Show SAFE FROM BARBED WIRE one of the most trying tasks incident to trench fighting has been considerably lightened by the appearance in the british trenches of gloves made of a fabric which Is bald said to be impervious to barbed wire points says popular science monthly the fabric Is made up into mittens with the first finger and thumb separate the fabric la Is water proof and in addition the gloves are insulated tor for gripping electrically charged wires the same material is applied to the manlutac ture of sleeping bags which when opened may be thrown over a barbed wire entanglement to allow a soldier to climb over the sharp points without injury when made up into vesta vests or tunics the fabric Is strong enough to turn shrapnel splinters or even a bullet when it has lost part of its momentum the interlining Is so that if a bullet goes through it takes into the wound enough antiseptic wool to prevent poison ing the materials used in the manufacture a of this remarkable fabric have been sedulously kept secret this far tem ik iw U w |