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Museum Bulletin 



THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



will be held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 Stuyvesant 

 place, St. George, on Saturday evening, November 21, 1914, at 

 8:15 p. m. Mr. Howard H. Cleaves will describe, under the title 

 " Studying Old Bird Problems in a New Way," the purpose of 

 " bird banding," the methods employed, and some of the interest- 

 ing facts obtained, illustrated by specimens and lantern slides 

 mostly made from Mr. Cleaves' original photographs. 



Members will please note that the following proposed amend- 

 ment to the first paragraph of Section 2 of by-law I will be submit- 

 ted for action at this meeting : Regular meetings: The regular meet- 

 ings of the Association shall be held on the third [Saturday] 

 Friday evening of each month from October to May inclusive. 



Arthur Hollick, 



Secretary. 



Accompanying this issue of the Bulletin is the title page for 

 volume I. It has not been thought advisable to attempt the pre- 

 paration of either a table of contents or an index. 



The first course of illustrated Friday afternoon lectures for 

 school children of fourth grade and upward was begun on Octo- 

 ber 23. The lectures thus far given were : October 23, "Autumn 

 Flowers of Staten Island," Dr. Hollick ; October 30, " Cotton," Mr. 

 Cleaves; November 6, " Fossil Plants of Staten Island," Dr. Hollick ; 

 November 13, "Tobacco," Mr. Cleaves. 



On Thursday, November 5, the Section of Art began the 

 winter's work with a private view of an exhibit of antique glass- 

 ware and daguerreotypes collected and arranged by the ladies of 

 the Committee on Art Loan Exhibits, and loaned to the museum 

 by some of the many Staten Islanders who possess these objects 

 of historic value. A short and interesting address was given by 

 Mr. Richard M. Coit, of New York, before the fifty or more mem- 

 bers of the Section and the exhibitors who were present, after 

 which tea was served. 



The exhibit, which will remain in the museum for two months, 

 contains many beautiful and unusual pieces of glass, among which 

 are three graceful Bohemian glass decanters, two in blue and one 

 in green and white ; an old Scotch set of decanter and glasses, 

 etched with a thistle design ; a tall glass beaker, with cover, dat- 

 ing from 1761 ; two of the so-called " whip-glasses ;" a small Bristol 

 glass pitcher ; two curious old German pieces of red and white ; 

 a tall wine glass used for two hundred years as a loving cup in 

 the family by whom it was owned ; an amber glass pitcher, with 

 raised white design ; two square decanters from Holland ; a green 

 bowl made seventy-five years ago in an old glass factory in Ulster 

 Co., N. Y., and a little green glass pitcher, probably from the same 

 source. There are also included in the exhibit many wine glasses, 

 goblets, cup plates and dishes, some of Colonial origin, and others 

 dating further back, and possessing some special historical interest. 



