206 THe MIcROSCOPE. 
THE SOIREE. 
HE culmination of the convention was reached the evening 
of the soiree given at the Arsenal by both the American So- 
ciety of Microscopists and the Rochester Academy of Science 
and visiting microscopists. There were in all about 3,000 
tickets issued in ‘addition to the hundreds of members 
badges, and the supply run short long before the demand for 
them ceased. The local committee was hard at work all day 
arranging the hall and getting tables and microscopes in posi- 
tion. One hundred and twenty-six tables were arranged in 
lines through the hall, two microscopes being allotted to each 
table. Nearly every table was fully occupied. By actual count 
about two hundred and forty microscopes were in use. Allow- 
ing the visitor to remain the full two and one-half hours, and 
take a look at each microscope, to say nothing of the other ex- 
hibits, they could tarry only about thirty seconds at each mi- 
croscope. Notwithstanding the vast number in attendance and 
the intense heat, the arrangements were so perfect that all were 
kept scattered over the hall and kept moving in one direction 
so that there was no jam and everybody had an ample oppor- 
tunity to see all they cared to see. It was indeed a brilliant 
assemblage, such as is not frequently seen even in Rochester. 
Among the distinguished visitors present was ex-Governor St. 
John, the Prohibition nominee for President, who was a guest 
of Dr. Harrington for a few days. 
An interesting featute of the convention, not heretofore al- 
luded to, was the large and interesting exhibits in the rooms on 
the second floor of the building, made by various firms in differ- 
ent sections of the country. These exhibits contained every va- 
riety of instruments and the apparatus, accessories for mount- 
ing, etc. They were a credit to the exhibitors and well repayed 
an inspection. A collection of books relating to microscopy and 
kindred subjects was also exhibted. 
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