November 1, 1914. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



89 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



WATERPROOF SPORT AND HUNTING CLOTHES. 



THE white rubber raincoat illustrated is made with fan full- 

 ness in the back, so that it ma} be worn in the saddle, foi 

 which purpose it is intended, a- well as for use of the 

 motorist. 



1 The second illustration shows a hunting suit. This '•nit. which 

 is rridde of waterproof Forestry cloth, c. insists of coat, knicker- 

 bockers and a convertible garment which max lie used cither as 

 a skirt Or cape. A hat of the same inhlerial completes this very 

 practical outfit: 



Sport coats of various other designs are being made in such 

 light weight materials .as rubberized cashmere ami rubberized 

 crepe-de-chine, and of rubberised Mercerized Cantonia. 



HOLLOW RUBBER BALLS OF NEW DESIGN. 



The rubber ball is no particular novelty. In fact, all the 

 writers on rubber history mention the interesting incident 

 where the Europeans who followed 

 immediately in tin wake of Columbus 

 discovered the Smith American In- 

 dians playing with rubber balls. Bui 

 here are rubber balls of new design 

 They are all hollow. The first ball. 



which is 3J .■ inches in diam- 

 eter, may properly lie called 

 an alphabet ball, as it has a 

 raised band around the center 

 mi which appear all the letters trim 

 "A" to "Z." These letters are em- 

 bussed and colored so as to make them 

 quite conspicuous, the idea evidently 

 being that while the youngster is di 

 riving amusement from playing with 

 the ball he is quite unconsciously ab- 

 sorbing his letters. The raised letter 

 idea is also carried out in the other 3^2- 

 inch hall, on which are molded the 

 words "Merry Christmas." 



The smallest of the three balls, wh 



lit. 



| Hub I ri in 



around the head 



:h is 2' i inches in diam- 



eter, i- in lis design an imitation of the ordinary baseball so 

 deal to the heart of exerx \merican boy. 



IMITATION BUTTON SHOE WITH ALL GORE TOP. 

 rhe Substitution ol cloth and other materials ft ir leather in 

 shoe tops is a distinctive feature of this season's sample lines. 

 inspection of which shows several styles in which goring forms 

 the material of substitution. I he ac- 



■ ' impany ing illustratii m show s a novel 

 example of this feature This is a man's 

 shoe with an all gore top, imitation but- 



tl II. designed tO Slip On 

 Ovet the fi ii 'I in regular 



hunt style. In appear 



ance it looks exactly, 



like a cloth top si,, „ . 



while having the advantage of a much better 



Makers. Boston.] 



RUBBER REQUISITES IN THE GENTLE GAME OF FOOTBALL. 



Rather strenuous spurt is the Vmerican game of football. \i 

 the close of each season the statisticians compile tin number of 



casualties that have occurred on the different college campuses. 



These figures are usually rather startling, and they would be 

 much more so if it were not for the vari- 

 ous rubber protectors that have been de\ 

 to save tie players from further maiming 

 Mere are illustrations of two of these pro- 

 tecting devices. One of the aCCOmpai 

 cuts shows the Morrill Nose Mask. This 

 protector is made of the finest quality of 

 rubber, lit s over the nose snugly, but leaves 

 a place for ventilation, and is fastened 

 It saxes in. in \ a player from going through 



life with more lumps on In- nose than nature originally provided. 

 The other cut shows a mouthpiece for the football pla 



This also is made of rubber and 



has three ventilating holes. It 



enables the player to come out of 



,i game with all of his teeth, a 



condition that would hardly, be 



possible without this rubber protector. 



A BOXER THAT ALWAYS COMES BACK. 



The illustration shows a boxer that all other 

 boxers must look upon with great envy, for he 

 always cmne- back — and not only that, but comes 

 back immediately. He may be knocked dowm 

 repeatedly but he never takes the count. This 

 boxer is known as "Spalding's Fighting Dummy,' 

 and from the waist line up he consists of an in- 

 terior rubber bladder, highly inflated, held in 

 place by a hidden steel frame and covered with 

 heavy brown canvas. The feet are fastened in 

 a h'eav.) bowl shaped iron base, which causes the 

 figure to maintain an upright position and to re- 

 SU.me ii .ii "in e mi being knocked oxer. I he great 

 advantage of this device is that it enables any- 

 body io do solo boxing, a meat convenience on 

 getting up in the morning or going to bed at 

 night. x\ hen a human boxing mate max not be 

 available | \. i .. Spalding & Bros., New York.] 



ONE WAY TO PRESERVE RUBBER ARTICLES. 



A correspondent writes to the "Pharmazeutische Post" in 

 gard to a method he has discovered for preserving rubber articb s, 

 He gixes the articles a thin coating of glycerine and then puts 

 them in a tigbl receptacle ill the bottom of which then 

 sene. The rubber articles are put on a rack above the kerose.v 

 and are exposed to its vapor. This process, in his experii 

 gixes the rubber a surfac .• which preserves it. 



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