The morning call., 1894-10-01

RARE. AND VALUABLE BOOKS.
Attendants Who Are Attentive and
Anxious to Help Those in Search ;.
..: <::of Information.

Did Won ever visit the reference-room of
the San Francisco Free Public .Lihraryq
If you have not, and are 10 need OF infor-
nation. that you cannot find in. books at
your command, 90 there and you will no
doubt obtain it. Almost everything that
has been printed In the English Language
is to be found on the shelves in the hand
some glass front cases that occupy the
space from. floor to ceiling against each
wall. =. - - - g
f.you do not see what you want ask for
it, and it will be brought. to :you>:hy a tteiI:
tive and obiiging attendants. The chief Of
these is Joy. .Lichtenstein, who became
connected with the library eight :ye us ago
atthe age of 13inthe ca pacity of messenger,
and who having famiiarized+ hims self with
every volume That is catalogued,. has been
placed in+charge Of this most: i'm portant
department of the library the reference
ROOM. - ;.:s:*.::.:..: = = s: ~.
When T. b. Perkins was the librarian,
and the library vas located in the: old
California Theater: building, j 6y-tilen a
bright-faeed, curly haired bay-appife1 for
the position of: messenger He Had: Just
hnl shed partial course in one of tiiegTaIn-
mar schools, Small ID stature, be fogk ed
as IN English w man once said, .=Ho: larger
than a :p0und of butter wrapped up In a
cabbage. leaf. His size w S again si:.h I'M ;
but his manner. even at that age, was SO
pleasing. that-it was. :decided:to lake him
on Trial, for. a: mon tn; but: before. | bat
period had slipped away It was: scoNered
That he preVed the truth OF: the: Old ::Sayln Z
that '.the best goods. often. come I'm. small
parcels" His probation proved most salts
factory and he made good use. of the: OPP
poItuntties .presenIeA. #.W h4le working. In
the. day time be made his: brain a sore
house of knowledge: He became familiar
with the tltle;ot every book and. periodfGaT
aud learned WneF9 each :befonged, In tie
night time he Went;tU Lbs Iincoln evening
school, ana a*C0lrse:. of. lime graduated,
one of the highest In the class. ~. -
Not only DID he: mia ke p inns Ell { = con-.
versant MthtDe Til ties Of bGeks>=and peri
oGicals, bnthe gained a KIN oWledge: of the
various subjects treated, and this .1o:sucA
an extent that at this time when an ppIi-
cant comes INIT ::the room .Ssnd: says. 81
want to look up. sQmething:on a matter OF
history, but. do.not know in what WORK to
ind it, " Iichtenstsin finds. out what The
applicant WlsheS:to Know, politely REQUESTS
hiui TO Ia Ike a seat, and in a few minutes
returns :Nltha book or several, each. having
sllpof paper IN serted at The page. tteat-
ing OF. the matter; nientioned by the appIl-
can't. Not Gully satisfied with this mach
in the way of helping the ;seaTCher for en-
llghtenIaent, he Will 90 to him, an d in: tile
most alta Die: man ner lHan1Te, "D0:yo u find
what you wlshr"3': THIS Is: on eT0f those
little attentions that IS seldom met with in
PUBLIC office: i adoption by the ma
jority of the: pubiic's: seTvitoIs would do
much TO make. a: VISIT to "a :pu bic Iastitli-
tiOn s.pleasure, and cause the pGbfic feel
more. kindly l0 those who are placed in
office :s::: <
Another. very: attentive and obligfng al
tenda7 THAT hi>Toom one who: is on duty
from 9 O'Clock in the informing Until i in: the
ATTENTION., :is-*Miss A.. L.*Sawyer.: "a: grad
Late If: M tHs Seminary" FMS lady has
not Geen lin<t his department@Qulte: a. year,
@bu, She has shown great "a rtrtnd for tile
requirement IS oE1he place. She:fS: a. thor.
Uil5Ila scho}af,...is we'll Ee5sed in: English
lieratirret Knows: a: great deal: ahent the
:1teraluIe:lu 0tlFeT languages which proves
tincatcUlahle:Halu 4 the: discharge: of
the duties assigned to- her. To Keep :up
With the II pndreds of ~demandS that: are
III ade daily iii. this department Miss Saw:
. Yer has devoted ~ nch: time, To- the study Of
the class ficarIon of the five: OF more
Observation-Disclosures that are :siOreu':in IN: the
"releTeD ce-rooIii, so that she kGoMS: JUS t
where n6nd d book when wan ted. andn 0W
. shea studying y 18th. a view to. be able 10
t II Without CHANGING at til e fdde x whether
sr.cei;tain boo K: asked: for: rs oil the shelves
! o in be main; lfbra airy. Tnis: is no small
task, but it, IS "a knowledge that "a bib
IogIapher can :acQnir6.: Then this lady,
Who. has:eyi Ie p ely: taken poin t6r5 from hsr
chief. YleS .Wftir i'm in her endeayoTs to
assist #ttoSer VIII o call fDr:b0oks, and one
who freqlenlly:vlsits the III ON Is, at times
alta lesa'io: know WAtch Oue:is The IN oS { al
teHtfYe and" .desir0us ito Dlease.- The
other reg .ula j: as sistant this: department
IS NJ: N: lkIFfaIn whose principal dutyis
t0.Tecelye VISITORS during: the, temporary
absen ee:oftje others u aimee, and TO return
books: to. elves : :. -: -. =: = :< -
The: prnptpal. boo ks sought after are the
-eney cl9pedld and Of Ghese there are
nearly all: llat<are ;obtajnable; b1itthe list;
is.net cemp!ete, So the trustees are seeking
to secure every. set@obt Ina ble:: This In:
time xviii be one Of thefeatures Encyclo-
ledias and isIlcaleworks. th at Werb pub
llShed more than thlrly..year5 ago con tain
great deal OF matter. That cannot; be
found. in ths modern works, and it is in
these that much. info NATION desired is
obtained. The Sc archerS Fl F: useful kndWl-
edge who come to this. room COIN pris e:
three-fourths of the: daily visitors. the.
others are those whose minds run on SCI:
eDtitic studies. q. 80. =: -. O.:
Another feature of. this department.isl
The collection Of United States:pnb(ic doc
uments. The collection of these on the
shelves Is The most complete that is to BE
found in any libraryin the territory Yves
of the Rocky Mountains. There's 10 be
. found here almost all the. public docu-
ments Of Congress sfrom1S2o DOWN to- the
present time. Then there are the journals
of Congress from the first to the fiity-third
inclusive. The tirstpf these published in.
1889 appeared as "The: Debates and; Pro-
ceetiings of Congress-" which was f6-
: lowed by s"The CoDgressional5G4obe, ;" and
still later by .'The CoDgressiop Al Record, .,
which now is the official journaldn which
appear all the speeches delivered by our
Solons at Washington. and many that they
never delivered. Still they: prove yaluable
for refeTence: -
aTheIibTaTy.tas been .sclrlnp as rapidly
as .possTble. that. is as fast. as printed, "The
History of the War:of: the Re b. lion, :fh y
is TO- be ssil ed. **-in:.eyer so many bundled
volumes by The Government printing flee
at Washington, and IT has already secured
a bout 100 OF: these Volumes. This lsa WOrk
lhatisiE quently. consulted BY old. So dieEs
who wish io settle points as 70 which they
arein doubt. ITO: show" you the yalueoof
this werk to some: of theoold soldiers. nosaid
Mr.. LichtensteiD, as he hauled down one
of the ponderous tones: and slro wed; iIow
ii Is made up of offirial::documenf Is, Sit Is
only necessary to. state tiFst a. fe w week S
since veteran of the army. that'served
the Union called up here and asked per
mission to look up The records He
had APPLIED for pension, but 10 had been
rejected because he could not satisfy the
proper authorities that at a certain time
the company In which be served was alta
point he claimed. There had been great
deal of correspondence on the subject, and
" ala irtax saalI afa,f hn