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Show Handy Household ' Gas Mask for i Telephone Booth Newest Device 'HI o ' If'. '' " ' ' i 'f . .'ft' ) i f. ' r - .4 - ... y rrr-. Mi I Three new ass msske, the sll-sursee e mask (left)i new tvaa (esnterV. ehewinf eenieter carried under arm In-steed In-steed s being strep sed te cheet snd ths Me aria. Cam munKatlng waste sy.johphins van dk omrz NtA Service Staff Writer. NKW YORK. Aug. J An all 'round gas mask, useful tor civilian purposes, that eaiHbe hung dp behind the kitchen kitch-en door end eskea down when needed haa just been announosd by the army chemical warfare service. Thle handy little article weighs ealy five pounds and Is lust .the thing to keep around the house for emergencies emer-gencies la It necessary te go down to the corner drug store to.uss the telephone booth Take along your gas mask. Its special construction win not only snable you to talk through It psrfectly km will at the earns time keep out , the (limes ot tobacco, bootleg lluuor chswlns gum and white rose toilet ester left In the booth hy previous ocoupants. . ' Has your neighbor cleaned house and elected to mske a choice bonfire of the year's collection of old runners? (let out your gss-masks, fit them on the cnlMren. They can ao on whh their gams of parcbesl, you can read your evening paper, and hfe will flow land emell) as awsetly as before. For dusttnK. cleaning, riding n Ins suhwsy, repairing the automobile, there's hardly any civilian purpose to which this newest Invention of. the army cannot be put.' An edded feature fea-ture le that the canister part la ae lonser worn en the chest, but may bs tucksd un d e rt h e arm w Ith no more trouble than li expended on these little reovanlty cafes that" thg gins carry wlta them when they're going forth to make s killing. The army department Issues only one warning. Tne mask cannot be worn la any atmosphere that will not maintain a earetr lamp flame. For very epectal purposes, such aa fumigating ships and performing other functions for ths public health service, serv-ice, a second type of mask has been developed. ' , M A third tvife has heeq evolved for city firemen snd police. It Is known as the Mr Bride communicating mask.' la self-contained, valvslees snd since it hes no sppendagea It Is sleo val- uable for men working in gun tur-rets, tur-rets, boiler rooms and submarines |