The Newtown bee., 1900-12-14
Beach Memorial Li-
 brary. FORMALLY DEDICATED ON
 TUESDAY. Interesting and Inspiring Ad-
 dresses. HON F.J. KINGSBURY OF WATERBURY CHIEF ORATOR OF THE DAY.

tory of the Newtown Library Aesocis- tion, when the fine new building presented to the Association by Miss Rebecca D. Beach of New Haven, was formally accepted and dedicated by inter- esting and timely exercises.
 The exercises of the day opened short ly after the appointed hour, 3 o'clock, Rev George Thomas Linsley, tho popular and esteemed rector of Trinity church, and president of the Library Association, presiding in his usual graceful and pleas ing manner. The library was crowded to the doors, every available seat belng occupied. Shortly before o'clock, the children of the North Center and Middle district schools, in charge of their teachers, P. H. Mccarthy and Miss Mar garet Houlihan. marched in and occupied the small rooms at either side of the main entrance.
 The exercises opened with prayer by Rev Dr w. G. Andrews of Guilford. Rev o. W. Barker, the vice president of the Association, was introduced by Rev MT Linsley, and made bright and taking speech, which was generously applauded. Among other things he said:
 I never made an address of welcome before. In casting about among my many old manuscripts to see how such 8 speech should be made, found this good advice: IA good short speech should be like bottle of Apollinaris Water; 1t should open with pop, be not over-full, and have plenty of snap and ginger in it," shall try, as far as I can. to follow this advice-start off this program with pop and snap and let the roar, bang and explosion come in when MT Kings bury and Brother Linsley get in their heavy work. am simply to make the bow to show that the ball has been set a.rolling and the program begun. A venerable negro once aspired to become proficient in playing on the guitar and applied to his young master to be his teacher. The latter, we'll knowing the slim abilities of the slave in 6 musical direction and wishing to diesuade him from his purpose, said: "Well, Uncle Jake, will undertake to teach you; but am compelled to charge you 8 for the first lesson, $2 for the second lesson, $1 for the third lesson and 25 cents for the last" "That is all right" replied the negro, 1T accept you as teacher on those terms; but ask that you give me the | 1ao ok 1oaa Hpat n k.a lA my 25 cent speech, you will have, later on, the $3 oration.
 We bid especial welcome here this afternoon to the donor of this beautiful building, Miss Rebecca Beach. She has proved to us Good Samaritan. Al far Library Association it has been an intel- lectual tramp, without a home. Miss Beach found 1t, like the man of old who went on the perilous road down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, wounded, bleeding and, half- dead. She picked 1t up, placed it on her own beast, poured oil and wine into it's wounds, brought 1t to an inn-a better one even than the .Newtown Inn-and said, ''Take good care of this Association and I'll pay the bills.' Of course, then, we must bid hearty welcome to such . benefactor here.
 But there are other ladies who have had part in extending this welcome to you. The general air of tidiness here and the lunch served at the hotel testify to that. Man can do good many things tolerably we'll: they can make speeches, drive nail, drive oxen before "a blow, and, some of them, can even sew on a button to stay; but they cannot give to | room that unexplained touch of beauty and comfort which speaks a welcome without words. You have often gone into factory and seen some noisy little wheel buzzlug and lying around as if it were doing all the work, whereas the ponderous wheel, which was driving all the other wheels, was hidden in the engine-room below. So men can do things that have a lot of fuss and noise about them; they are in evidence here at this meeting, they are busy in moving the chairs; but the delft, delicate hand of | woman Is behind the scenes and gives the nice, finishing touches.
 But it is no use for mo to speak at length welcome; it Is given in every- thing around you. You have gone into home where the soft colors in the car pet on the floor, the mellow light that streamed from out the depths of the pie lures on the walls, the chairs by the way in which they were set and arranged, the aroma from the coffee-pot steamiug on the stove, ssaid, before 8 word came from the hostess, You are welcome here o-day." Into such home we. invite you as our new library home. It was not that sort of welcome that was.given me in my younger days in the ministry q have be- come quite advanced in age now). It was in a town not very far from here where was invited to preach. during my seminary course. When entered st the gate of the house where I was to be en- tertained, two young children ran scampering in at the door, exclaiming: ''Mamma, theIminister's come the min. ister's come!'' A sudden chill and pail 1 of gloom then and there settled over that home which, afterwards, with my utmost efforts 1t conversation could not break