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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December i. 1909. 



THE RUBBER CLUB OF AMERICA. 



NEW TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT. 



"TMIH development of the New England Rubber Club, after ten 

 ■1 years of successful existence, into The Rubber Club of 

 America, as determined upon at the last midsummer outing [see 

 The India Rubber World, August 1, 1909 — page 393], has now 

 been accomplished, the last formality being the incorporation 

 of the Club, under its new name, in the state of Massachusetts. 

 It may be of interest to the general reader, as well as the members 

 of the Clnii, in 1. a transcript of the official certificate of in- 

 corporation, which follows: 



The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 



BE IT KNOWN. That whereas Henry C. Pearson, J. Frank- Dunbar, 

 George 11. Mayo, Arthur IV. Stedman, Costello C. Converse, Ira Foss 

 Burnhantj Frederic C. Hood, L. Dewart Apsley, Elston F. Wadbrook 

 and Frank D. Baldcrston have associated themselves with the intention 

 of forming a corporation under the name of The Rubber Club of 

 America, for the purpose of social intercourse among gentlemen con- 

 nected with the rubber industry and the furtherance of educational 

 and scientific research in India Rubber production and manufacture, 

 and have complied with the provisions of the statutes of the Common- 

 wealth in such case made and provided, as appears from the certificate 

 of the 



President. Treasurer, Secretary and Executive Committee 

 of said corporation, duly approved by the Commissioner of Corporations 

 and recorded in this office: 



NOW, THEREFORE, I William M. Olin, Secretary of The Com- 

 monwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that said Henry C. 

 Pearson, J. Frank Dunbar, George H. Mayo, Arthur IV. Stedman, 

 Costello C. Converse, Ira Foss Bumham, Frederic C. Hood. L. Dewart 

 Apsley, Elston E. Wadbrook and Frank D. Balderston, their associates 

 and successors, are legally organized and established as, and are hereby 

 made, an existing corporation under the name of 

 The Rubber Club of America, 

 with the powers, rights and privileges, and subject to the limitations, 

 duties and restrictions, which by law appertain thereto. 



WITNESS my official signature hereunto subscribed, and the 

 Great Seal of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts here- 

 [SEAL] unto affixed, this fourth day of November in the year of 



our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and nine. 



Wm. M. Olin. 

 Secretary of the Commonwealth. 



A NIGHT WITH THE AERONAUTS. 



The winter dinner of the Rubber Club of America, known 

 for so many years as the New England Rubber Club, will be held 

 in December, the date being the 13th, and the place of meeting 

 the Algonquin Club, Boston. The executive committee have in 

 prospect what will be one of the most interesting and unique 

 entertainments that the club in its ten years' history has ever 

 enjoyed. Appreciating the worldwide interest in Aeronautics, they 

 have induced the secretary of the Aero Club of America, Mr. 

 Augustus Post, himself an aeronaut for many years, to show 

 some moving pictures of aeroplanes in flight — notably one op- 

 erated by Glenn H. Curtiss wdien he won the Hammondsport 

 prize. These pictures are wonderfully graphic and give one 

 a clearer idea of the graceful and thrilling flight of an aeroplane 

 than any ever taken heretofore. 



The speakers of the evening are Professor William H. Pick- 

 ering, of Harvard University, president of the Aero Club of New 

 England; Professor A. Lawrence Rotch, professor of meteorology 

 in Harvard University and director of Blue Hill Observatory; 

 Professor Robert W. Wood, the brilliant and witty young physi- 

 cist of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore ; and Edgar Beecher 

 Bronson, aeronaut, explorer and raconteur. Mr. Bronson, by the 

 way, has just returned from hunting big game over the very 

 country which ex-President Roosevelt is still traversing. Other 

 speakers of note have been invited. After the speaking those 

 who are interested will have an opportunity to see a remarkable 

 set of lantern slides showing different types of aeroplanes, dirig- 

 ible balloons, and the like, which will be explained by Mr. Post. 



Boston and prosperity. — In a review of the existing prosper- 

 ous condition of the United States, the Boston American credits 

 the use of Boston capital and the influence of the financial 

 leaders of that city with an important share in the development 

 of the country at large. The writer says, by way of illustration: 

 "The United States Rubber Co., another example, is controlled 

 and managed by Boston men. and all through the list of directors 

 it will be found that Boston is playing a large part in commercial 

 and financial affairs." 



•TH) prevent the overhearing of telephone conversations, the 

 ■I transmitter of a desk telephone is enclosed in a box pro- 

 wled with a sound proof lining and with an aperture bordered 

 by a rubber tube, against wdiich the face of the speaker is 

 pressed while talking. The receiver may be hung, as usual, on 

 the switch arm on the transmitter standard, and may be re- 

 moved for use through the talking aperture or through a door; 

 or it may be hung on an arm connected to the switch arm 

 through a U-shaped rod which encloses one 

 of the sides of the sound proof box. 1 he 

 aperture at which this rod enters the box 

 is closed by a flexible membrane, to which 

 the rod is attached. The rubber tube which 

 borders the speaking aperture is provided 

 with a smaller tube for inflation purposes. 

 The sound proof lining of the box may 

 consist of two layers of felt separated by 

 a layer of india-rubber. Invented and pat- 

 ented by E. F. Hutton, Xo. 3s New street. 

 New York. 



A New York newspaper says: "Hanging 

 on the wall behind the desk at the Holland 

 House is a mahogany box about 2 feet 

 long by I foot wide and deep, with an oval shaped hole in it 

 lined with rubber. If you wait long enough you will see a clerk 

 fit his face into the hole. This is one of those new telephone 

 booths — one of the few that are to be seen about New York, 

 and which it is said the telephone company is fighting. Talking 

 into one gives you an ostrich-like feeling compared with the 

 booth of the cupboard variety, but at the Holland House they 

 say that the result is just as satisfactory as the other kind, and 

 the 'ostrich' booth takes up no room." 



Telephone At- 

 tachment. 



MR. INGERSOLL RETIRES. 



I N mentioning the appearance of the first automobile journal, 

 * The India Rubber World (December 10, 1895 — page 87) 

 said : "Should the motor carriages ever become popular it evi- 

 dently will be a matter of interest to the rubber trade, since most 

 of the specimen machines made up to date are provided with 

 pneumatic tires, indicating that this is expected to be an im- 

 portant feature." The motor carriages have "become popular," 

 and what an "important feature" the pneumatic tire. has grown to 

 be is the most striking fact in modern rubber history. All of 

 which indicates that Ernest P. Ingersoll, wdien he founded The 

 Horseless . Ige — that was before people talked about "automobiles" 

 — he doubtless builded better than he knew. During the fourteen 

 intervening years the paper mentioned has been conducted ably 

 and successfully by Mr. Ingersoll, who during the month past 

 disposed of it, with a view to devoting attention to bis health. 

 Before starting The Horseless Age Mr. Ingersoll had come into 

 contact with the rubber trade as advertising manager for the 

 Mechanical Rubber Co. (New York). It was at that time that he 

 became familiar with the pneumatic tire and impressed with its 



HAD $30,000,000 TO SPEND. 



TN a sketch of Mr. Charles R. Flint, the Boston Globe says: 

 * "No single American is today better known in South America. 

 His relations with Chili have existed since the beginning of his 

 business career. He has held many positions of confidence under 

 Chili, and has been its secret agent in many a deal involving 

 the growth of its navy. Russia also has great confidence in Mr. 

 Flint, and when, at the opening of the war with Japan, it wished 

 to strengthen its navy. Mr. Flint was made its purchasing agent. 

 and was handed $30,000,000 to spend in its behalf." 



