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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[j'ULY 1, 1919. 



GOLF BALL WITH RUBBER-WOUND CORE. 



Anoihtr new golf ball claims to be "different'' in the manner 

 of winding the rubber thread around the core. This, it is 



the ball liveliness. 



"Success" Golf Bal 



Control on approach is also 

 claimed for this ball because 

 of its pitied cover. It is con- 

 ducive to surer putting, and 

 the ball is not swerved by wind 

 pressure. The fi.xed center of 

 gravity makes the ball hug the 

 green closer and roll steadily 

 and surely, although it lifts 

 easily and with certainly be- 

 cause the club grips it so well. 

 (Thos. E. Wilson & Co., 701 

 North Sangamon street, Chi- 

 cago, Illinois, and 25 West 45th 

 street, New York C'itv. ) 



RUBBER-LINED AND RUBBERIZED BAGS. 



The two bags shown in the accompanying illustrations are 

 intended to be used to carry diapers, but could be used as well 

 for bathing-suit bags. The one on the left is of black sateen 

 and has a silk draw-cord at the top and a silk tassel at the 

 bottom. It is fitted with a removable waterproof bag inside, 

 held in place by snap 

 fasteners at the top. 

 This bag is fourteen 

 inches long, but .weighs 

 only a few ounces. The 

 bag on the right is made 

 of double-faced rubber- 

 ized cloth and has two 

 sections besides a pocket 

 on the outside. It is 

 checked in black and white. (Montgomery Ward 

 & Co., Chicago avenue and Larrabee street, Chicago Hhnois.) 



A NEW USE FOR SPONGE RUBBER. 



The writer recently found in a Western drug store a shaving 

 "brush" of sponge rubber — a simple contrivance, yet effective 

 and eminently useful. A cylindrical piece of sponge rubber about 

 two inches in diameter and a little 

 more than that in length, was 

 compressed at one end and tight- 

 ly embedded in an enameled 

 wood handle. The other end of 

 the sponge flared out in conical 

 shape with rounded base. This 

 formed a shaving-brush, both for 

 applying soap or cream, and for 

 rubbing it in to soften the beard. 



This is a simple article, easy 

 to manufacture, inexpensive 

 enough to sell well at a small 

 price. No maker's name appears 

 on it, nor is there any mark to 

 show it was ever patented. It 

 would seem to be a good article 

 for the novelty manufacturer. 



Sponge Rubber Shaving-Brusm. 



TESTBESTOS BRAKE LINING. 



A new kind of brake lining is called "TesTbesTos." It is 

 manufactured from extra long asbestos fibers woven and inter- 

 woven in strong brass mesh and impregnated with sufficient rub- 



er to bind it properly. This brake lining is made in widths 

 rom one to four inches by quarter-inches and in five thicknesses 

 from onc-eighlh-inch to five-sixteenths. (Amer- 

 ican .Asbestos Co., Norristown, Pennsylvania.) 



A SUIT FOR UFE-SAVING. 



.\mong the many articles whose production 

 was particularly stimulated by the recent war 

 is the life-saving suit of many kinds, some odd 

 but interesting, and many intensely practical. 

 One of the newer ones is illustrated here. It is 

 made of rubberized material which is never- 

 theless sufficiently soft and pliable to allow 

 freedom of movement. No air cells are used, 

 but the garment gets its buoyancy from a lin- 

 ing of kapoc such as is used in government 

 life-preservers of the ordinary type. 



It is claimed that in this suit the wearer can 



swim, recline, or float on the water, and even 



sleep. It can be folded up compactly and 



takes less than a minute to put on over the 



Life- usual clothing. It is made in sizes for men, 



"■ women and children. (G. II. Masten Co.) 



A TRADE-MARKED BLOW-OUT PATCH. 



The manufacturer of a blow-out patch so successful that it 

 t-as widely imitated, devised the scheme of marking his product 

 vith a trade-name. This is why the "Major" appears under 

 its own name. Just as 

 the title of his rank dis- 

 tinguishes the army of- 

 ^- \. ficer, so the blow-out 



^y^ \ patch which is dignified 



'--. with a name is easily 

 '^'^o^ / identifiable and procur- 



able. It is said in be- 

 ^ half of this patch that it 



will not bulge through 

 the blow-out in the cas- 

 ing and become road-cut. 

 (The General Tire & 

 Rubber Co., Akron, O.) 



A NEW FABRIC TIRE. 



A new fabric tire, made with long-fiber 

 Sea Island cotton in its carcass, has an 

 extra thick tread and a white, thick side- 

 wall which gives it a neat appearance as 

 well as materiall}' increasing its strength. 

 The wall cushion extends through to the 

 beads, which are anchored by a chafing 

 strip so wide that it reaches up into the 

 side-walls. 



The extra width of the chafing strip is 

 said to give increased flexibility to the sides, 

 add a tensile strength of two hundred 

 pounds to the inch, and stififen the grooves, 

 at the same time eliminating rim-cuts. 



Breaker strips of additional width are 

 also used in this tire, thereby minimizing 

 tjie . danger from separation of plies and 

 eliminating stone-bruises. (The Gates 

 Rubber Co., Denver, Colorado.) 



THE "ERCO" WAR-SOLE. 



A new rubber and fiber sole brought out 

 called the "Erco." It is said to give very 



during the war is 

 satisfactory wear. 



(Essex Rubber Co., Trenton, New Jersey.) 



