Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1926, Page 23

SMITHSONIAN GETS MINERAL RARITES + Collection of Over 8,000 and $50,000 Endowment Receiv- ed Under Canfield Will. The Frederick Canfield collection of minerals, one of the largest and most tnclusive in this country, which re- cently was willed to the Smithsonian Institution, has been unpacked at the | National Museum. The legacy, which included $50,000 “to be used for its increase, was the result of two generations of work by Frederick Alexander Canfield of Mi Hill, N, J., and his of £.000 or 9,000 specimens and was packed in 117 cases. Sealed for Years. lection is in two se section was collected by Mr The The olde Canfield's father some time before the | middle of the last century. It in | opened until their THE SUNDAY STAR, .\\'A‘S}{INGTON. D. C. NOVEMBER 17, 1926—PART T —_— = transfer to the Smithsonian. The younger Canfield, a mining engineer, augmented the collection from all parts of the world. It is practidally unduplicable. Among the rarities is a type specimen of the mineral canfieldite, named after Dr. Canfield, and the largest masses known of the rare mineral argyrodite, rich in the rare metal germanium The Canfield family has been asso- clated with mining Interests in New Jersey for more than a century. Fred- | erick Canfield, the elder, was one of the heirs of Governor Dickerson of New Jersey, founder of the Dicker- son-Suckasunny Mining Company, op- erating a once great iron mine which is now a picturesque ruin. His son, who was born in 1849, inherited his property and his mineralogical lean ings. Educated at Rutgers and Colum- bia, he took a degree in mining en- gineering in 1873. Age of Silver Mountain. Pursuing his profession in A South America, the youngs North which fixed the geological B far-mamed mountain of silver, Cerro} de Potosi. During the last geveral years of his life, Dr. Canfield lived a quiet tired life in the family home Monte, devoting himself to the cars | and increase of his mineralogical col- lection, to his hobby of history, and to the companionship of his live stock. . cludes some rare minerals from the |Like his two brothers and one sister. Ji then died Fred- | New opened, ¥ mines, When his father erick Canfield sealed the collection in A LANSBURGH & which sinee had been | D Coats! recently | he died unwed and he left no near relativ Apart from the obvious display val we of ¢he minerals, mineralogists of | tion the Smithsonian [nstitution and of the country will find them invaluable for research purposes. The impor- tance of mineral collections was thor- oughly demonstrated during the war when constant requisitions were made on the Smithsonian collections for specimens to be used in experiment- ing for the development of new ap- pliances. GIFT SPENT ON REPAIRS. Rockefeller Contributions French Palaces Effective. Correspondence of The Star. PARIS, October 17.—John D. Rock- efeller, jr munificent contribution for the restoration of the palaces of Fontainebleau and Versailles has been spent efficiently and without ostenta- on the much-needed repairs the museums and grounds. roofs have been fixed and de- chimneys have been re- about Leaky lapidated s|built, but what strikes the visitor wandering casually about the park at Versailles is the startling change that has come over the gods and goddesses parked on their marble pedestals under the trees, Although the chill Autumn breezes whistle around the leafless boughs, the remorseless architects have ruth- lessly removed from Diana, Hercules and the other visitors from Parnas- sus the scant covering which Dame Nature had surreptitiously provided through the passing decades, and they now stand out in dazzling purity and whiteness. 500 Coats—all lined and warmly interlined —and many of these linings are of silk, or of the soft, new fur fabrics—that are used in coats of several times this price! The fabrics are warm, serviceable bolivias, suedes, pinpoints and broadcloths—in the popular tans, browns, wines, rust, blues and rich black. Won- derful values! - Shoes! Such st 2,500 pairs! Velvets—Satins—Patents—Kids to) PRIZE 1S OFFERED Floor Committee of Bal Boheme January 17. Club of Washington January 17. color, and the headdre: enough to be seen ea it is stated. | costume committee, Miss Alice B Bd wards. } the main floor. bers of the costumes committee Mrs. Warren Akers, Miss Anne Abbott Mrs. Nina Allender, Mrs. L. W. Aus. Jtin, Mrs. W. C. Barnes, Glenn Brown Miss Lilllan Burke, Mrs. Susan Chase, Lewis Clephane, Mr: Fairbanks, Mona Gill, erly Harris, Mr A. Lyon, a Hendley, Bev . G. W, Johnston, Mrs. ynch Luquer, Mrs G. | FOR BALL COSTUMES Arts Club Seeks Effective Dress for A prize of two ball tickets will be jawarded to the designer of the best costume to be worn by the floor com- mittee at the bal Boheme of the Arts The design may be in any style’ but it must be effective in line and must be high in the crowd, | All designs must be delivered at | the Arts Club on or before Ndvemher | 15, addressed to the chairman of the At last week's meeting it was de- | cided to engage both ballrooms at | e rogren : D the Wiliard fof dancing and to rerve | 15 10 be given by Miss Lucy Bricken- supper in o private dining room on | s A niiss Bdwards announces as nem- | P. Joseph Mrs. Anne Gaynor, Miss | Howard Nyman. Miss Emma Ostran- |der, Miss Annie Rice, Miss Emma | Rice, Miss Aline Solomons, Shepard avlor, Mrs. M. D. Wickersham and . M. C. Wilkes. The program committee of the Arts Club announces a serles of unusually interesting evenings during the pres- ent month, beginning Tuesday, when Col. and Mrs. U. §. Grant, 3d, will be honor guests and the program de- voted to the consideration of some of Washington's civic problems, under the chairmanship of Henry K. Bush- Brown. sioner and Mrs. Proctor L. Dougherty will be guests of the club, and Miss Blanche Polkinhorn, hostess of the evening, will present a musical pro- gram, with songs by Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler and piano solos by Mrs. Carl Chindblom. Other events during November in- clude: November 16, when Miss Helen Colhoun will present an evening of American Indian songs and legends, assisted by Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler, | soprano: Mrs. Raymond Dickey, vio- linist, and Mrs. Chester Adair, pian- ist, and a Bach program on November Charles T. Tittmann, Mrs. ill Keefer and Miss Esther Cutchen, with Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, music chalrman of the club, as host- ess. On’ November 23 Herbert W. Faulk- ner, as honor guest, will give an fllus- trated talk on “Italian Gardens,” with Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Lewis as hosts, and on November 30 the dra- matic committee will present two one- act plays, which will be repeated De- cember 1. 8th and E Streets ! N les . . —in the Basement Store’s biggest shoe event of the season. 1.800 pairs specially purchased for this sale—700 smart pairs reduced from our higher priced line. than satisfied with any pair, you may time within 7 days after this sale. 40-In. All-Silk $ Radium A lovely quality for slips, 12 linings and frocks. 40-In. Washables Crepe de Chine Choice of 30 shades for lingerie and froc i If you are not more exchange them—any 39 40-In. Rayon Sport Satin A beautiful quality—in wanted colors. Yo 4 Y 4 1.0 Thursday evening District Commis- | — | vor of preparedness against war. 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