| Show i imEsrLwEsAVllN DEVICE H QueerAppearing Device of a Belgian GeniusLooks Like I a Huge CollarTo be Worn About the Neck of the UserMany Advantages Claimed I Client March 12An Interesting teat rvnn nmde the other day In the presence jf a few Invited quests of whom your JorreHpondcut was fortunate enough to ho one of t an extremely novel ami InterestInp device which il is hoped rom supersede the present lifesaving IrAlwa now made use of on shipboard I ami elsiwhere The tests were made I under the supervision of the Inventor of HIP device M Lubert do Wildo of this city cityM do Wildes Invention I Into I intended In-to take tho phuc of the life buoys and t cork Jackets now in common use lIe I I claims that In the rapidity of attachment attach-ment the roedom left l to the arms of the wearer of the device and the gen oral convenience ho has scored great advance over all existing inventions I designed for l the j ivliif of life at sea I The teats which I witnessed wore made In a swimming school and tile medium employed was fresh water M do VIldo assured me that In salt water the Luutrivance would have shown m to far greater advantage although tho results secured lucre wore entirely paL IsftHlory to the Inventor 1crhnps the most romarkablc thing about this device Is 1 Us singular appear anee Jt resembles more than anything else that i can think of one of the huge ruffs of Elizabethan times such as we are accustomed to see on portraits of Sir Walter JUilelgh and other worthies I of that period It la In the shape of a collar and Ills snugly around tile neck being fastened together with a liiugu and held In place by a strong spring1 which keeps the t collar chose and Ilrm all i the time it Is I In I use The rolalr Is formed of thirty pieces of cork each piece being in the I Comm of a tylnngle t the angles of which are rounded The base measures four and threequarter Inches and the length Is nearly nine Inches The points are directed toward the I center l Therefore 01 tho outside the collar is nearly live Inches I while I tho t portion worn nearest the neck In only a little I more Mian one I Ineh through The pieces are strung i on two heavy steel wire steins which i are riveted to the folding shuUors of the hinge Altogclher the apparatus weighs about live and a half I pounds and its i displacement of water should equal twelve quarts From this it Is easy to calculate its buoyancy ant sun tiiinlus1 powor In I his explanation gIven In till course of tile reeeiKl test M do Wilde explained I ex-plained some of the advantages that I he claims his invention will Insure to the j world Vhen In use only the head and I neck of the person making use of tho device arc above water According toM to-M dc Wilde the submerging of the body thus secured Is of Infinite benefit I JI says It will prevent exposure and shilling and In consequence congea t lou tlonTJio TJio arms of the operator are left perfectly per-fectly free and his head Is at all times kept above water As the center of gravity Is far below the sustaining belt or collar It Is I Impossible for any ono who Is wearing it I to capsize Another I thing I urged in Its favor Is the fact that it can be adjusted almost Instantaneously Instanta-neously The mechanism is i so simple that it Is assorted that a child 7 years old can put it on without any axplslance If the necessity neces-sity should arise II can also be ndjusi cd and placed sibftit the neck of th wearer W hilt in the I water Thi illus nations hll1 accompany this article an from photographs mad under th I rupervlslon of M 1 i de AVIldc himself v hile one of his assistants was expert mentlng vilh ll1n device From th cIt c-It sustaining power may be estimated and an Idea formed of Us usefulness Certainly any sueh contrivance which hns for Ms object the saving of human lives from drowning In I worthy of nol and should M do Wildes Invention doa do-a I I thii I lie elnlmx for H I I he etui feel himself innnly ixixarded as It ben ° ractor of humanity iii F 1 0 t + s t k < z < = r l = L r = g i cfE 1J L o > F = ttj ii p y t1 1 1 r I = M N1 I = I = T = d = = 7 f I = co 1 I < < S A Belgian inventor has evolved this strange device which unlike the life belt now in use fastens around the neck instead of around 1 the body Its advantages are that the head is kept out of the water while the rest of the body is immersed thus preventing exposure and consequent congestion The collar is composed of thirty pieces of cork and is hel d in place by a strong spring Tho arms are left perfectly free u u u u |
