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Show I CAN'T FREEZE IN THIS I AT i - A life-saving suit which keeps the wearer's head above water and his body warm even in zero weather has been perfected by T. E. Aud, of Hern-don, Hern-don, Va. The suit. was tested in the Potomac river in the presence of Gen. George Uhler and other officers of the United States steamboat inspection service, the test resulting in a favorable, favor-able, though unofficial, report by General Gen-eral Uhler. The lower part of the suit contains four pounds of lead to the foot, and the upper part Is filled with cork to float the body in an upright up-right position. The material is nonconducting non-conducting so that the heat of the body will keep the wearer alive for four days in icy water, the Inventor claims. In the picture Mr. Aud' is shown wearing the suit |