artist and traveler, who looks in regularly at Santa Barbara. He got back from 

 Siam just in time to attend our last annual meeting. 



Mr. Frank C. Willard, now engaged in business in New York, is a veteran col- 

 lector of Arizona, whose ultimate ambition (this is sub rosa) is to get back into 

 the game. 



Now that we have been introduced, we will try to tell the reader what we are 

 intending to do and why we wanted to meet you. At first glance it may seem to the 

 reader that this is a Santa Barbara enterprise for Santa Barbarenos only. But if one 

 thinks so, it is because he does not know Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara is not a selfish- 

 ness, but a gift. We belong to the nation. Our profession is that of host. Or, if we 

 exact some toll of our visitors, it is not that we may run away and spend it selfishly. 

 Indeed, there is no other place to go. Our riches are the nation's riches, and if we 

 are enriched in any fashion, it is that we may the better entertain. It is plain that 

 those who compose the Board of Trustees are mindful, first of all, of presenting to 

 their friends a novel and a profitable means of entertainment. The Museum of Com- 

 parative Oology is to be a "show place" for visitors from all parts of the world, 

 Our first desire, therefore, is to afford pleasure to such as visit our shores; and the 

 greatest compliment you can pay us is to visit the Museum at earliest convenience 

 and command our services. This will "benefit the town", or not, according to whether 

 you motor through or stop more or less expensively over night. That is not the 

 point. Your visit will not only honor us; it will justify our right to hold down what 

 we believe to be the most beautiful spot on earth. It will furnish us a sufficient 

 excuse (without which no mortal can be happy) to think that, although we do not 

 delve or spin, we are really of some use in the world. 



We shall endeavor to serve you with distinction. We are going to show you things 

 that you cannot see anywhere else. We are going to make your first visit as note- 

 worthy and your return visit as speedy as we know how to. And we are not going to 

 "pass the hat" among the guests. This is a free public museum, and all our services 

 to the public are rendered gladly without admission fee or "remembrancer". It is 

 our pleasure. 



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