The age-herald., 1897-10-03

 of the board of directors in December 1896, appointed a committee to inquire into the organization and maintenance of public libraries. This committee is also to serve as bureau of information toward the establishment of public n- baries throughout the state.
 'It ilas in view the attainment of permanent library commission and law for free libraries. The committee has spared neither tinda. expense nor labor in fitting themselves for the work as- signed them They have corresponded with federation committees. local T- braH,ies and state commissioners and funey are now prepared to assist in ar ranging or an devising plans of work on library lines; and to furnish list of books and pamphlets which will give information to all interested in the vital question of public libraries.
 "Appreciatng the value of organfza- tion, I ask the cooperation of all the clubs in the state in this work.
 "Will your club set apart one of the sessions fer the discussion of public ii- braries and will you appoint standing committee to act dn harmony with and under the direction of the state federal tion committee?
 Please have the library committee re- port to Mrs. Eugene Heard, chairman of library committee, Rose Hill, Middle ton Ga. I am sincerely
 "REBECCA D. LOWE, "Pnss1dent Georgia Federation Womlen's
 Clubs"
 As the social season, with all it's charms and Vaccinations, its duties and exactions is upon us it is we'll to realize our own individual responsibilities as members of society. There is constant need of Reciprocity in all social matters, and men and women who are careless or indifferent to the charms which nec- essarfly come to them should hesitate before accepting any invitations. No one has a right to attend an entertain menit, large or small, without being anx- iuS to contribute their utmost towards the pleasure and comfort, not only of the host and hostess, but of every guest present. Those unresponsive persons who attend dinners, receptions or amy other social function with the selfish in- tention of being entertained had best rs- main quietly by their own firesides where they cannot derress other people with their density and mental opaqueness. They are blots ard blues upon an other wise bright and cheery scsne. The vel comed guests are those who bring light and sunshine into the rooms with them, even if d1lat glow covers up many wound and scar. No one should claim the privilege of carrying their personal worries or individual animosities to a friends entertainments. If they cannot separate themselves from them they should simply remain at home and not annoy and depress other people. Social intercourse is intended to elevate and improve, and upon each individual mem- Der of society rests certain obligations
 
 spondent for the Chcago Tribune ex- prssss these pertinent opinions on this subject:
 ''The obligation of the guest equals that . of the host. This seems such a sedf-eyl- dent statement that it is almost silly to put it on paper. The triteness or this proposition appeared lost to a man I met the oathsr night at a dinner He seemed to forget that the guest of the moment is the one under favor; that the cut-and- draed rules of hospitality bind the guest to bring the best effort to the roof or table which receives him. The maal I mention was apparently burdened with a dinner companion not up to the stand ard He7almesit tursu his back upon the woman. He directed his attention ito his other neighbor, ito his opposite, to his hostess, to anybody and everyoody put the woman he had taken at the request of the entertainer. Ut is probable the hostess had not been happy in the Se- lection of the couple. But this did nnt seem to be an excuse for the man to relieve himself of the duty of the hour. I thought he might have managed a con- versation of some sort for the brief time the well-gowned burden was imposed upon him. I could not hsep thanl1ing, while I watched the silent woman and the bored man, of a remark clever fastener made after hearing a fashiona- ble woman read a paper before @ swell club: 'If she had only read her clothes and worn her manuscript, how much better WIG would have been entertained.' Now, df the womlan at the dinner had only talked aler costume and worn her silence the man might have kept his con- versation where 1t actually belonged. As it was she was dull because she could not be anything elss. and he was not at the pains of canrydng out the tacit agreement his acceptance of an invita- ton required of Qhim.
 There are men I meet who forget to shed their busireSs cares with their morning suits. They bring their pre- occupations to receptions and dinners to Hitter up their mnds, regardless of the fact that their hostess has a right to ex- pect something better. If stocks have gone wrong, if the horses they have backed are nowhere in sight, they take tlietr ruffled tempers along to the feast and grow distralt where they should shine. They hcJe sight of the fact that something more elaborate is expected of an invitee than accepting an invitation on properly thick paper, and permitting