Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-11-10
LIFE IN LIBRARIP'
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Lorhries, especially the bio ,... N I
this town, somehow seem n y. !s''s!e
something pathetic. Taks ~. snu
stance-that magnificent stns'. As1xs \
OF a quarter OF million vos.' s'a
the unidentified books scftlv sa
under the gathering dust a ,s s.osl 3
peal 70 one, 10 much as tn ma
who dig through this accnm.a' u
fitness In search Of an idea ~ n
day after day. generation sftea 4s'e Wi
pau silently, hangrily huntSSs !!
The marble stairways have ~.
little hollows by their feet. 40 "a,
footsteps have long ago lost - 1910 y
enchanted region Of Bohemis ayha
them, youthful and springy 49, ~ !. 'es
ers to be still seeing rainbow v;s,..
Use behind the soft swinging door \ Ne
and mechanic, artist and Artisan ~,
and fiction writer jostle elbows W.
the other, and for each ope ~ :
different story to tell. Tbe 49,.
Immortals, the hospital or H.
the rewards OF those who lahor ~ ~
SEEKING MECHANICAL Iou
Over against the alcove wbere A.
ports are kept sits an old man
front Of him is strewn with drav;ss ~
board and tracings on oiled papsr ~
umes, all forbidding looking =. ~
about him, and the tenth he has ~. ~
before him. For four Year, ~ III
same way. As sure as comes Il.
and the sun, so surely comes this IA
man, searching, probing, ques,ionIss
Sphynx pages that say so little q :
pleading with the black volurnes y Il
their secret. He speaks to No ~ " Y.
jealousy careful that no alien avs Nh
upon his drawings. II he were se.,n,:s =
the secret Of perpetual motion i er.l h
be more guarded in every action NJ
then the favorite works on mech.nics I. III
placed by some rare and all forrottr, 49,,
teaching discoveries made by the GA ,is's
lists in their experiments toward M
gold. He is only type. His cl,1s..
poor. He spends barely ten minut4s \ \,
during the day. Sometimes be a. :. i
out at all. And. after all, the .c.d.m,
not hold niche for him.
For the artist the library Il r,,.
the figured wall paper in your hall.., =
probably come from some old ,upl ~
Japanese works here show. Justin A. -
way the delicately hammered Rrie1u. N.
ornament your silver service NAV /. a.
from some forgotten volume or Il Mt -.
yet suggested by something seen IT,, 4.
beautiful in art is tenacious Of Lie and 81.
lucky way Of surviving the tooth 81 ~. NJ
bids one hope. There is no buster ,sbIs h.
this ut which these workers bend
When spring comes laughing IN. =
order changes the routine Of the iIh,,,,
The very dust upon the books seem, "a e
the quickening breath. Volumes thu =,
not been touched for months are taken AZ,
The number Of feminine visitors iuer,,-
There is color and perfume and lightpm I
set of the shade that hangs over all n.
far alcove to the south sees pretty W
bending above colored plates in old boa
whose type makes it difficult to tell an Sim
an +. And what are they looking f0 !
these old volumes, you ask For fashion
With the coming of blue skies there Is an i,
stinctiye turning to new designs in drn
And where can one get better ideas h,
from those old plates that tell Of .'tesc
times of hoop and hood,' when our grsud
mothers dreamt of moonlight and blue eva
So the pretty Easter bonnet that your Phil
wears today is only modification q d
that her grandmother found fair half scu
fury ago. So, too, when fancy dress Bal
are in vogue, the old library always sees !
influx of feminine readers hanging over d
fashion plates, studying up new ways 10
beautiful, for the beautiful is as old as
man herself.
COOPER INSTITUTES VISITORS
Just around the corner the library Of Cor,
institute has very different visitors Ii
the Astor, it Is a reference library and |
books are allowed to be taken away NJ
York has no great public circulating lbt
ries like those of Boston and Chicago. \
free circulating library of this town Al
several smaller ones allow books to be tak
out, but they are supported by private 50
scription and the city has no voice in thl
management.
There is no novel reading at the Astdr
cause no novels are kept, and at the CooE
library the percentage of fiction is said to
smaller than at any other library In
world Its reading room is the home
workingmen, and they read to improve th
minds or for some specific purpose, not
fun. Early in the morning there Is alway
rush for the daily newspapers. The tow
never without its contingent OF unemploy
and these haunt the files, pouring over
| vertisements in the hope of finding cie.
a job. In the good old times when u
feared God and honored the king, before
struggle for existence became hand to d
fight, things were not So. You can tell
of these unemployed by the aimless way
walks the moment he enters the room,
as you can tell a polieeman's drawing
among the thousands that sound outslde!
window.
OF course there are the usual loune
among the 1000 people that come every
into the reading room. During inc WI
they como into the room to get warm, 'aA
book in hand, forget themselves and are
asleep. These are soon gotten RID o.
the past four months one Anarchist io0A
man has been taking thorough couiSe
chemistry. Another middle aged man
every day by post near the end Of 'acl
For nearly six months he has not niiss
day. He comes in early IN the MON
reads until noon, goes out to luncn, anu
turns and spends the afternoon IN 'he
chair. The ladies' have an alcove ". y
for their own use. Many who do not na'
fire at home drop in to read an ai'e'l
away in a coy nook. In the same W" :,
number of elderly men who have si''ai
comes come day after day to the'r Nv
corners and dream over tales OF adseh'u'
The New York Historical library, :
blocks away, is saturated with in'siis
almost painful responsibility. IL ~ ~
reference library, devoted almost w. ~
American history, to geneaiogy @
heraldry. In this, our new couuu M
study of genealogy is not what 'ns ~
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