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of the Federation of Citizens' Associations at the close of their mem- 

 bership campaign ; the annual meeting of the Potomac Garden Club ; 

 one of the monthly meetings of the Organization of Appointment 

 Clerks; a meeting of the Baird Memorial Committee, to make pre- 

 liminary arrangements for a memorial to Spencer Fullerton Baird ; 

 a meeting of the George Washington Post, No. 1, American Legion; 

 a motion-picture exhibition, " The spirit of '76," before the Matrons 

 and Patrons Association of 1922, Order of the Eastern Star; motion 

 pictures of the tests, at Hammondsport, N. Y., of the Langley flying 

 machine ; the four quarterly meetings of the Smithsonian branch of 

 the Federal Employees Union No. 2; the annual meetings of the 

 Smithsonian auxiliary of the District of Columbia Chapter of the 

 American Red Cross and of the Smithsonian Relief Association; and 

 a gathering of the emplo,yees of the Smithsonian Institution and all 

 its branches for a talk by Secretary Walcott. 



The Associated Tile Manufacturers utilized rooms on the west 

 side of the foyer for an exhibition of American-made tiles from May 

 16 to June 20, 1922, in connection with meetings held elsewhere in 

 Washington. This exhibition was assembled by the factories at the 

 suggestion of the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of 

 Architects to show the result of 44 years' development of an Ameri- 

 can industry. The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 furnished the in- 

 centive, and the first tile factory was started soon afterwards. All 

 refinements of tile making have been acquired since and the processes 

 so perfected that to-day the United States leads the world in the tile 

 industry. 



On the evening of November 23, 1921, the exhibition halls in the 

 Natural History Building were thrown open for a reception by the 

 city of Washington, through the District Commissioners and a com- 

 mittee of citizens, to the delegates of the international Conference 

 on the Limitation of Armament, probably the largest and the most 

 successful affair of its kind ever held in the Museum. About 5,000 

 persons, representing the official, social, and business life of Wash- 

 ington, showed respect to the delegates of that conference. 



Another function, which brought to the Museum representatives 

 of the diplomatic corps of several of the European powers, was the 

 formal presentation to the American Nation, on the afternoon of 

 March 1, of the Herbert Ward collection of sculptures and African 

 ethnology, the gift of his widow in compliance with his expressed 

 wish. An improvised platform placed in the corner of the east- 

 north range, where the Ward collection is installed, served as the 

 center for the ceremony. Here, surrounded by the works of her 

 gifted husband and his unrivaled collection illustrating the handi- 

 crafts of the native African, the presentation was made by Mrs. Her- 



