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made a good argument against telegraph poles and spoke 

 earnestly in favor of light, air and space, the establish- 

 ment of playgrounds for children, and the hiding out of 

 parks for the peoi)le's use. She spoke of the decoration 

 of the school-house and thought children should be tauo^ht 

 the lines of beauty, so that when they grew up to be men 

 and woniun, they would not permit ugliness in our streets, 

 nor so much waste paper blowing about as we now see. 

 She spoke of the laws on the subject of street cleanliness 

 in our own and some foreign cities, es[)ecially Paris, 

 which she praised. She exhibited on the screen fine 

 views of prominent American and foreign buildings. 



Monday, May 6, 1895. — Regular meeting this even- 

 ing in the Library room. Prof. E. S. Morse announced 

 by title an account of a new mineral called Fayalite, dis- 

 covered for the first time in this county, at Rockport, by 

 Mr. John H. Sears, of the Peabody Academy of Science. 



Necrology of Members. 



Lincoln F. Brigham, sou of Lincoln and Lucy (Forbes) 

 Brigham, was born in Cambridge ,Oct. 4, 1819 ; elected a 

 member of the Essex Institute, Apr. 4, 1870 and died in 

 Salem, Feb. 27, 1895. 



Caleb Foote, son of Caleb and Martha (West) Foote, 

 was born in Salem, Feb. 28, 1803 ; elected a member of 

 the Essex Historical Society, Dec, 1842 and died in 

 Milton, June 17, 1894. 



Joseph W. Lefavouk, son of David and Nancy 

 (Foster) Lcfavour, was born in Beverh', Mar. 11, 1836; 

 elected a member of the Essex Institute, May 9, 18fi6 

 and died in Beverly, May 20, 1895. 



