July 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



565 



New Goods and Specialties. 



A RUBBER-OPERATED RIFLE. 



BOYS playing at soldiering always enjoy a rifle. The one shown 

 her-; looks enough like the regulation Army one to sat- 

 isfy, besides shooting actual bullets — made of harmless 

 soluble material which will not injure even if swallowed. There 

 is a flexible rubber tube 

 extending backward from 

 R g the breech-end of the ' 

 'St(^1^^©'^ rel, terminating in a sani- 



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tary glass mouthpiece, and 

 ^'^ the "bullets" are slipped 

 into an opening at the 

 breech end. This toy 

 may be had either with or without a target of five cut-out horse- 

 men mounted on hinged supports. (The Evanston Supply Co., 

 118 North La Salle street; C. J. Van Houten & Zoon, dis- 

 tributers, 140 South Dearborn street — both in Chicago, Illinois,) 



HARD-RUBBER RADIO RECEIVER. 



A new type of radio receiver, named "Murdock" for its 

 manufacturer, is made from hard rublier composition and bake- 

 lite. It is said to be unusually sensitive and therefore depend- 

 able. It is held in place by an adjustable head-piece of metal 

 which is divided into two parts 

 that may be spread away from 

 each other or used close to- 

 gether to suit the contour of 

 the operator's head. (William 

 J. Murdock Co., Chelsea, 

 Massachusetts. ) 



•Murdock 



Receiver, 



"SEALTITE" PATCHES. 



A tire-repair patch that, will 

 permit the user to apply it and immediately use the mended tire 

 has been devised. It is self-vulcanizing and requires only a 

 little cement for its application after the surface around the 

 puncture or blow-out has been buffed. It is reinforced with 

 fabric, making a strong, tight-holding mend. (The Federal 

 Rubber Co., of Illinois, Cudahy, Wisconsin.) 



A WAR-DEVELOPED EXCLUDER. 



The demands of war have given an impetus to many novel- 

 .ties i:i footwear, or at least to the production of distinctive 

 varieties from previous standards. One of these is the two- 

 buckle style of arctic shown here. The upper is of fine black 

 cashmerette, while the sole and fo.xing are of gray or white 



rubber, the heel 

 being reinforced 

 at the back. This 

 has a wide fold- 

 ed tongue reach- 

 ing to the top, 

 which keeps out 

 snow, slush and 

 water as efiect- 

 ively as a rubber 

 boot. This is 

 named the 

 ".■Krmy" excluder 

 by the company 

 wliich made many thousand cases of footwear for Canadian field 

 troops during the war. (Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., 

 Limited, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.) 



A HIGH-GRADE BATHING CAP. 



A bathing cap which attracts because of its good quality as 

 well as because of its practicability is illustrated below. It is 

 one of the many bathing-cap developments of the present. season 



that has 



been 



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aside for something better. It is made of 

 pure rubber, gray in color, with a surface 

 mottling for decoration. It has ear-tabs 

 to keep out the water and keep the hair 

 dr>, and a chin-strap to hold it in place. 

 This strap is held by a white enaineled 

 snap-fastener. 



The picture here shows a man' wearing 

 the cap, but it is made in larger sizes for 

 women. Those who dive will appreciate 

 lt^ practicability. (The Miller Rubber 

 Lo \kron, Ohio.) 



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_ RUBBER BATHING ACCESSORIES. 



ymr One set of new bathing accessories 



■■ \mmii.n i:\tiiinc, (Stern Brothers, 60 West 42n street, New 

 ^'' York City) included a cape, parasol and 



beach cushion of red rubber, worn with a red rubber cap. The 

 parasol was square-pyramid shape and the beach cushion was 

 square. All were decorated with flights of birds painted on 

 with black waterproof paint, touched with colors. The edges 

 of the cape and its collar, and of the parasol, and cushion were 

 finished with a wide double fold of rubber, slashed to make 

 loop fringe. 



Another set (Saks & Co., Sixth avenue and 34lh street, New 

 York City) was composed of a cape, cap, parasol, bathing-suit 

 bag, and beach cushion. These were made of rubberized navy- 

 blue fabric with a white polka-dot design. The cape had a 

 close-fitting shoulder-yoke with scarf extensions, of red rubber, 

 cemented to the body. 

 The Tam-O'Shanter cap 

 had squares of blue 

 checked off with red at its 

 edge, and a red rubber tas- 

 sel. The parasol, bag, 

 and cushion were edged 

 with narrow slashed 

 fringe. The bag was of 

 the new type, full, gath- 

 ered to a wide top. This 

 set was worn with a 

 of navy-blue satin. 



A NOVEL BALL. 



A rubber ball that 

 should delight the little 

 folks has recently been 

 patented, which comprises 

 some unusual features. 



Over an ordinary rub- 

 ber ball on which are 

 painted two grotesque fac 



The Griffin Rubber Ba 



are two semi-spherical caps' vul- 

 canized to the top and bottom of the ball but free elsewhere. 

 When these are turned back, as shown in the illustration, the 

 faces are revealed. At the juncture point of one of these caps 

 a long rubber thread is attached, by means of which the toy can 

 be used as a return ball. When a toss ball is desired, the thread 

 is wound up inside the cap. With the caps open, the thread is 

 wound around the juncture point, forming a sort of collar. (C. 

 Otis C;riffin, New Bern, North Carolina.) 



