The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-15
NOVEL LIFE PREsERvER.
Fill the Skin of Your Face With Air
and Float on the Water.


For once Yankee inventive genius will
have to acknowledge itself outdone,
To an Englishman belongs the credit
of discovery which Is destined to
work for good to all who go down TO the
sea in ships or out upon the rivers and
lakes in treacherous sail boats. Through
its aid all fear of watery grave will be
dispelled, and those born TO be hanged will
not be the only ones blessed with immu-
nifty from drowning. 1t appears that DR..
Sylvester. who claims England as his ma
tive land. has devised a plan whereby
every one can become his own life pre-
server This scheme is very simple and
the only wonder is that it was not brought
out long age. His method is to nuncture
the flesh of the cheek from the inside Of
The mouth until the small holes reach to
the outer skin. That is all he does. The
owner of the mouth does the rest when
ever he wishes TO become a tiOater in ae-
tual water as well as on LIES ocean. By
closing the mouth and blowing hard the
cheeks are filed with air until they resem-
bic miniature balloons.
As the body under natural conditions Is
almost capable of sus tanning itself in the
water, the addition of this m odicum eff air
is sufficient to keep one from sinking So
when one has been treated by the Sylyes-
ter method he can at any moment initiate
his cheeks and rescue himself either from
the Vastly deep or the neighborhood duck
pond should the necessity arise. The sea-
son Tor sailing and rowing and outdoor
bathing is a hand, and soon the reports of
drownlngs will he coming in. A little at
tentlOn to the Sylvester idea at this time
will save many life before the summer
passes. Mothers of boys who will go in
swimming in spite of parental iDjunctons
should haste to render the habit innocuous
as we'll as delightful to the boy. They
should have the youngsters treated by the
Sylvester plan, and then insist upon an
hours practice each day in the family
bathtub. Then when the swimming sea-
son opens the maternal mind can Tx itself
upon missionary meetings and sewing So
cleties, calm in the restful assurance that
the bows are not being sacrificed upon the
altar of overcleanliaesS.
DIR. SylveSter's discovery Is likely also to
bring about marked changes in the sys-
TENS OF passenger-boat inspection. Here
after excursion vessels will not be COM
PEELED to carry unlimited quantities of the
/ cumb rnus and unsatisfactory cork con-
generations which in times past have
done duty as Iife-preseryers Instead
each applicant for ticket for summer
sail Will have to present physicians Ger
t1cate that he has been Sylyestered. if
one may coin the term. Then all on board
will be prepared Tor any emergency, and
the upsettinG of the boat will result in
nothing worse than wettng, all the
passengers Initiating their cheeks and float
ing to the shore rs gently as child drifts
down the tides of sleep. This is only a
suggestion of the great value of the Syl-
vester achievement Its wide and bensfi-
cent uses will be apparent to all who give
the subject even passing thought, and
therefore single word to the wise will
suffice. Forewarned is forearmed