204 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



Theaters, Women's Clubs, Associations of General Interest, A 

 Few Staten Islanders. 



A number of Staten Islanders are credited with having assisted 

 in the preparation of the work, but apparently the authors did 

 not have opportunity to read proof, as typographical and other 

 errors are so numerous as to seriously mar the value of the text, 

 The geographical description is by Dr. Arthur Hollick; the notes 

 on historic landmarks, by Mary Wolcott Green, including pictures 

 of a number of our old houses, were selected from material 

 furnished by our local historian, Ira K. Morris. The chapter 

 on amusements will probably cause most readers to smile, as it 

 consists exclusively of an enthusiastic description of South and 

 Midland Beach, with their varied attractions of scenic railways, 

 punching machines, tintype tents, dance halls, etc. Apparently 

 theaters are not regarded as an ordinary medium of amusement 

 and are given a separate chapter. 



The women's clubs are the only ones enumerated ; which might 

 lead the stranger to imagine that our island was an Adamless 

 Eden. The average person would probably be more interested 

 to know about our several tennis and golf clubs and the Staten 

 Island Club and Richmond County Country Club and other 

 similar organizations. 



The only two " Associations of General Interest " honored by 

 mention are the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 

 and the Richmond County Agricultural Society. The former 

 receives a somewhat disproportionate amount of space as com- 

 pared with the latter. 



Under the heading " A Few Staten Islanders " the following 

 only are listed, with brief biographical notes : Edwin Markham, 

 William Winter, Florence Morse Kingsley, George Daulton, 

 Agnes McClelland Daulton, Rev. George A. Jamieson, Etta 

 Anthony Baker, Anna Shaw Curtis, Arthur Hollick, Howard R. 

 Bayne, William T. Davis, Ira K. Morris and Sidney Fuller 

 Rawson. This selection is said to be one of elimination and the 

 result to be " a brief mention of the best known writers, of the 



