22 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1909. 



with all this variety there has been orderly sobriety. Neither an im- 

 pression of overcrowding nor of confusion has prevailed. The 

 visitor has been gently led from object to object, at liberty to linger 

 for study or merely find enjoyment at a glance. 



" To direct attention to the exhibit and engender interest in the 

 project of developing the collection as space permitted, a reception 

 was held at the Museum in the exhibition hall on the afternoon of 

 Saturday, April 24, 1909, to which several hundred persons were in- 

 vited, Mrs. Walcott and Mrs. Pinchot acting as hostesses. Those 

 who have carried the work so far insist that no more than a begin- 

 ning has as yet been made and with unabated zeal indicate their 

 willingness to carry it on to a more definite conclusion." 



