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the edge of a clearing in the Adirondack 

 forests. They stand in tall grass near a 

 clump of alders, with a suggestion of wood- 

 lands beyond. A skillful adjustment of 

 lighting gives the effect of fading sunset. 

 The specimens of Virginia deer, used by the 

 courtesy of Colonel Franklin Brandreth and 

 Mr. Frederick Potter, were obtained by Mr. 

 Eoy C. Andrews on the preserve of these 

 gentlemen in the Adirondacks. They were 

 mounted by Mr. Walter Escherich. The 

 foreground was planned and executed by 

 Mr. Albert E. Butler, and the background, 

 showing the locality Avhere the animals were 

 taken, was painted by Mr. Hobart Nichols 

 after a sketch by Mr. Courtcnay Brandreth. 

 A description of the field work for this group 

 was given by Mr. Andrews in the December 

 Journal, 1915. A photograph of a portion 

 of the group is presented as the cover design 

 for this issue of the Journal. 



Since the last issue of the Journal sev- 

 eral names have been added to the list of 

 American Museum men in military service. 

 The department of mammalogy and ornithol- 

 ogy feels particularly crippled in the loss of 

 five of its assistants, Messrs. H. E. Anthony, 

 James P. Chapin, Ludlow Griscom, L. E. 

 Miller, and Carlos D. Empie, all at present in 

 the officers' training camp at Plattsburg. 

 Mr. Russell S. Matthew awaits appointment 

 after seven weeks of training. Mr. Howarth 

 S. Boyle has already left for France in a 

 Red Cross contingent, expecting to be as- 

 signed to some naval base hospital. Mr. 

 Joseph S. McGarty is in the 71st Regiment 

 of the National Guard. 



Professor C-E. A. Winslow, curator of 

 the department of public health, left New 

 York for Russia on June 29 with the Billings 

 Red Cross Commission. The headquarters of 

 the Commission are at Moscow. 



The value to the country of the corn crop 

 is being emphasized in the food exhibit in 

 the foyer of the Museum by presenting scores 

 of ways in which this chief of American 

 cereals may be used in the home. The Corn 

 Products Refining Company has presented to 

 the Museum twenty-two products made from 

 corn. Among these are various starches used 

 for jellies, puddings, pie filling, and sauces; 

 the syrups and sugars for confectionery, pre- 

 serves, jams, and jellies; and the oils used 



for general cooking, pastry, and salads. 

 Great quantities of gluten and oil cake, be- 

 sides corn meal, are used for feeding cattle, 

 thus indirectly contributing to our food sup- 

 ply. Aside from their food value, corn prod- 

 ucts have a large place in the arts and indus- 

 tries. From corn oil are made leather, 

 rubber, paints, and varnishes; the starches 

 are used for laundry purposes, for "sizes" in 

 textile and paper industries, and for soaps 

 and adhesives; the syrups and sugars are 

 used in tanning, in shoe polishes, hair tonics, 

 chewing tobacco, and in the manufacture of 

 lactic acid and vinegar. 



An attractive addition to the food exhibit 

 in the foyer of the Museum has been do- 

 nated by Mr. M. J. Roth, of the Plastic Art 

 Novelty and Specialty Company, New York, 

 in the form of 74 models of 100-calorie por- 

 tions of food. The models were made by 

 Mr. Christian Jaeger. 



A revised and popular edition of the 

 handbook issued in connection with the Food 

 and Health Exhibit has been brought out 

 under the title Health in War and Peace 

 and has been placed on the news stands for 

 distribution at a nominal price. It is de- 

 signed to acquaint the soldier, and also the 

 general public, with all the proper precau- 

 tions against the various causes of poor 

 health. 



An addition to the handbook series of the 

 American Museum is Ancient Civilizations 

 of Mexico and Central America, by Herbert 

 J. Spinden, assistant curator of anthropol- 

 ogy. As stated in the preface, the book is 

 intended as a general commentary on the his- 

 tory of the Indians of Mexico and Central 

 America, and an explanation of the more 

 important phases of their ancient life and 

 arts. The book covers 238 pages and con- 

 tains 44 plates and 222 text figures. 



Mr. Russell J. Coles, who has recently 

 returned from a ten weeks' motor boat cruise 

 off the coast of North Carolina, spoke in the 

 Board Room of the American Museum on 

 September 1, before Colonel Theodore Roose- 

 velt, Dr. F. S. Luther, president of Trinity 

 College, Hartford, Conn., Dr. F. A. Lucas, 

 director of the American Museum, and 

 others interested in food conservation, on the 



