236 THe Microscope. 
All in all, it was a very successful meeting. One of the most 
gratifying additions was the lady assistants, whose presence was 
most welcome. 
THE SOIREE. 
Held at the Gymnasium, Thursday evening, was fully up to 
the previous ones given by our Society. There being no local 
society to take charge of this exhibition, as heretofore, it devolved 
on a committee of our own members, who acquitted themselves very 
creditably, especially Dr. Fell, W. C. J. Hall, C. M. Vorce and Prof. 
Stowell. A complete programme was furnished, with a list of the 
exhibitors, and what was to be seen at the different tables. There 
were one hundred and forty-one microscopes and each exhibitor 
showed three specimens; changing at the tap of a bell, at 8.30 
and 9.00 o’clock. Owing to the many attractions in the city, it was 
feared we might not have many visitors; but this fear was soon 
dispelled as eight o’clock approached. Ladies and gentlemen came 
pouring in, giving the ushers full play in directing them down one 
isle andand up the next. Fully two thousand persons viewed the 
different slides of bacteria, insects, sections—both animal and vege- 
table—and “specimens rare, from water and air,” and rewarded 
the exhibitors with ‘“‘Oh, my,” “ How lovely,” and “ How horri- 
ble!” 
And it was admitted that the Society had given the Chautau- 
qua public one of the rarest treats in the line of exhibitions it has 
ever enjoyed. 
EDITORIAE- 
OUR FUTURE POLICY. 
ITH reference to the article by Prof. Stowell entitled “Vic- 
tory at Last,” which appears in this number, we desire 
to state that, so far as these columns are concerned, it is the end of 
a controversy with which many of our readers are undoubtedly fa- 
miliar. 
Though we do not care to discuss the merits or demerits of 
this affair—for it may have both—we should like to call the atten- 
tion to the fact that the world is full of beautiful and instructive 
