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VEGETABLE FIBRE OF GREAT BUOYANCY 



Playing a game of 

 cards in the water, 

 using a floating table 

 consisting of carded 

 Kapok a vegetable 

 fibre which is imper- 

 vious to atmospheric 

 conditions and water, 

 and is unsinkable. The 

 players are dressed in 

 suits containing 

 Kapok. 



Different styles of suits 

 that have been filled 

 with Kapok. At the 

 Left: An aviator's cos- 

 tume. In the Center: 

 Life-saving vest for wo- 

 men and children. At 

 the Right: An admiralty 

 service jacket. Kapok 

 is a British discovery 

 which is now receiving 

 extensive tests. 



Two men floating 

 in the water, due 

 to the buoyancy of 

 Kapok. One of them 

 is resting on a 

 blanket of carded 

 Kapok measuring 

 five feet by two 

 feet six inches and 

 which will keep any 

 person afloat for an 

 indefinite length of 

 time. The other 

 man is wearing a 

 Kapok padded suit. 



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