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Show A CHAT BY THE CITY LIBRARIAN Have you a card? Yes I haven't oik!. (Page the banana clerk.) Well you betier sign up immediately. If not sooner. Remember how much remains re-mains yet for us to learn and assimilate. assim-ilate. This old world Is whlshing like a cyclone, so hurry up. Did you ever stop to think what a boon a public library is to a community? com-munity? How did wo ever get along all these years without It? I'll tell you. We didn't carry on at. all. We were all back numbers. Now, everything every-thing is looking up differently. Near-J ly everyone in Milford has a vocabulary vocab-ulary (whatever that is,) As tht Froshle say, "I'll put it in print.' that it's highly edifying to see the' little tots with their heads in the "Robbsy Books,"' getting a wonderful wonder-ful start, in literature. It's pleasing to one. who is a student and reader, to wait on the goodlooking and well dressed women and men. of Milford, who come to the library daily, and' who have learned to inquire nonchalantly: non-chalantly: "Have you any other novel nov-el by "Huff " except, the "Covered Wagon?" Get the habit of coming to the library. li-brary. While you are gushing over ; the, new, don't forget that there are hundreds of the old books which you , should read by all moans. Historical novels are always in: erest.ing and in- J strueuve. Read "A Dream of Empire' Meet Aaron Burr, the arch traitor. 1 and one time vice president of the United States. Consider hew through jealousy and animosity he legally murdered in: a dule.'his political 6p-ponent, 6p-ponent, Alexander Hamilton. Rend i how' Burr, with old Isaac Blenned- hasset. Philip Nolen. "The Man With out a Country" and John Doyle, grandfather of John D. Lee. Three t hysky sons -of Ireland attempted to , -build , an Empire . on the Mississippi, right under the nose, of Uncle Sam. Those were the thrilling days when pistols & cogee. was the firs tcourse and a man bagged his game before breakfast. Re-read the "Scarlet Letter" for I'm presuming that everyone has already al-ready looked it over, and discover-for discover-for yourself that Hawthorn ,. copied his literary style from , St.: Paul. Search for yourself and 'find what the critics concede to be the. finest passage in English literature. It ts in one of the closing chapters. The concluding pages contain a remarkable remark-able prophecy, which has come to pass. It's about a woman and1 her .wonderful book on a new religion. Can you call her name? Real Longfellow's Long-fellow's "Evangeline" or read Edgav Allen Poe's "Gold Bug" and others and see for yourself where Conan Dovle comes in at. : l"- :' i v ' " :' f : 'Literary' piracy is the scourge of the ages, tor which there seems to he little legal redress. Call for Prof. Waeser's "School and Fireside" and read his masterful master-ful essay on "Education. Ancient and Modern." Every man, woman and child in Utah, regardless of race, color col-or or previous condition of servitude, would learn something from that broad and capable exposition of a vital question. Read "The Lions of the Lord." by Harry Leon Wilson. author of "Oh! Doctor." Unlike his famous contemporary. con-temporary. Grey. Wilson gives us both sidps of the question. Now that is a commendable trait in an author. If you're inclined to be pessimistic, pessimis-tic, and think this old world is going to the dogs, then by all means, on 11 for "Wi'hin These Wralls" by Rupert Ru-pert Hughes the foremost auth-ity on the social, ethical and moral situation sit-uation today. Tf you get to worrying over the conditions in society, an'' think th.V young peonle in general, and others in particular, are hittine the pace, then Rupert Hughes win change your mind, and demonstrate to you that we cannot hoH a cpnriie today for those of 'he vonng and thn old. the married and single who ston ped in the classic d?vs of the -te-n-u By comnpr-son. von wi'l r--"i: it America Is cpin'ntT evnrv dnv in "inr-alily. "inr-alily. intelligence and common ':or--f-sese. Come to the reference rom for a while and find out "Who's Who?" from old King Tut, to the Editor of .lie Beaver County News. Now dive into the encyclopedia;; and volumes on archaeology and Egy ptology, and you will learn that old Solomon knew what he was talking about when he said, "There is nothing noth-ing new under the sun." You will read that a Chinese court astronomer astrono-mer was put to death 2000 years ago before the birth of Christ for not predicting an eclipse of the moon. You will read that the prophet, Na-hum Na-hum speaks of horseless chairots speeding in the streets of Perico 27 centuries ago. Y'ou will learn that a bicycle was recently dug up in Mey-ico, Mey-ico, which, according to experts, had been buried 3000 years. Y'ou will learn that when Cortez first came to Mexico, he saw cannibal tribe; of semi-barbarians, who had markets, baths, armies, policemen and who baptized their infants as Christains do today. He saw Montazuma. an Indian In-dian monarch, dining from hammered hammer-ed silver and golden plate, that, can never he duplicated today because the art, is lost. You will also learn that the ancient flapper bobbed her hair, chewed sen-sen. tucked her powder puff in her vest pocket, and said, O. Gee! just like we. :, In concljupjlon. our ppir'ons. will please take no-'iee that there will soon be a drive for more books. All who are interested end wish tf pir enn novice tbQ librarian. '-rarian. |