MUSEUM BULLETIN 



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Btntm island Aasflriatmtt of Arts mb &m nres 



EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



BY ARTHUR HOLL1CK, CURATOR-IN-CHIEF 



No. 67. Published Monthly at New Brighton, N. Y. FEBRUARY, 1914 



The next meeting of the Association will be held in the assembly hall 

 of the Museum, No. 154 Stuyvesant Place, St. George, on Saturday evening, 

 Feb. 21, 1914, at 8 :15 o 'clock." Dr. Albert Warren Ferris, Medical Expert of the 

 New York State Reservation at Saratoga Springs, will deliver an address, 

 illustrated by lantern slides, upon the general features of the reservation 

 and the chemical and hygienic factors in connection with the springs. 



The list of Friday afternoon lectures given during January at the 

 Museum for school children was as follows: January 9, "Glaciers and Ice- 

 bergs," Dr. Arthur Hollick; January 16, "Staten Island Indians," Mr. 

 Alanson Skinner; January 23, "Hot Springs and Geysers," Dr. Hollick; 

 January 30, "Among the Seneca Indians," Mr. Skinner. 



The attendance at these lectures was exceptional] y large, and the list 

 prepared for February promises to be highly interesting and will no doubt 

 attract large audiences. The subjects and speakers are as follows : February 

 6, "Mexico and Central America," Mr. C. H. Rogers; February 13, "Staten 

 Island .Fishes," Mr. John T. Nichols; February 20, "Big and Little Animals 

 of the Yellowstone," Mr. J. M. Johnson; February 27, "The Rocky Mountain 

 Region of Colorado," Mr. A. E. Butler. 



The interesting collection of historical china and jewelry, silhouettes, 

 old portraits and samplers, which was placed on view early in December by 

 the Committee on Art Loan Exhibits, will remain in the Museum until the 

 first of March; and all members who have not already seen this exhibit 

 should take advantage of the extension of time to do so. 



Two female opossums (Didelphis Virginiana Kerr) have been presented 

 to the museum by Mrs. A. Hacker, of New Brighton. If means can be found 

 of exhibiting the creatures they should attract wide attention, for this 

 mammal is perhaps as curious as any found hereabouts. The opossum is a 

 marsupial (pouched animal) and although there are several species of 

 opossum in tropical America, all other animals that carry their very young 

 offspring in a fold or pouch of the skin are confined to Australia, and the 

 common opossum is the sole representative in this portion of the United 

 States. The Museum specimens were brought from Virginia when several 

 weeks old and are now about six months of age. 



"The Staten Island Women Teachers' Club extends a cordial invitation 

 to the officers and members of the Staten Island Association of Arts and 

 Sciences to attend the regular meeting of the Club, Friday evening, February 

 20, 1914. at 8 o'clock, at the Woman's Club House, 288 Richmond Terrace, 

 New Brighton. 



"Mr. and Mrs. William Brewster Humphrey of the American Indian 

 League will give the songs of the Indians and a talk upon their arts." 

 (Signed) CLARA H. WHITMORE, 



President S.I. Women Teachers' Club. 



Additions to the collections of the Museum and library have been 

 received during the last month from Mary Beyer. B. J. Carroll, Arthur 

 Hollick. William J. Homer, Wm. H. Vette and Fred Wessels. 



Entered as 2d-class matter in the P.O. at New Brighton, N. T., under Act of Congress, July 16. 1904 



