HOW TO MAKE it all of our civitian population, and with military demands ta peak no early ing more than temporary equipment. TheyFirst step in motieg the mort is fo evl o cound hole on the ceater line of the cop. obou! 4” from the bock edge. Thit hele should be obou! 195" smoll- et in diomater thon the ceilulei Both ends of the canister must be open. Cut o disk about I" lorger in diometer from a picen of seroor ing oF @ fly swatter, Hold this ovor ono ond of the conister, bend down the edge, and lupe it fost attack. lions Department of ¥ Services, makeshift filters in ease of 8 ga: ‘The Air Raid Pre the American We ander National Direct Singhi Breen, is teaching civilians how to make Kas masks from rubber bathing caps. This type of mask, designed by Dr. Simon L. Ruskin of New York City, is intended to protect the wearer only against the commen, known gases used in chemical warfare, Ht is use. Jess against smoke. illuminating gas, aud carbon monoxite (automobile exaust). How such & mask is made fs shown in thy accompanying photographs. Use a heav bathing cap, not a thin one. Make joints airtight so that the wearer can breathe only through the canister. ‘The physical filtering agent in the cantst is activated granular charcoal, whieh ca be obtained at drug stores amd wholesale drug houses. To test it for acivity (the Inert the celluloid box (without its tid) in the hole, stretching the rubber over the torned-vp. edge ond halfway oeross ils width, Tope it fost oll oround. Bottom of bos faces outward from the mask Place two handkerchiefs together ond push the cloth fo tho ‘canister against tho seroon. Pack with two parts chorcool to one part soda fi Feld over the cloth. Leave wide morgin ell eround ability to take up and hold gases), place a smal amount, such as a tenth of @ gram, in the patm of the hand and pour on it five drops of carbon tetrachloride, ‘The charcoal should become warm. If not, it’s unsafe. Either one half 10/20 mesh and one half 4/10 mesh, or the coarser charcoal atone, may be employed. With it mix one halt as much conrse-mesh soda lime (sodium cal- cium hydrate), also available at drug stores. Pack the canister solidly. No air must enter without passing through the charcoal. Do not forget to seat both ends of the canister with lape or heavy waxed paper. If Jeft unsealed, the charcoal will absorb mois ture from the air until it is saturated, and Uhe mask will be useless. Unscal the can- ister only when the mask is to be put on for protection against gas. Once the mask has been used, tho canister must be refilled with fresh charcoal and soda lime,Cut.a second disk of tersening and bend it dowa oll eround aver the cloth. Hold tt with a twa of topo while cutting oway surplus cloth. Afterward, opply more tape to hold the seraening firmly on conister oouace WANOKERCHiEr NING 1g roLoCO TOWER CANISTER, CAMSTER PARTS OF FINISHED MASK, ond how they ore ‘onembled. The conister is kept sooled uniil the motk is needed. Otheewis tee ond tope es with the sereoned end with tape to beep charcool active Mote a heod horness of "wide clastic and attach it as shown in the drawing. Try the motk on fs mate the strops the right length. Put a thickn of topo over the encther under the rubber before sewing, fo mote the thread hold securely