The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-01
THE ROSEMARY LIBRARY,
III FORMALLY OPENS MS DOORS 10
JHE PUBLIC TO-DAY.
a Reception VIII be Held Tonight at the
Rooms Prom to 10 O'clock 10
which the Public 10 Invited.

The Rosemary Library formally opens
lts doors To- the public to-day. at its
,onmoOlOus new quarters. Franklin and
Fourth streets. FOR the past ten days
she process Cf removal from the old
Rooms has been going cncrgciicaiy on
md now thc rooms are thoroughly pre-
pared Tor visitors Mrs. ONO hcdn, the
efficient librarian. ana Miss Mary Crin-
Kan. her Va.ahic assistant have gotten
the book shelves into line order. 20 tha'
they may be Immediately consulted oy
AL who desire To make use OF them' Inc
entrance into the new building marks
step forward in the library career "hlcn
81 could not possibly have taken ma"
not the Auxiliary Board, under the c'p"-
BILE aud earnest presidency OF MIS- George
W. garbv. come TO its rescue. and they
are entitled 90 the cordial thanks or an
who recognize the boon 20 the pubic lo'
which O. public library stands.
THE OBJECTS.
"raero arc." said Mrs.. Humphrey
ward n her address at the laying OF
The cornerstone of Che public library
at Edmluton. England. desires and self
dtnIais that libraries Ike this are meant
TO ku0.c and to satisfy. Ana as 10 lhe
mere average mass OF Aard-Wofhed men
and women who come Co these free hbra-
noments-cten 30 they only come Tor q
novel OF a. ncespar-r-thcy deserve % no
less. ] am inDa..cd 90 think, than Charles
Lamb deserved h.s Beaumont and Fetch
tr Many people no doubt, viii come
here iu Che future who viii set small
good from the library What natter IL
81 always % question OF the "mauy called
and the few chosen" And 20 is on these
Few. or comparatively few. in every class
that our English future depends. IL is
for them that 30 IS always worth while
To- make provision. and II is IN their
names-thcir shadowy but honorable
namcs-thai 7 venture 20 thank Mr.. Pass
more Edwards to-day for tho founding
of this building which in future years
Edmonton itself IS TO cherish and MAIN
tain.
FRIENDS or LIFE.
But books arc not only the stimulus
Of youth. they the the friends Of life. the
comrades of old age. Turn 10 Charles
Lamb. the hard-Norkcd servant FOR thir-
ty-thrcc years Of the East India Com
pany and The bearer OF a domestic bur
den sucn as few men know. solaced and
cheered throughout 10y books. ana those
not boks OF amy particular remoteness
ard urity. nut Just those writings OF
great Englismcn. Shakespeare and the
r.
Browne. Milton and Jeremy Taylor, Steele
and Addison. which are OF ought TO be
in every public library
a RECEt TlON TONIGHT.
To-nieht. from S 10 10 o'clock, q recep-
tion VIII Doe held az the rooms. The mem
beers of tho board win constitute the Re
ception Committee. and heartily invite
the public 90 visit the rooms. Refresh
rnents Will be served and there Will be
fine musical entertainment. a number
OF those taking part in the chorus OF the
opera To- De presented in the fall will
sing There win also be solos by Mr. and
Nrs. Walter Mercer. DIT Clements, Mi.
Charles Eubank. Miss Blanche Morgan,
Miss Betty Booker, Mrs. Durrett. and Mr..
a. B. Jones.
The ladies' Of the board are requested
a. De AZ the library. Fourth and Franklin
streets this evening at o'clock.