468 Hope Street, 
[Providence, R * I - 
Peb, £3, 19X5 
Boar 0:~ 
I asked York about the rubber today. He says 
to revive old rubber that ha. not become too bard place 
it in a vapor■of chloroform until it softens, ratoh it. 
fo keen rubber fro;-. becoming Hard place in in the vapor 
of turpentine I understand that in either case r..o liquid 
is not to come in contact with the rubber, but both should 
be enclosed in an air tight compartment-o.g. a fruit 
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‘ ’Pjnft and warn here today nothing special to write 
about. Awfully glad that you could make us the visit, 
even though it was not very extended 
1 enclose a revision which speaks for itself. 
J.f.C, 
