The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-16
ONE HoMAH's PLAN FOR u :
SECURING 1 LIBRARY
Managed 1t BY Making a Clipping
Collection Cut From Papers and
Magazines.

How did you become so well in
formed ?" one woman asked another.
with a little touch OF justihabla envy
in her voice. You are a very busy
housekeeper. with children to-look If
ter. You don't attend clubs, yet you
seem to know about every man. wo-
man or book of the day. l wish you
would tell me the secret"
Whatever information l have, my
dear was the answer, has been
gained through clipping collection.
L borrowed the scheme from the. New
York newspapers. Five years agAa
friend of mine who worked on one u
them told me how. in their Offices,
whole roomsswere Devised to clippings
from various mslazines and papers.
systematically seataIogued and used
a rreferencs. -. -zSsss A
1.-THE idea appealed to me as an ex-
cellent one for the private individual,
especially for a woman like myself,
who cannot afford to buy many
books.
I'VE take two good newspapers, one
which my husband prefers and one
which is my choice. From time to
time, when L am at leisure and per-
haps too tired to do more exacting
work, clip these papers and sort the
clippings according to subject into
manila envelopes"
What variety Of matter do you
clip, may / ask"
Anything which is likely to have
a more than passing interest The
life of some celebrated man or wo-
man. or anecdotes concerning famous
people, an interesting bit of statistics
which one ought to have at command,
an historical study. an account of a ia
nous painting. natural history, wild
birds, wild flowers-anything which
seems worth while"
What a good idea, am all impa-
thence to begin fone myself at once.
Do tel me about your system Of cata-
loguing
81 invented my own system, a very
simple one. In large public .eollec-s
ton like, that Of newspaper Office It.
would be necessary to have an elabor-
ated method, but any woman can In
vent one for her own use. put each
general subject. lspeh aas birds cook
cry, England. education, into large
square envelopes. and arrange them
on the shelf according to letters. Fa-
nous men and women catalogue sep
arately in small envelopes about six
inches long and four wide.
81 have long since found my clip
pings ofrgreat value The library has
nov gfownsto size which renders it
possible. for me TO refer to It as |
would to any other library. If I had
one at command. II hear of a famous
parsonage whose history has escaped
my memory I take the next idle mo-
ment to consult ms clippings and re4d
a short sketch OF his life and work. 1t
is the same with history or science,
upon which 1 become rusty The
chanses are. thai FshS1n fipd a &c
coint- q The paint I-nsed -hAthe an
velopes.
1T isn't by any means necessary to
read all one cups. Gin an article II
the subject interests -of IL likely To-
interest you. Tuck it away for future
ss Essx
And Won clip papers only: no nag.
azines?" H 8
"Oh. yes clip magazines which
have rboaxht for one article Oh. story
they contain ana whGsh 4 aoAno core
to bind. All pamphlets that are sent
to the house. unless they are devoted
to advertising. 1 catalogne also Pic
lures. too. If they are clear and seem
faithful: with photographs on any In
teresting subjects
..Simple as 1t is = private library
of this kind avoids that one supreme
fault OF the pubic one dirty books.
With the possibility Of lurking disease
germs
Beside the pleasure and the gen
eral information. / have had some
very PRACTICAL help non the clippings-
I have one envelope filled with good
cooking recipes clipped at different
times. Another contains many new
wrinkles. in household science OF
course. one has to use Judgment In
selecting these, but VIII rare it -
~,-~,- ~nnaorful helm