Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1911 — CANNOT DO ANY DAMAGE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CANNOT DO ANY DAMAGE

Housewives Will See at a Glance the Valuable Qualities of this New Mop. ' A simple and effective form of mop has been designed by a Pennsylvanian. Its chief advantage lies in the absence of springs, bails, levers, heads or other parts of metal framework, which have been known to rust, get out of repair and scratch polished surfaces. The mop is made in two detachable parts—the mop proper and the handle, which Is equipped with a hook at one end and a flaring piece that Is also detachable. To put this apparatus together the hook is run -■* 1 - ■*" l T " "■ - ' J "" - ~ ~ ' *

through the ring on the mop and the loose metal cap Is drawn down over the top, compressing the upper portion of the strands so that they can be drawn up into the Iwllow end of the handle. In this way there are no protruding metal parts and (he device may be used with safety on parquetry floors or any polished surfaces which might otherwise be marred by the contact of anything but the soft mop itself. The whole affair is very light and is easy to manipulate.