Show ELASTIC BANDS Cheaper Than String in ii Many Uses Uses Uses- S Tons of Them Sold No said a rubber rubber goods goods dealer who had been ask asked d about the the- sale of elastic bands band we we don dont don't t erectly sell them by bythe bythe bythe the ton but there are tons of them sold In the course of the year Originally designed more especially for a conVenient convenient binder for for- bundles of documents and that sort of ot thing tl y arc ae arc now used for a great variety of purposes in place of pf string They are used to put around packages packages and bundles In stores more es especiallY especially es- es small packages as in il drug drugstores I stores They are used by many manUfacturers I ers to put around things of various kinds which otherwise would be tied up In many of ef these uses aside from their convenience and aid d their attractiveness as a apart part of the parcel they are cheap cheaper r tha than string because the use of them saves s 56 sO much time A rubber band can be wrapped around a package in much less time than It can be tied UP Rubber Rub Rub- r the ber h bands dozen in Jl old in-old Noc old I th times as you ou used know to bie be they sold d a are by sold by the pound but you dont don't t have to buy a pound you can buy an ounce or half an ounce for that matter How V many maPy bands to a pound Well that depends of course on the size of ot the bands he e biggest heaviest a bands ng used H run only T twelve ban bands s to the pound the smallest a tiny little band cal called ed an ring from their use around bunches of ot ballots number thousands to toys the pound Most people buy bands of but ys there Lr are nol not a few who prefer the bands 3 3 o ot of the more re reI modern terra terra-cota color I I never heard an elastic band play but theres there's e sure to be music In the air when the small boy gets out with his bean- bean shooter sh which Jle he makes by attaching a ru rubber band to the Iff P prongs 55 o of a wishbone wishbone- shaped hand this handle this leo being one of the uses of elastic bands that I forgot to men men- New York Sun |