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AMONG THOSE PRESENT 



Robert Devine 



Mr. Devine was born in Brooklyn on October 11th, 1850. 

 His first employment was with the firm of D. S. Hannnond, 

 manufacturers of railroad bag;s and satchels. For a time he 

 was in charge of a plant of this firm in Connecticut, but with 

 the panic of 1890 this work stopped. He remained in Con- 

 necticut for several years, and came to the Museum on Labor 

 Day, 1895. Here his service has been faithful and cheerful, 

 and he has called forth the appreciation of those with whom 

 he has been associated. 



William A. Sabine 



Mr. Sabine was born on the 29th of May, 1856, in the 

 city of London. He attended national and private schools 

 there, and later went into the employ of his uncle, a merchant, 

 and then that of his father, who had taken over the manage- 

 ment of a London hotel. 



On the death of his father, Mr. Sabine visited Belgium, 

 then came to Philadelphia, where he remained working in the 

 Baldwin Locomotive Works. 



In 1890, he joined the School for Male Nurses founded at 

 Bellevue Hospital by the late Mr. D. O. Mills. He graduated 

 in 1892, and follow^ed for some time the vocation of nursing, 

 for which he was especially well qualified, and in which he 

 was very successful. 



In Alay, 1897, Mr. Sabine came to the Museum and was 

 assigned to the Department of Anthropology, where he has 

 been ever since. During the 3^ears he has spent there, many 

 changes have taken place, all the former Curators and assis- 

 tants having left the empbv of the institution. Mr. Sabine 



