1907-1908.] 4I 



Winter Session 



Note. — The authors of the various Papers of which 

 abstracts are here appended, are alone responsible for the views 

 expressed in them. 



ANNUAL CONVERSAZIONE. 

 A reception by the President and Mrs. Robert Patterson was 

 held in the Patterson Museum, People's Palace, on Friday, 

 25th October. Entering the gates of the Palace the courtyard 

 was prettily lighted up with fairy lights, which looked most 

 charming. The main hall, where the guests were received, 

 underwent a complete metamorphosis for the occasion, the floors 

 of the hall, lounge, and museum being carpeted in crimson, and 

 otherwise beautified with tastefully arranged palms and other 

 plants. The walls were gaily decorated with bunting by the boys 

 of the Cripples' Institute, under the supervision of Mr. Howe, 

 while flags floated in graceful folds from the beams supporting the 

 roofs, giving to the whole a most pleasing effect. The entire 

 scheme of decoration reflects the greatest credit on Mr. Howe and 

 his boys for their excellent taste. At seven o'clock the guests, 

 numbering nearly five hundred members and friends, were enter- 

 tained to tea by Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, who were indefatigable 

 in their exertions for the comfort and enjoyment of their numerous 

 guests. The tea-tables looked very pretty in their floral decoration, 

 and the catering, being in the hands of Mr. Henry, of Ye Olde 

 Castle Restaurant, was carried out in the best possible style. To 

 add to the pleasure of the evening the hosts had engaged Mr. 

 Wright's well-known bijou orchestra, who performed during tea 

 and later on at the conversazione. After tea all adjourned to the 



