MUSEUM BULLETIN 



OF THE 



Staten Usiand Association of arts and Sciences 



EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



BY CHARLES LOUIS POLLARD; CURATOR- I IM-CH I EF 



No. 22. Published Monthly at New Brighton, N. Y. MAY, 1910. 



THE FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



will be held in the Museum, Borough Hall, St. George, on Saturday evening, 

 May 2i, igio, at 8 o'clock. Reports of officers and committees will be pre- 

 sented and five trustees will be elected to fill vacancies caused by the expirations 

 ot the terms of Messrs. Samuel McK. Smith, Stafford C. Edwards, John De 

 Morgan, William A. Johnston and Samuel A. Henszey. At the conclusion of 

 the business portion of the meeting Mr. Howard H. Cleaves will deliver an 

 address on "Wild bird photography as are creation," illustrated by lantern slides. 



• Arthur Hollick, 



Secretary. 



We regret to record the recent death of Mr. Walter C. Kerr, of Dongan 

 Hills, for many years a member of the Association, and its president from i8g^ 

 to igoo; also of Mr, Joseph J. Barth, of Richmond, a member since igo6. 



The Museum was honored by a brief visit from Mayor Gaynor on Thurs- 

 day, May 12. in the course of an inspection of the offices in Borough Hall. 

 He was accompanied by Borough President Cromwell and other city officials. 

 The party was welcomed by Dr. Arthur Hollick, on behalf of the trustees, and 

 by the Curator-in-chief. 



The loan exhibits lately installed in the Museum cases includes a large col- 

 lection of old embroideries and a small but choice collection of Wedgwood 

 china, chiefly blue jasper. A unique coffee urn, teapots of different sizes, bowls 

 and some tiny medallions are among the pieces shown. In some of these speci- 

 mens the undercutting is notably fine. 



In the cases devoted to white embroideries are to be found old Italian cut 

 work, Russian and German embroidered pillow cases of a hundred years ago, 

 beautifully worked collars and handkerchiefs, and pieces of German filet lace. 

 In another case are colored embroideries from Greece, Turkey, Mexico, France, 

 Italy, China, Japan and Dalmatia. 



These embroideries were all obtained from the Teachers' College in New 

 York, through the courtesy of Mrs. Adams. 



At the St. George Library, the Museum exhibits old laces and embroider- 

 ies loaned by Staten Islanders. Here are many family heirlooms of great value 

 and exquisite workmanship. 



Entered as second-class matter in the Post office at New Brighton, N.Y., under Act of Congress of July 16. i8g4 



