Show MAKING LIBRARIES OF USE how to pluck a turkey only one ol 01 the many odd Re requests questa that are made somo some notion of the queer requests questa re made at public libraries is afforded in an article dealing with the library of a western city these instances are given recently a man came in and asked for some of the arguments against worn woman an suffrage the proper articles were sought out and the librarian suggested that he might care to look at those in favor of woman suffrage as well no matter ho he replied wearily 1 I get those from my wife the widespread belief that a it II bra furnish a book on any sut subject no matter how vague Is illustrated by this request 1 I have been asked to write a composition on what I 1 saw on my way to school today can you give roe me any books on it thus a boy in the 0 eighth 9 ath grade and then there are the high school boys boya who in a period of revolt from poetry return the idylls idyles of the king and ask ir if they cant get this crazy stuff in prose children about to participate in a debate cause burne bume inconvenience the following subjects are not easy to give references on which Is nee ess essa arler rier water or fire which IS ig mightier Alight ler tho the pen pea or the sword the impression which some persona have that a library can give information on any topic Is not only odd bu but it pleasing it may be set oft off against the opposite notion equally exaggerated that a library la Is of no practical use whatever As a sample of the first idea con elder alder tho the woman who called over the telephone the day before thanksgiving and asked how to pluck a turkey the hie librarian hunted it up in a cook jook book and read it to her over the telo phone jhone too and the one who asked or a brief sketch of the over the aliu phona |