46 THE MICROSCOPE. 



SOIREE OF THE ELMIRA MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



Dear Doct(ir: — The soiree was given in the large lecture room 

 of the Park Church. Tables were arranged against the four walls 

 of the hall, with settees four feet distant, forming a pathway around 

 the entire room. In the centre of the hall, no seats were permitted. 

 Here the vast audience accumulated and chatted until an opportu- 

 nity offered to join the procession marching in the aisles formed 

 about the tables and instruments. Fifty-two microscopes exhibited 

 the objects catalogued in the neat sixteen-paged programme. The 

 home society was aided in its exhibition by the following gentle- 

 men from a distance, who not only brought their elegant stands, 

 but contributed specimens of their handiwork. 



Dr. Lewis M. Eastman, of Baltimore, Md., whose animal sec- 

 tions and exquisite mountings are a delight to behold. 



W. H. Walmsley, of Philadelphia, with a full line of R. & J. 

 Beck's microscopes, including the magnificent International Binoc- 

 ular. This gentleman also exhibited his method of making micro- 

 photographs by a simple device and by ordinary lamp light. 



Rev. J. T. Brownell, of Mansfield, Pa., brought his beautiful 

 mounts of pollen, in the mounting of which he has no superior. 



Mr. Edward Bausch, of Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Roch- 

 ester, N. Y., showed the several styles of microscopes made by that 

 enterprising firm. Their new large microscope, just finished, but 

 not yet named, was shown for the first time. It has many new and 

 valuable features, which so pleased Dr. Eastman that he exhibited 

 his appreciation of it by ordering one on the spot. 



Dr. Geo. E. Blackham, of Dunkirk, N. Y., President of the 

 American Society of Microscopists, brought his large ToUes- 

 Blackham microscope, and contributed largely and enthusiastically 

 to the success of the entertainment. 



Dr. Geo. E. Fell, of Buffalo, N. Y., Treasurer of the American 

 Society of Microscopists, also kindly journeyed to us, showing the 

 circulation in the tongue and foot-web of an immense bull-frog. 



E. H. Griffith — "Uncle Griffith" — as he is affectionately known 

 to the Elmira society, honored us by coming from the far west, that 



