Show FOUND IN LIBRARY BOOKS queer things left there by absent minded readers strange fish come to the nets of the receiving clerks at public libraries when they examine the books re turned by borrowers perhaps ft most common catch is a single long hair precisely laid b tween two leases statisticians t be interested to note that hair ot brunette character Is more common than blond or near blond gray ie seldom thus paraded eyeglasses and spectacles are n t uncommon finds which might indicate that the reader having waded so fa had no mind tor any further reading scraps of paper occasionally an un mailed letter and proofs ot photo graphe aid common captures but never a banknote and strange to never an bill or coito valentine on the other hand more than once unpaid dinner cheal s have turned up which would denote such devotion on the part of bluestockings that they cannot eat without print before them side combs are said to make good markers and parlor matches have a particular excellence tor this purpose coats hats waistcoats shoes suit cases and false teeth not necessarily taken from returned books have end ed their days in this catchall As yet there la no record of an abandoned infant having taken this channel |