New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-05
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
u,,,o ,,npp ,,pRARIEs FOR THE POOR

The cool work being done by the Free Clrc Nin
s-c .iSr.ry was the subject OF recent ai.lodv N
THR TRIBUNE Although not Tree 10 rary at No,
~ East Sixteenth-st., Is doing WORK slml,al W
that OF the Free Circulating Library, anu the al Ap'
larger scale. j. Schwartz me this subject re-
nreutices Library, in speaking Oh 'no s"'''
Onr library is especially and almost exclusXe s
intended for the working people, legitimate business,
e clerks under eighteen, and all males; males
engaged in mechanical, n en pay readers The roll
nf leaders annually amounts 10 over SoOo, anu tpe
o;rcniot1on of volumes TO 10000. The ONLY class
excluded from the privileges are those not
NJ ali sneh as students, gentlemen of leisure etc.
and those engaged in mercantile or proiesronal
pnrsuits over eighteen years OF age. Inc library is
therefore practically open to all the poor, and only
those are excluded who may be presumed 10 oe anle
TO paw for their reading In SUBSTITUTION noindos
Besides the library, there Is Tree ieadi1g 0n1
with an excellent reference library OF nearly o'Uoo
volumes which open to the public wltnoue any
restriction Whatever as to employn aye Vi seA
All who choose under the snght Les.rlci tos;n f
toned. can avail themselves VI WAC -
65 900 volumes" ,,-or,, 70 that Of
the DE Witt Memorial Church, at NO. $50 hivlng-
tnn.st. The Rev. James Marshall the pastor OF the
church. recently said in regard TO TINS suDJeGt :
Sunday school libraries. as such enascuia!e tno
minds of Sunday. school readers as luxury eueniIr
mates the devotees of pleasure. ne dlstriDubon VI
books on Sunday among the classes IS one oi tn9
most abomlnable nulsances thaI ever Se"nSow
school library Sunday distributions puV u'sV s
laneous library composed OF standard wo.h VI ~
ton history biography. travel science 9u9
for the benefit Of the SUNDAY -schooi anu lne puo0
of every creed and nationality. Every one Is weI-
come to become member; with the rlent 70 rmss
hooks If Trustworthy and obsei want OF the ruies
The De Witt Memorial Library is the only puoilo
Mr. MARSHALL said that Morris X. Jesup bad paid
for 900 ont of the total of 1000 vol
nmes in the library. 1t IS only open r In
Mondays and Thursdays; lie auueu 81
linrarv WAS opened Tor the public on April /,
1ss1 and during that first mOnth 90 DOCKS were
drawn The readers gradually grew I'D nuInoeIs,
aud in November following Lou poo ,H Mo,6
drawn an increase IN six months OF onee thousanu
volumes Over 5000 volumes have Deeh drawn
since ihe library was opened in April, ana not one
hook has been lOst Great credit is uue 10 l,o IL
brarian. Miss Carrie NJ. Beaumont. There Is no
more interesting sight than the line OF boys, HiIs
men and women that can he seen on Mondays anu
Thnrsdavs from to 9 D. ~, examining catalogues
for books and waiting to he served oIS wv Pc
cent of the readers are adults and 90 per cel' a9
youth. No look has been seriously damaged ana
not one lUst.' -.-.A II. Nh
shall made the following reference to another WORK
in be half OF the poor.
"THE TRIBUNE Fresh-Air Fund" was great oo9h 10
our chi h5ren One hundred and seventyelght OF our
IIey travelled through Pennsy lvania Connecucut
and to distant parts of New-York state Iwe1ty Two
scholars went TO schuyler County, treg nun nate anv
friends and boy remains among tnS 'in ma - ~
summer. Our assistant workers ,aDoIe9 ngnt au IS
MISS ResIimont often went with them, and saw them
delivered INTO the care of their respective hnst anu
tlen would 20 them again, raVelig All nIEIo wv
njet in succession These ladies would prepare letters
COZ corning every child, for the lnfoI vi
in the country who entertained them was oaSv W
oreat relief when the last child by september ~ WIS
facs home again among its parents wiser anu OeIe loi
the summer vacation