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Show A LIFE-SAVING MASK. Device to Co of Benefit to Shipwrecked Ship-wrecked Persons. A German inventor lma decided tlfnt ninny porBona come to their death through drowning at sea, oven though thoy aro able to swim or aro provent-od provent-od from sinking by the wearing of lifo bolts. Ho maintains that the deaths aro duo to the fact that the wnves breaking over the wearer force salt water Into tho mouth nnd noso, often resulting fntnlly to tho victim. To eliminate this, dnngcr ho hns Invonted a life-saving mask, preferably mado of some elastic material, as, for instance, in-stance, rubber, shaped to conform to tho modeling of the face. In tho lower portion of tho mask aro openings open-ings covered with wire netting to reduce re-duce the water pressuro, and prevent its ready entrance into tho interior or the mask. Short tubes inside cover those orifices, and aro provided with a hollow ball-valve adapted to automatically auto-matically close the orifices against tho entrance of water, without restricting re-stricting tho freedom of breathing. A whlsllo Is provided to cnablo tho wearor to signal when desired. |