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and to supply something new to satisfy the demand of the trade is 

 the aim of every textile manufacturer. Specimens of a new novelty 

 cotton fabric named Voivelle, so constructed that a velvet pile is 

 raised at spaced intervals on a voile-like ground, were contributed by 

 L. & E. Stirn, of New York, N. Y. 



From the Eobinson Silk Co. (Inc.), also of New York City, the 

 Museum received the gift of seven specimens of novelty silk crepe 

 fabrics. 



For the division of medicine, the most important accessions of the 

 year were those included in the exhibits deposited by the National 

 Committee on Exhibits showing Advances in Sanitary Science, of 

 Washington, D. C. This committee is composed of representatives 

 of governmental bureaus and nonofficial agencies all working in 

 some phase of public health. The following paragraphs describe the 

 25 models deposited by the committee in addition to posters and 

 smaller objects. Two prepared under the direction of the American 

 Child Health Association embody the aims of the organization; th'e 

 first, a model arranged to teach the care which is due an infant to 

 insure safe passage to " Grown-up harbor via baby landing, south 

 school islands, and adolescent point." It represents the sea of life 

 with the horizon and sky as the background. In the foreground 

 is the ship " Child health," upon which the infant is about to em- 

 bark for its journey through life, made fast to a pier upon which 

 is represented the first essentials necessary for the health of the 

 mother and the baby. When connected with electric current the 

 sea in the background is in motion and the ship sways gently back- 

 ward and forward on the billows. It brings home very forcibly 

 its lesson " Your baby is about to start on a long trip." The second 

 exhibit is called "A museum within a museum," and gives health 

 lessons for the child of school age. The models which make up 

 this exhibit illustrate that cleanliness, diet, recreation, and rest are 

 important factors which must receive early attention if the child is 

 to reach the happy harbor of old age. 



Of two attractive and valuable exhibits prepared for the Na- 

 tional Tuberculosis Association, the smaller is a model entitled " The 

 modern health crusade," and represents a crusader talking to a 

 group of children, while below are health lessons relating to tuber- 

 culosis which should be impressed on the young mind. The larger 

 consists of four models, the first of which shows the tubercular 

 patient engaged in duties which aggravate the condition; next, 

 physical examination and discovery of the cause of his ill health; 

 then the visiting nurse caring for the afflicted one in the home and 

 teaching the family how to prevent further infection ; and finally, 

 recuperation at a mountain health resort. 



