Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
WOman's Reading Club.

programme Tor tuesday evening,
February 16:
l. Paper. Frederick William of
Prussia and the Revolution of l848-
Miss Nellie Spensley.
2. Story of Undine by Fouque.
Miss Leete
3. Longfellow's translation Of The
Passage by INLAND Miss Gilman.
4, Mcneil, the greatest painter of
modern GermaDy,-Mi Miss Fannie Chan
| dler.
5. Selections from My Musical
Experience" Walker. Miss Hosken.
6. Conversation. Heidelberg and
| its University.-Miss ODowd.
Current Events.-Miss Weidenfeller.
Programme for Monday evening,
March L.
l. Paper. Franco Prussian War
and its effect upon Germany Mrs.
Hales.
2. Sketch of Auerbach's "On the
Heights" and extracts from it Miss
Emma Chandler.
3. Wagner and the story of Par
sifal.-Miss Ruth Spensley.
4. Comparative excellence of Ger
man Literature.-Mis Stephens.
5. Chief centers of German Art.
Miss Kent,
| 6. Conversation. The Modern
German Novel - Miss Gilman.
| Current events.-Miss Chase.
The Public Library will be opened
| for the distribution of Books Wednes-
day afternoon and evening, Feb. Sd.
and hereafter on every Wednesday
and Saturday afternoon and evening.
The Library begins its third year
with twenty-five hundred and seventy
five volumes on the shelves, and men,
bership cards issued to six hundred
and fifty persons. During the past
month the Library has been closed for
the purpose of putting in additional
shelving aad taking an Inventory of
the books. AS the result we find FOUR
books are missing, one as yet we have
not been able to trace; books coming
| from house infected by scarlet fever,
were refused by the librarian. The
borrowerers inability to pay for them
or his indifference in the matter re-
suited in IA total loss to the Library.
In our present. quarters it is imprac-
| ticable if not altogether impossible to
reopen the reading room, and no one
regrets this more than the members of
Woman's Reading Club. From the
beginning it was well patronized, and
without doubt, appreciated. 1t was
clean, bright room for girls and boys
in which to spend their evenings, and
where they were surrounded by books
and papers, entertaining and emo
bling, perhaps the one public place in
the city which afforded such advan-
tages.
An effort was made last spring to
obtain small subscription from the
city. towards the rent of a larger room.
Although mainly supported by many
Of the leading citizens and tax payers,
it failed in the city council. Still while
some of the council voted against it
as a public measure they are thor
oughly alive to the great benefit a
public library is TO the town, and so
they have promised individually to aid
it by an annual subscription.
The lecture courye last year cleared
something over one hundred dollars,
which money was used for library
purposes; this year it will little more
than pay for itself.
The reading room, the library and
the lecture course have been splendidly
patronized by an appreciative public.
demonstrating the fact that in intel
lectualIity the city is second to none
in the state.
1t is the aim and purpose of the
Woman's Reading club to maintain
and enlarge the library, aud the end
we have in view is, fine reference,
historical and general library, and to
aid in this object the ladies will
during this month, call upon the
citizens for an annual subscription.
NJ CIrAcu