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and Latin American Trade Gazette, rails 

 attention to the adoption by United States 

 textile manufacturers of ancient designs of 

 Peru and speaks of the advantage possessed 

 by this country in having large collections 

 of Peruvian specimens in our imisiniiiis. 

 Thousands of pieces of cloth of amii'iit nian- 

 ufacture, of unrivaled techni(|ue and color- 

 ing, and displaying a groat variety of orig- 

 inal artistic designs, have been brought out 

 of Peru by collectors. The Peruvian's mas- 

 tery of the art of coloring and fixing the 

 dye had reached such perfection that the 

 ancient patterns have remained bright and 

 beautiful after thousands of years. For 

 some time past American designers have 

 been making studies from tliese cloths and the 

 patterns created have been adopted eagerly 

 by manufacturers for both cotton and silk 

 fabrics. The Trade Gazette believes that 

 these designs will appeal with equal force 

 to customers of the Old World. The 

 Peruvian textile collections in the American 

 ]\Iuseum, which have been the chief source 

 of inspiration to New York designers, num- 

 ber about one thousand pieces. 



The leading article of this number of the 

 Journal, "A League of Free Nations," by 

 President Charles R. Van Hise, of the Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin, was delivered as the 

 opening address before the Wisconsin State 

 Convention of the League to Enforce Peace, 

 November 8, 1918. President Van Hise has 

 been closely connected with America's war 

 activities. At the request of the United 

 States Food Administration in the early 

 part of 1917, he prepared a course of lec- 

 tures on "Conservation and Regulation in the 

 United States during the War," which were 

 printed and used in the universities, colleges, 

 and normal schools throughout the country. 

 During the summer and autumn of 1918, in 

 company with a party of editors, he visited 

 England and France, and as a guest of the 

 British Ministry of Information, was granted 

 full opportunity to understand the war ef- 

 fort of Great Britain both at home and in 

 the field. The fundamental purpose of this 

 visit, from which he has just returned, was 

 to cement more firmly the union of English 

 speaking peoples. 



Ix order to develop the scope of useful- 

 ness of the files of lantern slides on educa- 

 tional subjects, a rejireseiitative of the 



American Museum visited the New York 

 State College of Forestry at Syracuse Uni- 

 versity recently anil sclcitiMl a iiuiulier of 

 negatives showing practical and approved 

 nu'tlioils of reforestation, lumbering, fire 

 protection, and forestry in general. The 

 courtesy of the State College of Forestry 

 ill lending its negatives for this ]iurpose is 

 greatly a])preciated. 



Mi;. G. K. Nohl?:, research assistant in 

 licriK'tology at t Ik^ American Museum, en- 

 listed as second-class seaman in the United 

 States Navy in April. Later he was as- 

 signed to the First Naval District Officer 

 Material School, at Cambridge, Massachu- 

 setts, from wiiich he was graduated on Octo- 

 ber 14 with the commission of ensign. 



Guide Leaflet No. 48, Insects and Disease, 

 by Messrs. C.-E. A. Winslow and Frank E. 

 Lutz, lias been issued from the American 

 Museum press. Much valuable information 

 about insects and their intimate relation to 

 health conditions among mankind is em- 

 bodied in its seventy-three pages. Twenty- 

 two pages are devoted to the common fly. 

 Latest scientific methods of dealing with 

 insect pests of the household, and the remark- 

 able results which have been achieved in 

 wiping out typhoid and other malignant dis- 

 eases spread by insect carriers, are clearly 

 set forth. 



The food conservation exhibit prejiared 

 by the department of public health of the 

 American Museum which was on view in the 

 gallery of the concourse of the Grand Cen- 

 tral Station in the spring of 1918, and 

 later formed an important part of the food 

 show held at the Grand Central Palace in 

 the summer, was brought back to the Museum 

 and is now established in the center aisle of 

 the forestry hall. This application of Amer- 

 ican Museum demonstration methods to prob- 

 lems of national mobilization for war service 

 has met with wide commendation. The ex- 

 hibit is pronounced by representatives of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture 

 to be the best food exhibit yet prepared, and 

 its details have been studied and copied by 

 food educators throughout the country. 



The American Museum War Relief Asso- 

 ciation, composed of employees of the 



