Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-20
SOMETHING ABOUT TRAVELLING
LIBRARIES

One of the most important branches
90 work among the State faieratiOns Is
The establishment OF travelling libraries
fui the benefit OF country districts
\ What DO travelling libraries stand for?
What DO they do?
They stand for the best reading for
the highest number, az the least cost
They carry their go0dly collection Of
wholesome literature % the people OF
small communities. where there are no
public and but few good private librar-
les and. as they are dispersed from the
pOstOilice or the railroad station. with
out money ana without price they
form new centses for the upbuildlng OF
a better social and intellectual life,
Miss Winslow says that the free
travelling library Is free day ana
night school which does not close on
Saturdays or Sundays or for long vaca-
tl0ns. Its curriculum Is $50 broad that II
helps the housewife IN the kitchen, the
husband I'm the neld the teacher In her
school. the invalid In the sick room, the
boy I'm his play ana the citizen In his
civic duties. il leaves no room for bad
literature
New York was the pioneer In the
movement, which Is sull young.
NINNkH the tllhIAN tl WI A'"NfNf va"
rector Of the y. y State library, as IL
br8ries We're sent out I'm 1893. The de-
mand for them increased so rapidly
that five years later, the number had
grown 10 Az The work is supported
by an Appropriation from the state, In
1895 Michigan adopted the plan
Of New York. and now, un-
der the most liberal library
legislation has 200 travelling Libraries
for the rural districts. The State lIbrar-
ian declares that In no other State in
st.tution has the same amount Of good
been done with So small an expenditure.
In 1896 Iowa inaugurated a similar sys-
TEN with an appropriation of $1,000. and
In two years, 40 permanent Libraries
We're organized as the direct result of
visits from the travelling libraries,
Tennessee has planned a system for her
mountains. Georgia has a coast line
for her sailors and seamen Pennsyl-
yania, Ohio. New Jersey California, and
and Kansas have an secured legislation
authorizing travelling Libraries. In Wis
COnsin they are successfully conducted
on philanthropic lines In Illinois, as
In Utah. Vermont and other States, the
work is carried on under the auspices
OF the Womens clubs belonging TO the
state federation Every club In the
State IS expected to send an annual con-
tribution Of money or books, or both, as
a number OF clubs have generously
done These contributions from the
clubs IN Utah together whit a most
substantial gift from an outside friend
and the receipts Of two field days
have resulted in about two and a half
years in l6 libraries, averaging 76 care
fully selected volumes each-a total OF
more than 100 volumes. Several bound
volumes Of the Youths Companion also
accompany each case. In addition 20
the books contributed about $3.50 has
been spent since the beginning Of the |
work. Park city has furnished one |
complete case. and ogden has just filled !
the second The Libraries have been
circulating from Corinne 20 Manti, and |
from Sunshine TO Moab Words Of |
grateful appreciation follow the visit Of |
every library, accompanied with re- |
quest TO the committee for more |
please" and the amount Of Joy and |
helpfulness which this modest invest