Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-07

coyote OF the west with the pups Of the
family dEhtlng over a bone. II Is intended
when this collection Is settled again. 20
ulace the mammals ip their geographical
order and thus give a comprehensive view
OF the fauna Of the western hemisphere.
Cabinet of Minerals.
West Of the manual hall Is the section OF
systematic geology. and here anyone who Is
interested In the production Of the various
states can find each state with It's products
conveniently set apart There are stalac-
titcs and stalagmites, sections Of the Oh
ants Causeway. products Of the various
wonderful caves Of the United States, and
all Of the minerals produced in any section
OF this country
Here, as elsewhere throughout the col
lection, the mineral has Ueen segregated
so as TO give the student OF any science
comprehensive glance at all that has ever
been collected In his line. Each piece OF
metal and mineral has story attached
to IT, but Il is too long % be told 70 the
man who has but two hours 20 spend in
the museum.
. Moving north again from this big hall
one finds two otheE geological sections, one
OF applied geology Nand the other OF min
erals and meteorites. Here one finds
many real gems. as well as copies Of the
] most nOLeQ ana costly crown JtNflH VI
/ the world. This is the section where the
/ people have to linger. and one wonders tn
seeing them poring over the cases OF crown
| jewel repllcas whether they know half
the dark romance and bloody intrigue that
has followed each OF these great gems
| in its passage from hand to hand and
/ crown to crown.
shows Indian Handiwork.
/ Entering the west hall on the way back
TO the front entrance one comes TO another
| section that is beloved OF the women and
which also repays the children for visit
| almost as much as does the mammal sec
| ton. II is the division Of ethnology, one
| Of the especial works OF Prof. Holmes and
the late Frank H Cushing though there
! are many others who ought not TO be neg
lected IN mentioning the section. The divi-
sion occupies three rooms and It alone Is
much too big for the two-hour view that is
contemplated. The place is filled with pot
terry and basket work arranged around the
sides Of the halls, and the central spaces
are taken up by great cases filled with ali
the Indians Of the western world engaged
in characteristic occupations.
The Patagonian on horseback with bolc
and fur robe; the Puebla grinding corn oil
making blankets; the Navajo dressing hides
the Mokis I'm the midst Of a snake dance
the zunis painting sacred pictures and tht
Eskimos bringing home the spoils of the
hunt, are all there quite as natural as life
for the face Of every figure In the many
groups has been taken from life mask o
the particular tribe depicted. This collec
tlon alone is enough to insure the fame o.
the museum throughout the world for ther,
is nothing like it anywhere outside o
Washington.
That gives a bird's-eye glimpse of tn
museum as IT is now arranged and anyon
who has two hours to spare for viewing 1
had better pick some one of the section
mentioned that appeals to him and put II
the whole time studying a small part OF tn
exhibit, rather than attempt to see tn
whole thing and carry away confused an
unsatisfactory impression Of the place Tha
at least is what the officials of the museum
say and probably they Washington
Star.