The American Museum Journal 



CONTHNTS FOR NOVHMBFR 



C()\c|-. Svilllidlic ol' llic AliirricJlll Ifcd Ci'oss nf llic W'ni'ld Will" 



(New York City. li)18) 



Copyrigliti'd pliotosra))li l)y Underwood iind l^iuh rwood 



During the vpiirs of active fiKliting this ori-ani/ation lias carried on its Rreat work — at home, 

 in the war zones, on the liattU' front; it will continne its work durinK the reconstruction pe- 

 riod (see note on care of Minded soldiers, pajre 571), and needs the support of every one in 

 America. We still have ni'ail,\ two million American boxs on forei)j;n soil 



Frontispiece, rortrail ot the Late Saimiel Wendell Willistoii 530 



A League of Free Xations Chakli^s R. Van ITise 521 



An organization for the ))reventioM of future wars. What nations shall constitute it? Shall 

 Germany be admitte.l ; .'^liall the Initi'il States .join; I'rolileiiis of disarmament and eco- 

 nomic reconstruction 



Famous Ivory Treasures of a Negro Kiii.u' Hkiibeut Lang 527 



Mannbetu carviuKs attributed to l)ure Negro art, untouched by foreign influence. The canni- 

 bal artists and their methods of work. Stories and incidents of life in Mangbetuland 

 With numerous illustrations from pliotoi^raphs tiy tlie Author 



He.-eareh ill Science Winterton C. Curtis 553 



An invitation and spur to increased rescirch in abstract science. The ultimate practical value 

 to medicine, agriculture, industr.\-, aiul even the struciiire of society is great beyond all com- 

 parison witli any money e.xpended 



How Shall I Learn to Teach tlie Blinded Soldiers Walter G. Holmes 565 



A practical article, making us realize that the blind are just ordinary normal people except 

 for their handicaj). and vemoving our ju-ejudice against the entrance of the blind into all 

 phases of industrial life w heri> tlie work is not wholly dependent upon sight 



Xote on the American ]\rusenni"s Work with the Blind 573 



Followed by a series of photographs showing the children of classes for the lilind in their 

 woi'k at the American IMuseum 



Danish Arctic Station at Codliavn W. Elmer Ekblaw 581 



Recognition of the genius of one man, Morten P. Porsild. in successfully establishing in the 

 I'ar Xorth a scientiuc institution for the survey of Greenland and prosecution of research 

 in Arctic phenomena. We make new a'-quaintance with the country descritied three hundred 

 years ago by Scoresby and vnsited by Greely, Schley, Peary, and many other leaders of ex- 

 peditions to the eastern Arctic 



With a remarkable series of previously unpublished photographs taken in 1880-81 by the 

 photographer of the GJreely Kxpedition 



Stefansson Retnrned After Fonr Years of Arctic 



Exploration Clark Wissler 600 



With map showing route of explorations and location of ni-v.- lauds 



Further Discoveries at the Aztec Euin Earl H. Morris 603 



A description of the work of excavation and the discoveries during the field season of 1917 



Samuel Wendell Williston (1852-1918) B.vrnum Brown 611 



In memoriam by one of his students 



The Demand for Cheap Food L. H. Bailey 612 



Chea]) food can no longer be expected any more than clu'ap lumber, cheap paper, or cheap 

 clothing. American farms and American industries: a democracy cannot have tw-o different 

 standards of living in tin ii'odi.cing ])opulalion 



The Platinum Situation in tlie United States Gkorge F. Kunz 617 



Xotes 618 



_\I.\KV C'VNTHI.i. BlCKERSOX, Edifilf 



SubsfviptioTis slioiiid lie addressed to the Secretary of the Anierieaii Museum, 77th St. 

 and Central Park West, New York City. 



The Journal is soil to all mrnihtrs of the Aiiicricaii Museum as one of the privUeejes of 

 membership. 



Entered as seeond-cdass matter Feliruaiy l!;i, liil7, at the i'ost Oflice at New York, New 

 York, under the Act of August 24, 1912. 



Ar-peptanee for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of 

 Octol)er y., 1917, authorized on .July 15, 1918. 



