Contributions for Little Japan. 



New York, New Haven and Hartford 

 Railroad : Liberal supply of plank 

 for foundations and Pavilion. 



Mr. Irving- E. Raymond, Stamford, 

 Conn.: Decorators and $150 of Jap- 

 anese material from A. A. Vantine 

 Company, New York City. 



Mr. Hiram E. Deats, Flemington, N. 

 J. : Supply of waste baskets. 



Mr. R. L. Agassiz, Boston ....$25.00 



Honorable Zenas Crane, Dalton, 



Mass 50.00 



Mr. William G. Rockefeller, 



Greenwich 50.00 



Mr. Walter F. Mortimer, Sound 



Beach 5.00 



Mr. W. A. Perry, New York City i.oo 



Mr. Arthur A. Carey, Waltham, 



Mass 25.00 



Master Joseph Palmer, Sound 



Beach 2.00 



Mr. C. E. Alling,Stamford,Conn. i.oo 



Greenwich Educator 5.00 



Friend Would Help, Sound 



Beach i .00 



Mr. A. B. Stanton, Sound Beach i.oo 



Mrs. Linus Wood, Sound Beach 5.00 



Mr. W. W. Lathrop, Warren, 



Ohio I.oo 



The Sound Beach Association. . . 25.00 



$197.00 



The Dentists Saw Gigantic Teeth. 



The Dental Society of Stamford 

 spent Wednesday evening at ArcAdiA 

 as the guests of Dr. J. D. Hertz, a 

 Member of The Agassiz Association. 



Dr. Bigelow gave them a fireside 

 talk on the work carried on at ArcAdiA 

 and then projected on a screen with a 

 microscope gigantic views of the 

 mouths of dragon flies, common house 

 flies, horseflies, etc. Sections of plants 

 were also shown under magnification 

 but perhaps the leading feature of the 

 projection was the recently prepared 



series of the embryology of the chick 



in which every detail of the beginning' 

 of the formation of the backbone, eyes, 

 bill and heart, also the blood capillaries, 

 was clearly shown, commencing with 

 the egg that had been incubated only 

 thirty-six hours. 



At the close of the feast of good 

 things provided by Dr. Hertz, he as 

 toastmaster gave an interesting ad- 

 dress, and there were also speeches by 

 various dentists present. The most ex- 

 tended discussions were by Dr. Prior 

 and Dr. Rule, but others participated. 

 All spoke very highly of the work of 

 The Agassiz Association and discussed 

 many matters pertaining to nature in- 

 cluding the theory of evolution. 



Some half dozen high class selections 

 were played upon the wonderful Dia- 

 mond Disc Phonograph recently pre- 

 sented to the Association by Thomas 

 A Edison. The dentists visited the of- 

 fice and laboratory. 



At eleven o'clock the entire party 

 spent some time in the observatory 

 notwithstanding the zero temperature 

 and thoroughly enjoyed telescopic 

 views of Saturn. At half past eleven 

 they departed for home expressing 

 great appreciation of the entire work 

 and ecjuipment. 



A Butterfly in Winter. 



The beautiful 3'ellow and black swal- 

 lowtail butterfly, with its orange trim- 

 mings, is a rare and unusual sight in 

 the middle of winter, but Gladys Jarvis 

 of Sound Beach has succeeded in trans- 

 forming a chrysalis of this butterfly, 

 papilio tin-niis. into the imago or full- 

 grown form. The swallowtail is a com- 

 mon sight in the summertime but there 

 are not many, even butterfly specialists, 

 who have had the pleasure of seeing 

 one alive in midwinter. This one was 

 fully formed, and waved its wings as 



naturally as in the warmest days of 



summer. 



