Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1912 — Ride Wave on Blanket. [ARTICLE]

Ride Wave on Blanket.

San Francisco, Cal. —Using a sheet of cotton cloth about the size of a counterpane and weighing two and a half pounds for a raft, three men cruised about a local swimming tank, giving a deminstratlon of a life-saving invention. The cloth had been saturated with a solution that gave it a peculiar buoyancy. It is the invention of a Dane. The three men were amply supported and left the raft dry shod. A pillow was used as an aquatic head rest, and two coats weighing less than three pounds did service {fa boats.