 



There are many fillers on the market, designed to 

 seal punctures in tires. It is a comparatively simple 

 matter to make a material, which, placed inside the 

 tube, will stop punctures more or less effectively, and for a longer 

 or shorter time. But to discover or invent a material which 

 will not cause any deterioration to the tube is a somewhat 

 greater problem. 



That this has been accomplished is the claim for Crew Levick 

 Tire Seal, a semi-liquid material which has been severely tested 

 officially by the laboratory engineer of the Automobile Club of 

 America, a report of a certified test showing that the material 

 did all that was claimed for it under tests which included driving 



nails and leaving them in, driving other nails and immediately 

 pulling them out, cutting with a penknife and allowing to heal, 

 cutting larger slits and patching and vulcanizing. Even under 

 such treatment pressure tests showed almost no loss of pressure 

 in three days' runs, totalling almost 30O miles. It is claimed by 

 the makers that this material is not harmful to tubes, but rather 

 is really a preservative, and that tubes containing this tiller will 

 last longer than those without it. [Crew Levick Co., Phila- 

 delphia, Pennsylvania.] 



IMPROVED AURAL ICE BAG. 



The aural ice bag of improved design shown here is pro- 

 nounced very efficacious in cases of mastoiditis. By means 

 of an opening through the bag 

 which allows it to fit under and 

 around the ear, application is made 

 directly at the point desired to be 

 reached. Pure gum, in the natural 

 gray color, is used in the manufac- 

 ture of this aural ice bag, and a 

 new patented clamp, of the snap- 

 lock variety, is supplied with it. The 

 mouth of the bag is closed by in- 

 serting between the folds of a metal 

 plate and held in place by a metal 

 frame, a simple pulling motion clamp- 

 ing it firmly together. [Davol Rubber 

 Co., Providence, Rhode Island.] 



GAME WITH RUBBER BALL. 



In the game called "Shinny in the Box," here illustrated, a 

 solid rubber ball 2^ inches in diameter is used. This game is 

 adapted to players of all ages and is said to afford opportunity 



for the exercise of skill and en- 

 durance, as well as being highly 

 amusing to the onlookers. It can 

 be played by two persons or by 

 teams of two or more on a side. 

 The opposite side of the box is 

 marked out so that rubber quoits 

 may be played, and the complete 

 set consists of box, sticks, rubber 

 balls, quoits and stand. [Wright & Ditson, 344 Washington 

 street, Boston, Massachusetts.] 



SHOULDER PAD WITH RUBBER TUBING. 



Playing football may not be as perilous as assaulting enemy 

 trenches, yet there are many chances for serious injury. The 



football player of to-day has a costume conspicuous for shield- 

 ing him from such injuries and a new shoulder pad is shown 

 here which has for its effectiveness an air-filled ring of rubber 



