2('A Till-: .iMi'.iiff.ix Mi'sr.iM jornxAL 



As we went through the .Muscunr.s halls 'I'licsday. llic wolfish eyes of my 

 dear little liozaiisky <;rc\v snappinji;ly l)riglit, llim ilic liii<'- al)uiit tlic liulii 

 ittle lips softened, liis whole face lit up \vilh the hiiiiilile icxcicnce whieh 

 one sees in the fai'cs of old priests, the i-onuh liii--ei'> eliitehed my arm, 

 aiui he half e\elaimed, half whispered, "If we only were to know cNcry- 

 thini: in here. Miss IJyrne!" 



MUSEUM NEWS NOTES 



At the meeting of the Exeeutive ( 'onunittee, Oetoher IS, the following 

 persons were elected Life Members in consideration of gifts or services 

 rendered to the Museum: 



Mr. Carl Hagknbeck of Stellingen-l)ei-Haml)urg, in recognition of 

 his gift to the Department of Vertebrate Paheontology of \alual)le models 

 of extinct animals of South America; 



Mr. Albkrt Opkrti, for his gift of twenty-two oil paintings of the 

 Peary meteorites; 



Mr. Clarence J5. Rikkh, for generous support of the Museum's orni- 

 thological work in South America; 



I)h. J. H. Stebbins, in consideration of his gift of a collection of Lcpi- 

 dopicrct; 



Dr. Carlos dk la Torre, for assistanc-e with pala^ontological work of 

 the Museum in Cul)a. 



The Museum has received through the New York Kntomological 

 Society a collection of insects from the heirs of the late Rew J. L. Zabriskie. 

 This collection contains more than twenty-nine thousand specimens accu- 

 rately identified and carefully arranged and is a valuable addition to the 

 entomological series. 



A reception to the National Academy of Sciences will be given by the 

 President and Trustees of the ^luseum on Wednesday, November 'I'l. 



The Trustees have furnished a room which is reserNcd for the free use 

 of Members of the Museum and their guests. This room is now open, 

 located on the third floor near tlu> elevators. For the convenience of Mem- 

 bers the Trustees have equipped it with comfortable lounging chairs, and 

 reading and correspondence cables. The Museum Journal, the (luide 

 Leaflets and other current Museum publications are on file, and the Mu- 

 seum's collection of the portraits of its founders and benefactors will also be 

 found here. Members, especially when accompanied i)y their children, 

 are invited to go first to the Members' Room, where a matron will be found 

 on duty, and where wraps and packages may be left while visiting the 

 exhibition halls. A branch telephone connects with all jiarts of the building; 

 by calling the Lifornuition Hureau the Members may summon the instructor, 

 who will conduct them through the Museum. 



