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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1914. 



Some New English Rubber Goods. 



THE Editor during liis recent \isit to England ran across a 

 number of rubber articles which have lately come on the 

 English market, but which as yet have not found their 

 way, at lean in any considerable quantity, across the water. 



RUBBER SHOES FOR GOLFERS. 



The accompanying illustration sh pair of rubber shoes 



made especiall tfers, for in England and Scotland at 



least weather is no bar to golfing, and the game is pursued 



IBERS I OR Got FERS. 



ardently even under dampening conditions. It will be noticed 

 that those rubbers have steel studs in the bi ttom so as to render 

 them anti-skid on slippery links. Another noticeable feature is 

 the strap E I the instep of the foot, holding the rubbers 



firmly in | is walking over soggy ground 



which has a tendencj to pull them off. They are worn over 

 any kind of leather shi 



A RUBBER COVER FOR THE TOOTH BRUSH. 



No one on packing his grip alter spending a pleasant week- 

 end I " 'tli brush in with lus collars and 

 other accoutrement which it is 

 desirable to keep dry. This 

 little rubberized case solves -\ 

 the problem. The moist brush 



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is inserted, the end clasped to- 

 gether, and no harm is done 

 to the neit;h!' ring articles. 



A Waterproof Tooth Brush 

 Case. 



A TEE THAT POINTS THE WAY. 



The ordinary tee serves no good purpose except to place 

 the ball 01 to give it a clean, square blow; but the in- 



dicator tee 

 w h i c h is 

 illus- 



a n ad d i- 

 tiotial pur- 

 It has 

 a long 

 pointer 

 | which indi- 

 c a t e s the 

 prop e r 

 d i r e c t ion 

 for the 

 stroke. It 



will be noted that the tee is fastened by a staple which is pushed 

 into ii keep it from tl ar out of place. 



A SWIFT AND UNTIRING SWIMMER. 



ne rubber toys are so simple in their mechanism that every- 

 body on seeing them wonders why he did not get the idea 



The Indicator Tee. 



himself, but here is one of quite a different color, and on seeing 

 it perform its functions one marvels at the human ingenuity 

 that d( irised it It is in the form of a little rubber figure, made 

 hollow and so constructed that when in repose the arms and legs 

 are folded up close together as in the left hand position in the 

 accompanying illustration. To this little hollow figure there 

 is attached, as a sort of caudal appendage, a long but slender 

 rubber tube w ith a rubber bulb on the end. When the figure is 

 put in the water its specific gravity is such that it floats with 



A Rubber Swimmer That Really Swims. 



the head out of the water and the body submerged. A pressure 

 on the bulb straightens the arms and legs as in the second pose 

 in the illustration, and makes a perfect swimmer's stroke, so that 

 the little figure darts ahead in the water with every pressure. 

 To add to its realism it is clad in the conventional bathing suit. 

 It is a droll device and affords infinite amusement. 



A PNEUMATIC NOISE MAKER. 



There are a great many people who think that there is too 

 much noise in the world already, but that attitude simply argues 



advancing years. To the 

 youthful mind there cannot 

 be too much noise, and any 

 addition to the existing sum 

 is ardently welcomed. Here 

 is a halftone cut of an Eng- 

 lish "< ii ki i '." which is a 

 for making explosive 

 sounds inexpensively and 

 itely. The two hem- 

 ispheres shown in the pic- 

 ture are made of soft rub- 

 ber. The flat surface where 

 the tw-o come together is made of r metal with a hole 



in the center. When a piece of paper is put over this hole 

 and the two sides brought together by closing up the handle, 

 then either phere is struck against a 



wall or a table, or any hard substance, the pneumatic pressure 

 breaks the paper with a load i 



A SHILLING GOLF BALL. 



While in England recently the editor picked up a golf ball 

 which is sold there for a shilling and called the "Sunbeam." 

 This was not a re-made, but a new ball. Its cover was white 

 as snow and very hard. The ball was a non-floater and flew 

 well. At first it sounded a bit like the old "gutty." but seemed 

 to loosen up after a little. Under the dissecting knife the in- 

 terior proved to be a large ball of rubber substitute, wound 

 with rubber tape, the cover being apparently of a celluloid com- 

 pound. 



A RunBER Cracker. 



