Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1908 — Clothes You Gan't Drown In. [ARTICLE]

Clothes You Gan't Drown In.

A Norwegian Inventor hoe patented a suit of clothes which will protect Its wearer against drowning. The clothes are lined with a non-absorb-ent material made of specially prepared vegetable fiber which without being too heavy will effectively hold up the weight of a man In the water. Twelve ounces of the new material will. It Is claimed, save a person from sinking. The Invention has been tested with favorable results at Christiania. Successful trials were also made with rugs made es the same material, capable of supportlnf two persons In the WSt«r. •