Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1919 — COMFORT FOR OUR MERCHANT SAILORS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COMFORT FOR OUR MERCHANT SAILORS

The mattress and pillows used in the berths of the sailors and firemen aboard government-operated merchant vessels not only are comfortable, but make fine life preservers. Their filling la a soft, resilient tropical fiber known as kapoc, which will sustain 25 times its own weight in salt water for 48 hours.