Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-08-10
STATE HOUSE.
Summer Schools Influence on
Demand on the Library.
Little Question Of Permanent Old
Home Week Association.
Crop Conditions as Shown by The Agricultural
@. Beard Bulletin.

The introduction Of nature studies
into the summer schools has
caused a great demand on
the State libraries for books Of that
stamp. AS yet the demand for books
treating on insects has not commenced
| So far the greater part of the calls are
| for books relating to bird and animal
| life.
1t might be thought that this de-
| mand would be confined wholly to
| those localities where the schools are
| in session but this is not the case.
| The demand is very apparent in this
| city. That the work might be carried
| on State Librarian Carver has so ar
| ranged it that % volumes on nature
study have been sent to Norway
where they viii be used in the school
work.
There is something of disappoint-
ment that there is not more of a call
at the summer resorts for the travel
ing libraries. 1t was thought som.
time ago that the demand would be
made from the inland places in the
winter and the watering places in the
summer 1t turned out that there was
good demand during the winter at
! tii' Ibtiii'i bl.it'S Dul uuIlllS illt
mer the people feel little inclined to
read. Another thing the people who
come to Maine from other states dc
not know about the travelling libraries,
the residents of the summer resorts
do not have the time at that particular
season To do the reading, and the peo-
y, 40, %'s~s State who spend their
vacations at tts-eashore have little
inclination TO reau 7~ything but
n v,Is. 4.
Miss Eva l.. Shorey, stenograpl 40
the Governor and Council. will leave
today, for Bridgton, where she will
spend her vacation.
A letter which Hon. S. w. Matthews
has received from Maj. G. J. House,
who is at the mouth Of the Penobscot,
where he is investigating the ship
building states that the towns along
the river in that section are alive to
the idea Of Old Home week and the
celebrations are proving a great sue
cess.
There is one thing that shows how
the interest in the movement is grow
ing. That is the manner in which some
of the towns are celebrating. When
the idea of an observance was first
advanced the people were but little
inclined to take any stock in the idea.
Now there is a change. AS soon as the
people from out of the State began to
gather the towns people then awoke
to the significance of the week and
began to make preparations for enter
tanning the visitors. While many of
the celebrations We're simple yet it
gave the people an opportunity toeneet
each other and renew old acquaint-
ances.
Hon. Mr.. Matthews is confident that
something will be done in a short time
to make a permanent State Old Home
week organization. The idea has been
talked but very little so far for the
midst of the observances. But from
the talk that is being made there is
slight question that something will be
done in a short time.
1t is probable that the invitations
will not be sent out by the governor,
next year, said Mr.. Matthews, yester-
day. The towns have now become 50
thoroughly awake that the invitations
will be issued locally. In fact there is
such a bright outlook that there seems
to he no necessity for the immense
amount of work that was done this
year