52 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 
MUSEUM NEWS NOTES. — 
HROUGH a bequest of the late Mrs. Georgiana Colgate Stone 
~ the Museum has received a portrait of her father, Robert Col- 
gate, by Huntington. Mr. Colgate was one of the founders of 
the Museum and served for many years on the Board of ‘Trustees. 
SINCE our last issue the following persons have been elected to mem- 
bership in the Museum: Life Meml vers, Messrs. W. B. BouRN, GEORGE 
W. BRACKENRIDGE, SAMUEL POMEROY COLT, BAREND VAN GERBIG, 
GEORGE Scott GraHaM, |. A. Grirrin, H. E. Huntineton, O. G. 
JENNINGS, Wn. G. Low, FRANK E. PEABopy, FREDERICK 'T. PRocToR, 
JOHN A. ROEBLING, ALANSON SKINNER, CHARLES CHAUNCEY STILLMAN, 
JAMES N. WaLLAceE and GrorGE PEABODY WETMORE and MMEs. 
W. L. Harkness and James R. Jesup; Sustaining Members, Messrs. 
R. R. Coteatre and Henry GotpmMan; Annual Members, Messrs. 
J. Francis A. Cuark, A. S. Dwicut, A. O. Ermer, Joun B. FarisaH, 
JOHN L. GoLpEN, Ivan L. C. Goopine, Horace S. GouLtp, Maxt- 
MILIAN GRAB, HENRY GRAVES, JR., DE Courcy L. Harp, Henry 
Rawtie, J. O. von Scumip, Frank McMinuan Stanton, WiiuiaM E. 
STIGER, BENS. StRoNG, JR., Ropert B. SuckiEy, Geo. H. Surron 
and THro. N. Varn and Mes. Frank H. Ray and Frrcw W. SmirH. 
Tue Department of Anthropology is fortunate in having received 
as a gift from Mr. George S. Bowdoin another beautiful example of the 
feather capes for which the natives of the Hawaiian Islands were once 
famous. ‘This cape was originally the property of King Kamekameha 
III and was given by him to Mr. Mackintosh, from whom Mr. Bowdoin 
obtained it. The cape is described and illustrated in Brigham’s book 
on the Hawaiian Islands. 
FREDERICK I. MONSEN gave a special lecture to the Members of the 
Museum on Thursday evening, January 13, upon the life and manners 
of the Indians of the Southwest, with stereopticon views and motion pic- 
tures selected from his well known collection of photographs made by 
himself during the past twenty years. For the remainder of the month 
a large collection of his photographs were on exhibition in the West 
Assembly Hall. 
