INILW111115611W/40#17-4111-rMirrallEirr_Ori_F k. k iwzpori,- -57;-rw 111 THE BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES , WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT VOLUME VI. NO. 9 MARCH 18 1911 TP- tjt.SkiWti SVIVVIRIMKNerNWRNIVRIMA 'cg! .444:RWA*4341akikikviKANA: ; ALFRED BRENNAN FT-CIT. MCMV111 ACADEMY OF MUSIC SEASON InITC 21X1I- its X.MW .nom .1111IL __BMW ILAKIMIMIUr ant LAIC -KM. • k , MSr. ,. 41 .1... • 416. 4..1 • The PailIs Hats Are Here THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STYLE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SEASON We are displaying the most beau- tiful and elaborate collection of Paris Hats for Spring and Summer ever brought to Brooklyn. Never were hats so richly original, so clever, so bewitching, so stylish and so BECOMING. The leading makers of Paris are represented and there are stunning adaptations by our own artists. Millinery Salon, Second Floor, East Building APROAAti.16TRAtta THE BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 209 The Brooklyn Institute Membership Invited to see the exhibition of Fine China, (we use the word fine as defined by Webster) sample pieces, hand painted, artist signature on each piece. This is 0 _ a gathering of exquisite subjects high ideals, execution splendid, but as An- gelo and other artists worked like galley slaves, unappreciated living, the world now pays homage to their art, even so, the artists of this commercial age will have "boxes of alabaster" broken over them dead. It's all too bad, but we will be glad to have you enjoy this exhibition and, if you like, sell you the pieces from 49 cents up, for the artists' sake. (74 years young and growing) Cost of House Brooklyn Academy of Music Lighting By Grand Opera Electricity BY THE HE average resident not familiar with Tthe use of electricity in the home fre- Metropolitan Opera Co. quently imagines that electric house lighting is expensive. OF MANHATTAN 4[[. As a matter of fact, the electric lighting of the Brooklyn home is now an economical LAST SUBSCRIPTION NIGHT OF SEASON proposition—made so by marvelous develop- ments in the modern electric lamp and low rates for current. Tuesday Evening, March 21 41 We're now offering to owners of unwired houses an attractive partial payment wiring PARSIFAL proposition. Are you interested? The Prelude to Act I will commence at 7.00 P. M. DETAILS ON REQUEST 4 • 4 44 " II " " " 9.15 44 " " I I I " " 10.45 " Edison Electric Illumi- Intermission of 4.9 minutes between Acts I and II 30 t " " II " nating Co. III of Brooklyn Prices $5.00, $4.00, $3.00, $2.00, $1.50 Main Office, 360 Pearl Street SEATS NOW ON SALE AT BOX OFFICE 210 THE BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES BROOKLYN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THE PEOPLES TRUST HAMILTON TRUST COMPANY COMPANY 181-183 MONTAGUE STREET Branches at 191 MONTAGUE STREET Bedford Avenue, Cor. Halsey Street CAPITAL . $500,000.00 Clinton Avenue, Cor. Myrtle Avenue Fifth Avenue, Cor. Fifty-fourth Street SURPLUS and UNDIVIDED PROFITS 1,050,000.00 CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $2,600,000 Allows Interest on Daily Balances. Special Rates TRUSTEES J. G. Dettmer Casimir Tag Wm. H. Ziegler on Time Deposits Horace J. Morse Clarence W. Seamans William E. Harmon William B. Hill Herbert L. Pratt Charles A. Boody OFFICERS Solomon W. Johnson William C. Courtney Max Ruckgaber, Jr. WILLARD E. EDMISTER, President GEO. HADDEN, Vice-Pres. and Sec. Howard M. Smith William H. Good Walter V. Cranford WILLIAM BERRI, Vice-Pres. ROBERT S. GIRLING, Asst. Sec. David A. Boody W. Eugene Kimball Charles E. Robertson WALTER C. HUMSTONE, Vice-Pres. JOSEPH C. HECKER, Jr., Asst. Sec. Amory S. Carhart Adrian T. Kiernan James H. Jourdan James McMahon Charles M. Englis John F. Ilildebrand BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS William Berri Willard E. Edmister Frederick H. Pouch CHARLES A. BOODY, President HENRY M. HEATH, Asst. Sec. Ezra D. Bushnell George Hadden Thomas E. Pearsall J. G. DETTMER, 1St Vice-Pres. WILLIAM A. FISCHER, Asst. Sec. David F. Butcher John R. Hegeman Millard F. Smith HORACE J. MORSE, 2d Vice-Pres. J. FRANK BIRDSELL, Asst. Sec. Eversley Childs Walter C. Humstone Frank Sullivan Smith CHARLES L. SCHENCK, 3d Vice- CLARENCE I. MCGOWAN, Asst. Sec. Charles Cooper Edwin E. Jackson, Jr. William V. R. Smith Pres. and Secretary James C. Cropsey Charles E. Keator W. Edwin Thorp Invites Deposits from Individuals, Firms and Corporations, and Seeks Julius B. Davenport John C. McGuire Timothy L. Woodruff Appointment as Executor and Trustee. Frederick H. Ecker John N. Partridge Henry N. Whitney Organized 1859 THE SOUTH BROOKLYN The NASSAU NATIONAL SAVINGS INSTITUTION 160 ATLANTIC AVENUE, Cor. of Clinton Street BANK OF BROOKLYN, N. Y. Incorporated April tt, z85o 26 COURT STREET Due Depositors (Jan. 1, 1911) $19,780,401.48 CAPITAL - - - $ 750,000.00 Surplus, market value - 2,418,713.66 SURPLUS, (Earned) - - 1,000,000.00 Designated Depository of the United States Government OFFICERS State and City of New York WILLIAM J. COOMBS, President Every facility furnished depositors which their Balances and Condition HENRY C . HULBERT, !St Vice-Pres. HENRY D. ATWATER, Comptroller justify JOSEPH E. BROWN, 2d Vice-Pres. JACOB STEINER, Secretary ACCOUNTS SOLICITED CLARENCE S. DUNNING, Treasurer J. WARREN GREENE, Counsel OFFICERS TRUSTEES EDGAR MCDONALD, President G. FOSTER SMITH, Cashier ROBT. B. WOODWARD, Vice-Pres. HENRY P. SCHOENBERNER, Asst. Cashier Walter M. Aikman Carll H. De Silver Albro J. Newton DANIEL V. B. HEGEMAN, Vice-Pres. ANDREW J. RYDER, Asst. Cashier James C. Atwater Charles B. Denny William L. Newton Henry D. Atwater Clarence S. Dunning Alex. D. Napier DIR ECTORS Charles A. Boody J. Warren Greene John J. Pierrepont THOMAS T. BARR, Chairman of the Board Joseph E. Brown Arthur M. Hatch Robt. L. Pierrepont Rob't B. Woodward Frank Lyman George S. Ingraham Isaac H. Cary Henry C. Hulbert Jacob Steiner Frank Bailey Alexander M. White Howard W. Maxwell James R. Cowing Charles N. Judson Joseph H. Sutphin Crowell Hadden Edgar McDonald Daniel V. B. Hegeman Thos. 0. Callender Edgar McDonald Henry T. Whitney Carll H. De Silver Charles A. Schieren Edwin P. Maynard William J. Coombs Chas. T. Young Walter V. Cranford CHARTERED 1872 Brooklyn City Safe Deposit Co. 177-179 MONTAGUE STREET DR. LYMAN ABBOTT'S SAFES $5.00 to $150.00 PER YEAR Trunks and valuable packages stored at reasonable rates THOMAS E. CLARK, President The Spirit of Democracy GEORGE W. CHAUNCEY, Vice-President DAVID H. LANMAN, Secretary "Dr. Abbott tempers his practical views with in- Brooklyn's Leading Hair Dressing Establishment spiring optimism and cheering idealism."—Philadelphia MARCEL WAVING MANICURING Record. Mrs. TYLER-MILLER "An eloquent tribute to democracy marked by Dr. Abbott's forceful and inspiring style."—Springfield Fine Hair Goods Republican HAIR TREATMENT $1.25 Net. Postage 11 Cents 8o-82 FLEET ST., 2 doors from Fulton, opp. Loeser's Telephone 1319 Main HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Institute Box Office in the Academy BOSTON NEW YORK of Music is open from 8.30 A. M. until 9 Copies can also be purchased at the Office of the Institute at $1.25 P. M. THE BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 211 art 3notructton SCIENCE NOTES totted 3notructton The Amherst Biological Expedition of 1909 accomplished most interesting results MME. JULIA PAULINE HULL LIFE CLASS for MEN in its investigation of the shell heap on the east side of Flagg Island in Casco Bay, PIANOFORTE INSTRUCTION Mr. JOSEPH H. BOSTON ACCOMPANIST : SONG, VIOLIN, CHAMBER MUSIC near South Harpswell. The American 1154 S. Portland Ave., Brooklyn INSTRUCTOR. Journal of Science for March describes Studios ' Tel. 3776-W Prospect I 352 West 21st St., Manhattan Monday to Friday evenings, inclusive, each some of the discoveries made, perhaps the lTel. 2243 Chelsea week, omitting legal holidays, 7.30-9.45 most important being the bones of the o'clock each evening. mink, which were found in large numbers. N. VALENTINE PEAVEY Also Evening Portrait Class for men, This species of mink does not now live in same hours. PIANIST. Purtt. OF SERRANO New England, but must have overrun that locality during the period of the formation CONCERTS, MUSICALES, INSTRUCTION ART BUILDING, 174 Montague St. VOICE CULTURE of the shell heap, which gives evidence of Tuition Fee $to oo a Term, payable in advance. Telephone E. N. Y. 599 99 Euclid Avenue having been formed before 1627, as nothing of European origin was found in it. ERNST STOFFREGEN * * * HIGGINS' 'CELLIST DRAWING INKS The following item of interest from Palo INSTRUCTION, RECITALS, CHAMBER MUSIC ETERNAL WRITING INK Telephone 1838-W South 392 Third Street ENGROSSING INK Alto, Cal., has appeared in the New York TAURINE MUCILAGE Evening Post: "Scientists from the faculty PHOTO MOUNTER PASTE DRAWING BOARD PASTE of Stanford University will make up an ex- LAWRENCE J. MUNSON LIQUID PASTE pedition, for which the government of OFFICE PASTE PIANO, ORGAN, THEORY VEGETABLE GLUE, Etc. Brazil has tendered the use of a gunboat, ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER, HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, NEW YORK (MADE IN BROOKLYN) to explore the western part of the north Telephone 716 South 446 Eighth Street Are the Finest and Best Inks and Adhesives coast of that country. It will start April Emancipate yourself from the use of corrosive and ill-smell- 15th, and will be headed by Prof. J. C. ing inks and adhesives and adopt the Higgins' Inks and BRANNER, with six assistants. The special IRWIN E. HASSELL Adhesives. They will be a revelation to you, they are so PIANIST AND TEACHER sweet, clean, and well put up, and withal so efficient. object of the scientists is to determine Brooklyn Studio : Chateau du Parc, At Dealers Generally how far the distribution of Brazilian fauna CHAS.