Press: Can It Be Done?

¶Glass that will bend, not break, for shop windows?

¶A teletype recorder of telephone messages in your absence?

¶A gadget to press pants while they are being worn?

¶An upper deck to float free of a sinking ship?

¶Fireproof paint?

¶Waterproof paper umbrellas for 5¢?

For some 15 years Cartoonist Robert LeRoy Ripley has derived wealth and fame from his feature "Believe It Or Not," graphically reporting curiosities from all over the world. Fortnight ago the New York Evening Post was endeavoring to syndicate a similar feature, depicting marvels like the above, not yet in the world but which might exist. Title: CAN IT BE...