June 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



431 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN BOSTON. 



By a Resident Correspo)ideiit. 

 DUSINESS seems to hang tire somewhat, because of the back- 

 *-' ward season. That is the reason given by many, but the 

 makers of rubber clothing have no complaints to make of the 

 weather. The demand for automobile tires has somewhat slack- 

 ened down, most of the consumers' demands being supplied, and 

 a temporary lull is expected, until the duplicate demand comes 

 later. This, however, is not the universal opinion, for some of the 

 tire people report business on the increase, rather than otherwise. 

 Mechanical goods continue in comparatively moderate demand. 



Jacoby & Co., has already developed an excellent business for his 

 product. He has secured the services of two English experts in 

 this line, and he claims that the substitute turned out is equal, 

 or superior, to any English or American material of this na- 

 ture. The office is at 79 Milk street, and the factory at South 

 Boston, and the demand has so increased that he is considering 

 seriously adding to the factory capacity. The house is rep- 

 resented in New York City by Hermann Weber. 

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 Last month mention was made of the award for decorations of 

 tlie Children's Room in the new Forsyth Dental Infirmary. The 



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Frieze in Children's Room in the Forsyth Dent.m. 1.nfirm.\ry. 



and the tendency to purchase supplies from hand to mouth still 

 prevails. Rubber footwear has sold well up to the first of this 

 month, on account of the extra five per cent, discount of- 

 fered. 



A gentleman connected with the trade, who has just returned 

 from a business trip in Canada, states that every line of rubber 

 manufacture there is extremely active, and the whole trade most 

 optimistic, as regards both present and future business. 



George A. Alden & Co. have taken up the selling of deresinated 

 pontianac, prepared by the Acushnet Process Co., of Xew Bed- 



first prize was awarded to Mrs. Florence Lyley Young, whose 

 subjects were "Roxbury Giant," "Hiawatha" and "Rip Van 

 Winkle." The last-mentioned design is shown here. It is in 

 three sections. The first shows the hero playing with the chil- 

 dren. The descriptive panel reads "Rip Van Winkle was a fa- 

 vorite with the children." The middle panel shows him nearly 

 asleep with the dwarf coming over the hill. The legend is "Rip 

 Van Winkle hears a voice calling him." The largest section 

 shows "Rip Van Winkle's return to the village." The decora- 

 tions are to be done in tile, and are eminently fitted to adorn 

 the room where children will assemble and wait for treatment 

 at this great charity made possible by the Forsyth family. 



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Mention has been made in previous letters of the magnificent 



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RoBERT D. Ev.\NS Memorial Addition to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. 



ford, Massachusetts, and are placing large amounts of this valu- 

 able gum with manufacturers who find it most valuable from 

 every practicable standpoint. 



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Ernest Jacoby. well known in the rubber trade, is now manu- 

 facturing a rubber substitute, and under the name of Ernest 



gift of Mrs. Robert Dawson Evans to the Boston Museum of 

 Fine Arts as a memorial to her late husband. In this issue we 

 are pleased to show the architect's drawing of this prospective 

 gift. It shows a noble building in the Greek-Ionic treatra^ent, 

 with a row of 22 fluted columns reaching from the paved ter- 

 race to the roof of the structure, which will be situated facing 



