New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
LATEST HOT WATER BAG.
Fits Snugly in Pocket-Convert'6le
Into Toilet accessory.

T, &c +o he wondered at that, in this time of more
or less advanced knowledge of the therapeutic
value of heat and of the hygienlc virtues OF cieahi
ness so little has been done for laymen in the way
OF facilitating the application of the former ana
of the mechanical achievement of the latter
especially as regards those recesses of the pody
most difficult to reach and certainly not accesslple
TO the ordinary appliances of the toilet and bath The
fact that modern science has recognized the failure
of the external bath-once thought quite sufficient
to nroduce that Cleanliness which lis next to god
Hness"-to meet all hygienic requirements should
have been quite enough to have spurred American
invention to find something less cumbersome, less
obtrusive and more portable than the old fash
toned hot water bag in a box, and the even more
nconvenient tools for spraying, sending jets into
the hidden recesses of the human head and trunk
Rut at last the Western Speciality Manufacturing
Company of the Flatiron Building, concern with
MANY wears of experience in constructing all kinds
of UNIQUE machines and devices, comes along with
an invention-which it has aptly chfistened The
Little Wonder"-that serves all the purposes above
indicated and although it will hold, or will de-
liver effectively wherever required, a 1ull quart
of hot water with all of its connections Is con-
tanned in a rubber lined silken case most hand
somely got up 10 resemble a pocket book
The bag an irregular sphere when distended'
folds within itself. It were, and makes per-
fectly fiat oblong package. 312 inches by inches,
about the size of an ordinary letter envelope its
mouth unlike that feature in the contrvances 3 or
other days, is quite large which OF course tacni
metal device which fasens by pressure of the fore;
nger and thumb for the lower orifice the standard
Thread" upon which be coupled its own or
otber Connections is provided with a cap for
,1sa when The Little Wonder is merely to be ap-
,1Iief as a water bag For spraying the nostIlls,
caansing the ears and for injecting fluids to other
narts of the body, flexible tube, or connecting
SETON is screwed on, and to this may De at
tacIed the necessary noZzles. These tubes are
sneciai ilv designed of soft rubber.
'ThA little Wonder is not cneap AFFAIR, Tor II is
,,ada Of the very best materials 1t, with an in
+aIant regard for cleanliness, has been made with
a eT9ooff inner a well outer surface, that 1t
,nav retain no germs or other deleterous matter,
darJ the entire absence OF metal further secures
sanitarv conditions The quality of the rubber in
et,res durability. The rubber lined cloth within
the ak case makes the latter damp and moisture
roof so that by no chance can pocket. handbag.
az Suitcase or their other contents be soiled or
injured by It's presence u, -, .,,
What a boon the automobilist, to the traveller
anf 10 the weekend sojourner-the dust and germs
81 The roads that way of the nasal passages, en-
danger health: the dirt and foreign particles that
are held in suspension in water and source OF
nerl TO ones hearing, and the general assortment
pf aches and pains that affiict poor humanity above
and below the waist belt, from collie to toothache,
viii now find their terrors mnimized For wher
ever one goes, one take along OF these
little unobfrusve safeguards.
They were first introduced out West, about four
months ago, and already there are many thousands
OF them in use Perhaps. though, all the drug
gists mere may not yet be supplied; in that event
fhey can be had of the aforementioned company,
which will send them direct postpaid.