Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-31
Some Feeling Remarks nv .OoIores.
In Reg ard To the Treasury Library.
A Loud Call for Miss Bro,ru..,

Gear S1ar: What has become of our Miss
Brown" We want her to rectify a growing
evil she too has felt; to punctu~e with her
piercing pen bubble which is oyershadog-
ing our rights, aud is swelling to an a arm
ing size. i reief 10 the present MANAGEMENT
oil oar literary CRIB, "A which we are sup
posed 10 find food 10 quench our hunger anu
lhiTr a-.ef know -euSe-our Treas arr
Library.
Miss Brown was graciolsly informed
year ago thai we sole yearly five hundred
dollars worth o, toe valuable matter dis
pensed gratis by this generous government.
have just been knocked down by the ne VS.
that
wEBAvE BEEN PROMOTED.
ore o. tie i1ir and gentle beings VINO deal
ouf mental r&tlons says we stole a rhou>-
auu' dollars worth OF these here books"
Lac Is hope for us. II we ascend the lad
def OF geatlltty in this proportion we may
yet aspire To Credit Aobiliers and sabsidies
But while this is very f9ttering TO our honest
pride as noble citizens il has not uisimated
INTO a convenience 10 us nor an economy To
odr Uncle Sam. IL he's caused us 10 be
fenf Ell oui tom these boo'SS we itch TO steal
aud thereby arise our woes. Under the old
rule tGdy officiat9d rs Librarian, a. a salary
Ot> 10 per annUi-i. We were permitted To
touch select, aud pefchance seal these shah
by Ola books ana always mana yed 10 lind
some 1ing worth reading or stealing, with
out consuming more than ten minutes of our
generous uncles time. But now we have
'ruiesi' and II costs US q man q. ~ 500 one
OF the far at $1,000, and ole o. two more of
the $500 we stole in old books. By severe
mathematical application have discovered
this 10 be a difference in expenditures of over
two thousand dollars, between the old ami
the new regime, but unfortunately on the
wrong side OF the account. Were this ALI we
might bear ii with that wonderful forsitdde
We display in enduring the losses Al our
friends; but The barb shoots closer home.
This is
THE USUAL INEVITABLE SCENE
daily. We al rush into the little pen pro.
vided for us, capable of holding dozen peo-
pie, well packed. We step upon each Others
toes, trample and tear each others dresses
and ruin the tempers, male and female-all
Tor the privilege of gazing wistfully at the
rows of BOOKS. judicIously pla ced beyond the
reach of Our fingers that have not respected
lGe laws OF HtevlH and team, especially those
of ted,1 Alter ViciOLSly huStling each other
from twenty TO sixty minutes we thrust our
list Of desired books into the reluctant hand
O, one OF the fair aforesaid. After listleSs
glaHCe-nO pun intended-at this ruthless
list, we are told, shortly, Not in Well,
what is in? Can't we get something "Of
course y on can" tTone of injured innocence
I'VE are very willing TO l,ive you what is
here Now, of course this is remarkably
coHGeScending. considering ii what we sup
posed they were paid TO 90. One clerk has
bGsieg6d this castle OF knowledge for nearly
a year, Nainly seeking half a dozen books, of
which he has never obtained one; and this is
the general experience IL We aspire beyond
one or James ''Solit ary horseman,' - or some
Old, wen Unknown book. We retreat. ruffie1
in plImage and temper. If we are of the
the guardian fairies and Ia Ike il out in mild
Gu sing outside, as we take melancholy
retrospect OF the traces OF the combat, writ
ten upon our bOSOmS and boots. If we are { I
the gentler sex, we say To these fair keepers
of Knowledge something as snappiSh aSWec3n
arrange cfteiipOrU3teO1LstJ, shake out our u
tire, and scamper in haste 10 our rooms.
where we aIe turned hot and cold, running
The range of the thermometer. as our chief OF
division stares amazediy at US, and then at
The clock, turning 10 us again with an eX-
preston of "lt-is-incredible; can / believe
my eyes" as he mutterS something about
our absence. To add 10 orr wrath we are
bOOklcsS again and again. No SpcilS of the
battle, no JDOk TO resign us to our fate though
we probably
SAW UPON THE LIBRARIANS DESK
,ome OF tue very books we coveted. We
were blandly informed that they .'aie beng
hept 70. some one who requested it," Some
Times they @re reserved Ior two weeks Tor
some ore who neglects 10 call for them,
when we have a vague idea that it is not
Just to " .hdTaw the most desirable books
rom the c2latlon for weeks at 4 time. and
Deprive overall hundred people OF their use,
Just be, ..us e a friend is to be Obliged. If We
were Only inclGded in taiS blessed ring il
wouldn't be Unreasonable. hut somehow we
cant get into rings, not even "A wGdlip Z
ring-erEo, it IS Objectionable.
Now, dear STAR, won't you just twinkle
upon these ways that are dark? Won't you
wink our biz Grief, and ask him to let up
on those wretChCd whisky rims, for ten min
utes. long enough TO crush this smaller but
more imI0rtant-to the minds of the Urea
ury emplOyes-ring a. his hand. and release
a few thou sand poor but virtuouS peo,.,,, ,
from its abuses? What il ne do steal alittIe3
They admit that with all this expensive
economy the books are lost. Let Us al lea st
steaI them IN comfort and with less loss OF
time 10 our Divisions.
1T is a pathetic fact that several scores OF
people in the Treasury department are by
poverty compelled TO rely upon this limited
library for their sole supply of reading nat
ter, and those who most need them are the
ones lea st laN OIed. SO il IS serious loss to
them for whom the books are purchased.
Reform! Teformi Liberty and bOol; -
DOLORES,