Show i A A BASKET LIBRARY I INo No Nort ampton's ipton's Way of Circulating B Bd o ks Among mong Busy Workmen P library in a basket is C n ng new hew In the library line but buts s trIed in two or three places fl hs worked successfully The k i of Qt f N Northampton Mass has the of circulating more books h library than almost i anY tany similar institution In the United r it States tates in proportion to population and the jibe basket library has proved one of several elements in achieving this recI rec- rec I t Two young women connected with the library went out into the suburbs With a a. basket of books one fine pay day ay In summer summer and sat themselves down b by bythe bythe the wayside near a large mill When the workmen came out and passed by byon on their way to their homes the y young oung 3 j omen explained to them that they d take any of the books hooks along with ith J m. m if they signed the necessary papers pa pa- J mrs pers which would make them liable in B the books were damaged or dewed de de- de- de wed red a workmen became interested and andt the Ji-the t lJ young women found they had p t Tot ot business on their hands They trip two or three times a elc k and soon the workmen began to I oo for them i the days appointed a library jan- jan tIP wOuld hustle the book basket on ip l platform of a trolley car and andL andr L ear tr r the end of or the line the motorman i- i stop atop and put It off orr for them i where they stopped the young oung women opened shop lot y Bach h day they would receive many boOks returned by the workmen And nd would lend them others Usually they brought out with them the the- books the themen men had signified a wish to read Sooner or later a a. small branch library will probably Will probably take the place of ot the bich by the way before the Cj close of the he summer had grown into a large and capacious clothes basket New Kew York Sun |