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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



| December 1, 1914. 



front of white marble with broad, high windows has an im- 

 posing entranci a doorway flanked by huge bronze 

 doors, one symbolizing "The Mother, the Giver of Life and 

 and the other "The Commonwealth, the Giver of Health 

 and Learning." In the vestibule are bronze tablets, one bearing 

 the memorial inscription of the donors, the other, the names of 

 the trustees. The hall and stairway are of Siena marble, the 

 ceiling of Guastavino tile. There are bronze busts of Ja 

 i syth and < ieorge 1 lenry 

 Passing bj tl rmation department 

 ind the rece] i i, we come to the "Founders' Room." 



ed and furnished as to remind one 

 of a baronial hall. A ilace oi I arrara marble bears 



the 1 lat-of-arms in tiling On the walls are paintings 



ol personal and historic interest in the Forsyth family, ami 

 here are bronze busts of John Hamilton Forsyth and Thomas 

 Alexander Forsyth, the donors. Mr. Forsyth's extensive pri- 

 vate library occupies one side of this room. A lecture room 



occupies tlie left wing, capable of seating 250 people, in which 

 it is planned to give popular lectures on dental and hygienic 

 subjects. In tlie other wing are hospital accommodations for 

 surgical patients, and rooms where teeth are extracted. Between 

 these are the usual ante-rooms to the surgical department, and 

 the clinical amphitheatre, a wonderful room, entirely of cement, 

 built that it can be completely flooded with hot water or 

 steam for cleansing and sterilizing. 



The entire building is of fireproof construction; there isn't a 

 lnt of wood in the structure itself, and but little in the furnish- 

 ings and that little is chemically treated to make it absolutely 

 non-combustible. 



On this floor is also one of the finest laboratory and research 

 rooms, fitted with every contrivance to facilitate such work. 



One flight up the marble stairway is the great room mentioned 

 before, where 68 chairs for dental work are already placed, lighted 

 through large plate glass windows fifteen feet high, while space 

 is available for as many additional chairs if necessity demands. 

 Some idea of the extent of this room may be realized by the 

 statement that nineteen tons of linoleum were required to cover 

 the floor. 



Tlie whole establishment is for children, and the lower floor 

 has reception r ns, waiting rooms, cloak rooms and all con- 

 veniences specially adapted to the wants of children. The big 

 waiting room, lined, ceiled and floored with tile, has a big 

 aquarium in the center, a library of children's books at one corner 

 and many little chairs and tables which can be moved around at 

 will. On the walls iii Delft tile are designs illustrating childrens' 

 legends, some of which have already been publised in this jour- 

 nal. They illustrate "The Dorchester Giant,." a poem by Oliver 

 Wendell Holmes; "Rip Van Winkle"; "The Pied Piper," and 

 " ['he Golden Fleece." On this floor are the assembling rooms for • 

 the dentists, both the permanent staff and the visiting pro- 

 nals. There is a sterilizing room where each of the 1.000 

 i dental instruments is sterilized after use. 



I lit uctur and its furnishings, together with the 



endowment to continue its mission in perpetuity, is between three 



and four million dollars; and all this benevolence is due to the 



:. philanthropic spirit oi lily, connected with the 



ire of rubber, in one of the "blest establishments of 



industry in the world. 



A TIRE-MAKING MACHINE COMPANY INCORPORATES. 



The Dickinson Tire & Machine Co. has been formed at 

 napolis, to manufacture a tire-making machine and prob- 



•o manufacture tires. Tin- machine is tin- invention 

 of Fred. S. Dickinson, who has been for a number of years 

 lire trade, and the plan- of tile con 



- whir rized apit. I ■ I 1,001 provide for 



the lii i machine to tire manufacturers as well as 



its manufacture. Horace C. Stillwell, of Anderson. 

 Indiana, is president of the company; Fred S. Dickil 

 ■ r i r ■ -ii Fletcher, treasurer 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN BOSTON. 

 By Our Regular Correspondent. 

 DUSINESS isn't exactly in the doldrums, but — if the para- 

 *-* gram is permissible — it isn't exactly busy-ness. Like the 

 general run of trades, we are feeling tlie results of the almost 

 universal .stringency. Then again, many branches of the rub- 

 ber business are affected by weather conditions, and it doesn't 

 require a report of any meteorological bureau to prove that 

 New England lias been basking in beautiful sunshine ever 

 l.i-i August, until a week ago; and makers of rain-coats 

 and rubber footwear have been so mournful that even the 

 heavy storms of the last few days haven't coaxed a smile on 

 their features. However, automobile supply dealers claim 

 that the tine fall weather lias facilitated the wearing-out of 

 tires, and that this has helped their trade. Makers of me- 

 chanicals are not over busy, and the druggist sundry people 

 report fair trade. But every rubber man hereabouts is look- 

 ing for good business from now on, with a reasonably active 

 boom anticipated early in 1915. 



Large amounts of money made in the rubber business are 

 being used for the amelioration of mankind, and for the bene- 

 fit of the public. The Forsyth Dental Infirmary, opened 

 last month — a report of which will be found elsewsere in 

 this number — is one of the institutions which bear out this 

 statement. Almost across the street is the great addition to 

 the Museum of Fine Arts, to be opened in January, which is 

 a memorial to the late Robert Dawson Evans, and donated 

 by his widow. Perhaps of far greater philanthropic impor- 

 tance is the Robert Dawson Evans Memorial Department of 

 Clinical Research, which, beside what its name implies, gives 

 each year a series of public health talks. More than 5,000 

 persons have attended these talks at the beautiful building 

 in the hospital district, and this winter and spring the course 

 will consist of almost weekly lectures on health subjects by 

 leading specialists in the topics selected. The institution is 

 doing great practical work in thus educating the public in 

 the cause, prevention and cure of diseases and the preserva- 

 tion of health. Surely this is a splendid way to give back 

 to the people some of the profits made in the rubber business. 

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The Franklin Rubber Co., which is now at 105 Summer 

 street, will soon remove to 134 Federal street, in the new 

 Federal Building, where it will occupy a deep and spacious 

 store on the ground floor. At present the fixtures are being 

 installed, and it is expected that the company will be in its 

 new quarters early in December. 



The Needham Tire Co. is the title of a concern which has 

 recently been incorporated under the Massachusetts law, 

 with an authorized capital stock of $350,000. It is intended to 

 manufacture automobile tires and inner tubes at a factory 

 it has secured in Needham. It is stated that the company 

 assurances of a definite market for a large output. The presi- 

 dent is Mr. John S. Patterson, formerly with the Revere Rub- 

 ber Co., and more recently president of the Patterson Rub- 

 ber Co. of Lowell. 



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Frederick T. Ryder, well known in the rubber footwear 

 trade, is now with the Revere Rubber Co. of this city and 

 Chelsea, where he is giving his attention to the rubber sole 

 and heel department. Mr. Ryder's interest in the rubbei 

 business dates back to the time when he was secretary for 

 Deacon Converse, of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. Later. 

 with the United States Rubber Co., be became acquainted 

 with the shoe wholesalers and rubber footwear distributers 

 throughout the country. A few years ago he became general 

 sales agent For the Apsley Rubber Co.. of Hudson, this state. 

 The Revere company is now making the "Spring Step" rub- 

 ber heel, and also a line of rubber soles for leather shoes. 



